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Monday, May 31, 2010

Home Page Analysis




Go to your favorite website and take a screenshot (press "print screen" key and then paste into MS Paint). Looking at the screenshot, answer the following questions and post them on your blog.

  1. What is the point of this website? How can you tell from the homepage?
  2. What is featured on the homepage? Are some features more important than others?
  3. What are the different sections of the navigation? Can you tell how the website is organized from the navigation?
  4. Who is the target user? Who is most likely to use this website?
  5. Describe the overall look & feel of this site (colors, images, vibe)... list descriptive words.

Friday, April 30, 2010

10 Ways to Go Green

For this assignment, you will make a presentation on 10 ways to "Go Green" at home, using words, images, and the website www.prezi.com.

  • What is "Going Green"? It's a buzz word for minor adjustments we can make in our daily lives to be friendlier to our environment. Many advertisers have been using the tredy phrase "Go Green" to sell products.
For this product, you will:

1. Choose 10 tips from the article "40 Easy Ways to Go Greener at Home – Besides Recycling". Because the webpage is causing our computers to freeze, I am posting it below.

2. Find an image to go along with each tip using google image search. Create and save these to a folder on your computer.

3. After watching the tutorial in class, draw a sketch of your presentation.

4. Create a prezi account and get started!



40 Ways to Go Greener at Home from simplemom.net

1. Plant an herb garden. It’s good to have a reminder around of where our food originates.

2. Switch all your lightbulbs to CFLs (or at least switch a few).

3. Create a homemade compost bin for $15.

4. Switch one appliance to an energy efficient model (look for the “energy star” label).

5. Stop using disposable bags – order some reusable bags, or make your own. My favorites are Envirosax and Flip & Tumble.

6. Buy an inexpensive reusable water bottle, and stop buying plastic disposable bottles. Then watch The Story of Bottled Water, a short movie about the bottled water phenomena.

7. Wash laundry in cold water instead of hot.

8. Turn off lights when you leave the room.

9. Don’t turn on lights at all for as long as you can — open your curtains and enjoy natural light.

10. Drive the speed limit, and combine all your errands for the week in one trip.

11. Better yet, walk or ride a bike to your errands that are two miles or closer.

12. Support your local economy and shop at your farmer’s market.

13. Turn off your computer completely at night.

14. Research whether you can sign up for green power from your utility company.

15. Pay as many bills as possible online.

16. Put a stop to unsolicited mail — sign up to opt out of pre-screened credit card offers. While you’re at it, go ahead and make sure you’re on the “do not call” list, just to make your life more peaceful.

17. Reuse scrap paper. Print on two sides, or let your kids color on the back side of used paper.

18. Conduct a quick energy audit of your home.

19. Subscribe to good eco-friendly blogs. My favorites are The Daily Green, TreeHugger, and Keeper of the Home. Of course, you gotta subscribe to Simple Organic.

20. Before buying anything new, first check your local Craigslist or Freecycle.

21. Support local restaurants that use food derived less than 100 miles away, and learn more about the benefits of eating locally.

22. Fix leaky faucets.

23. Make your own household cleaners. I’ve got quite a few recipes in my e-book.

24. Line dry your laundry.

25. Watch The Story of Stuff with your kids, and talk about the impact your household trash has on our landfills.

26. Learn with your kids about another country or culture, expanding your knowledge to other sides of the world.

28. Lower the temperature on your hot water heater.

29. Unplug unused chargers and appliances.

30. Repurpose something – turn one of your well-worn t-shirts into basic play pants for your baby. Or save egg cartons for paint wells, seed starters, treasure boxes, or a myriad of other crafts.

31. Collect rainwater, and use it to water your houseplants and garden.

32. Switch to cloth diapers – or at least do a combination with disposables.

33. Switch to shade-grown coffee with the “Fair Trade” label.

34. Use a Diva Cup for your monthly cycles.

35. Use cloth instead of paper to clean your kitchen. Be frugal, and make these rags out of old towels and t-shirts.

36. Use cloth napkins daily instead of paper.

37. Read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and open your eyes to the way conventional food is processed. Watch Food, Inc. while you’re at it.

38. Repurpose glass jars as leftover containers and bulk storage, especially in the kitchen.

39. Five-minute showers – make it a goal for yourself.

40. Donate to – and shop at – thrift stores such as Goodwill. You’ll be recycling perfectly usable items, and you’ll be supporting your local economy.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Black History Power Point

Directions:
  1. Pick a black historical figure, do research & take notes
  2. From your research, create an outline. Include what type of media (pictures, video, audio) you plan to include.
  3. Refine your outline & organize it by slides. Collect your media.
  4. Start building your Powerpoint presentation. Plug in info & media.
  5. Pair up and revise your presentations.
  6. Finish and present your project to the class.
Structure:

When structuring your presentation, think of how an encyclopedia artical would be organized.

1. Summary - who was the person, his/her most well-known accomplishments
2. Early life - birth, family and childhood
3. Influences - what people and/or ideas inspired and influenced your subject (for Martin Luther King Jr. - Ghandi, the Black Chruch, populism...)
4. Accomplishments - list your subject's accomplishments in chronological order
5. Assasination or later life
6. Legacy - what influence has your subject had on future activists, our society and culture?


Requirements:

  • Must have at least 10 slides
  • At least 5 pictures
  • One piece of multimedia (video or audio)

Grading Breakdown:

You will be given multiple grades for different aspects of this assignment:

  • Your outline
  • Content of your Powerpoint
  • Asthetics of your Powerpoint (design, flow of information, bells and whistles...)
  • Your presentation - how you deliver your presentation in front of the class

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Create a Poster

Use Photoshop to create a poster celebrating you. Take the following as an example: