Monday, November 25, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Creating an Original Blog Post 2
- You must address the suggestions from your classmate's comment on your blog post.
- You must include at least 3 pictures in your blog post.
- You must add a caption (at least a sentence) to all 3 of your pictures.
- You must include at least 40-50 of your own words in your new blog post.
- You must make it neat and write your blog post in complete sentences.
You will get a daily grade for participation on this assignment for starting on your new blog post and working on it during class time.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Comment: Blog Post Suggestions
You are going to write a constructive comment on the original blog post created by a classmate.
You MUST write in complete sentences to get full credit for the assignment.
You can only complete this assignment by leaving a comment on the original blog post.
You must ask at least three questions (or offer 3 suggestions) about your classmate’s blog. You should also offer some insight into how your classmate can improve their original blog post.
Examples: What improvements would you suggest to your classmate about their blog? What other information would you like to know about the subject they blogged about? What did you like about their blog? Is there something you would like to see more of in their blog post? What important information do you think they left off of their blog post? Are the links they provided interesting? Or should they provide links to different websites? Did they use correct spelling and was it easy to read? Or hard to understand? Was the blog neat? Or could it use some improvements visually like changing the layout of the pictures used?
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Assignment 10: Webpage Using Notepad
We are going to make a simple webpage using only notepad.
You will follow the directions using the following link: Create a Simple Webpage Using Notepad
You can also use this website with html examples as a great tool for HTML examples and codes.
Make sure you answer/complete items 1-5 for your webpage and follow the first link exactly to get full credit for the assignment.
This video How To Make a Basic Webpage using Notepad is a helpful tool that should be looked at as well.
1. First you must create a new folder on your desktop and title it yourfullname_web. (ex: fierroromeo_web)
2. Open Notepad and save your file as an html file in the new folder you just created.
3. Must include at least one image in your webpage. (The image needs to be saved in the new folder as well.)
4. Must include a heading for your webpage.
5. Answer at least 3 of the following questions in separate paragraphs (in at least 3 sentences) on your webpage.(What do you like to learn about? What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite sport? What is your favorite book? What is your favorite meal to eat? Why is your family important to you? What do you want to be when you get older? What is your favorite extracurricular activity at school? What is your favorite technology to use? Who is your favorite athlete? What do you like to do for fun?)
Once you are done with the assignment you will send it to fierro.r.1025@gmail.com as an html attachment.
Remember you must save it as an html file in order for it to be a webpage!
This assignment is due November 15 (Friday) at 6 p.m.
You will follow the directions using the following link: Create a Simple Webpage Using Notepad
You can also use this website with html examples as a great tool for HTML examples and codes.
Make sure you answer/complete items 1-5 for your webpage and follow the first link exactly to get full credit for the assignment.
This video How To Make a Basic Webpage using Notepad is a helpful tool that should be looked at as well.
1. First you must create a new folder on your desktop and title it yourfullname_web. (ex: fierroromeo_web)
2. Open Notepad and save your file as an html file in the new folder you just created.
3. Must include at least one image in your webpage. (The image needs to be saved in the new folder as well.)
4. Must include a heading for your webpage.
5. Answer at least 3 of the following questions in separate paragraphs (in at least 3 sentences) on your webpage.(What do you like to learn about? What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite sport? What is your favorite book? What is your favorite meal to eat? Why is your family important to you? What do you want to be when you get older? What is your favorite extracurricular activity at school? What is your favorite technology to use? Who is your favorite athlete? What do you like to do for fun?)
Once you are done with the assignment you will send it to fierro.r.1025@gmail.com as an html attachment.
Remember you must save it as an html file in order for it to be a webpage!
This assignment is due November 15 (Friday) at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Assignment 8 - 9
.org - Part of the Internet address of many organizations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (com,edu, or gov). (.org domains are usually limited to non-profit organizations.)
.com - Part of the Internet address of many companies. It indicates that the site is commercial, as opposed toeducational or governmental.
Animation is also one of the most important ways to show how motion in film is actually an illusion generated by the way our eyes acquire information (in discrete images) and how our brain processes it.
There are many software applications that enable you to create animations that you can display on a computer monitor.
Stop motion animation is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames.
An animation key frame is a single still image in an animated sequence that occurs at an important point in that sequence; key frames are defined throughout an animated sequence, in order to define pivotal points of motion before the frames in between are drawn or otherwise created to "tween" the motion between the two key frames. One example of key frames could be an animation of a swinging baseball bat; the bat at rest would be one key frame, and the bat at the end of of its swing would be another. All other frames would be "tweened" frames
Animation starts with ind ependent pictures and puts them together to form the illusion of continuous motion.
Normally there are 12 frames per second in high production animation.
Both Assignment 8 and 9 Are Due November 5 (Tuesday)at 11:59 p.m.
Assignment 8
You must write at least 3 sentences for questions 1,2,5, and 6. You should answer in your own words and will need to do internet research to complete the assignment.
1. Go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ and look around it a little bit. Now go to http://www.byteland.org/angeloflife. Now why do you think the .com website is more exciting than the .org website?
2. Why do you think the Disney website has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on?
3. If you had to construct/create your own webpage from the beginning, what would you want it to be about and why?
4. How many programmers do you think would have to work with you to make your website possible? Would it seem impossible to construct/create a webpage by yourself? Why?
5. What would you want to name your website? Type that name into the web-address bar, is it taken already?
6. Explain why webpages with flash videos, images, and color take longer to load than pages with only text?
Assignment 9
.com - Part of the Internet address of many companies. It indicates that the site is commercial, as opposed toeducational or governmental.
Animation is also one of the most important ways to show how motion in film is actually an illusion generated by the way our eyes acquire information (in discrete images) and how our brain processes it.
There are many software applications that enable you to create animations that you can display on a computer monitor.
Stop motion animation is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames.
An animation key frame is a single still image in an animated sequence that occurs at an important point in that sequence; key frames are defined throughout an animated sequence, in order to define pivotal points of motion before the frames in between are drawn or otherwise created to "tween" the motion between the two key frames. One example of key frames could be an animation of a swinging baseball bat; the bat at rest would be one key frame, and the bat at the end of of its swing would be another. All other frames would be "tweened" frames
Animation starts with ind ependent pictures and puts them together to form the illusion of continuous motion.
Normally there are 12 frames per second in high production animation.
Both Assignment 8 and 9 Are Due November 5 (Tuesday)at 11:59 p.m.
Assignment 8
You must write at least 3 sentences for questions 1,2,5, and 6. You should answer in your own words and will need to do internet research to complete the assignment.
1. Go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ and look around it a little bit. Now go to http://www.byteland.org/angeloflife. Now why do you think the .com website is more exciting than the .org website?
2. Why do you think the Disney website has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on?
3. If you had to construct/create your own webpage from the beginning, what would you want it to be about and why?
4. How many programmers do you think would have to work with you to make your website possible? Would it seem impossible to construct/create a webpage by yourself? Why?
5. What would you want to name your website? Type that name into the web-address bar, is it taken already?
6. Explain why webpages with flash videos, images, and color take longer to load than pages with only text?
Assignment 9
- Create an animation video using TuxPaint
- It should be themed to either Halloween, autumn, or Dia de Muetros.
- Must be at least 25-30 seconds long
- Each student must show Mr. Fierro their animation in order to get credit for the assignment
To download Tux Paint Click Here
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Creating a Blog Post
You must have your blog posted on your blogger webpage by October 28 (Monday) at 11:59 p.m.
When you present your blog post to the class you must be able to answer the following questions: "Why did you choose your blog post and why does it interest you?" and "Explain why you chose those specific hyperlinks to share in your blog post".
You are going to create a blog post similar to the one I created about Frank the pug.
When you present your blog post to the class you must be able to answer the following questions: "Why did you choose your blog post and why does it interest you?" and "Explain why you chose those specific hyperlinks to share in your blog post".
You are going to create a blog post similar to the one I created about Frank the pug.
- Make your blog about 1 subject (maybe a hobbie, a sport or team you're on, a vacation, etc.)
- Must include at least 3 pictures related to your topic in some way
- At least one picture inserted; must be your own original picture taken with a digital camera, or iPhone, etc.
- Must include at least 2 hyperlinks total (to other blogs or information related to your topic)
- Must include at least one Youtube video embedded that is related to your topic
- Must include at least one link to the music website freemusicarchive.org
- Must include at least 80 words (your own words) about or related to your topic
- Must be extremely close to grammatically correct English
- Make it look nice, legible, and as if you worked hard on it!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Frank the Pug
Frank is a pug who has been my best friend for 10 years.
He also goes by the name "Frank the Tank."
Frank the Tank enjoys walking at his favorite park, eating science diet dog food, and hanging out with his best friend named Butters.
To learn more about pugs you can visit this website.
But basically pugs need a lot of attention. It might seem like a lot but you literally need to spend at least 1 hour a day with your pug petting him, grooming him, and giving him treats as reward for good behavior.
Or probably this song!
Finally, look at these pugs... Frank does this all the time and it makes me laugh for hours and hours!
Some other interesting blogs to look at:
Here
Here
Here
Here
and Here.
He also goes by the name "Frank the Tank."
Frank the Tank enjoys walking at his favorite park, eating science diet dog food, and hanging out with his best friend named Butters.
But basically pugs need a lot of attention. It might seem like a lot but you literally need to spend at least 1 hour a day with your pug petting him, grooming him, and giving him treats as reward for good behavior.
I think if Frank could talk and appreciate music he would enjoy music like this!
Some other interesting blogs to look at:
Here
Here
Here
Here
and Here.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Assignment 7: New York Times Article
Read the New York Times article Helping Children Find What They Need on the Internet
In at least 3-5 sentences answer the following questions?
1. What problems does the article mention that children run into when they use search engines?
2. What suggestions have been offered for how search engines can improve their product to lessen children’s problems searching?
3. Do you search using keywords or questions? How does the article characterize these two types of searching?
4. Have you tried using images or videos to search? How does the article characterize this type of searching?
5. What advice would you give to Internet search engine developers (like Google or Bing) for how they should improve their product? Do you think any of the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising? Why?
- Assignment 7 is due 10-22-13 at 11:59 p.m.
- Unless you are one of the five students who had an excused absence during the previous class, in that case it is due 10-24-13 at 11:59 p.m.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013
Group Presentation: Technology In Our Society
We are going to create presentations similar to PowerPoint using Google Drive.
Content - Technical
Communication
Technical Organization
Save your information frequently while you research for your technology on the internet.
You must include a minimum of 3 pictures in your presentation.
You must title your presentation.
You must include a minimum of 3 pictures in your presentation.
You must title your presentation.
You must include at least 1 video linked into your presentation.
Once you are done you are going to email it as an attachment tofierro.r.1025@gmail.com
Your presentation must have a minimum of 8 slides.
Effects of iPad (touch screen devices) on children - Montserrat & Nohemi.
The Human Genome Project’s goal
Using Khan Academy in the classroom
The future of the World Wide Web
How has iTunes affected the music and movie industry
What is your “digital footprint?” and what does it mean? - Hao & Ximena
Can we reach Artificial Intelligence? Is that a good thing? - (Andres, Ricardo, and Sebastian.) (Natalia, Sofia, and Maria Jose)
Can we reach Artificial Intelligence? Is that a good thing? - (Andres, Ricardo, and Sebastian.) (Natalia, Sofia, and Maria Jose)
How have search engines changed our daily lives?
Has Google become too big and powerful? What are future projects at Google? - Romina & Velimar
Is Facebook making us less social? - Camila & Melissa
Technology In Cars - Santiago & Hector
- How has technology affected our lives?
- Explain what the problem is.
- Are there two sides to your argument?
- Make it neat.
- Make it interesting.
- Spell check
- Do research
- Include a video and at least 3 images
- At least 8 slides.
- Must include resources page
Rubric for Multimedia Presentation - PowerPoint
Content - Writing
10
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All material is in publishable form; that is, it is thoroughly proof-read and without careless errors.
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8
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All your information is well researched, well written, well organized and in your own voice.
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4
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All flaws pointed out by the instructor and/or peer advisors in drafts have been corrected.
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10
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Material shows strong understanding of major ideas and displays critical thinking in placement of text, sequencing of pages, and page composition.
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3
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Presentation has a title page.
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5
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Presentation has a source page.
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Content - Technical
9
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The presentation includes a minimum of 7 slides.
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6
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The presentation includes at least 3 images.
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6
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The presentation has a professional look with an overall graphical theme that appeals to the audience, compliments the information, and each slide is visually neat incorporating a variety of layouts.
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6
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Student uses correct number of graphics that communicate and compliment information being shared.
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6
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The presentation visually depicts material and appeals to audience.
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Communication
3
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Did you use a different form to communicate to the group during your presentation other than simply screen reading?
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3
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You used each slide as lead into the wealth of additional information you have on the topic.
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3
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You maintained eye contact with group and modulated your voice in addition to your visual on-screen sharing.
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3
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At conclusion of your sharing you checked for understanding via questions or oral quiz, etc.
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3
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You utilized your allotted time effectively.
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Technical Organization
4
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Followed all directions.
|
4
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Correctly titled presentation.
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4
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An electronic form of your presentation has been emailed to the professor.
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Total Points = 100
Content Writing 40
Content Technical 33
Communication 15
Technical Organization 12
Friday, September 27, 2013
Extra Credit and Topic for Group Presentation
Next week you are going to complete a group presentation about a major issue that centers around technology and is facing our society today.
Here are the topics that you can choose from. Or you can take today's class to discuss and research a different topic idea with your partner, but it MUST BE APPROVED by Mr. FIerro before you begin your project.
I will give you the details of what I expect from this project on Monday's class period.
Effects of iPad (touch screen devices) on children - Montserrat & Nohemi.
The Human Genome Project’s goal
Using Khan Academy in the classroom
The future of the World Wide Web
Future projects at Google
How has iTunes affected the music and movie industry
What is your “digital footprint?” and what does it mean?
Can we reach Artificial Intelligence? Is that a good thing?
Can we reach Artificial Intelligence? Is that a good thing?
How have search engines changed our daily lives?
Can an online company become too big and powerful?
Is Facebook making us less social? - Camila & Melissa
Here is an extra credit assignment to improve your grade.
Read this article titled "The Touch-Screen Generation."
Now in a 1-2 page essay answer the following question.
What are some of the effects that iPads or other touch screen media on children?
Your essay must be emailed to Mr. Fierro at fierro.r.1025@gmail.com:
- It must be a word document.
- MLA format
- 12 point font
- Double spaced
You may also conduct your own research to complete the essay. Just make sure you cite your sources.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Assignment 6: Results of Online Polls
This assignment is DUE on SEPTEMBER 26 at 11:59 p.m.
By this point you should be done with your online polls and should now answer each of your classmates polls.
Look at the results of your online posts by going to Google Drive.
You click on the spreadsheet poll you created and then click on "View Responses".
Now send an email of each spreadsheet as an attachment to fierro.r.1025@gmail.com
You click on the spreadsheet poll you created and then click on "View Responses".
Now send an email of each spreadsheet as an attachment to fierro.r.1025@gmail.com
Make sure you title your email "Results of Online Poll (Your name and Type of poll) for each email.
Your classmates' Blogger URL addresses are:
- Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?
- How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you recieved?
- Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why?
- If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Technologico de Montorrey asking them how much time and effort they spent doing homework this year, what are the steps you would take to complete that online poll?
- Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tech de Montorrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not?
- How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person?
- In what ways do you think online polling using Google Spreadsheets can be improved? Or was it easier to create an online poll than you originally thought? Explain.
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