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

• 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

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.

• 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!

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.

I think if Frank could talk and appreciate music he would enjoy music like this!

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.

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.

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