tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59598441066448045312024-02-19T09:01:06.962+00:00ICT@StGThis blog is for Year7/Year8 ICT students. You will find information to help with some of the lessons and, in some cases, additional material you can use.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-63374179683227782092017-05-08T04:12:00.001+01:002017-05-08T04:12:43.475+01:00Games marketingYou need to come up with at least 1 individual marketing text each within your production groups, but most of you should aim to produce more.<br />
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You will be presenting your games and marketing on a stall at the final KS3 assembly, possibly creating materials such as this...<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tbiICYsRdGc" width="560"></iframe><br />
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There are many things you can do ...<br />
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<li>magazine ad</li>
<li>poster</li>
<li>game cover</li>
<li>TV ad</li>
<li>merchandise:</li>
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<li>tee-shirts</li>
<li>badges</li>
<li>pens</li>
<li>mugs</li>
<li>toys</li>
<li>board game</li>
<li>mouse mat ... and many more!</li>
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<li>downloadable content:</li>
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<li>wallpapers</li>
<li>ringtones</li>
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<li>YouTube channel content:</li>
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<li>game walkthroughs</li>
<li>interview with game creator/s</li>
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<li>tie-ins</li>
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<li>cereal packet</li>
<li>soft drink bottle/can</li>
<li>sweet/chocolate wrappers etc!</li>
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<li>UGC/fan art</li>
<li>just some suggestions! See PowerPoint below for some examples</li>
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SOME USEFUL SITES (may be blocked in school for games topic)</div>
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<b><a href="http://getandroidstuff.com/best-android-cool-games-for-girls/">GETANDROIDSTUFF Android games for girls</a></b> (but useful examples of marketing for children generally)</div>
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<a href="http://www.androidauthority.com/best-kids-games-for-android-579480/">10 best Android kids games</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-apps-for-kids/">15 best iOS kids games</a></div>
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs/2017-games-expo-application-form" target="_blank" title="2017 games expo application form">2017 games expo application form</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs" target="_blank">DB3igs</a></strong> </div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="485" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/zPblXLVcQSb1MT" style="border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="595"> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom: 5px;">
<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs/2017-st-g-expo" target="_blank" title="2017 st g expo">2017 st g expo</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs" target="_blank">DB3igs</a></strong> </div>
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Some videos on advertising to children</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLzy1pwphEdHQJ0rluOtRIJdIerOlNjqIu" width="560"></iframe></div>
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DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-71741406658985606202017-02-27T06:58:00.004+00:002017-03-03T08:46:15.376+00:00Scratch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE 3/3/17: Videos should now be enabled. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over the next few weeks you will learn how to use Scratch, creating algorithms to control features on screen ... then apply this to your own game concept ... before joining up with others to form a company and create marketing materials for your company stall at a games expo event!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">LESSON 1 GOALS:</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Using the video resources at <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/help/videos/"><b>https://scratch.mit.edu/help/videos/</b></a>, create projects which include these elements - save each time you do a new step under a new name (that means you start from Scratch each time!).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Read <i>carefully </i>the instructions below; do not move on until you've <i>fully </i>read + understood the instructions for each step.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For Step 1 you need to click <i>Join Scratch</i>. For Step 2 etc you need to click CREATE, then immediately name the new project. Once you have you can click FILE-SAVE (or download to PC), and save it in your SCRATCH/EXPERIMENTS folder.</td></tr>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="714" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/GJ0BzGYWaQa5Ih" style="border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="668"> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom: 5px;">
<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs/scratch-tools-i-used" target="_blank" title="Scratch tools i used">Scratch tools i used</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs" target="_blank">DB3igs</a></strong> </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP 1: SET UP A SCRATCH ACCOUNT + LOG IN</span></b></span><br />
Save any login info you need somewhere you won't lose it - you could send yourself an email, or use the contacts function with your school gmail to save this.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP 2: SET UP + SAVE A NEW SCRATCH PROJECT</span></b></span><br />
First, a new folder in your ICT folder: SCRATCH. Inside this, two more folders: EXPERIMENTS; MY GAME.<br />
Save your Scratch project as Stage1 Sprite Move.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BELOW: Name the project file <u><b>THEN</b></u> <i>FILE-SAVE or FILE-DOWNLOAD </i>and save into the correct folder. You'll need to re-save when you're finished each step, and create a new project for each stage.</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4raYvKaPrgc1Bn0rV32JP6Jj3AxQyf1MVvQi9I_3ifLjPC6_6VOjaGf_Ave-WH5QgIk0zctztojG42PX0nQ9F2RN_WFFcu23jNAMWE6aiNBoK6_LYKKswP95GdCa7YGoq8N1bu5Pb1M/s1600/sCRATCH2.PNG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4raYvKaPrgc1Bn0rV32JP6Jj3AxQyf1MVvQi9I_3ifLjPC6_6VOjaGf_Ave-WH5QgIk0zctztojG42PX0nQ9F2RN_WFFcu23jNAMWE6aiNBoK6_LYKKswP95GdCa7YGoq8N1bu5Pb1M/s640/sCRATCH2.PNG" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP 3: MAKE A SPRITE MOVE FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS</span></b></span><br />
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Don't change the default sprite unless instructed to do so.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaT3eVBLUiGar6NzU7niQPt31XdK2nXNY5d0wvxd4TJDwiDYSUulTLiGvs03B2wuif9i275hLKSa1a5pVfSODWFrJkggJ6cdeTGGAJs8eqayfNMFoBNG-UIqxnHgwZZFp3CH8hQ6S2D4/s1600/Scratch3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaT3eVBLUiGar6NzU7niQPt31XdK2nXNY5d0wvxd4TJDwiDYSUulTLiGvs03B2wuif9i275hLKSa1a5pVfSODWFrJkggJ6cdeTGGAJs8eqayfNMFoBNG-UIqxnHgwZZFp3CH8hQ6S2D4/s1600/Scratch3.PNG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">-60 moves backwards!</td></tr>
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Watch the video: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Make your sprite move forward</b></i></span> to help. <br />
Make the sprite move forward when the green flag is clicked.<br />
Make the sprite move backwards when space bar is clicked.<br />
Add one more variable for movement.<br />
Save the successful project (Stage 1 Sprite Move).<br />
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Note on your log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer, adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder, NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Go into <a href="s:\KS3\Year%207\ICT\7.4%20Scratch\Scratch%20cards">the <u><span style="color: blue;">Scratch Cards folder</span></u></a>. Use the <i><b>Key Moves</b></i> card.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP 4: MAKE A SPRITE SPIN</span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9UlyW7vkKcVBb_LMB8OF_GqU4Jcz9nxKtAq7zgJ1bjry5P7dQwwufOkMnIdFo9skXhtAGmk8fNDn1L4yRChn6ZdhETJTounaFuXjOcvFBl7EZIawUkpq2dDlz-SVY6SjM3q_YOhIvBU/s1600/Scratch4.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9UlyW7vkKcVBb_LMB8OF_GqU4Jcz9nxKtAq7zgJ1bjry5P7dQwwufOkMnIdFo9skXhtAGmk8fNDn1L4yRChn6ZdhETJTounaFuXjOcvFBl7EZIawUkpq2dDlz-SVY6SjM3q_YOhIvBU/s1600/Scratch4.PNG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using <i>forever</i> keeps it spinning!</td></tr>
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Don't change the default sprite unless instructed to do so.</div>
Watch the video: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Make your sprite move forward</b></i></span> to help.<br />
Save a new Scratch project as Stage 2 Spinning Sprite.<br />
Make the Sprite spin, move forwards, move backwards when different buttons are clicked.<br />
Save the successful project.<br />
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Note on your
log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer,
adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder,
NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP 5: MAKE A SPRITE CHANGE COLOUR</span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuwGqOyeGPcmcTG8nXzzDvUTDk8bx2Zd5d0VlTl95gk-j5VMrV_ReOqSAeCAg8WKKZt_15RiBlXonkYsjtV40MIcJip07R-E5vvvSmWgrRT_-FC7dnAwznifa_HEAmPiiTqdGjCzTM0Y/s1600/Scratch5.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuwGqOyeGPcmcTG8nXzzDvUTDk8bx2Zd5d0VlTl95gk-j5VMrV_ReOqSAeCAg8WKKZt_15RiBlXonkYsjtV40MIcJip07R-E5vvvSmWgrRT_-FC7dnAwznifa_HEAmPiiTqdGjCzTM0Y/s1600/Scratch5.PNG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can select the button to trigger changes</td></tr>
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Don't change the default sprite unless instructed to do so.</div>
Watch the video: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Make your sprite change colour</b></i></span> to help.<br />
Save a new Scratch project as Stage 3 Colour Change Sprite.<br />
Make the Sprite change colour, and at least two of the actions already learned when different buttons are clicked.<br />
Save the successful project.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Note on your
log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer,
adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder,
NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Go into <a href="s:%5CKS3%5CYear%207%5CICT%5C7.4%20Scratch%5CScratch%20cards">the <span style="color: blue;"><u>Scratch Cards folder</u></span></a>. Use the <i><b>Animate It</b></i> card.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">LESSON <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2</span> GOALS:</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Using the video resources at <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/help/videos/"><b>https://scratch.mit.edu/help/videos/</b></a>, create projects </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">which include these elements - save each time you do a new step under a new name (that means you start from Scratch each time!).</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Read <i>carefully </i>the instructions below; do not move on until you've <i>fully </i>read + understood the instructions for each step.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For this lesson, <span style="color: #990000;"><b>start from wherever you left off in lesson 1</b></span> - if you're unsure how you did earlier steps, it would be useful to look over these again - remember, the help videos are really short! </span></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY 13TH:</b></span> <span style="color: #38761d;">Begin planning <i><b>your </b></i>game!</span> You can base yours closely on an existing example, but change some features - see the hyperlinked examples in the complete games to build yourself folder (in <a href="s:\KS3\Year%207\ICT\7.4%20Scratch">the Scratch folder</a>), or use the Scratch website to look at other games. Type up these details, using the worksheet:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">proposed game title (this can change!)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2-sentence description of what the game is about</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1-sentence description of the scoring system (how points are earned/how you win or lose) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">describe your character/s (briefly at this stage)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">describe the background </span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(briefly at this stage)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">find an image/s to demonstrate your ideas for character/s and background/s, pasting these into the document.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">SAVE AS class first name planning1, <i>eg</i>: 7CW Joe Planning1. You can copy into the 7CW/7PAC folder next week.</span> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="714" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/4HOXhU8lGdlmGp" style="border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="668"> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom: 5px;">
<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs/scratch-your-game-planning1" target="_blank" title="scratch Your game planning1">scratch Your game planning1</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DB3igs" target="_blank">DB3igs</a></strong> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Try out the costume change instruction</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SytqBqAlbDVm0_1VyZER3qlGFtjWKEKQDbRbHnWa828F9frxKh0kpSxghSQZl8gj9GEAwn90fecVkSndm4pBFdA-2euwSBEV-MgLwUUMDQwzUbljinUmR1zKLyeXpG9w4u9A0k2zqao/s1600/scratch6a+costume+change.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SytqBqAlbDVm0_1VyZER3qlGFtjWKEKQDbRbHnWa828F9frxKh0kpSxghSQZl8gj9GEAwn90fecVkSndm4pBFdA-2euwSBEV-MgLwUUMDQwzUbljinUmR1zKLyeXpG9w4u9A0k2zqao/s200/scratch6a+costume+change.PNG" width="187" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Keep audio turned <span style="color: #38761d;">down</span>!!!</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6</span>: MAKE A SPRITE <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DANCE</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Feel free to experiment with changing the sprite or background!</span></span></div>
Watch the video: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Make your sprite dance</b></i></span> to help.<br />
Save a new Scratch project as Stage 4 Dancing Sprite.<br />
Make the Sprite dance, and change costume! Use at least two of the actions already learned when different buttons are clicked.<br />
Save the successful project.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Note on your
log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer,
adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder,
NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Go into <a href="s:%5CKS3%5CYear%207%5CICT%5C7.4%20Scratch%5CScratch%20cards">the <u><span style="color: blue;">Scratch Cards folder</span></u></a>. Use the <b><i>Dance Twist</i></b> card.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZN_QzoWsd_BhGih6k3Fk0MUAzzI_GM_CeJB-X4S0VztosTYnN31BxJw41GhqiZDe4RQxl-tK97X8HRhEwWtKVPws4f_xj06m37LfHNz7qgwy3M89sYghI-KROq4DTaoMA5PsfzZIgiY/s1600/Scratch7+follow+mouse.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZN_QzoWsd_BhGih6k3Fk0MUAzzI_GM_CeJB-X4S0VztosTYnN31BxJw41GhqiZDe4RQxl-tK97X8HRhEwWtKVPws4f_xj06m37LfHNz7qgwy3M89sYghI-KROq4DTaoMA5PsfzZIgiY/s1600/Scratch7+follow+mouse.PNG" /></a><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7</span></span>: MAKE <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">YOUR</span> SPRITE <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">FOLLOW THE MOUSE</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Feel free to experiment with changing the sprite or background!</span></span></div>
Watch the video: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Make your sprite follow the mouse </b></i></span>to help.<br />
Save a new Scratch project as Stage 5 Sprite Follows Mouse.<br />
Make the Sprite follow the mouse! Use at least two of the actions already learned when different buttons are clicked.<br />
Save the successful project.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Note on your
log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer,
adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder,
NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Go into <a href="s:%5CKS3%5CYear%207%5CICT%5C7.4%20Scratch%5CScratch%20cards">the <u><span style="color: blue;">Scratch Cards folder</span></u></a>. Use the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Follow the Mouse</b></i></span> card.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The '<span style="color: magenta;"><b>stage</b></span>' is a grid; you can programme <i><b>precise </b></i>movement</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span>: MAKE <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">YOUR</span> SPRITE <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">GLIDE</span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Feel free to experiment with changing the sprite or background!</span></span></div>
Watch the video: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Make your sprite glide </b></i></span>to help.<br />
Save a new Scratch project as Stage 6 Sprite Glides.<br />
Make the Sprite glide! Use at least two of the actions already learned when different buttons are clicked.<br />
Save the successful project.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Note on your
log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer,
adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder,
NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Go into <a href="s:%5CKS3%5CYear%207%5CICT%5C7.4%20Scratch%5CScratch%20cards">the <u><span style="color: blue;">Scratch Cards folder</span></u></a>. Use the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Glide</b></i></span> card.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Feel free to experiment with changing the sprite or background!</span></span></div>
Watch the video: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Make your sprite follow the mouse </b></i></span>to help.<br />
Save a new Scratch project as Stage 5 Sprite Follows Mouse.<br />
Make the Sprite follow the mouse! Use at least two of the actions already learned when different buttons are clicked.<br />
Save the successful project.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Note on your
log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer,
adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder,
NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Go into <a href="s:%5CKS3%5CYear%207%5CICT%5C7.4%20Scratch%5CScratch%20cards">the <u><span style="color: blue;">Scratch Cards folder</span></u></a>. Use the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>Follow the Mouse</b></i></span> card.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEPs <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10-13</span></span></span></span>: <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">JUMP, SPIN, GIVE A GAME A STORY</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Feel free to experiment with changing the sprite or background!</span></span></div>
Watch the 3 videos above, saving new projects called:<br />
<ul>
<li>Stage 6 Sprite Jumps.</li>
<li>Stage 7 Sprite Spins</li>
<li>Stage 8 Simple Game </li>
</ul>
By now you're trying to include as many of the earlier tools as you can.<br />
Save the successful project.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Note on your
log sheet any tools used. You can do this in PowerPoint if you prefer,
adding screenshots of tools used. Check the document is in your folder,
NOT the shared area, then save. </div>
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OPTIONAL EXTENSION: Go into <a href="s:%5CKS3%5CYear%207%5CICT%5C7.4%20Scratch%5CScratch%20cards">the <u><span style="color: blue;">Scratch Cards folder</span></u></a>, and use any of the cards you haven't so far! </span></span><br />
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DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-36184849468486518372013-07-08T11:47:00.001+01:002013-07-08T11:58:01.758+01:00Sweding<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/i5Rd8x4OJoY" width="420"></iframe> <br />
Sweding is a term that came from the film <i>Be Kind Rewind</i>, where Jack Black and others did zero-budget spoof remakes of existing films. Swedes are short, featuring well known scenes and characters, and use daft props in place of SFX/CGI.<br />
Here's the film trailer, followed by a sample of its <i>Ghostbusters </i>swede:<br />
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There are <i>many </i>examples of swedes online; here are a few examples:<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Transformers:</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FeDpy3IUHA"><b>The Dark Knight</b></a>;<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The Lord of the Rings Trilogy:</b></span><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bc2cQrS7OFM" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Home Alone:</b></span><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_S_0-kldlhg" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</b></span><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dOwNwsxaW5k" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Jurassic Park</b></span><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OFZBz3ZiQbk" width="560"></iframe><br />DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-66552952183315559992013-01-16T09:43:00.000+00:002013-01-17T11:03:07.688+00:00Analysing fontsWhen you're designing or analysing a text, whether thats a <i>Word </i>or <i>Publisher </i>document, a<i> Photoshop</i> image (perhaps a poster), website/web page, whatever it may be, one of the most important factors will be your font. The choice of font (and its size, colour, case [<i>ie </i>use of capitals] and any effects such as <b>bold</b>, <u>underline</u> or <i>Italics</i>) for any aspect of the text will help suggest:<br />
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<li>the target audience, always the most important consideration</li>
<li>the tone: some fonts have a fun feel, others more serious</li>
<li>different fonts also help to distinguish separate sections</li>
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Two useful words here: <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif">serif</a></b> and sans-serif. Serif fonts have 'curly bits' or bits sticking out (as <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif">the </a></b><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif">Wiki</a></b> </i>puts it, 'the small lines tailing from the edges of letters and symbols'); <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif">sans-serif</a></b> fonts are simply made up of smooth lines and don't have serifs!<br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is a serif font. (Often used to set a serious tone, which is why <i>Times New Roman </i>is the default font in <i>Word</i>!)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">This is a sans-serif font. (Often used to set a light, fun tone: <i>Comic Sans </i>is the classic example)</span></span></blockquote>
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Lets consider how this works with a screenshot from three websites: <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/nutrition/index.shtml">the BBC Health website</a></b>; <i><b><a href="http://kats.roycastle.org/">Kids Against Tobacco Smoke</a></b></i>; <b><a href="http://www.drpbody.com/drugs.html">Dr P Body's Learning/Fun Center</a></b>.<br />
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<br />DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-85405518262377930432013-01-08T09:50:00.004+00:002013-01-22T23:40:32.184+00:00Search engines + narrowing results<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are many competing search engines, each using slightly or radically different techniques to come up with their results. There is one globally dominant company, and we easily understand what is meant if someone suggests we 'google it'! However, even Google has more limited success in some countries such as China.</span></span><br />
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There are some files you need to access at <a href="y:\ICT\KS3\Year%207\The%20Internet"><b>Y:\ICT\KS3\Year 7\The Internet</b></a>. <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>The links below will help you to explore and differentiate between the competing search engines, and understand how to get better, more specific/relevant search results.</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/about-search-engines">The BBC's WebWise site</a> </b>is a good place to start: its brief but gives you a very clear summary of what a search engine is and how they vary.<b> </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine"><b>Wiki on search engines</b></a>, including history of their development (have you ever heard of Netscape? It used to be as dominant as Google is now!) and a list of major search engines. Some other examples of search engines:</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dogpile.co.uk/"><b>Dogpile</b></a>;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://uk.altavista.com/"><b>Yahoo!/AltaVista</b></a>;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bing.com/"><b>Bing</b></a>;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ask.com/"><b>Ask</b></a>;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's a list of <a href="http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/search-engines"><b>the 15 most popular search engines in the USA</b></a>, which you can compare to ...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...<a href="http://theeword.co.uk/seo-manchester/november_search_engine_market_share_revealed.html"><b>the most popular search engines in the UK!</b></a> (Novermber 2012 figures) or ...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">... <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/09/18/global-search-trends/"><b>other countries such as China!</b></a> (September 2012)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To get better results, use the advanced search options. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/narrowing-search-results"><b>Here's the BBC's WebWise list of tips on getting better results</b></a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can also use Boolean operators. <a href="http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp"><b>Here's a detailed explanation, including graphics</b></a>. This is a really good explanation, with examples for how you would use OR, AND, NOT in searches.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/boolean-operators"><b>This is the BBC WebWise explanation of Boolean operators</b></a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_function"><b>Here's the Wiki on Boolean operators</b></a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you wanted to find out more about how these companies and the search engine industry operate, including the economics and politics behind them, you could try <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/searchengines"><b>newspaper sites such as The Guardian's search engine articles</b></a>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Google allows you to use all sorts of extra search terms; you may not remember many of these at first, but you can always google 'google search terms' for help! Here's <a href="http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html"><b>Google's guide to its advanced search terms</b></a>. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Some of the techniques for better search results we'll explore include...</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">using the minus sign: a search for <i>salsa </i>finds everything to do with food <i>and </i>dance; if we only want the food-based reults we change our search to <i>-dance salsa</i>. The Boolean operator NOT also works like this: <i>salsa NOT dance </i>will achieve the same results.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">using the asterisk (SHIFT+8) symbol: if we search <i>adam ant</i> we get 5.2m hits, <b>but </b>if we search <i>adam ant* </i>we get 31.9m hits. Why? Because the * tells the search engine to include all words <i>starting </i>with <i>ant</i>, which is useful here because Adam Ant was originally in a band called Adam and the Ant<span style="color: red;"><i><u><b>s</b></u></i></span>! You use the * if there are several relevant variations of one of your search terms</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">adding more words: we're usually looking to reduce the number of hits to get more relevant results, and adding more words usually does this. <i>headlines 2000 </i>gets 195m hits; <i>headlines year 2000</i> reduces this to 132m; <i>uk headlines year 2000 </i>reduces this to 102m</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">word order: whichever words we put first are ranked as more important in the search, which is why I put <i>uk </i>first in the above example!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">speech marks: if we put "" round words the search engine will look for that exact phrase. <i>"adam ant" </i>gets half as many hits as simply <i>adam ant</i>, and they're more relevant</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and finally... The Boolean operator AND tells the search engine not to simply look for web pages with <b>any </b>of the words in the search phrase, but to look for results with <b>all </b>of the terms you put AND between. So, if I search for <i>uk newspaper headlines year 2000</i> I get 153m hits. If I amend this to <i>uk AND newspaper headlines year 2000</i> I only get hits which have <b>both </b>UK and newspapers: I now get 144m hits. The search <i>uk AND newspaper AND headlines AND</i> <i>year 2000 </i>gets 104m hits. If I amended this to <i>headline* </i>it jumps up to 365m!</span></li>
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DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-20249169095336319532012-11-27T13:03:00.003+00:002012-11-28T08:43:47.676+00:00Yr7: DTP2 Creating a MenuFor this task you will be applying the <i>Publisher </i>tools we looked at in the previous lesson:<br />
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<li>opening a document</li>
<li>changing the page setup from the default portrait to landscape</li>
<li>adding text</li>
<li>making text box borders visible (+ selecting colour) </li>
<li>adding WordArt</li>
<li>inserting + resizing images</li>
<li>cropping images </li>
<li>grouping and ungrouping objects</li>
<li>changing the <b>order </b>of objects, eg <i>sending</i> an image <i>to back </i>sets it as your document background</li>
<li>using the taskbar to change the background</li>
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You can use some of the screenshots below to help refresh your memory! EXTENSION: You could also find a long document with instructions on many other aspects of Publisher <a href="http://www.srsd.net/tech/docs/Publisher%202003%20tutorial.pdf"><b>here</b></a> (right-click to save, Ctrl+click to open in a new window/tab).<br />
We will be creating a menu for your <b><i>Come Dine With Me </i></b>dinner party, in a booklet (an A4 landscape document split in two).<br />
First we'll create a list of what goes into a good menu - we can use some of these examples to help with this.<br />
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STEPS IN THIS TASK:<br />
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<li>Note the features of a good menu</li>
<li>List your 3-course menu (starter, main, dessert - if you want to extend yourself you could add vegetarian options!)</li>
<li>Find + save (or copy/paste into your document) photos for each course </li>
<li>Set up a new landscape A4 blank document</li>
<li>Set it to 2 columns (see the screenshot below!) - splitting your page creates two <b>panels</b>. (Alternatively we could try some of the brochure entries from the <i>new document </i>section of the task pane)</li>
<li>Insert another page (so you have 4 panels to work with; if you don't you only have 2 panels to work with)</li>
<li>Pick a background - and apply it to <b>both </b>pages!</li>
<li>Use some scrap paper to <i>roughly </i>sketch out/list what will go on each panel </li>
<li>Design the front panel</li>
<li>Check off the key features as you do them: cover page (the invite, a pic of your home [any house will do]), menu (each course with photo/s), map + directions to your house, dress code or theme, arrival/start time etc)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos of the food, a nice cover?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again, photos of the food feature!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>7ADM suggested the following should feature in a good menu for your Come Dine With me evening:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>1:FOOD DETAILS:</b></span><ol>
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<li>the 3 courses</li>
<li>key ingredients of each course (+ if something like a curry, the type of curry)</li>
<li>any accompaniments (<i>eg </i>rice, potatoes [roast, boiled, mashed <i>etc</i>], salad)</li>
<li>vegetarian alternatives <i>could </i>be given</li>
<li>info on whether nuts, dairy or gluten has been used for allergy sufferers</li>
<li>pictures of the food</li>
<li>funny names might be given, eg <i>Colin's Curry</i> or <i>Larry's Lasagne</i></li>
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<b>2</b><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>:DRINK DETAILS:</b></span><ul>
<li>cola, fruit juice, blends etc</li>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>3:ADDRESS/MAP + PIC OF HOUSE:</b></span><ul>
<li>no need to use your actual address, any Ilkley street address would do</li>
<li>use <i>GoogleMaps </i>to create a map (take a screenshot using the <i><b>Capture</b></i> programme: <b>START - ALL PROGRAMS - ACCESSORIES</b>)</li>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>4:TIME TO ARRIVE + THEME/DRESS CODE:</b></span><ul>
<li>there is often a theme (<i>eg </i>the 1950s, Disney characters<i> etc</i>) or a dress code (<i>eg </i>black tie, evening wear, ... Disney characters/fancy dress! <i>etc</i>)</li>
<li>you could illustrate this with a picture</li>
<li>although the programme wouldn't, you could also add contact details if you wish - though with e-safety in mind, again don't use your actual contact details!</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More detail/choices on this, but note the nice logo + contact details!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pic of the place, nice subheadings - but this wouldn't work in a one-fold brochure!</td></tr>
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You can find other examples by googling something such as 'dinner party menu'.<br />
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Here's some reminders of how to access certain Publisher tools:<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>CREATING 2 COLUMNS </b></span></span><br />
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<br />DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-28004790610922473162012-11-21T09:21:00.001+00:002012-11-21T09:59:43.012+00:00Yr7: DTP1 Intro to Publisher<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this lesson we will look at some of the key tools in the <em><strong><span style="color: #274e13;">desktop publishing (DTP)</span> </strong></em>programme <em><strong><span style="color: #274e13;">Publisher</span></strong></em>, part of the <em>Microsoft Office </em>suite. When you're creating a poster for other subjects you should use this instead of <strong><em>Word</em></strong>!</span></blockquote>
STEP ONE: OPEN PUBLISHER + SET UP A BLANK PORTRAIT A4 DOCUMENT<br />
I will demonstrate this first, then ask you to follow these steps.<br />
(i) Open <em>Publisher </em>from the <em>Microsoft Office </em>folder in <em>Start - Programmes</em><br />
(ii) Either select <em>File-New </em>or find the icon for blank A4 (portrait) document from the opening selection of choices.<br />
(iii) Task Pane - close it! Now work out how to reopen it! <br />
(iv) Click <em>View - Toolbars </em>and look at the options. Remember this - if you accidentally close a toolbar you need, you can reopen it from the same place.<br />
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STEP TWO: ADDING TEXT<br />
(v) Try to type into your document and see what happens. A stamp for anyone who can write their own name in their <em>Publisher </em>document within the next 60 seconds!<br />
The main solution is to add a text box: either click the text box icon on the <em>Objects </em>toolbar <strong>OR</strong> click <em>Insert - TextBox</em><br />
(vi) Add a new text box with instructions on how to add a text box!<br />
(vii) When you've done this, save your <em>Publisher </em>document as "<em>1st Publisher Doc</em>". As we work on, keep pressing <strong><em>CTRL </em></strong>+ <strong><em>S</em></strong>.<br />
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STEP THREE: ADDING IMAGES<br />
<em>Publisher </em>has some stock images <strong>("clip art"),</strong> and you can of course google for and save images then insert them. Lets take a screenshot to help us remember where we found the text box option:<br />
(viii) Find and open the <em>Capture </em>programme <em>(Start - Programmes - Capture</em>). Select the 3rd option, the rectangle with the dotted outline, to select an area to save (drag the mouse to select). Save it, and insert the image <em>(Insert - Image),</em> resize it and reposition it.<br />
(ix) Also insert a piece of <strong><em>clipart</em></strong>, resize and reposition.<br />
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STEP FOUR: WORD ART<br />
Lets use <em>Word Art </em>to add more text as a title. We also find this on the <strong><em>Objects </em></strong>toolbar.<br />
(x) Use this to type in <em>My 1st Publisher doc</em>. Experiment with the options!<br />
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STEP FIVE: GROUPING + CHANGING ORDER<br />
If we want to move 2 or more objects (text boxes, pictures, etc) around at the same time, so they stay in the same relative position to each other, we can <strong>group </strong>these. When we're done we can also then <strong>ungroup</strong> these objects. We can also change the order, just like layers in <em>Photoshop</em>.<br />
(xi) Group any 2 objects and move them. Then ungroup again!<br />
(xii) Move 1 object so that it partially covers another. (Send to back)<br />
Can you also work out how to change the background?!<br />
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STEP SIX: PRACTICE POSTER<br />
Find and insert an image from your favourite movie, and have a go at adding other features to make your <em>Publisher </em>document look like a convincing movie poster! (tagline, bbfc cert, release date, reviews etc)<br />
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At the end of the lesson use the <em>wall </em>below to add a note of the most useful (or surprising!) thing you learned how to do today using <strong><em>Publisher</em></strong>.<br />
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We'll come back to <strong><em>Publisher</em></strong> next lesson to develop and apply these skills!DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-51551022734204151332012-10-24T05:39:00.000+01:002012-10-24T06:05:11.360+01:00Yr8 Logo + BrochureWhat goes in to a good logo? It must be easily recognisable from a distance and stand out when placed on colourful backgrounds (packaging, posters etc).<br />
That means:<br />
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<li>a simple graphic design</li>
<li>using few colours (2 or 3 usually)</li>
<li>the company/brand name should be short too: 1, 2, maybe 3 words</li>
<li>the brand name is part of the logo; the font used is very important</li>
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You can follow the PowerPoint below to learn more about logos. Once you have you need to create a snappy company name (your business is fixing, mending, improving, transforming photos - you can use your name, txt-style spelling, words linked to photography or improvment/change ...).<br />
Every business needs a good slogan too - as Tesco plc says, <i>Every Little Helps</i>...<br />
Once you've done that you can follow the instructions in how to use <i>Photoshop </i>tools to create a great company logo.<br />
Make sure you save, and keep saving, your <i>Photoshop </i>work - any computer can crash. Press <i><b>Ctrl</b></i>+<i><b>S</b></i> every time you've made a major change you're happy with.<br />
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Remember: Make sure you save, and keep saving, your <i>Photoshop </i>work - any computer can crash. Press <i><b>Ctrl</b></i>+<i><b>S</b></i> every time you've made a major change you're happy with.<br />
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Your brochure needs to feature certain key details - you could do your own research, looking at examples, but if there isn't enough time you can find a list of the key details you need to include in the document below. This also has instructions on how to create a 6-panel leaflet in Publisher.<br />
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Don't forget which panel will end up as the front, back, inside ... use this document as a quick reference:<br />
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Think about background colours, and take care with your font choices; experiment with text effects too: you can make shapes with words.<br />
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<br />DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-47345466716136991052012-10-19T15:13:00.000+01:002012-10-19T15:13:22.761+01:00Yr 7: EXCEL working with formulasFor this lesson you will be learning how to make Excel do the hard work for you and make calculations - much quicker than manually working out sums in your head or by calculator and then typing them in!<br />
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First, open up <b>both </b>MyDocs <b>and </b>My Computer. Resize and reposition both so you can drag files from the curriculum share / ICT / KS3 / Yr7 folder to <b>your </b>own ICT folder.<br />
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In MyDocs open up your ICT folder and if you haven't already got a folder called SPREADSHEETS then click FILE > NEW FOLDER and name this.<br />
Navigate to the usual place in My Computer. In ICT / Yr 7 find and open the MODELLING folder. Go into LESSON 1.<br />
Drag the Excel file <b>Zoo Activity </b>and drop it into your own ICT/Spreadsheets folder. <b>Do not open the file yet</b>. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>YOU NOW HAVE UP TO 5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE <i>ZOO ACTIVITY </i>WORD DOCUMENT BY HAND, USING MENTAL ARITHMETIC OR A CALCULATOR</b></span></span>.<br />
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tbcDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-18780159374849538732012-10-10T12:54:00.002+01:002012-10-10T12:54:37.142+01:00Passwords and the hackersIt is written for an adult audience, but there is plenty of information in the article copied in below (click on <b>read more </b>to read the full piece) about how computer hackers are constantly working to crack our passwords - and why we do need complicated passwords to keep our personal information and files safe!<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Link for the article: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/05/online-security-passwords-tricks-hacking"><b>http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/05/online-security-passwords-tricks-hacking</b></a>)</span><br />
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This word cloud shows
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Let me hazard a wild guess: the system of passwords you use on
the internet – for accessing online banking, email, shopping sites,
Twitter and Facebook accounts – is a mess. You know perfectly well what
you <em>ought</em> to be doing: for each site you visit, you should be
choosing a different, complex sequence of letters, numbers and symbols,
and then memorising it. (That's rule number one of the conventional
wisdom on passwords: never, ever write them down.) But you don't do
this, because you weren't blessed with a brain that's capable of such
feats. So instead you use the same familiar words for every site – your
dog's name, the name of your street – with occasional ingenious
permutations, such as adding "123" at the end. Or maybe you do try to
follow the rules, in which case you're probably constantly getting
locked out of your bank account or trying to remember the answers to
various absurd security questions. ("What was your favourite sport as a
child?" I'm now asked, though my real favourite sport was finding ways
to dodge PE. One question at the iTunes Store asks users to nominate
their "least favourite car".) And things are getting worse: these days,
you find yourself forced to choose passwords with both upper- and
lower-case letters, and what normal human being can remember multiple
combinations of those? Not you, that's for sure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One reason not to
feel too guilty about your bad password behaviour is that it seems to
be almost universal. Last month, an analysis of leaked pin numbers
revealed that about <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2012/sep/28/debit-cards-currentaccounts?CMP=twt_gu" title="">one in 10 of us uses "1234"</a>;
a recent security breach at Yahoo showed that thousands of users'
passwords were either "password", "welcome", "123456" or "ninja". </span><br />
<a name='more'></a>People
choose terrible passwords even when more is at stake than their
savings: among military security specialists, it's well-known that at
the height of the cold war, the "<a href="http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/us-nuclear-secret-unlock-code-was.html" title="">secret unlocking code</a>" for America's nuclear missiles was 00000000. Five years ago, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7097101.stm" title="">Newsnight revealed</a>
that, until 1997, some British nuclear missiles were armed by turning a
key in what was essentially a bike lock. To choose whether the bomb
should explode in the air or on the ground, you turned dials using an
Allen key, Ikea-style. There weren't any passcodes at all. Speed of
retaliation, in the event of an enemy attack, counted for everything.<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
parlous state of our passwords is the result of a different arms race,
between malicious hackers and "white-hat" security testers. But when you
talk to some of the people most deeply involved, it soon becomes clear
that the conventional wisdom is flawed. For example: writing down your
passwords may be an excellent plan. Employers who insist on their staff
changing passwords every 90 days probably aren't increasing security,
and may be making things worse. The same goes for some of the password
rules that your bank insists you follow – no more than 12 characters,
spaces not allowed, etcetera. At the bottom of all this is the truth
that passwords, as a method for keeping our most private data secure on
the internet, are fundamentally broken. When I asked the veteran
security researcher <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEIQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.cheswick.com%2Fches%2Ftalks%2Frethink.pdf&ei=xrdpUO2vMsrU0QWW3IGgDg&usg=AFQjCNHjfwkOt7JmvPS_MY67khMQ0LNJlA" title="">Bill Cheswick</a>
if there was a way to solve the problem once and for all, he thought
about it, then suggested, "Burn your computer and go to the beach." But
though the system may be in chaos, there are things you can do to stay
both safe and sane. It's just that they are not necessarily the things
you've been told.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Password hacking takes many different forms, but
one crucial thing to understand is that it's often not a matter of
devilish cunning but of bludgeoning with brute force. Take the example
of a hacker who sneaks on to a company's servers and steals a file
containing a few million passwords. These will (hopefully) have been
encrypted, so he can't just log into your account: if your password is
"hello" – which of course it shouldn't be – it might be recorded in the
file as something like "$1$r6T8SUB9$Qxe41FJyF/3gkPIuvKOQ90". Nor can he
simply decode the gobbledegook, providing "one-way encryption" was used.
What he can do, though, is feed millions of password guesses through
the same encryption algorithm until one of them – bingo! – results in a
matching string of gobbledegook. Then he knows he's found a password.
(An additional encryption technique, known as "salting", renders this
kind of attack impractical, but it's unclear how many firms actually use
it.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is where the length of your password makes an almost unbelievable difference. For a hacker with the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/computing" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Computing">computing</a>
power to make 1,000 guesses per second, a five-letter, purely random,
all-lower-case password, such as "fpqzy", would take three and
three-quarter hours to crack. Increase the number of letters to 20,
though, and the cracking time increases, just a little bit:
it's 6.5 thousand trillion centuries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then there's the question of
predictability. Nobody thinks up passwords by combining truly random
sequences of letters and numbers; instead they follow rules, like using
real words and replacing the letter O with a zero, or using first names
followed by a year. Hackers know this, so their software can incorporate
these rules when generating guesses, vastly reducing the time it takes
to hit on a correct one. And every time there's a new leak of millions
of passwords – as happened to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/dec/13/gawker-hackers-passwords-twitter-wikileaks" title="">Gawker</a> in 2010 and to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jun/06/linkedin-hacking" title="">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jul/12/yahoo-voice-hack-attack-passwords-stolen" title="">Yahoo</a>
this year – it effectively adds to a massive body of knowledge about
how people create passwords, which makes things even easier. If you
think you've got a clever system for coming up with passwords, the
chances are that hackers are already familiar with it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The least
hackable password, then, would be a long string of completely random
letters, numbers, spaces and symbols – but you'd never remember it.
However, because length matters so much, the surprising truth is that a
longish string of random English words, all in lower case – say, "awoken
wheels angling ostrich" – is actually much more secure than a shorter
password that follows your bank's annoying rules, such as "M@nch3st3r".
And easier to remember: you've already formed a memorable image of some
noisy wheels waking up an ostrich fishing by a riverbank, haven't you?
As the popular geek comic <a href="http://xkcd.com/" title="">XKCD</a>
put it last year, making exactly this point, "Through 20 years of
effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are
hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It
gets worse: because passwords are too hard to remember, we've added
account recovery processes involving security questions that are far too
easy for the hackers to answer. That's how <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin_email_hack" title="">Sarah Palin's personal email was hacked</a>
in 2008: the intruder correctly guessed information about her postal
code and high school. A related weakness in account recovery was also to
blame for a vicious hacking assault on the Wired magazine writer <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/aug/08/apple-amazon-patch-security" title="">Mat Honan</a>
in August. Hackers managed to commandeer his Google account, send
racist messages under his name on Twitter and remotely wipe all the data
on his laptop, phone and iPad. All this happened, one of the hackers
later told Honan via online messages, because Amazon's customer services
line was happy to give out the last four digits of his credit card
number – which was what Apple's customer services needed in order to
reset access to his Apple iCloud account.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some websites will let
you use a passphrase, like the one about the angling ostrich. But many
won't – and in those cases, several security experts agree, you should
defy your bank and write them down. Their logic is simple: when you know
you can't commit something to paper, you keep it simple, so you end up
choosing insecure passwords. (The same applies to the advice – sometimes
a requirement – to change your password regularly: the more passwords
you have to remember, the more pressure to choose easy ones.) "I have 68
different passwords," a Microsoft security specialist named <a href="http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-security-guru-Jot-down-your-passwords/2100-7355_3-5716590.html" title="">Jesper Johansson</a>
told a conference several years ago. "If I am not allowed to write any
of them down, guess what I am going to do? I am going to use the same
password on every one of them." The cryptographer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier" title="">Bruce Schneier</a>,
another advocate of writing down passwords, points out that most of us
are pretty good at maintaining the security of small scraps of paper.
Whether you can trust your spouse, or your housemates, is the kind of
security calculation you're qualified to make. Whether your bank account
might be at risk from a Russian hacking collective really isn't.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When I put this argument to Neil Aitken, a spokesman for the UK <a href="http://www.paymentscouncil.org.uk/who_we_are/" title="">Payments Council</a>
– which oversees, among other things, the inter-bank transfers system
and the Link network – he did a remarkably good job of remaining calm.
The problem, he explained, is that the laws on fraud impose certain
responsibilities on bank customers. If somebody swipes money from your
account, you'll have a harder time getting it back if you're deemed to
have been "grossly negligent" in protecting your passwords. "You could
have the most difficult-to-interpret password in the world, but if you
tell someone else what it is, you've blown it." The council strongly
advises British consumers never to write down or share their passwords.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Both
sides have a point. That's the problem with security: it's always a
matter of trade-offs. More convenience means less security; more
protection from remote attacks means less protection from a sneaky
housemate. Would you rather run a slightly higher (but hard to quantify)
risk of losing your money, or condemn yourself to years of
password-related hassle? It's a question almost as perplexing as,
"What's your least favourite car?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bill Cheswick – "Ches" to his
friends – is far from alone in believing that we're descending, as
a society, into password chaos. What makes him unusual is that he's
willing to accept responsibility for being partly to blame. In 1994, as a
member of AT&T's fabled research division, Bell Labs, he co-wrote a
book with the evocative title of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Firewalls-Internet-Security-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/020163466X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349101406&sr=8-1" title="">Firewalls And Internet Security: Repelling The Wily Hacker</a>.
(He also coined the term "proxy server", one of several things that
makes him, in internet circles, a minor deity.) The book helped lay the
foundations for modern online security. But now, he says, when we meet
in a Manhattan coffee bar, passwords have become "a pain in the ass! Who
can keep track of all these things?" It's a subject on which Cheswick, a
volubly enthusiastic man at most times anyway, grows so animated that
people at other tables start to look up from their laptops. "And all
these rules! You have to mix symbols, cases, numbers…"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cheswick
calls these "eye-of-newt" rules because they resemble recipes for
magical potions, although sometimes, when getting carried away giving
speeches, he has been known to call them "password fascism", too. "I
have 25 different accounts, so now I have to remember 25 different
eye-of-newt passwords? That's <em>not gonna happen!</em>"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Besides,
he argues, the focus on making passwords more complex is rapidly
becoming irrelevant, because the more serious threat is from keyloggers –
software surreptitiously installed on your computer, via the internet,
that monitors the keys you're pressing. "I don't care how good your
password is – if I'm watching you type, I got you," he says. You can
reduce the risk by using a Mac, or by upgrading from the insecure
Windows XP to Windows 7, and installing anti-virus software. But the
only real guarantee is never to visit the kinds of sites where such
"malware" resides. And "if the grandkids come round, and the teenage son
types in one bad address? You're done." Hardly less sinister are
"phishing" attacks, the topic of much media hype, in which an email or
website that resembles something reputable, such as the log-in page of
your bank, tricks you into parting with your password. (The basic
anti-phishing advice is to check your browser address bar; to hover over
links with your mouse to make sure they're what they claim to be; and
never to provide your password in response to an email.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One day,
we may not have to worry about any of this: there are innovations in
development that might replace passwords entirely. Touchscreens could be
configured to detect subtle aspects of your interactions with your
computer – the distances between your fingers, the speeds at which you
tap and scroll. Technologists at Rutgers University in New Jersey have
built a prototype of a ring, worn on the finger, that would send tiny
bursts of electricity through the user's skin to the screen, vouching
for his or her identity. Fingerprint readers, built into some laptops
already but with too many flaws to be taken seriously, could be
improved. But don't hold your breath. "Passwords aren't going away" for
the foreseeable future, Cheswick says. "I can wish as hard as I want,
but they're just too convenient."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the meantime, he recommends
doing what I did, after thoroughly scaring myself researching this
article: install a piece of software known as a "password wallet", such
as <a href="http://lastpass.com/" title="">LastPass</a> or <a href="https://agilebits.com/onepassword" title="">1Password</a>.
These generate fiendishly random passwords for each of the sites you
visit, storing them all behind a single master password. I installed
LastPass and chose a fairly long sequence of English words with digits. I
am now in the disorienting position of not knowing, and never having
known, the password to my email, for example, but it doesn't matter:
LastPass provides it whenever it's needed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's not a perfect
solution. LastPass is secure to an almost problematic degree: since it
conducts all its encryption and decryption on users' own computers, my
master password is unknown to the company, which means no one will be
able to help me should I forget it. (There's no recovery process based
on security questions, either.) And so – yes – I've written it down, in
coded form, on a scrap of paper, which I've carefully hidden. I hope to
have the password memorised soon. There's no such thing as total
security, let alone total security plus total convenience, but this
feels like a workable compromise. I'd just better not forget where I hid
that piece of paper.</span></blockquote>
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DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-89352262752580951482012-09-27T08:45:00.003+01:002012-10-01T13:19:14.670+01:00Yr8 EXCEL chart task: key points<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>For this task you need to <span style="color: red;">(1)</span> design a survey; collect responses; tally up the totals for each possible answer you gave; <span style="color: red;">(2)</span> enter the data into an Excel spreadsheet; <span style="color: red;">(3) </span>display your results as a pie chart or graph (using the instruction sheet provided); and <span style="color: red;">(4)</span> finally assess someone else's work while they assess yours!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>You need to follow these steps for a successful outcome:</b></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can create a pie chart or a bar chart/graph</td></tr>
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<ol>
</ol>
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">DESIGN A CLASS SURVEY </span></b></span></span><ol>
<li><span style="color: purple;">Create a question that most of your class have a reasonable chance of answering!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">Provide 4 or 5 possible answers, plus 'other' so that anybody who wouldn't choose any of your possible answers still has something to select</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">Examples would be 'which of these is the best film/TV show/pop band/football team/country/city/food' or 'who will win the premier league/championship/formula one title/next football world cup'. These are just a couple of examples.</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>INPUT SURVEY RESULTS AS DATA INTO SPREADSHEET</b></span></span> </span><ol>
<li><span style="color: purple;">For your spreadsheet, put the title into cell 1A, eg '8AHF's favourite pop bands'</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">You can change the font and size so that this stands out </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">Skip a row: go to row 3 next</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">In cell 3A write the category (eg film, country, team; whatever your question asked) - one word will probably be enough</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">In cell 3B write 'total'</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">From cell 4A and working <b>down</b> column A type in the choices you gave on your survey form</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">If any of your choices is a number (<i>eg </i>the film <i>300</i> was used in a list of best films) then put single quote marks '' around the name so that software recognises this as a word and not a number </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">You may need to expand the border of column A so that the full word/title can be seen: if so, click off from any individual cell; hover the mouse between the border line separating columns A and B until you see the icon change and then simply drag the column A border over to the right</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">From cell 4B and working <b>down </b>column B type in the totals</span></li>
</ol>
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>CHECK AND SAVE YOUR WORK; ADD A BORDER IF YOU WISH</b> </span></span></span><ol>
<li><span style="color: purple;">Save your work! Either hold in the Ctrl button and press S or File/Save As.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">BEFORE you start generating a graph/chart, check you've not left a blank column, have missed out row 2, have put category + total in 3A and 3B, and have created a spreadsheet precisely like the example shown earlier! </span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">If you really want to add a border, hold in the Ctrl button and</span> <a href="http://igsict.blogspot.com/2012/09/excel-drawing-border-around-data.html"><b>click on this link to read this post with instructions</b></a>.</li>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">CREATING A PIE CHART OR GRAPH </span></b></span><br />
<ol>
<li><span style="color: purple;">Now follow the instructions in the Publisher document <i>Differentiated help sheet </i>which you can find in the Y:\ICT\KS3\Year 8\Charts folder (the Y drive is the curriculum share folder you see when you open My Computer)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">When you reach stage 5 on this helpsheet make sure you also check the box for <b>category name</b>.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">In the final step change the setting in 'As object in' to Sheet 2 (it is set to sheet 1 automatically).</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">If you think you've gotten everything right you're ready to have the person beside you go through the checklist to note which parts you've successfully completed! When they're ready you can check theirs. Put <b>their <i>full </i>name<i> </i></b>on the sheet you're writing on (I'll collect all of these in before you go).</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">You can put your data collection sheet into the recycling bin.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">If you've done all of this you could spend a little time on yout Independent Learning assignment, which must be handed in by Friday 26th October - you can see some </span><a href="http://igsict.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/yr8-independent-learning-september.html"><b>instructions in this post</b></a>.</li>
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DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-69298407930562995702012-09-25T06:58:00.001+01:002012-10-18T09:36:28.248+01:00Yr8 Independent Learning September-October<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>THE TASK:</b></span> C<span style="color: purple;">reate a guide to using the audio software <b>Audacity </b>to show someone new to it how to use it</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>'INDEPENDENT LEARNING'?:</b></span> <span style="color: blue;">You work on this outside of lesson time (at home or lunchtime for example)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>WHERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS:</b></span> <span style="color: purple;">You can find information below, but you must download the two documents from the SLG or save from the curric share folder: instructions and a document to write in.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>WHAT DO I PRODUCE:</b></span> <span style="color: purple;">You pick the software: PowerPoint, Photostory, iMovie - all of these and more would work well. <b>You also complete the <i>Autumn1 </i>section of the learning log.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>CAN I SEE AN EXAMPLE: </b></span><span style="color: purple;">Yes - scroll down!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>DEADLINE? WHERE DO I HAND IT IN?</b></span> <span style="color: purple;">Before your last lesson this half-term. Copy/paste it into the hand-in folder on the curriculum share drive, looking for the folder for your teacher and class.</span></span></blockquote>
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In addition to the general work we do in lessons you have some
independent work to undertake and to <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>hand in by Friday 26th October</b></span></span>, the
last day before the half-term holidays. You hand it in by saving it in
the the hand-in folder within the curriculum share folder/ICT. (<a href="y:%5CICT%5CHand-in"><b>Y:\ICT\Hand-in</b></a>)<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Your task is to create a user guide for Audacity</b></span></span></span> - see <b><a href="https://hslg11.capita-cso.co.uk/schools/IGS/SLG/Students/CurriculumAreas/ICT/KS3IndependentLearning/Year%208/default.aspx">https://hslg11.capita-cso.co.uk/schools/IGS/SLG/Students/CurriculumAreas/ICT/KS3IndependentLearning/Year%208/default.aspx</a></b> for details (log in to SLG and go through <i>students, curriculum areas, ICT, KS3 Independent Learning</i>)<br />
You will need to download the documents there.<br />
<br />
Don't leave it to the last minute!<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Here's an example of what you might do: Matthew Cook (8LO) has produced a PowerPoint with a nice background, clear and specific instructions, and screenshots to help readers to follow his instructions. The sample below is not Matthew's full guide, just a few slides to give you an idea. Remember too that you can also create video work and use other software besides PowerPoint.</b></span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/108813114/How-to-Use-Audacity-Matthew-Cook-Sample-Only" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View How to Use Audacity Matthew Cook Sample Only on Scribd">How to Use Audacity Matthew Cook Sample Only</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="1.33333333333333" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_52885" scrolling="no" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/108813114/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-vua82fi4r741la0xjmq" width="100%"></iframe><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>WHAT IS AUDACITY?</b></span> - <span style="color: magenta;">Its a piece of software which you can download and use for free ('freeware'), used by millions of people for recording and editing audio, <i>eg </i>for creating podcasts.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>MY LAPTOP/COMPUTER IS A MAC/LINUX..</b></span>. - <span style="color: magenta;">This software is designed to work on all the common operating systems, so you will find a version that will work on your computer.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screenshot of <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"><b>the Audacity website</b></a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>I DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER AT HOME... </b></span>- <span style="color: magenta;">Audacity is installed on the school computers, so you can do your independent work task while at school!</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR THIS WORK?</b></span> - <span style="color: red;">Friday 26th October.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>HOW/WHERE DO I HAND IT IN? </b></span>- <span style="color: magenta;">Check that each file is saved with a clear file name: YourName Audacity Guide (eg, <i>Joe Smith</i> <i>Audacity Guide</i>). Copy and paste into <b>the Hand-in folder</b> on the <b>curriculum share folder</b></span> (<a href="y:\ICT\Hand-in"><b>Y:\ICT\Hand-in</b></a>)<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>WHAT DO I NEED TO INCLUDE?</b></span> - <span style="color: magenta;">Read the instructions included in the PowerPoint file you can download from the SLG (see above); you can also read this document below <b>but </b>remember there are TWO documents to download</span>. <span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>You also complete the <i>Autumn1 </i>section of the learning log.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b>WHERE DO I FIND AUDACITY?</b></span> - <span style="color: magenta;">The link for their website is included in the PowerPoint file, though remember you can access it on the school computers. This is the link:</span> <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"><b>http://audacity.sourceforge.net/</b></a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/107146677/Year-8-Term1" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Year 8 Term1 on Scribd">Year 8 Term1</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="1.33333333333333" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_46371" scrolling="no" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/107146677/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-15dv3lso3jeo8utck2jn" width="100%"></iframe>DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-37033816005963689182012-09-25T06:56:00.002+01:002012-10-18T09:37:08.618+01:00Yr7 Independent Learning September-OctoberIn addition to the general work we do in lessons you have some
independent work to undertake and to <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>hand in by Friday 26th October</b></span></span>, the
last day before the half-term holidays. You hand it in by saving it in
the the hand-in folder within the curriculum share folder/ICT. (<a href="y:%5CICT%5CHand-in"><b>Y:\ICT\Hand-in</b></a>)<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Your task is to plan and write a letter</b></span></span> - see <a href="https://hslg11.capita-cso.co.uk/schools/IGS/SLG/Students/CurriculumAreas/ICT/KS3IndependentLearning/Year%207/default.aspx">https://hslg11.capita-cso.co.uk/schools/IGS/SLG/Students/CurriculumAreas/ICT/KS3IndependentLearning/Year%207/default.aspx</a> for details (log in to SLG and go through <i>students, curriculum areas, ICT, KS3 Independent Learning</i>)<br />
You will need to download the documents there.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You also complete the <i>Autumn1 </i>section of the learning log.</span> </b></span></blockquote>
Don't leave it to the last minute!<br />
<br />
The PowerPoint document with instructions can be viewed below, but make sure you download all the documents you need (you can also access these through an IndLng folder within the ICT folder on the curriculum share folder).<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">YEAR 8: Your challenge: to learn how to apply a range of <span style="color: red;"><i>Photoshop </i></span>tools to enable you to improve and transform a range of damaged photos. You will then promote this valuable skill by launching a new <span style="color: red;">photo improvement shop</span>, creating a <span style="color: red;">logo </span>and <span style="color: red;">slogan </span>for this and finally a <span style="color: red;">brochure </span>to showcase what your business can offer to the public, including several before and after snaps!</span></span></b></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For two lessons you will be learning how to touch up photographs using various Photoshop tools, then applying these skills to a range of photos you'll include within a brochure ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After your two lessons working with Photoshop you'll work in Publisher to create a company logo and then a brochure for a business which takes in and improves damaged or poor photographs (you might use other software such as Flash to help create your logo).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">KEEP A RECORD <span style="color: #274e13;">(create a Word document, <span style="color: #783f04;"><i>Photoshop tools used</i></span>, for example)</span> OF THE TOOLS YOU'VE USED. THIS WILL HELP ENSURE YOU GET FULL CREDIT WHEN YOUR WORK IS ASSESSED! </span></b></span></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of an old photo a customer might bring to you</td></tr>
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Here are a few tips on which tools to use for improving photos in Photoshop...<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>ENHANCE - AUTO-CORRECTION</b></span></span><br />
This won't always work well, but is worth a try. Click <b>ENHANCE </b>from the top menu and try out a few of the options to see what effect these have. This is worth trying out with a new image, but as often as not you'll want to undo (Ctrl + Z) the changes.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>THE CLONE STAMP</b></span></span><br />
This is arguably the most important tool you have to improve photos with cracks, folds, dirt etc. Remember, you need to hold in the ALT key to select the part of the image you want to clone, and you'll need to redo this as you move around. The <i>x </i>that appears marks the spot that you cloned. Experiment with the brush too. This site has great videos to help guide you step by step: <a href="http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop_tools/clone_stampf.htm"><b>http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop_tools/clone_stampf.htm</b></a>. You could also use this detailed, more text-based, guide: <a href="http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/retouching-repairing-images.html"><b>http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/retouching-repairing-images.html</b></a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By using the clone tool I've begun to fix the image!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>CORRECTING RED EYE</b></span></span><br />
Modern cameras are getting better at avoiding this, but many photographs, old and new, still have this redeye effect. Unless your subject really is a demon you'll want to correct that! When using this tool remember you can experiment with the light/darkness settings to make it more realistic. There's a useful guide at <a href="http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/Photoshop/How_to_Use_Red-Eye_Tool.html"><b>http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/Photoshop/How_to_Use_Red-Eye_Tool.html</b></a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you discover useful tools, make a note so you can find and use them again</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>USING FILTERS TO MAKE A PHOTO INTO A PAINTING!</b></span></span><br />
This article (<a href="http://www.bmcphotoart.com/tutorial-impressionist-photoshop-painting/"><b>http://www.bmcphotoart.com/tutorial-impressionist-photoshop-painting/</b></a>) takes you through the steps you need to apply a filter to create something very different from the original photograph, a service that might help your photo editing business attract some customers! You can experiment with many more filters than the ones shown here.<br />
Also try out <b><span style="color: #4c1130;">FILTER > DUST + SCRATCHES</span></b> and experiment to see if this can undo some damage to save you a long time using the clone stamp tool. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>USING THE IMPRESSIONIST BRUSH</b></span></span><br />
Check the brushes available to see if these offer the ability to make changes to sections of your final image. See this guide: <b><a href="http://garymgordon.com/misc/tutorials/photoshop_tutorial/elements/ref/tool_impressionistBrush.htm">http://garymgordon.com/misc/tutorials/photoshop_tutorial/elements/ref/tool_impressionistBrush.htm</a>. </b>Here's another guide, much more detailed than the first with information on what settings to change: <a href="http://www.the-graphics-tablet.com/impressionist-brush.html"><b>http://www.the-graphics-tablet.com/impressionist-brush.html</b></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>FRAMING A PHOTO</b></span></span><br />
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Especially for photos that you've made to look like paintings by applying certain filters, its useful to be able to offer your customers a framing service so they can hang the image you produce on the wall. Framed images are also popular as gifts! Try clicking through LAYERS > EFFECTS > FRAMES and experiment. <b>Note that frames can only be added right at the end - to a single, flattened layer.</b><br />
Look at the options on the right of your screen - just above the Layers palette you get the Styles and Effects palette. Select <i><b>Effects</b></i> from the first dropdown menu and <i><b>frames </b></i>from the second, then pick and modify your frame. <b> </b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the second lesson of four on this you're ready to start taking in orders and turning damaged photos into flawless photos that customers will be thrilled with! You can find a range of damaged photos in the <b>CUSTOMERS PHOTOS </b>folder within the curriculm share/ICT/KS3/Yr8/Photoshop folder. The more of these you can work through the more <b>before-and-after </b>shots you can use in your brochure to tempt in the customers! You could copy some of these into your own My Documents and work on a couple over a lunchtime or two as well!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not ideal, but if you're struggling to fix 3 photos here's a quick method. This is <i>Photo1 </i>and I've selected the crop tool and drawn round an area which cuts out the fold and tear. Once I click on the green tick I get...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It may not be quite what the customer wants, but we can do this partial fix very quickly. We can also try the <i><b>auto smart fix </b></i>from the <i><b>ENHANCE </b></i>menu at the top of the screen </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>ENHANCE>autofix</b></i> options are hit and miss, but here they've worked quite well to sharpen the image, although we can take more control over sharpening by trying <i><b>FILTER>SHARPEN</b></i> from the top menu</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_2118569307"></span><span id="goog_2118569308"></span><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and here it is; hopefully the customer will pay good money for this as a gift (at least once you've also removed the other small bits of wear and tear!)</td></tr>
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DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959844106644804531.post-73759326495399755772012-09-20T15:13:00.000+01:002012-10-24T05:17:38.210+01:00Yr 8 EXCEL: drawing a border around dataSee the instructions at <a href="http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/cells/border.php"><b>http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/cells/border.php</b></a>DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0