Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
W6 Green Screen
Students cont. work in iMovie creating one of the following videos one entitled Holiday and the other Sci Fi. You can include the video of Mr. Connor on this video greenscreen.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
W5 iMovie Green Screen
This week you will be given a folder with 5 green screen videos on it. You will be making a melody of green screen video.
Order
Fog
Alien
Plasma
Electricity
Car
Order
Fog
Alien
Plasma
Electricity
Car
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
W3 Hperstudio - Purple Version 10-10
If you recall we began using iMovie last week on iMovie 9.0.9.? Well your teacher updated the iMacs to El Capitan and as it would be, the 9.0.9 version of iMovie no longer works.
When opening the purple version of iMovie for the first time it will ask you if you want to update. Please update. This action imports all of your older iMovie projects to the new version.
The project this week if 3 fold.
1. You can add an additional 10 photos, with transitions, and music to your old Nature project.
2. Your Choice. You can add a minimum of 20 images to a project title of your own choice.
3. I would like you to download a video from Youtube and import it into the the new version of iMovie.
Projects will be due Friday 11-20.
When opening the purple version of iMovie for the first time it will ask you if you want to update. Please update. This action imports all of your older iMovie projects to the new version.
The project this week if 3 fold.
1. You can add an additional 10 photos, with transitions, and music to your old Nature project.
2. Your Choice. You can add a minimum of 20 images to a project title of your own choice.
3. I would like you to download a video from Youtube and import it into the the new version of iMovie.
Projects will be due Friday 11-20.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
W1 Hyperstudio
This weeks project is to create a Hyperstudio stack that shows movement of an object, but must show the object from two different views. For example, it could be a side view of a person walking. The second view then could be of the person walking at you.
Sample Projects.
The Matrix....
Sample Projects.
The Matrix....
Thursday, October 15, 2015
W8 Oct 12-16
Week 8 Activities
Students using Hyperstudio will continue working on a 40 card animation. Once completed the students will be creating an animation using Hyperstudio. In this stack they will find a celebrity and make a copy of the persons head, removing the body. The student will create a stick figure body.
The animation shall include the created stick figure character giving a statement on global warming.
Students using Hyperstudio will continue working on a 40 card animation. Once completed the students will be creating an animation using Hyperstudio. In this stack they will find a celebrity and make a copy of the persons head, removing the body. The student will create a stick figure body.
The animation shall include the created stick figure character giving a statement on global warming.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
W7 Hyperstudio
Mon: Final wrap up of CD labels......
Hyperstudio
Tues./Wed
We will be working on a 10 card Stack showing movement. The first project will show a seed grow into a plant. You will turn your project into a MP4 video and post to your blogger.
Thurs/Fri: Start
The student will create a 40 card (min) stack telling a short story. The first card must give the name of your project and yourself and the last card must say "the end." Use timed buttons to move the cards. Record your project and place on your blogger.
Hyperstudio
Tues./Wed
We will be working on a 10 card Stack showing movement. The first project will show a seed grow into a plant. You will turn your project into a MP4 video and post to your blogger.
Thurs/Fri: Start
The student will create a 40 card (min) stack telling a short story. The first card must give the name of your project and yourself and the last card must say "the end." Use timed buttons to move the cards. Record your project and place on your blogger.
Friday, September 18, 2015
W5 Sept 21 on
Monday:
Using photo preview -(This is what you used to do the QUAD Photos.
Find an image from the internet. Use the LASSO tool - select an image from the QUAD photo you took last week and insert yourself into the image you took off the Internet. When complete place this image on your Blogger Page.
Tuesday:
Take the image you completed yesterday and open it up in "GIMP"
Find an image of a billboard, similar to what you did last week. Make sure to size your image using the perspective tool and insert your photo into the billboard. Place finished project on to your Blogger page.
Wednesday:
Superstar
Take a photo of yourself using PHOTOBOOTh
Find an image from the Internet of someone you consider to be a famous person.
The goal of this assignment is to place the head of the FAMOUS person on to your body of the photo from photo booth.
Open both images in GIMP. Using the LASSO tool remove the head of the famous person, (you might need to resize the photo so that it will fit on to your body) You can resize by going to the Image/resize image or use the perspective tool in the toolbox. When completed export image and place on to your Blogger. Provide a reason as to why you selected the person.
Using photo preview -(This is what you used to do the QUAD Photos.
Find an image from the internet. Use the LASSO tool - select an image from the QUAD photo you took last week and insert yourself into the image you took off the Internet. When complete place this image on your Blogger Page.
Tuesday:
Take the image you completed yesterday and open it up in "GIMP"
Find an image of a billboard, similar to what you did last week. Make sure to size your image using the perspective tool and insert your photo into the billboard. Place finished project on to your Blogger page.
Wednesday:
Superstar
Take a photo of yourself using PHOTOBOOTh
Find an image from the Internet of someone you consider to be a famous person.
The goal of this assignment is to place the head of the FAMOUS person on to your body of the photo from photo booth.
Open both images in GIMP. Using the LASSO tool remove the head of the famous person, (you might need to resize the photo so that it will fit on to your body) You can resize by going to the Image/resize image or use the perspective tool in the toolbox. When completed export image and place on to your Blogger. Provide a reason as to why you selected the person.
Quad Photos
Using the photo "Preview" software and the "LASSO" tool incorporate all of the photos taken in the QUAD of you and place them into ONE photo. When complete place the photo on to your Blogger Page and place it on a social media site you use. I am interested in seeing the comments you get from your friends.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Color to B&W
Lesson: Take a color image turn into B &W then mix the two images.
New
Original 
Student Work 
Student Work 
Billboard:
Project Billboard
1. Open the image provide of the billboard in GIMP
2. Find an image of your choice and open it in GIMP
3. Most of the time the student image is signigicantl larger than the billboard image so we need to reduce the image. to reduce image select "image" and "scale image". change the size to be 300 pixels wide by "use chain" to automatically resize the height.
More info to come....
1. Open the image provide of the billboard in GIMP
2. Find an image of your choice and open it in GIMP
3. Most of the time the student image is signigicantl larger than the billboard image so we need to reduce the image. to reduce image select "image" and "scale image". change the size to be 300 pixels wide by "use chain" to automatically resize the height.
More info to come....
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Palm Tree, Color Me, Your Choice
This week the class will venture into the world of "GIMP".
GIMP an acronym for (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.
To introduce the software you will be doing a few projects.
Palm Tree
In this first project you will be given a photo a palm tree and modify the image with several different effects.
When ready to save the modified image select "Export". Make sure your image is saved as a JPG or PNG.
Color Me
In this project you will take a photo of yourself using "photo booth" Import the photo into Gimp.
Your Choice
Using an image of your choice - Imput into GIMP and be creative using some either some of the tools from the past two days or explore with something new.
GIMP an acronym for (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.
To introduce the software you will be doing a few projects.
Palm Tree
In this first project you will be given a photo a palm tree and modify the image with several different effects.
- Colors - Hue Saturation
- Tool Box - smudge tool Effects- Light and Shadow -
- Gradient and or Super Nova Efects - Atrtistic - Van Gogh
When ready to save the modified image select "Export". Make sure your image is saved as a JPG or PNG.
In this project you will take a photo of yourself using "photo booth" Import the photo into Gimp.
- Colors - Threshold - adjust image using the black triangle in the dialogue box. Select done to save changes.
- Tool Box - using the "pencil" with the size of 'one'. Make lines where needed.
- Tool Box - Select the "Paint Bucket" A dialogue box will appear. Select color and pour the paint.
Your Choice
Using an image of your choice - Imput into GIMP and be creative using some either some of the tools from the past two days or explore with something new.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Gadgets & Widgets
Today we are going to explore Gadgets and Widgets.
I would like for you to add a calendar and clock to your page.
Then I would like for you to explore the Internet for places that provide Gadgets and Widgets.
*WARNING* some widgets and gadgets contain virus's. If you notice weird things happening to or on your page as a result of adding the new gadget, remove the gadget.
Place to get Gadgets:
Calendar: calendar
Clock: clock
other sites: http://100widgets.com/calendars/
Example of some of the widgets we worked with today:
A Calendar:
A Clock:
I would like for you to add a calendar and clock to your page.
Then I would like for you to explore the Internet for places that provide Gadgets and Widgets.
*WARNING* some widgets and gadgets contain virus's. If you notice weird things happening to or on your page as a result of adding the new gadget, remove the gadget.
Place to get Gadgets:
Calendar: calendar
Clock: clock
other sites: http://100widgets.com/calendars/
Example of some of the widgets we worked with today:
A Calendar:
A Clock:
Friday, August 28, 2015
Friday Followers
The lesson today has two parts.
First I would like you to become a follower of the HHS 2016 page. To do this click on the "Join this Site" icon under the heading of Followers to the right.
Second, I would like each student to create a post and import their selfie on to the post.
First I would like you to become a follower of the HHS 2016 page. To do this click on the "Join this Site" icon under the heading of Followers to the right.
Second, I would like each student to create a post and import their selfie on to the post.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Welcome
The 2015-2016 School year has begun! Warm temperatures have made the first week of school a bit uncomfortable especially with a few of the air conditioners not working on campus. Mine being one.
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