5-29-12 Podcasts and EOY Banners Due Thursday :-) –uuuuUBUUuntuuu

Podcast are due by Thursday!

EOY Banners due Thursday!

Open Source CDs available.

New assignment,  Letter to multimedia students of tomorrow
This is due next week 

Dear Students,

I’ve had a lot of fun, and learned more than a few things in Multimedia Class this year.
I’ve seen some great student work, some innovation and creativity, and just plain fun stuff.   I’m going to still ask for a few more things out you though.

Here’s your chance to tell it how it is, to shoot from the hip… Lets point out the good, the bad and the ugly, or the positives and the negatives, the pros and cons.

Open a Word Document –
Title it:  (you know you can select, copy and paste this stuff)

Multimedia Evaluation
List 3 things you would like to do again in a class like this — give some detail please

1)

2)

3)

List the things you would not like to do again — at least one maybe?

1)

What different things would you like to have done this year– at least one maybe?

1)

If you had only half of a year in this class, what things would you want to do?

5-25-12 GNU Computing, Open Source OS

Note the new page to the left labeled ” LINUX_OS_GNU”

We been using public license or GNU software all year, but we’ve depended upon licensed software for the operating system or the OS.  The OS we use everyday at the school is Windows XP Pro.  We also use the Microsoft Office Suite with Word , PowerPoint, and Publisher for a variety of daily computing tasks.  These licensed Microsoft programs require purchase of a license to run them.

There are publicly licensed (free) alternatives.  One to give a little thought to is UBUNTU.
Windows Vs. Linux

If you’ve an old CPU in the garage, a virus plagued machine which is now effectively dead, you could start fresh with a brand new, state of the art GNU OS called UBUNTU

Video Review of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin  note how they mention GIMP and Audacity!

We’ll do a tiny bit of research on this program, and we can make it available on a CD for anyone who might want to try such an experiment on their home computer.

TO DO LIST:
* Save your Word document Podcast!   save it to ZZ-Ross as last name-podcast

* Record Your Podcast! Export to wav  to ZZ-Ross as last name-podcast

* Create your Podcast Image! save it to ZZ-Ross as last name-podcast

* EOY Banner

NEW TO DO
*SHAR:E FILE Assignment:

What is the best thing, or coolest thing you’ve created in Multimedia this year?  What would you like to share?

Find it,  and save a copy of it as your last name-share 

Think Multimedia Show and Tell,  all must have a file to share, all content must be appropriate.
We will probably have only half a minute (30 seconds) to look at each file, image or presentation, so be aware of the time if it is media that must play.

Don’t have that one thing — then think about what it might be, and get to steppin!    Need help, then ask!
Build an animated  gif,  or a pivot.  Animate your name or the school or multimedia course banner,  JUST DO IT! 

5-24-12 Progress ReportS, GNU CDs, Podcasting, Your Files

Your LAST Multimedia Progress Report Goes Home TODAY!

To Do Today:
Podcast Recording
Podcast Image 

More To Do:
End of Year Banners –IMPROVED–SWAG_BAG Eligible
Summer Banner  —-IMPROVED–SWAG_BAG Eligible

OTHER INFORMATION
–We have GNU CDs  for those that ask for one, and think they’ll use them.

–Think about saving your files/ your creations.  
Ways to do this include:
1) USB Flash Drive (or other portable drive/ memory card (must be your own) — the best way
2) Emailing them to yourself
3) Having a “CD folder” setup on your H: drive, and trying to write the files to a CD– this is the worst way, especially if it requires my help to do it!

5-23-12 Podcast Word Documents, Recording

Work on your podcast, 

Word

Image

Recording

Progress Reports go home tomorrow!

5-23-12 Podcast Word Documents, Recording

Work on your podcast, 

Word

Image

Recording

Progress Reports go home tomorrow!

5-22-12 Podcast Audio Recording, End of Year Banner

Take a look at your ZZ-Ross Folders,open up the “Drop Box Checklist page
Take a self assessment.

Do you have everything your are supposed to have in the correct folder?
Progress reports go home on the Thursday the 24th

Record your podcast audio and save it to your ZZ-Ross Folder

New Today:
Create and “End of Year Banner”  770x 200 again  – depict the end of the school year, the finish.  How can you convey this idea or concept using GIMP

Save as EOY to ZZ-Ross  we’re looking for something that makes the Multimedia Class students look good!

 DI — advanced,   Think pro-creative genius stuff here..
We need a banner for the summer, something professional to be on the homepage for the duration of the summer!

GNU CDs!  
I’m burning, duplicating, creating some CDs with some of the “open source” GNU programs for those of you that want or need them.
These include the following programs:
GIMP
Audacity (and LAME)
MuLab (and ASIO4all)
Sculptris
Google Sketchup
Picasa 3.8
–a word document with some additional information and links 

5-21-12 Podcast Authoring and Recording, GNU

What’s a podcast? –seriously?

WUNC  FM 91.5 

NPR

http://www.sciencefriday.com/

Edit your Word Documents, you’ll need to save your podcast printout– this word document to ZZ-Ross,  it can be simply called ”podcast-your last name”
MINE WOULD BE PODCAST-ROSS 

Create an image, a picture which relates to your podcast story or Word Document!
save as “podcast-your last name”

Find a quite spot to do your recording, to record your podcast with Audacity…
export to wav and save as “podcast-your last name”

DI — advanced stuff
Find background sound for your podcast.

Pieces to the Podcast Project
1. Word Document
2. Image/ Picture
3. Recording

4. DI — Extra, for those with skills
Background audio or music track to add to your podcast

5-17, 5-18 Podcasting, Teleporting, I know what I’ll do this summer!

Create Copy, Create an Icon or Image to go with your Podcast!

Word documents should be in progress, I should hear the sounds of keyboards, and seeing mulab, audacity, and the power of the web deployed to create your podcasts.

These are some additional optional themes for Podcast-1

You can do your Zine, or Blog, or original Podcast Idea... or:

You’ve won the pair of Teleporter Tickets!  Where will you go, who will you take, and how will you spend your week at the destination of your choosing?

This summer will Rock, or Not! because I’ll be doing, going, etc….

EOG is a four letter word!

“What I see”, or “The way I see it”
Your perspective on an issue, a commentary, comment, column etc……

The Image, Drawing or Photo, should be no more than say 640 x 400
(we may scale down from there).  Have your title to the podcast on it, have your name on it, like a signature. We can set this up so that you click on this picture to link to your podcast.

5-16-12 Podcast Research and Word Document

EOG Schedule 5-16, 5-17
Wednesday it’s Just 5B 1:33–2:20 ,
Thursday it’s 5A again 1:33–2:20

To do Today! 
Open a new Word Document
What is the theme for your zine, and podcast?  What is it about? 

You need to have a good paragraph on your topic, on the thing you want to talk about, to share!

Where can we get more information about your topic?
Include a link or two at the bottom of your word document.

Save your word document as lastname-podcast mine would be ross-podcast

5-15-12 Podcast Research and Word Document

EOG Schedule 5-15, 5-16, 5-17
Just 5A today 1:40–2:20
Wednesday it’s 5B 1:33–2:20 ,
Thursday it’s 5A again 1:33–2:20

To do Today!
Open a new Word Document
What is the theme for your zine, and podcast?  What is it about? 

You need to have a good paragraph on your topic, on the thing you want to talk about, to share!

Where can we get more information about your topic?  Include a link or two at the bottom of your word document.

Save your word document as lastname-podcast mine would be ross-podcast