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Per 1 and 3 - Rich Media
Announcements

• Current Grades are posted

Daily Journal
It's Halloween. Describe what you will do/have done for Halloween - dress up, trick-or-treat, etc.

Classwork
Publish PSA and move into drop box for Rich Media

• share out PSA as quicktime movie (compressed for web), named Student_name_PSA_P1.mov
  

View PSA's of your classmates (location: ); write an original paragraph summarizing the class PSA's. Write about: list all subjects of the PSA's, most memorable PSA and why it was memorable, tips for improving PSAs, etc. Write about two lessons you learned from the PSA's.

• put in your projects tab
• title the page: PSA summary; make sure your name is on paper
  

New Project: Create a short movie in iMovie about a historical person who changed the world; your short movie should tell us why the person was significant and how they changed the world

Details:

• Create a new iMovie project – save in Local! Name: student_name_bio
• length: 45-60 seconds
• opening title
• narration with your voice (voice must be clear and audible)
• tell us why the person changed the world
• music – at least 5 seconds of music made in garageband
• credits page listing who made the movie and others who helped

Pictures:
o use clear pictures - not blurry pictures; check size before downloading
o Use at least 8 pictures from the internet
o use Ken Burns effect on at least 5 pictures
o use transitions between all photos (can be the same transition)
o use at least one effect on a picture - don't overuse effects!
o use enough pictures to get your message across
o allow pictures to show for at least 4 seconds

Resources: http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/

Per 2 and 4 - Pathways
Announcements
Don't save on desktop!

Daily Journal
Latest logo update: our client has selected (or reselected) the logo and orange color scheme shown here NWCBS
o Thanks to David N, Gerardo, and Ericka for their work on this (itunes or movie tickets for each of you)

Classwork

Mr. Bob Kois presents; please log off.

Complete your work for NWCBS website; when done, begin thinking about your next project.

• Ideas: respond to a magnet RFP
• propose your own project
• previous ideas: t-shirts, web site, etc.
• each student will describe in a paragraph and create a project plan
  

Assignments:

NWCBS (NW Coalition for Better Schools) Website Work

o Continue work on your project piece of the NWCBS website

Resources
-Credits Page with North Students and teacher caricature - Cartoon Animation Lesson
-Video Interview of Ms. Duran/other students
o see example (under Genuine Happy Clients) here
o create a flash banner for word of the week and book of the month

o create a flash banner with photo flip/fades (see example here at DPS foundation)
-tutorial


Per. 5 Adv. Web1

Daily Journal

Current Grades are posted

Classwork

Set up iChat camera.

New Project: A Day/Week in the life

Cameras: these students need to download their pictures into iPhoto and turn in cameras to teacher: Cecilia, Asael, Beverly

All students:

New Project: compose new iMovie about your day or week using iMovie; your movie should show us what happens on your day or during your week; movies will be posted to internet

• Create a new iMovie project – save in Local! Name: student_name_day
• opening title
• o Transitions – use wisely

· narration with your voice (voice must be clear and audible)

o Yes, I want to hear your voice!

· music – at least 10 seconds of original music made in garageband

· credits page listing who made the movie and others who helped

· Pictures:

o use Ken Burns effect on at least 5 pictures

o use transitions between all photos (can be the same transition)

o use at least one effect on a picture - don't overuse effects!

o use enough pictures to get your message across

o allow pictures to show for at least 4 seconds

o Use pictures from the internet if you need to help tell story

Resources: http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/