Intro to Computers
September 28, 2009 at 12:39 pm | Posted in tech | Leave a commentToday’s quiz – follow the link to the Internet Vocabulary quiz.
Monday news roundup
September 27, 2009 at 11:00 pm | Posted in tech | Leave a commentMusic Vending Machine – dishes out tracks straight to your flash drive or iPod.
Bay Area musician uses tech to set herself free from recording contracts AND make money. She has over a million Twitter followers.
interview here
zoekeating.com
News Roundup
September 24, 2009 at 1:25 pm | Posted in tech | Leave a commentNew Microsoft Tablet?
French demand Photoshop warning labels
You can become a JetPack Test Pilot for only $35k – act now

Programming: Rebuild your robots
September 15, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Posted in tech | Leave a commentFollow the link and let’s rebuild:
http://www.nxtprograms.com/line_follower/steps.html
Then try your line follower again.
Computer Graphics: Split Screen
September 15, 2009 at 8:44 am | Posted in tech | Leave a commentIn this assignment you will modify HALF of an image. One half might be rainy and dark, the other a bright summer day. Or new vs. worn and aged.
1. Find an image of a structure, building, mountain, house, etc. Save it to your H drive.
2. Open it up in Photoshop and select HALF of the image. Copy/paste onto a new layer.
3. For each change that you make a new layer (Layer>New Layer). Name your layers to make it easy.
4. Look at images for inspiration. Search for tutorials like “rain effect Photoshop”.
5. Use brushes: http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes and learn how to put them into PhotoShop.
6. Save your final piece as a PSD file into the N drive, Computer Graphics, Split Screen folder.
Computer Programming: Robot Line Follower
September 14, 2009 at 1:31 pm | Posted in tech | Leave a commentFollow this link http://www.nxtprograms.com/line_follower/steps.html#Program
and the NXT test track to make your robot follow the line.
Quiz: Online Security Quiz
September 14, 2009 at 10:20 am | Posted in tech | Leave a commentFollow the link for today’s quiz!
Online security quiz: http://www.quia.com/quiz/1486009.html
Computer Programming: Web Hosting
September 3, 2009 at 1:52 pm | Posted in tech | 1 CommentPart I
1. Visit http://www.000webhost.com/
2. Create an account. You will receive confirmation by login.
Part II -do this while you wait for the email.
1. Create a web folder in your programming folder.
2. Create your programming home page in Dreamweaver. Save it as index.html
3. Create links to the following pages:
-tutorials
-projects
-assignments
ALL content should be school relevant and appropriate.
Part III – setup site in Dreamweaver. Post online.
News Roundup
September 2, 2009 at 10:36 pm | Posted in news | Leave a commentTags: news, robbery, Windows 7, youtube