Photo Story 3 Tutorial Continued

Once you have selected your photos and saved them to a folder on your h-drive, you will want to follow the directions in the first Photo Story 3 tutorial and import your pictures into your first Photo Story show.

The first tutorial showed you a little about manipulating the photos and adding text. Use the tutorials which are on this entry to continue creating your Photo Story PSA.

Using Photo Story to Make a PSA

To make your PSA:
1) Choose a topic that is important to you.
2) Collect at least 10 graphics (pics, clip art, etc.) and save them to your h-drive.
3) Go through the Photo Story tutorial to help you import your pictures, add text and sound.
4) Get Mrs. Ort's help to post your finished Photo Story on your blog

The video below gives detailed instructions for using Photo Story. It is not as entertaining as the one at the beginning of this entry, but it explains what is going on better.

Remember, once you've viewed the videos and started working on the Photo Story PSA, you can ask me at any time to help you. When you are done, please post a comment for this entry. Let me know how helpful (or not) you thought the videos were in helping you get started with Photo Story.

Collaborating on a Document in Google Docs

When you are working on a document in Google Docs, you can invite other people to work with you. You can both be working on the document at the same time and can even chat about changes you want to make. Be careful, though. Since all the collaborators can be changing things at the same time, you can end up with text in odd places.

We are going to try this with a Google Docs slide show. You will be teamed up with one or two classmates to create the slide show. The best way to do this without getting in each other's way is to decide which slides each person will work on and just work on those slides.

Since it is October, choose a Fall theme or holiday, like Halloween, for your topic. Divide the slide show up so that each team member does 4 slides. Be as creative as you can, and, just for fun, there will be prizes for the best group slide show! Due date for this project is October 23.

In the comments, let me know what you liked and didn't like about collaborating on your slide show in Google Docs.

Taking Stock

This week I am doing a progress check to see who may still need help. You should work on the lessons 1-20 Keyboarding lessons in Glencoe. I am not giving any new assignments for a few days so people can get caught up both on their Glencoe lessons and on the blog and google docs lessons. You will want to finish lessons 1-20 As quickly as possible and record them on the syllabus page. You should start lesson 36 by Monday the 28th. Please watch the tutorial on this blog before starting lesson 36.

In the comments, tell me if there is anything you need help with.

Starting Glencoe Word Lessons

Starting with lesson 36, the Glencoe program and books take students through a variety of lessons designed to make sure you know all of the ins and outs of Word. The video contains directions you will need to successfully acces practice documents and to save your finished documents. Whenever you create a document, you must print out a hard copy and turn it in to the teacher.

Please use the comment area below to tell me the name of your blog. Some of the written names are hard to read. If you will put them in the comments,I will create a better list for the class. Thanks!

Topic 4: Google Calendars

Create your own school calendar listing your classes and any other event you do on a regular basis. For example, you can include your work times.
Use the hand-out from class and the video above to guide you.

When you are done, leave a comment for this topic. Tell me ways you think having a calendar on Google could be helpful.

Topic 3: Your Google Account

View the video above before setting up your Google account. Each student in our class has one via the school. The first time you log in, your Google user name will also be your password. You will be asked to change your password. If you already had an account, you should still log in and change your password. You will still be going through the different sections of the account with the class.

To access your SPS Google account, go to the Sturgis web site and click on the Resources tab. Click on student e-mail and sign in. Over the next few classes we will be learning how to use the features of your Google account.

Make sure you spend part of your time working on the Glencoe keyboarding practice today.