Favorite Disney Character
Chernabog
What Would You Like For Your Birthday?
Years ago my students were complaining to me that they never got what they wanted for Christmas/birthdays/assorted events. I had the idea to create a website with a wish list on it to try and help with this. My students said that every time they would see their relatives they would feel shy to ask for things or forget what they needed when put on the spot. Some simply complained that when they received gift certificates they would forget what they wanted to buy once they got to the store. Selfishness of creating a wish list aside it seemed like a great opportunity to help with a real life situation through the magic of technology.
This remains one of my most successful assignments. Students report that by putting the items they want on a website with links to the best place to purchase those items it empowers relatives and takes the guess work out of gift giving. Students make business cards that have their e-mail and their website on it and then when relatives ask what the student wants they simply hand them a business card with the website on it and ask them to kindly check out the wish list section of their website. There is an example here on my website that I use for students.
Parents have reported that at an age where students ability to communicate with parents drastically diminishes it is a great help to know what their children are hoping for.
Post Production PowerPoint
The photos at the top of this page were all created using PowerPoint because it is the only program in the Microsoft office suite that allows you to save a file as a .jpg. Using PowerPoint we can crop, adjust brightness, contrast, sharpen and cut pictures out of their background pretty efficiently so that we can then use these pics in videos to promote the school, activities, sports, and programs.
Advanced Computer Assignments
This is the first year in four years that we have brought back Advanced Computers as a class and it looks like it will continue next year.
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