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Interesting talk about how Apple is making the web important via the iphone.
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Thursday 30 September 2010
FollowUpThen: Free, Fast and Simple Email Reminder
http://www.followupthen.com/how
FollowUpThen: Free, Fast and Simple Email Reminder
Use of ICT to help working styles
FollowUpThen: Free, Fast and Simple Email Reminder
Use of ICT to help working styles
Medical students given iPhone's for field work experience | ZDNet
Medical students given iPhone's for field work experience | ZDNet
Use of ICT in health, section 1.2
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Six Facebook, Twitter mistakes that can get you fired
Six Facebook, Twitter mistakes that can get you fired
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Things to enhance your blog - creative extras
The following things can enhance and improve your marks, in fact for the higher mark boundary you will need these things:
- use of a questionnaire with charts and analysis of results (5-10 questions - ask 5-10 people)
- video/audio interviews
- screen movie of you using a website or service - use jing to capture
Saturday 25 September 2010
Friday 24 September 2010
Life in info age podcasts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/outriders/
You should kitten to some technology podcasts to get a feel for what is happening in the current Ict climate.
You should kitten to some technology podcasts to get a feel for what is happening in the current Ict climate.
Always learning | ZDNet
Education, for section 1.1 and 1.2
Perspectives on how we can learn in the 21st C.
Always learning | ZDNet
Perspectives on how we can learn in the 21st C.
Always learning | ZDNet
Google prevails in YouTube copyright case in Spain
Entertainment, section 1.1, 1.2
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A Spanish court dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube.Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to Macworld using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favourite sites
Phishing Scams Focus on Workplace E-Mail, Not Twitter, Facebook: Survey - Security from eWeek
Phishing Scams Focus on Workplace E-Mail, Not Twitter, Facebook: Survey - Security from eWeek
This will be useful for unit 2 : the security report
The internet | Articles By Subject | Economist.com
The internet | Articles By Subject | Economist.com
Useful articles, about section 1.1 and section 1.2 (mainly they are for section 1.2!)
Schumpeter: The wiki way | The Economist
Schumpeter: The wiki way | The Economist
How the wiki phenomenon is changing life. Also how the internet has been used to aid the fight to improve civil rights.
Use for 1.2
Data privacy in Germany: No pixels, please, we're German | The Economist
Data privacy in Germany: No pixels, please, we're German | The Economist
This should be useful for 1.2 Life in the info age
Wednesday 22 September 2010
CSS help pages on Adobe :
CSS help pages on Adobe :
Good example css to download: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/css_3c_tableless.html download the zip file in the top right corner and then extract the files to your user space or usb pen.
The files should now be in the css_3c_tableless[1] folder. Open the html file and examine the css at the top right hand side.
More complex resources if you want to find out more
More complex resources if you want to find out more
Info about layout of pages using CSS
http://www.apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php
Test website checkpoints:
Test website checkpoints:
Do links work?
Are there suitable pics?
Is the text suitable for the audience?
Is the layout sensible?
Does it cover 3 online services?
**Include suggestions for improvement.
Test out your work by putting it on a usb pen and use the test machine, all files used must be in the same folder, and you copy the entire folder to the usb pen.
Self assessment
You will then read their comments and write your own opinions about your work.
Then upload the word file (with both sets of comments) to fronter handin.
Show Mr H or M the website on the test machine.
Animation11: UK Schools Computer Animation Competition (School of Computer Science - The University of Manchester)
Open to you, and you could win a £500 voucher as a team, or a notebook computer as an individual.
Twitter internet worm attack hits thousands
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Tuesday 21 September 2010
CSS and GRAPHICS tips
CSS lets you define types of text and other elements on your pages.
This means you can change the CSS file setting and whole pages will automatically change.
You need to create a CSS file. - file, new, css style sheet then choose a starting point.
Then create a html file, then click in properties section on style, and choose attach style sheet.
Then you can edit the style sheet with your own custom settings, eg Title: you can set the font, the colour, size etc.
This means you can define any element of a page and link it to the CSS.
Right click in the CSS area on the top right, and choose new, then choose, class, then write in the name for the class (eg title) this will appear in the style section once you have done this.
You can then highlight text and then choose the style of text in the style box.
NEXT save the page you have created as Template. This can then be resaved under different names to give you a copy of your page. You would want to set up the layout and standard links on this page, so that you don't need to redo this each time.
See this video for ideas :
FINALLY:
Whilst you can do the ebook without using CSS it would take more time and be very fiddly to update the settings across up to 20-30 pages eg. changing font size and colour on every page.
GRAPHICS:
You can use flash buttons for links to other pages, I would recommend that you use this with caution as errors can occur if you don't save the files in the right places. It introduces complexity = more that can go wrong.
My recommendation is to use Powerpoint word art , then right click and save as picture, then use the picture file for the link.
This means you can change the CSS file setting and whole pages will automatically change.
You need to create a CSS file. - file, new, css style sheet then choose a starting point.
Then create a html file, then click in properties section on style, and choose attach style sheet.
Then you can edit the style sheet with your own custom settings, eg Title: you can set the font, the colour, size etc.
This means you can define any element of a page and link it to the CSS.
Right click in the CSS area on the top right, and choose new, then choose, class, then write in the name for the class (eg title) this will appear in the style section once you have done this.
You can then highlight text and then choose the style of text in the style box.
NEXT save the page you have created as Template. This can then be resaved under different names to give you a copy of your page. You would want to set up the layout and standard links on this page, so that you don't need to redo this each time.
FINALLY:
Whilst you can do the ebook without using CSS it would take more time and be very fiddly to update the settings across up to 20-30 pages eg. changing font size and colour on every page.
GRAPHICS:
You can use flash buttons for links to other pages, I would recommend that you use this with caution as errors can occur if you don't save the files in the right places. It introduces complexity = more that can go wrong.
My recommendation is to use Powerpoint word art , then right click and save as picture, then use the picture file for the link.
New Internet Explorer 9
IE 9 hits 2 millions downloads in 48 hours:
Monday 20 September 2010
The strange allure (and false hope) of email bankruptcy | 43 Folders
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Multi-tasking media consumption on rise among Britons, says Ofcom study
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Sunday 19 September 2010
Cover work for Monday 20/9
P1, Y12:
Using your new/old skills in Dreamweaver design a 2 page (using html) quick guide aimed at Senior citizens to explain 3 online services that they may wish to use.
You should have links between the 2 pages and you will need to use your notes and pics that you have stored on your blog.
You should have the work ready for Wednesdays lesson.
Haystack 'anti-censorship' software withdrawn over security concerns
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Design and structure of the E book
Design and Testing
- You should produce a rough design of your e-book in the form of a diagram to illustrate the basic navigation and structure. This should be put in your e-portfolio but NOT in the e-book itself.
- You should always ensure that, at standard screen resolutions, all the content on every page can be viewed without the user having to scroll down.
- You should NEVER have links to web pages in your e-book (because these links will not work in 100 years time). Use screen dumps instead.
- Think very carefully about navigation. Use navigation bars AND forward and back buttons on pages. Your user should NEVER reach a dead-end and have to click the Back button on his/her browser.
- Have a consistent theme in the e-book rather than a "hotchpotch" of different colours, fonts and styles.
- Remember your audience and the purpose of the e-book at all times. It would be a good idea to have a "Welcome" page with an introduction to the e-book aimed at this audience.
- Demonstrate an awareness of "accessibility issues" e.g. have a text alternative for pictures/animations, think about colour and text size.
- Spell-check and proof-read.
- Copy the folder containing the e-book to a CD-R or a USB Flash Drive. Then test every hyperlink and component.
- You can use the testing PC in IT1 to check that links and pictures work off of the network.
- Get other people to use your e-book to help you with the testing and evaluation. Design a questionnaire for them to fill in.
Saturday 18 September 2010
Why Zbot is the most notorious malware
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The player: stop blaming gaming for society's problems
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Shuffler.fm: the best since Spotify
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Berners-Lee: Net must remain neutral
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Facebook Places checks in
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Friday 17 September 2010
Thursday 16 September 2010
FW: Things to write about/and not to write about on your blogs
Subject: Things to write about/and not to write about on your blogs
Remember you do not need to write about how to set up the services you are looking at, eg a write up of how to setup a twitter account is not actually the purpose of the project. You need to focus on the topic of how the information is affecting and shaping our lives.
So for example in terms of twitter we should be writing about how to use twitter to post and reply, and read messages, things like trending topics are interesting and important to look at, and how it is affecting society eg news stories and your own evaluations of the use of twitter by yourself and others.
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Check your timezone please
Please check on your blog that you have the right timezone set as this could lead to your posts not appearing to be at the right time see the pic below for how to do this.
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Wednesday 15 September 2010
Dreamweaver tutorials:
In Mondays lesson we will be working on our eportfolios, we will be looking at creating the e book, and working out the structure for the ebook.
In preparation you should look at the tasks below.
If you are new to dreamweaver you should check out the tutorials on:
1. http://www.dida-delivered.org/delivered/gym/index.htm
Choose Website authoring software from the drop down menu.
Work through the 7 options listed on the left. In each option work through the tasks and make notes on any difficult tasks, that you may forget, in a word file.
This is a good site as you can do tutorials without needing the software to be installed.
2. http://www.teach-ict.net/software/dreamweaver/dreamweaver.htm : look here for video tutorials for these you need to have dreamweaver installed to practice.
Tuesday 14 September 2010
For those of you looking at video games...
This is a decent site that often previews new developments in technology and pending releases, as well as reviewing new releases of both gaming hardware and software:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/video-games/
It doesn't just deal in video games - it covers all types of technology.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/video-games/
It doesn't just deal in video games - it covers all types of technology.
Monday 13 September 2010
Applied ICT: Animation using Fireworks
http://appliedictshsg.blogspot.com/2007/12/animation-using-fireworks.html
How to animate with fireworks
TechSmith | Jing, instant screenshots and screencasts, home
Useful for the ebook, this allows you to take a movie of what is on your screen, this is one of the required pieces of evidence.
http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
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Microsoft Download Center
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx
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Apple - Support - Discussions - Getting started and using your iPad
An example of a community / bulletin board online
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1373
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Articles about facebook
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/facebook
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FW: A people's history of the internet: from Arpanet in 1969 to today | Technology | guardian.co.uk
History of the internet, this would be good as an intro to your ebook
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/interactive/2009/oct/23/internet-arpanet
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Sunday 12 September 2010
Virtual reality asks tough questions
Virtual reality asks tough questions
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European police in pirate raids
European police in pirate raids
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Modern maps – history in the making
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The Social Network: Facebook's intriguing world revealed
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Good journalism will thrive, whatever the format
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Avoid the whiners: 8 golden rules of social networking
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Saturday 11 September 2010
We should all be using free software | Thomas Barfield
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Google TV to launch this year
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Even generals get the Blackberry blues | Richard Adams
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Social accounts hacked with 'free iPad' scams
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WikiWorldBook: telephone directory for emails
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Exams come to the bedroom with new invigilation software
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Facebook CEOP app prompts 211 reports
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HTML5 version of YouTube launches for mobiles
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Tech Weekly: What next for online music?
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What will Google Instant do to 'SEO' - and to its own AdWords system?
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Google Instant means search results before you finish typing
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Click to Download: Radiohead's crowdsourced concert film
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Apple opens App Store to programs written in Flash – and more
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Friday 10 September 2010
Article: Tweetage Wasteland : Pull Over Before You Read This
Tweetage Wasteland : Pull Over Before You Read This
http://tweetagewasteland.com/2010/08/pull-over-before-you-read-this/
Ryan, the plastic surgeon behind many celebrity looks, was reportedly tweeting about his dog just before he drove to his death off a Malibu cliff. A person so familiar with the power of technology to change our bodies may have fallen victim to its power to distract our minds.
While Ryan paid the ultimate price for the mixing of social media and driving, he is certainly not alone in that behavior. The act of sending text messages while driving is so prevalent that at least nineteen states have already created laws banning the practice.
And I'm not pointing thumbs here. Have I ever checked email, read incoming tweets or responded to a text message while behind the wheel of a car? Yes. I'm usually at a stoplight or stuck in motionless traffic when I actually use my phone's virtual keyboard. That factor might make might my behavior slightly less risky, but it doesn't make it any less stupid.
While I can imagine either sending or receiving a message so pressing that an action would have to be taken at that very moment, I've never actually experienced such a scenario. The urgency that drives me to check Twitter or read an email while in the car is entirely a creation of my own mind.
All of this data can wait until later – and much of it can wait until never.
The temptation for drivers to participate in the realtime, social stream will only increase in coming years as Twitter, Facebook and other apps are built into our dashboards. Car manufacturers will attempt to include safeguards into their systems to prevent drivers from actually texting with one hand while they steer with the other. But the inclusion of the realtime web in our cars will be one more powerful suggestion that the information in the stream is so urgent and critical that it can't wait until you park the car.
And drivers aren't the only distracted folks on the road. Take a few commute-hour drives down 2nd Street in San Francisco and you'll see what I mean. They are everywhere: Pedestrian zombies walking across the middle of a four lane road with their attention glued to a handheld. The compulsion to keep up with the stream has become so powerful that we're gradually abandoning one of the first and most basic rules we all learned as kids. Instead of looking both ways before we cross the street, we look one way; down at our phones.
And what's the point? Just because the technology is realtime doesn't mean our behavior always has to be. Forget the obvious issues like walking into an intersection or driving off the road. When it comes to the net, we're habitually guilty of LUI (Living Under the Influence). We sacrifice real life for realtime. We tweet vacation photos while we're still on vacation. We share anecdotes about our kids when we're spending time with them. And yes, we read and publish content from the driver's seat of our cars.
Let me speak for everyone you have ever met, from a recent acquaintance to your closest relative: We can wait until you get home to see the photos from your vacation. You can share the funny anecdote about your kids after they've gone to bed. And nothing you've ever tweeted or shared is urgent enough for you do it while driving.
I'm not arguing that pressing the stream's pause button is an easy thing to do. The internet twitch is a powerful force. But it's worth taking a hard look at our behavior now because the omnipresence of the realtime web will only increase. We should probably try to figure out how to best manage that reality now because there are plenty of cliffs up ahead.
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http://tweetagewasteland.com/2010/08/pull-over-before-you-read-this/
Pull Over Before You Read This
The main difference between me and Dr. Frank Ryan is that I'm lucky enough not to live near any cliffs.Ryan, the plastic surgeon behind many celebrity looks, was reportedly tweeting about his dog just before he drove to his death off a Malibu cliff. A person so familiar with the power of technology to change our bodies may have fallen victim to its power to distract our minds.
While Ryan paid the ultimate price for the mixing of social media and driving, he is certainly not alone in that behavior. The act of sending text messages while driving is so prevalent that at least nineteen states have already created laws banning the practice.
And I'm not pointing thumbs here. Have I ever checked email, read incoming tweets or responded to a text message while behind the wheel of a car? Yes. I'm usually at a stoplight or stuck in motionless traffic when I actually use my phone's virtual keyboard. That factor might make might my behavior slightly less risky, but it doesn't make it any less stupid.
While I can imagine either sending or receiving a message so pressing that an action would have to be taken at that very moment, I've never actually experienced such a scenario. The urgency that drives me to check Twitter or read an email while in the car is entirely a creation of my own mind.
All of this data can wait until later – and much of it can wait until never.
The temptation for drivers to participate in the realtime, social stream will only increase in coming years as Twitter, Facebook and other apps are built into our dashboards. Car manufacturers will attempt to include safeguards into their systems to prevent drivers from actually texting with one hand while they steer with the other. But the inclusion of the realtime web in our cars will be one more powerful suggestion that the information in the stream is so urgent and critical that it can't wait until you park the car.
And drivers aren't the only distracted folks on the road. Take a few commute-hour drives down 2nd Street in San Francisco and you'll see what I mean. They are everywhere: Pedestrian zombies walking across the middle of a four lane road with their attention glued to a handheld. The compulsion to keep up with the stream has become so powerful that we're gradually abandoning one of the first and most basic rules we all learned as kids. Instead of looking both ways before we cross the street, we look one way; down at our phones.
And what's the point? Just because the technology is realtime doesn't mean our behavior always has to be. Forget the obvious issues like walking into an intersection or driving off the road. When it comes to the net, we're habitually guilty of LUI (Living Under the Influence). We sacrifice real life for realtime. We tweet vacation photos while we're still on vacation. We share anecdotes about our kids when we're spending time with them. And yes, we read and publish content from the driver's seat of our cars.
Let me speak for everyone you have ever met, from a recent acquaintance to your closest relative: We can wait until you get home to see the photos from your vacation. You can share the funny anecdote about your kids after they've gone to bed. And nothing you've ever tweeted or shared is urgent enough for you do it while driving.
I'm not arguing that pressing the stream's pause button is an easy thing to do. The internet twitch is a powerful force. But it's worth taking a hard look at our behavior now because the omnipresence of the realtime web will only increase. We should probably try to figure out how to best manage that reality now because there are plenty of cliffs up ahead.
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Thursday 9 September 2010
Marks
I have marked the blogs today, some of you have not posted anything today, or perhaps you posted to an old post, please put the improvements into a new post on the lesson where you are doing it as other wise me and Mr M can't see the latest work as it is merged with the older work.
Can you please repost any edits on the day that you are working with it and then we can see what you have done that day. This is important as we want to see regular work to your deadlines.
Mr H
Can you please repost any edits on the day that you are working with it and then we can see what you have done that day. This is important as we want to see regular work to your deadlines.
Mr H
Work today Email
You should now be working on your email tasks:
You need to define email
Explain the features of 2 services
Explain benefits and problems of email, including to society
Explain 2 news stories about email use (BBC news)
Incorporating screenshots of relevant images
Mr H
You need to define email
Explain the features of 2 services
Explain benefits and problems of email, including to society
Explain 2 news stories about email use (BBC news)
Incorporating screenshots of relevant images
Mr H
Applied Ict cd rom
This will work in school if you do the following
Open IE
open the cd drive in explorer
Drag the wrapper flash file onto the IE window this should open the active book.
Mr h
Open IE
open the cd drive in explorer
Drag the wrapper flash file onto the IE window this should open the active book.
Mr h
Wednesday 8 September 2010
For your marks on tasks see the Fronter classroom
Then check the classrom, then click on the portfolio link link.
Comments and/or marks will be available on there.
Mr H
Comments and/or marks will be available on there.
Mr H
Research tips
Don't forget to use the BBC news site and guardian.co.uk as well as google news for articles that refer to the positive and negative effect of the topic you are covering.
Mr H
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Mr H
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Tupokigwe AS IT: Blog Task
Tupokigwe AS IT: Blog Task - More good work, well done!
Mr H
If I haven't posted from your page don't worry i will soon!
Mr H
ICT Blog: Blogs Task
ICT Blog: Blogs Task - Amy has put together some excellent examples of where blogs have caused problems.
Well done.
Mr H
Blogs some extra tasks
As well as talking about your use of blogger, you should also compare this to another service, eg tumblr.com or twitter.com. These are quite different as they are designed to be micro blogs which are by definition shorter and often used just to share links or comments about things. They also tend to have people adding short comments.
Add a section to your blog about micro blogs, setup and try out tumblr.com and show how tumblr blogs tend to be different to stand ones.
Mr H
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Be careful what you 'Tweet'!
This article talks about how what we say online (in this case, in posts on Twitter) can come back to bite us!
Homework commets for those just added to our blog
For those of you who have just given in your blog addresses, here are the comments on your homework from lesson 1:
Ellen - Your description and screenshots are good. It seems like a picture is missing from your post though (it seems like it's meant to be below where you say: "The overall design of my blog now looks like the print screen below.")
Tom - Your description and screenshots are good.
Jack T - Good description and screenshots.
Meg - I can't see your homework that Mr Highmore set you last lesson. Please make sure this is uploaded before your next lesson with him.
Tammi - I still can't access your blogspot page - when I go to the address 'tammixoxo.blogspot.com' it says Blog Not Found. Can you double check your blog address and give it to Mr Highmore next lesson?
HWK : 6/7 blogger writeups
Jeff - Good pics and evaluative comments.
Joe - good pics, but you need some more evaluative comments
Max - this did not look like an hours work, you need more detail.
Hollie - Good pics and evaluative comments.
Alisha - Good pics and evaluative comments.
Zoe- Good pics and evaluative comments.
Jack - you haven't given in the right address, please give in the right one asap.
Rosie - Good pics and evaluative comments.
Amy - Good pics, but you need some more evaluative comments
Josh - No posts!! Please sort this out.
Every one else if your name is not mentioned pass on your blog address and you will be marked for the homework soon.
these marks will be recorded in a spreadsheet as 1 - weak
2- good but could be improved
3- excellent
0 - not given in
We will be using date and time stamps on the blogs, so please get work in on time.
Mr H
Southend High School for Girls
Joe - good pics, but you need some more evaluative comments
Max - this did not look like an hours work, you need more detail.
Hollie - Good pics and evaluative comments.
Alisha - Good pics and evaluative comments.
Zoe- Good pics and evaluative comments.
Jack - you haven't given in the right address, please give in the right one asap.
Rosie - Good pics and evaluative comments.
Amy - Good pics, but you need some more evaluative comments
Josh - No posts!! Please sort this out.
Every one else if your name is not mentioned pass on your blog address and you will be marked for the homework soon.
these marks will be recorded in a spreadsheet as 1 - weak
2- good but could be improved
3- excellent
0 - not given in
We will be using date and time stamps on the blogs, so please get work in on time.
Mr H
Southend High School for Girls
Your Blogs
Hello I have tried to set up your blogs in the Blog list on this Blog.
However for some of you your address did not work, please pass on the proper address to Mr M or Mr H asap.
Also you need to have the name of your blog to be somehow related to you eg first name ict blog or initials ict blog, as we need to quickly be able to identify every ones blogs.
Remember you should be posting to your blog in the lesson, and then you should spend 1 HOUR after the lesson working and posting the results of that to your blog.
Thanks
Mr H
Southend High School for Girls
Unit 1 deadline for all research Friday week 5.
All research for your unit 1 coursework should be complete by Friday of week 5: 1/10/10
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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Monday 6 September 2010
‘The Wilderness Downtown’
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'The Wilderness Downtown'
Technically fascinating, emotionally moving interactive "video" by Chris Milk for Arcade Fire's new single, "We Used to Wait". All HTML5, not a lick of Flash; try it in Chrome or Safari 5. Nice write-up about it here at the Chome Experiments site.
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UNIT 1 COURSEWORK: THE INFORMATION AGE
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYylGF_C38uGZGZwdGN0dGpfNDk3emY2NmpkY2Q&hl=en
Click above for the document with all of the key topics to cover
Click above for the document with all of the key topics to cover
HWK: Summarise what you have learnt today
Add some screenshots to illustrate what you have added to your blog.
Explain how the features that you have added are useful - do they save time, combine information from other sources, give you the latest news from one place, etc
This is due in for next lesson on Tuesday.
Explain how the features that you have added are useful - do they save time, combine information from other sources, give you the latest news from one place, etc
This is due in for next lesson on Tuesday.
Sunday 5 September 2010
Google Chrome - Get a fast new browser. For PC, Mac and Linux
It's a good idea to try out a new or different browser for this unit.
Especially for when you work on your E Book.
I recommend :
Google Chrome - Get a fast new browser. For PC, Mac and LinuxMr H
What is BlogThis! ? - Blogger Help
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41469
Useful way to blog interesting articles quickly. Or install an extension if your browser supports it.
Mr H
Tasks for setting up blogger
Try out these things on your blog:
Go to Dashboard, Settings, then Design
Then Gadgets
Add a My Bloglist : example blogs to try : macworld.com, microsoft.com, engadget.com, gizmodo.com
and
Newsfeed gadget.
Insert any other relevant gadgets that you think may be of use or improve the blog you are making.
In the My Bloglist, add in addresses of 2 other students blogs from the class.
Go to Dashboard, Settings, then Design
Then Gadgets
Add a My Bloglist : example blogs to try : macworld.com, microsoft.com, engadget.com, gizmodo.com
and
Newsfeed gadget.
Insert any other relevant gadgets that you think may be of use or improve the blog you are making.
In the My Bloglist, add in addresses of 2 other students blogs from the class.
Thursday 2 September 2010
Homework
Work on the blogs tasks in your own time, you should be putting in 1hr of time after each lesson.
Me and Mr M will be checking blog update dates to see that you are regularly working.
Mr H
Mapple store, simpsons
Use Edit HTML when creating a post to insert embed codes such as this youtube one.
Hello all
I will also be updating this blog with information for our lessons.
Remember to follow this blog, as well as creating your own ones!
Mr Mariani.
Remember to follow this blog, as well as creating your own ones!
Mr Mariani.
This is my first post!
Hello we will be all using blogs to communicate this year, and to share work, and to conduct research.
You will be expected to update your blog on a lesson by lesson basis. Remember to save and backup your work to a usb pen or network drive or home computer as well!!
Mr H
You will be expected to update your blog on a lesson by lesson basis. Remember to save and backup your work to a usb pen or network drive or home computer as well!!
Mr H
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