Month: May 2014

Check Your School Loop

Computer Art 1

First, give Mr. Machtay a little time to check over the grades on School Loop. Then, check your School Loop grades for Computer Art 1 for this Marking Period. If you have a 0 (zero) on an assignment that is an F and it means I do not have work from you for this assignment. If you have work show

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Magazine Pages

Computer Art 1

Last week you started work planning and designing a magazine aimed at teenagers. The idea of the magazine is “What’s Cool for Teens”  — you can focus on celebrities, on music, or fashion, on sports; feature the main focus but include a mix of content. Last week you all designed logos and filled in a magazine plan. This week you

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VIDEO: What needs to be done?

POV: Video Production

Everyone in class needs to fill out the CTE Survey. I will not sign out any senior who has not completed the survey. http://docs.google.com/forms/d/15nqreSxSfpfqJCxcnFlYW-9g5-YPlmGFrV_9pjujMTs/viewform?c=0&w=1 Email List: Add your name and a non-Galileo email address to the class list going around the room. Everyone in class needs to write about one movie you saw in our VideoFest. Choose a movie that you

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End of Year Survey for CTE

POV: Video Production

End of year survey for all CTE students: http://docs.google.com/forms/d/15nqreSxSfpfqJCxcnFlYW-9g5-YPlmGFrV_9pjujMTs/viewform?c=0&w=1 If you are a senior provide a non-Galileo email address (one we can use next December to find out how you’re doing). Name of Academy/Pathway: “Arts, Media & Entertainment” Your course titles: 5th period: Intro to Digital Communications 6th period: Video Production Are you in a non-traditional industry sector? If you

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Word Origins

Computer Art 1

English is a very new language (compared to the history of the world). English has borrowed words from many different languages. Some of the words come from Old English or Middle English (the kind they spoke way back in the time of Geoffrey Chaucer). Other words come from French or German or Greek or Latin or Spanish or Arabic. And

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Color Correction: Wong Family Picture

Computer Art 1

Go to pickup folder (pickupdropoff > machtayh > pickup) and select the file called wongfamilypic.psd. Drag this file to your desktop so you can work on it (do not work on it inside the pickup folder). We are going to colorize this picture. Mr. Machtay will demonstrate to the class how to select an area using the lasso tool (make

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“What’s Cool” Magazine

Computer Art 1

DUE TODAY (5/8): 3 designs for magazine logo saved as JPGs in a folder in dropoff. A page plan for your magazine. Fill in the handout Mr. Machtay gave you today. Each page should have a different article, either a cool person, a cool thing, or a cool place — what will go on each page? Hand this in today.

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IDIOMS

Computer Art 1

An IDIOM is an expression where the meaning is not literal. The meaning of an IDIOM is not the same as the meaning of the words that make up the IDIOM. “Kick the Bucket” is an American IDIOM that means a person has died. When a person “Kicks the Bucket” they did not actually KICK a BUCKET – they died.

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