AGENDA FOR THE WEEK:
- Check PowerSchool (see below)
- Check KCS Email for School Concept Email
- (Wed/Thurs) Tip of the Day (door, URLs, grade check)
- Continue Avatars
directions
- Websites (if done with Avatar)
directions
*** IF MISSING ASSIGNMENTS***
Email Practice #1
Attach a picture to an email (to Mr. Bell) that represents you. In the email, write a sentence or two about why this picture represents you.
- Make sure your email has: 1) A proper subject, an opening, a message, and a closing; and 2) Proper grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Proof read your message!
* If you think you already sent this to Mr. Bell, check your "Sent Mail" folder in your email and, if it's there, forward it to Mr. Bell. If you don't see it, do a new one.
Email Practice #2
Email Mr. Bell a FULL paragraph that includes: a) A description of your avatar, b) What inspired your avatar design, and c) Why you feel that your avatar represents you.
- Make sure your email has: 1) A proper subject, an opening, a message, and a closing; and 2) Proper grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Proof read your message!
* If you think you already sent this to Mr. Bell, check your "Sent Mail" folder in your email and, if it's there, forward it to Mr. Bell. If you don't see it, do a new one.
Avatar Drawing
Put your name on your hand-drawn avatar sketch and turn it in to Mr. Bell. If you haven't finished drawing, that should be done by now! Hurry up! If you lost your drawing, email Mr. Bell the photo you took of your drawing.
DIRECTIONS
- Watch the video tutorials below and follow the directions on them to set up your site.
- Create your homepage.
- Set up your navigation to reflect the "Pages to Create" section below (you will need to create a new page for each page listed).
- One at a time, start adding content to each page. The content will depend what the page is about, but, in general, this includes text about the page, pictures, links, embedded videos, etc. You will be adding content to these pages over time, so don't expect to be able to finish each page all at once.
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GOOGLE SITES TUTORIALS
DIRECTIONS: We only have limited access to watch the videos online, so if the "watch online" link doesn't work, RIGHT-CLICK on the "download" link and select "Save Target As" to download these videos. When they are done downloading, click "Open."
Making a Website Title
watch online | download
Overview & Inserting Website Title
watch online | download
Changing the Look & Feel
watch online | download
Editing Pages
Creating New Pages
watch online | download
Creating a Blog
coming soon!
Embedding HTML (YouTube, ZooBurst, etc.)
coming soon!
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PAGES TO CREATE
(your navigation should reflect this):
- Home
- KCS Portfolio
- Science
- Math
- Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Advisory
- Health
- Technology - Personal
- Blog
- Interests / Hobbies
- Accomplishments / Goals
- Personal Portfolio - Links (KCS Sites, sites you like, sites relating to anything on your website)
- Contact (email link)
Each Page Must Have:
- Your main header image
- Page title (text for now, image later)
- Consistent navigation
- A blurb about the page
- A consistent color scheme
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AVATAR STEPS:
a. Draw your avatar by hand
b. Take a digital photo of your drawing
c. Transfer your digital photo to your "Technology" folder in your Z: drive
d. Watch the video tutorials below
e. Digitize your avatar in Photoshop!
f. TO FINISH: Watch the "Finish" video below (make sure you DON'T shrink your image and then save over your original Photoshop file. The only file that should be shrunk is your .JPEG. Your Photoshop file should always stay the same).
* Avatar examples.
DIGITIZING YOUR AVATARS
DIRECTIONS: We only have limited access to watch these videos online, so if the "watch online" link doesn't work, RIGHT-CLICK on the "download" link and select "Save Target As" to download these videos. When they are done downloading, click "Open."
Drawing Lines & Shapes
Adding Color
watch online | download
Adding Effects
watch online | download
Finishing Your Avatar
watch online | download
DIRECTIONS: We only have limited access to watch the videos online, so if the "watch online" link doesn't work, RIGHT-CLICK on the "download" link and select "Save Target As" to download these videos. When they are done downloading, click "Open."
PHOTOSHOP BASICS
Basic Program Overview
watch online | download
How to Use Layers
Making & Working with New Images (adding pixels / dragging Images / changing Size)
watch online | download
Tools (pt. 1 - Move Tool to Paint Brush Tool)
watch online | download
Tools (pt. 2 – Eraser Tool to Shape Tool)
Adding Layer Effects
Image Options (changing canvass size / image adjustments)
Adding Effect Filters
Saving Your Image
This year all advisories will be doing similar activities on the same days. Here is the tentative schedule so far:
MONDAYS
Advisory specific activities (8/30: School Concept & Catch up on journals & Finish Name Bubbles)
TUESDAYS
SSR
WEDNESDAYS
SSR
THURSDAYS
Journaling and grade checks (9/2: Journal: Finish "Goal" journal and "Hindrance vs. Opportunity" journal)
Q1 Journals:
- What are two goals that you can accomplish before the end of semester 1? What steps can you take to reach those goals? (at least 2 paragraphs)
- Write a paragraph about an experience that you saw as a hindrance. Write a paragraph about an experience that you saw as an opportunity. Write about an experience that you started as a hindrance, but became an opportunity (at least 3 paragraphs).
