Nothing much.......... Just hanging out

29/11/06

Ms. Griffiths was absent and we had a horrible supply teacher. Mr. Case disappeared some where, so we had to put up with her. Today our in class assignment was to post the link for the first pod cast assignment. We had to post it in Mr. Case's blog in the comments section. We were also given 2 websites to explore which had information about the history of word processing. Thankfully, we didn't have to do any work about the site but I have a felling that we would get some.

The Website:

• http://www.gooddocuments.com/philosophy/wphistory_m.htm
• http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/WordStar.htm

That's pretty much what we did in today's class. I spent the rest of the time doing All The Right Type.

Microsoft Word

28/11/06

We finally dropped the chapter "Pod Cast unit" and moved on to something else. Today we learned about Microsoft Word. In your head, you might be thinking "Microsoft word is so easy and I'm so good at". But there are lots of other things which you don't know about Microsoft Word. Today I learned three new thing thing.

The first thing that I learned is docking. Docking is just opening up a toolbar that you use often and dragging it to the top of the window, so the short cut will be there whenever you need it.

The second thing is to make our own toolbar. That tool bar will have everything that we use regularly. To do this you have to go to tools, click on Customize and go the toolbars section. In the toolbars section select New. Then name your toolbar. After that go to the commands section and drag the icons you need to your toolar.

Finally the last that I learned is the most useful to me. I'm not sure how exactly to explain this but I will try my best. This may annoy you so much: when you go to file, edit, tools, etc. You don't see the all of the entire options, you only see the main one. Then you have to click on the arrow each time to see the full menu. In order to prevent this, you can go to tools, customize and in the options section click on "always show full menu".

Ten things that I learned:

1. Drop Cap: Drop cap makes the first letter of your writing big. Remember the times that you read a book and first letter of the first sentence had always been so huge. That's how most stories work, in order to do that for your story or writing, go to format then drop cap. Example: Example:Bavithra Rajendran.
2. Formula: This is kind of like a calculator. You put in a formula (25-5+16) and it will tell you that the answer (36). Go to table then click on formula.
3. Sort: This toolbar will sort your writing in either ascending or decending order of the alphabats or numbers. Go to table and choose sort.
4. Language: Say if you want to type in another language and don't want the computer to say that you're typing the wrong thing. Then you can choose another language by going to tools, language and set language.
5. Change Case: Using this you can change your writing to either UPPER CASE, or lower case. To do this you have to go to format and then Change case.
6. Research: This will give you the definition and some facts about the word that you want to about a certain word. Highlight the word that you want to research. Go to tool, then research.
7. Comment: You can either comment on your work or other people's work without printing it out and writing it by hand. Go to insert, then comment and type in your comment.
8. Find: Say that you wrote pages of information for a report and you want to find what you wrote about one word. Instead of reading the whole document you can go to edit and find. Then the find will find the word that you're looking for.
9. Paragraph: You can use this tool to change the alignment, identation, and spacing of your writing. Do this by going format, then paragraph. For example, if you want your writing to be double spaced.
10. Protect Document: You can put a editing restriction which makes the file a read only file. Meaning you can only read the document the not change anything on it. So other people won't be able to change your writing. Do this by going to tools, then protect document.

Pod Cast #4

27/11/06

My last and final pod cast is on dowry. The pod cast is called Dowry Tradition Suffers in Drought-Stricken East Africa. It is from the site http://podcasts.yahoo.com/search?p=dowry&c=b. The author of this pod cast is washingtonpost.com.

This pod cast about 28 year old guy who is a cattle herter and knows 5 languages. He was engaged to a 22 years old, high school graduate girl. He was going to give the bride's family his best bulls and dairy cows as a dowry. Because of the harsh climate in East Africa, all of his cattles died. That made $10,000 dollars of damege. This news forced him to move into the city and find a job. When he phoned his girl friends from the city, she said that her mom want her to marry a richer and older guy because her mom doesn't want her waste her youth. After Somanto moved into the city, his parents forced him to get a college education. When he finally got enough money to get a college education he got robbed. So Somanto went back to his village to raise cattle and and get enough money for the tuition. When he came back to the city he got robbed again. But this time he actually caught the thief. When he was fighting with the theif both of them got put into jail. So Somanto with the help of his frined bribed the police to get out of jail. This is what the pod cast is mostly about.

One thing that I liked about this pod cast was that it was different because usually the bride is the one who gives the dowry but this story it is the other way around.

Pod Cast #3

27/11/06

I choose to do my 3rd pod cast about Indian cooking since I like it so much. I got the pod cast from the site http://www.podcast.net/show/69631. The host is Suresh. The pod cast is called How to Cook Onion Bhaji. This pod cast is basically showing the steps to make Onion Bhaji. Down below you can see the ingredients and methods of making this dish.

Ingredients to make Bhaji for 2-4 people

* 2 onion sliced
** 10 spoons of ground flour
*** chilly powder (optional)
**** green chilly (optional)
***** 1 spoon of fresh chopped ginger

Method

1. put the flour into the bowl
2. add a pinch of salt
3. add baking spoon (little)
4. add the option stuff
5. mixed it all
6. make into to a batter
7. make the batter into to a ball
8. deep fry to 160 degrees
9. let it rest for a while and eat it hot

This pod cast would even been better if it was a video file because then the audience would have been able to watch it and it would look like a real cooking show.

Pod Cast #2

27/11/06

My second pod cast is on a series called "Ask A Ninja". I got this pod cast from the website http://askaninja.com/taxonomy/term/20/0. This show is basically about people asking this weird guy wearing a ninja costume a question and he answers it. For the pod cast that I watched, the question was that this kid named Brian asks the ninja what's his least favourite way to kill someone.

One thing that I liked about this pod cast is that it was funny and not boring. Also, since it was a audio file, I was able to see the actions that he was doing insead of just listening to the tone of his voice.

One thing that I didn't like about it is that it didn't stay on the topic, the ninja started talking about things that weren't even connected to the topic. To make this show even better they should try to stay on the topic more often. Instead saying his favourite way to kill someone, he kept saying the people or things that he wanted to kill. Even though it was funny, it was also kind of annoying.

Pod Cast #1

27/11/06

After listening to Madeeha’s pod cast, I became interested in Photoshop. So I decided to do my first pod cast on Photoshop. I got my pod cast from the site: http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=ac699f9a5f53f52949b8ec5e26bc3c54. This pod cast is broke up into 2 parts. You find both of the parts on the site listed above. The host of this pod cast is Kent Conklin. The series is called 2 Minute Photoshop Tricks and the episode that I watched is called Aged Photos (Pt. 1). This pod cast tells us the steps to make a new picture look like an old picture. Some of the steps are listed below but again they're just the begenning steps. You have to look at the pod cast for the rest of the steps. It will be a good idea to pause after each step and try them out because they explain really fast.

Steps:

• Open up the image that you want to change from Photoshop
• Go to layer pallet and look at the image layer
• If the layer is locked then unlock it
• You have to make a new layer for the backround
• Go to image, click on canvas size, on the pop menu click on the percent bar
• Make sure that the relative bar is clicked
• Change the width and height to 10 and press o.k
• To fill colour for the backround go to edit and press fill menu
• Click on use and select colour
• Put 0 for H,S box and 95 on B then press o.k

For more steps look at the pod cast.

One thing that I liked about this pod cast is that is goes into details about each of the steps that you must take in order to change a new picture to look like an old aged picture. It's really infomative.

This pod cast would have even been better if it was a video file instead of an audio file. It would have been better because then the audience would have gotten a chance to see the process instead of hearing it. For some people it might of been confusing to listen to the steps.

More And More Pod Cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24/11/06

Today we were assignment another pod cast project. The project is to find four pod casts and write about them on our blogs. Ms. Griffiths told us that not to do on the same type of pod cast. So, for example if your last pod cast was on comedy then do this one on entertainment, music, or sports. We have to write at least a paragraph for each of the pod casts that we saw. We got the reminder of the class to find the pod casts. I don't know when this project is due. But I hope it's not due on Tuesday because I have a big geography unit test that's made up of 5 chapters on Tuesday. My geography marks so far are not that great, so I have to study extra hard. Good luck for me on the test.

Continuation of Presentation

22/11/06

Today the people who didn't do the presentation did it. Just like yesterday some of the podcasts couldn't open. I'am not sure if Ms. Griffiths is going to take off marks because including me, alot people's podcast didn't open. I don't think it's a good idea to take off marks. God knows whats going to happen.

Feedback On Presentation

Most of the presentations were good. I think some people need to spend some more time on it. I hope we're done the podcast unit because I hated it. It was pretty easy but it was boring. I really really really want to start a new unit.

Pod cast Project & Presentation

21/11/06

Today the pod cast assignment was due. I was really scared because I didn't know what you're supposed to say in the presentation. But I asked some of my friends and they told me what you're supposed to say on the presentation.

What To Include On The Presentation

• Summary of your pod cast
• What you liked about it
• What you didn't like about it
• You have to show part of your pod cast to your class

After hearing what we were supposed to include on our presentation, I was relieved.

Presentations

After a while, I was asked to go up and present my pod cast. Even though I was nervous, I was also kind of happy because I wanted to get it over with. So I went up and did my presentation. Then came the horrible moment. You might be wondering what the horrible moment was. The horrible moment was that my pod cast didn't open. But I was kind of okay with it because a lot of people's pod cast didn't also work. But I don't know why it didn't work because it worked on my computer.

Working on Pod cast

20/11/06

Today we worked on our pod cast assignment which is due tomorrow. I looked at the site www.podcast.net. Most of the pod cast that are under are not even funny. I don't why they're under the comedy section. That's pretty much all for now. I'm going to go work on my pod cast assignment.

Test

15/11/06

We had our Powerpoint test today. It was easy but I'm pretty sure that I made couple of silly mistakes. Up to me, this test was easier than the last test we've had.

New Assignment

Today we were also assigned a new project. It was something about pod cast. But I'm not really sure what the project is exactly about. Mr. Case said that he's going to explain more about the project the next class. You will be able to find out about what we're expected to complete for the presentation on my next blog entry.

Pod Cast Project & Presentation

17/11/06

Mr. Case explained to us about what we're supposed to do for the project. I not scared any more. I'm relieved.

What you're supposed to do for the project:

• Find a pod cast on any site
• Explain the pod cast to the class
• Say one thing you like about the pod cast
• Say one thing that you didn't like about it
• Show a part of the pod cast to the class
  

Common sites that you can find pod casts

• www.podcast.net
• www.podshow.comi
• Tunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
  

You don't have to find your pod casts on these sites but they're good sites. Mr. Case said that he wouldn't recommend you to find pod casts on You Tube. Pod cast is not something that people just up load for other people to see, it is something that is updated every week, month, or year.

Podcast

14/11/06

We were also supposed to a blog entry on Podcast. We have to mention what podcast is, and what it does. I'm pretty sure that most of you, including my self don't know what Podcast mean. Don't worry I'll fill your knowledge by telling you what it means. Podast is a multimedia file which you can subscribe over the internet. You can download it to your computer using RSS feed. The idea of a Podcast was suggested in 2000, but the parts that was needed to make this was only available in 2001. In 2003, Podcast was famous and most people knew about it.

Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/podcast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

Test Postponed Again

14/11/06

Once again the test was postponed to tomorrow. YEAH!!!!!! But the bad news is that we have to study both of the sites that's mentioned in Mr. Case's blog. Each of the sites contain 10 tips each. Instead of just meomorizing them, you should try them out. Because it's kind of fun.You should look at the tips under powerpoint 2000. Down below you can the site's addresses which you were suppossed to look at.

1. http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,2146,00.asp
2. http://www.123ppt.com/powerpoint-tutorials/index.asp

Test Postponed

13/11/06

YEAH! I'm so happy. You might be wondering why. I'm happy because the test was postponed to tomorrow. Today we continued to work on marking other people's interactive presentations. After we were done, on the back of the paper we were supposed to write about the presentation that you liked the best and why. That's basically all we did today. Tomorrow we have the test. The test is going to be based on everything we learned about powerpoint. Such as the types of powerpoint, types of saving powerpoint, and tools that are included in powerpoint. You also have two study the two websites that are included in Mr. Case's blog. The test sounds easy but I' am not sure how it's going to look like. I HOPE IT'S EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I REALLY DO!!!!!!!!!

TEST

08/11/06

WE HAVE A TEST ON MONDAY ON POWERPOINT! I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY TO STUDY BUT I'AM GUESSING "THE POWERPOINT ARCTICLE". BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE WHO'S WRITING THE TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Updating Blog

08/11/06

Today Ms. Griffiths told us that not much people were updating their blog regularly even that's one of the main things you get marked on in Business Tech. She also said that now we only need to update our blogs on day 1 and day 3 which is Monday and Wednesday. Unless Friday is either Day 1 or Day 3. The people who update their blog every day will get extra marks. I want to do that. Also today we marked other people's interactive presentations. There were four different catogeries. Navigation, Creativity/Originality, Technical Expertise, and Effort they put into the project. We were supposed to mark them at a scale of 1 to 5. We are continuing to do this next class.

Two Projects Due Today

07/11/06

Today two of the projects were due. We were supposed to put our projects in the Student Share Folder. But the home drive on the computers weren't there so people couldn't download their work and save it. Only the people who had USB keys were able to submit the work. Good thing, I was one of them. Ms. Griffiths told us that the people with USB keys can submit the work first, then the people who don't have it can borrow a USB key and then submit their own work. That's basically how the class went today.

Working on Projects

06/11/06

Today we got a chance to either work on our project or check out anybody else's Interactive projects. I took a look at other people's projects today. They looked pretty good. The projects are due tomorrow.

Two More Presentations

03/11/06

Today we got two new projects. But they don't look like project, they look fun. I can't wait to get started. The first project is to create an Interactive Presentation of our own. The next project is to create a links page. The links page is basically a page with all the websites that you usually visit every day. You hyperlink them to the site's address. So each time you want to go the website, you can just click on it instead of typing the address each time. Both of those projects are really easy and fun.

Take Your Kids To Work Day

01/11/06

Today there was computer class but I wasn't there. Today was "Take Your Kids To Work Day", I was at my mom's lawyer's office. I did some work there. Even though it was work, it was still fun. The work that I did was connected to computers. How? You may ask. It was connected to computers because I did some typing. I actually got paid. I was so happy. I'm not really sure what the other people did in computer class today, because all of my friends were at "Take Your Kids To Work Day"

Powerpoint Again

31/10/06

Today we learned more great things about Powerpoint.

* Mr. Case also told about the things that really hates about presentaion such as doing animations for each letter and sound affects as your're talking.
** Another thing that you can do powerpoint is save your file as a pps file. Saving as a pps file opens right it to the slide show.
*** If you save your presentation as "Pack and Go" then your fancy letters and slide transitions would still be there even though the computer that your opening your presentation on doesn't have it.

Interactive Presentations

Mr. Case said that by the end of this course we will be creating a portfolio with all of our best works. One of the things that we can put into it is this Interactive Presentation because it is so easy to create and get good marks. Interactive presentation can either be a story or a lesson. But you don't have to be there to present it. This is an easy thing to create. How do we create it? Well, that's a very good question. Basically it's a just a few slide that are linked together. For example on the first slide, you may ask a question and give the audience two options. If they click on it then it takes them to a different slide which tells them more about it. You can do this by going to Action Buttons on the bottom of your window. They'll give you an option of next slide, previous slide or home. You can insert one of those and insert hyperlink to the specific page that you want. That's basically it. Try creating one at home. It's really cool. Trust me.