Oooh, It's Halloween...Verry Scarrry!!!

Halloween has been around for...a long time...and every year, we enjoy getting dressed up and scaring someone or just simply having fun!  For many years now, I have enjoyed taking my 3 daughters out trick or treating, and just having a memorable time watching them walk up to some very scarrry halloween houses.  One of the most scarrry houses that we have seen had lots of grave stones, pumkins and a couple of scarrry looking zombies in front of the house, but what we didn't see until we got right up to the house was Freddy Krueger on the roof top with a real chainsaw and as we were leaving, a corps rose from the coffin on the front lawn. 

OOOOHHH, VERRRY SCARRRY!!!!

What scarrry experiences have you had so far on halloween?

Give us some scarrry details to excite our halloween spirits!

Also, add some scarrry halloween visuals to your blog as we are running a contest today for the scarrriest halloween blog - win a very tasty prize on Monday!!!



Learning Photoshop

We have been working with Photoshop 8 for the past 2 weeks, learning how to enhance, crop, lasso, and make the main subject stand out in the photo.  This a software that is used in the real world to enhance photos used in the newspapers and magazines that people purchase everyday.

Explain how a photo would be enhanced for a specific newspaper or magazine and include how 3 Photoshop tools would be used to prepare the photo (minimum of 3 sentences).

My Favourite Teacher

I would say that my favourite teacher of all time was my French teacher in high school.  Mr. Campitelli was an entertaining teacher who did a great job delivering lessons and made everyone feel welcome in his class.  He was a true mentor as he talked to all of his students and really got to know them well.  He would also talk about life experiences and gave good advise when needed.
Have you ever had a favourite teacher, a teacher that you feel has really been a true mentor who has helped you to learn better, someone who you feel has done an outstanding job teaching you?

Write a full three sentence (or more ;-) paragraph explaining who that outstanding teacher might be.  If you don't have one, write about what would make a good teacher for you.

Steve Jobs - one of the most successful icons of our time

Steve Jobs has created one of the most successful types of technology in the past half century. The personal computer has evolved over the past forty years, becoming smaller and faster, to meet the needs of the computer market.

Using Steve's Timeline,

Steve Job's Timeline (click here)

Try to answer the following questions:

What year did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start their first computer company?

What was the name of their first computer?

Name a current Apple device that you are currently using or would like to use?

(write each answer in sentence form)

The 31st Annual Terry Fox Run For The Cure

The Terry Fox Run for the Cure has been an emotional event for me over the years because it all started when I was a teenager. Terry Fox has been an icon across Canada, that many people are dedicating themselves to support by raising money to find the cure for cancer. The Run for the Cure started in 1980 and continued on Wednesday, as many classes all over Canada were filling cans to raise money and awareness.

What does the Terry Fox Run mean to you?

How much money has been raised throughout the world so far?

How much money was raised at College Heights on Wednesday?


(if you don't know now, ask around and when you find out, add it to your post)

Getting The Most Out Of The Course

Periodically we are going to treat the blog as a journal and report on our progress in the course.  We are moving very quickly through our first unit, so now is the time to review some of the highlights so far.

In all courses you learn to use new tools to do different things.  Your job today is explaining how some of these tools work and how you are using them.

Pick 3 of the most important tools that you have learned recently and explain the following in 2 clear sentences for each tool:

1)  What does the tool do?

2)  How have you used to the tool in your work this week?

Remember, 2 sentences for each of the 3 tools.

The First Full Week...

We're finishing our first full week at College Heights for the 2011-2012 year, yaaa!

All sorts of activities have been going on to get students motivated and involved in classes and outside of the class.  This ranges from the Grade 9 Day to Intramural sports and Teams.

Name 3 things that have increased your interest and made the week (and a half) a little more exciting.  Explain in full sentence form (minimum of 3 sentences).

Also, feel free to modify or add an additional game or other element to your blog.
These tools are located under the heading "Design" above.