Culture Poster

Your final project is to design a poster that represents yourself and your culture. This can be your cultural heritage, your interests or both. You will use Adobe Photoshop to create this project, so will need to learn some basic techniques. As we only have five days to work on this, it is CRUCIAL that everyone pays attention to instruction and does not waste time.

Requirements:

• Your name
• Four images
• Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
• Post the image to your blog
  

Due Date: Thursday, June 24

What's you dream job?

With the economy the way it is right now, many people are thankful to have a job at all. But lets dream a little bit. What is your dream job? If you could become anything right now in the blink of an eye, what would it be?

We are going to work backwards here. Once you've thought of you dream job, find a real job description or posting. Find out what kind of experience and education is required. Determine what major you would need to focus on in college (maybe there are a few options) and find two or three schools that have the program you need.

Getting Started:
1. Determine your dream job. Write this in your blog. (If you are really stuck, try this: career exploration guide)
2. Search the web for jobs similar to your dream job.

Try the following sites:
cragslist.org
idealist.org - nonprofit jobs
monster.com
hotjobs.yahoo.com
careerbuilder.com
journalismjobs.com
mandy.com - film and TV

Writing the Blog Entry
Once you have the pieces together, write a blog entry in paragraph form, including the links.

My dream job is to be a radio DJ. I found a job posting on craigslist.org. The job requirements are a BA in Communications or Radio Broadcast, and 2 years of experience. I looked for schools with Radio Broadcast programs and found Emmerson College, Berkeley and Full Sail.

Oil Gyser in the Gulf

If you've been watching the news - or if you're alive at all - you've probably heard of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Find an article about the spill. Using the article, answer the following questions and post a link to the article you used.



1. How big is the spill estimated to be?
2. What company is in charge of cleaning up the spill?
3. What are some of the methods they have tried to stop the "leak".
4. Is there oil on the beaches on the Gulf Coast?
5. How are the surrounding communities affected?
6. Do you think we should allow drilling in our coastal waters.

Design Your Own Custom Sneaker!

The Assignment:

• Use Gourmet Kickz Creator to design your own custom Nike kicks.
• When you're done, save your design and embed it on your blog!
• In a few sentences, describe the user interface (how does it look? how does it work?).
• Tell us what your favorite feature is, and why it made the over all experience better for you.
  

Posting Your Prezi

Our Eco Footprint on Prezi

To post your Prezi slideshow on your blog:

1. Click your Prezi to open
2. In the pop-up window, click "Share" from the left side navigation
   
3. Copy the "embed text"
4. Paste this into your blog post

Once it's posted, you may notice that your Prezi is cropped. To fix this, you need to edit the HTML code.

• In the code, the dimensions of your prezi file are specified: "width=550, height=400"
• Change this to 420 x 305 in each instance.

Boston's Temporary Water Crisis

On Saturday, a pipe burst in Weston, MA, disrupting the clean water supply to Boston and its surrounding communities, forcing residents to boil water or buy bottled water.

Some people found out from police officers with bullhorns, others from phone calls from the city. Many more got the word from online social networks like twitter and facebook.

How did you hear about the water emergency?

How have you and your family been coping with the situation?

10 Ways to Go Green!

Last week was Earth Week, which is filled with activities focused on environmental issues. Were there Earth Week celebrations in your community?

For this activity, we will create animated slideshows offering tips for environmentally friendly living using prezi.com.

1. Take a look at the follwing webpage, which offers 40 tips for "going green".

http://simplemom.net/tips-to-go-green-at-home/

2. Choose ten tips for you slideshow. Make a comment on this post with your list.

3. Find or create an image for each tip. Save in your images folder.

4. Sign up for Prezi and create your show!