Make a Resume

Note: This Assignment is Postponed

Why make a resume?

If you haven't already, the time will come soon when you will need to apply for a job. Having a clean, impressive resume can give you an edge in the hiring process, as it is the first impression potentials employers get before they even meet you.

On your resume, you can list your work experience, skills, and extracurricular activities. This is your chance to talk yourself up a bit.

The Assignment:

Many word processing programs offer resume templates. We will be using Publisher to make ours.

1. Take a look at some of the example online listed below.
2. Then open Microsoft Publisher, find and choose a resume template.
3. Plug in your iformation to the designated places.
4. List the computer skills we have learned in this class. We will continue to add new skills as we learn them throughout the year.

This assignment is due by the end of class on Wednesday.

Examples:

Generic Resume

Web Design Resume

Auto Mechanic Resume

Mr. L's Resume

What to include:

• Your name and contact info
• Your work experience
• Computer programs you are comfortable with
• Skills
• Extra-curricular activities (sports, after-school programs, community volunteering, NSA, etc.)

Make a Poster with Sumo Paint

Note: This Assignment is postponed until further notice.

Use the online graphics program Sumo Paint to create a poster celebrating you. You can to the web to find images of things you like or that describe you (music, sports, cultural heritage, cars, etc.)
Your poster must have:

A minimum of 5 images
Your name

To add images from the web:

Copy the images URL
Click File > Import to Layer > From URL

Obama-ME

Assignment: Create your own Obama poster parody! Go to Obama-me.com and follow the simple instructions to create an image of your own. Post it on your blog and write a short paragraph about why you chose the image.

Customize Your Blog!

It's time to give your blog the makeover it deserves and add some cool features.

1. Write a Welcome Message

• Once logged in, click the "layout" link below your blog title, or, if you are looking at your blog, "customize" in the top right navigation menu.
• It will automatically be on the "Page Elements" tab.
  
• You will see a representation of the layout of your blog, with boxes for each content piece.
• Click "add a Gadget"
• From the list, choose "Text".
• Write a welcome message for your blog, and click "save"

2. Add Some Links

• Click add a widget
• Choose "links"
• In the title field, type "Cool Interactive Websites", or "My Favorite Websites" or another appropriate title
• For the number of links, types 5
• In the bottom two fields, type the URL of the site and the name of the site as you would like it to appear
• Click "Add a Link" to add more links
• Repeat until you have five or more links

3. Add one other Gadget

4. Pick New Colors

• Click the Fonts and Colors tab under layout.
• Try out different fonts and color scemes until you find a winning combo. You can always click "reset to default" later if your don't like what you've done.

4. Back in the layout page move things around a bit and experiment until you have a layout that you link.

Natural Disaster in Haiti

By now we've all heard of the catastrophic disaster that occurred in Haiti. The earthquake left an already impoverished country devasted, with millions killed and/or displaced.
Far worse than the massive tsunami that hit Southeast Asia a few years ago, the response from the US and the world has been quick, unlike that of Hurricane Katrina. However, there are many obstacles standing in the way of getting aid to the people who need it most.

Assignment:

• Find an article on the earthquake and it's aftermath from a news source (NY times, Boston globe, cnn.com...).
• Read the article and write a one paragraph summary of it in your blog.
• Post a link to the original article below your summary.

Wordle your favorite song

Even if you don't know what the word "visualization" means, we've all seen them before. The first example that comes to mind is a pie chart or bar graph. Basically, a visualization is a way of showing information visually.

Visualizations can make a website or blog more interesting. One type we see a lot today are word clouds, basically a collage of words that are used in the site.

Assignment:

1. Find the lyrics to you favorite song. Highlight the text and copy.
2. You will need to edit out any profanity. To do this, paste into a word documented and get rid of the naughty words. Copy the newly edited text.
3. Go to www.wordle.net
4. Paste the text into the text field and hit Submit.
5. Play around a little bit!
6. Click "Publish to Public Gallery" in the bottom right of the page.
7. Highlight and copy the code (text) below your word cloud
8. Paste the code into a blog post. You will have to delete the extra spaces in order to get the picture to show up when you publish.