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!

April Vacation

Hope you all had a good April break...welcome back! I spent some quality time in upstate NY and Connecticut and enjoyed sleeping in. I'm also looking forward to seeing footage and picture from the New Orleans service trip and black college tour.

For this blog entry, write a paragraph about what you did over the break!

Posting your screenshot

Taking and cropping a screenshot:

1. Press the "Print Screen" Key on your keyboard.
2. Open MS Paint. (Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > Paint)
3. Paste the image. (Edit > Paste, or Ctr + V)
4. There should be a dotted line around the image. If not, press Ctrl + A.
5. Drag the screenshot so that only the content of the website is showing. When done, click on the white area outside the screenshot.
6. Find the bottom right corner of the white space. Click and drag to the edge for the desired area.
7. Save your image!

Posting and linking:

1. Click the image button.
2. Pick a layout option (right, left, center)
3. Browse for the image on your computer.
4. Choose a size. Click Upload.

Linking:

1. In compose mode, click on the image.
2. Click the link button.
3. Paste in the URL. (you will need to copy it from the address bar first)

Homepage Study

Go to your favorite website and take a screenshot (press "print screen" key and then paste into MS Paint). Looking at the screenshot, answer the following questions and post them on your blog.

1. What is the point of this website? How can you tell from the homepage?
2. What is featured on the homepage? Are some features more important than others?
3. What are the different sections of the navigation? Can you tell how the website is organized from the navigation?
4. Who is the target user? Who is most likely to use this website?
5. Describe the overall look & feel of this site (colors, images, vibe)... list descriptive words.

Design Your Own iPhone App

The future is now. The Internet is no longer tied down, it's with us wherever we go, on our phones. More than ever, a phone is a tool, and not for just making calls. It's a camera, a compass, an encyclopedia, cookbook, portable TV or gaming system. There is an "app" for everything. Apps, little programs you can download from various online stores, all solve a specific problem, whether it's getting directions, being entertained or finding the name of that song that's playing in the supermarket.

Take a look at some examples in these lists of top iPhone apps:

Time's Top 10 iPhone Apps

Wired's Coolest iPhone Apps

Mashable Top iPhone Apps

Assignment:

Now that you've seen some of the stuff that's been rolling out, it's time to use your imagination and come up with some cool app ideas of your own. Remember, you don't have to make this work, so the sky's the limit. You can use this template to sketch out your ideas. On the iPhone screen, draw a screenshot of your app. In the lined section below, describe what the app does. You will need to design three apps to complete the assignment.

iPhone App Template