Monday, November 6th
B-Day Block Schedule
Excel Quiz #2 Wednesday - identify, describe, define and explain
Capturing Screen Shots - hold the Alt key and Print Screen button to capture only the active window, Ctrl key and Print Screen button to capture the entire screen - you will need to capture screen shots as part of the documentation of your project. - ITGS Guide page 62. You can paste the image (screen shot) into Fireworks or directly into Word.
Note from ITGS Moderator regarding project:
"Don't forget to include 8-10 screen shots from their final product with descriptions of what the screen shot is demonstrating. These screen shots must be the same as the live product on the Web as no changes are permissible after the project has been submitted. "Introduction Chapter 6 - Graphics, Digital Media, and Multimedia
Introduction to Graphics - image size- adjusting, file types, web vs print media and dpi, 8 bit color = ?, Graphics Editors
Lynda.com - What is Fireworks
Watch the Rubber Stamp Tool video and then complete the Disappearing People Exercise. When you are done there should be no one on the beach (no dogs either). Show me the image when you are done.
Complete Macromedia Fireworks part 1 - books are at the front of the room and the files needed can be found in the ITGS Assignments folder in the Macromedia Fireworks MX2004 folder and in chapter 1 & 2.
Fireworks Part 2Optimizing Graphics in Fireworks
Macromedia Fireworks - Color Replace Tool, Selection Tools
Complete Trolley Car exercise - show me your completed image.Complete VegeHead Exercise - this exercise is a review of the tools you have learned in the previous Fireworks exercises.
Raster vs Vector Images
Introduction to Layers and Masks in Photoshop
Homework
Read pages 221-231
No News article due this week.
Continue work on Criterion D
What
3.8 Spreadsheets, modelling and simulations - page 35
Introduction
The increasing capabilities of computers have allowed individuals and organizations to develop software that can be used to test “what-if” scenarios and create simulations and models of real-world events.
Spreadsheets, through the use of worksheets and graphs, can be used to manage, predict using a series of “what-if” scenarios, and display financial details of businesses.IT concepts to address in this topic
Theoretical and practical concepts for spreadsheets
• Cell types: for example, text, number, date, currency, hyperlinks
• Formulas: relative and absolute cell references
• Sorting, filtering and replicating data
• Types of charts
• Formatting and presentation: for example, text (fonts), background, paragraphs, pages
Syllabus content
36 Information technology in a global society guide
• Data validation, verification and testing
• Functions: maths, text, logic, date
• Protection for sheets and workbooks, cell locking
• Advanced functions: for example, lookup, pivot tables, macros
• Worksheet modelling: “what-if” analysis (scenarios, goal seek tool)
Why
Understanding when and how to use spreadsheets to solve problems is a valuable skill.
How
By completing the excel exercises 1-5.