6.6 - Finals

Three Parts:

1. Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test

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Enter your user name

Your password will be provided after the rules are given.

2. Joey's Survey (please!)

3. Final Project

6.3 - Open Sources

Warm-Up
POTD
QOTD:
In your last week of school reflect on what do are you proud this year? What was an academic goal that you accomplished? Was there something that you did not accomplish that you hoped or planned to? What got in the way? What is a goal that you have for your finals or next year?

VOTD:
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form that permits users to study, change, and improve the software. Some open source software is available within the public domain. Open source software is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. The term open-source software originated as part of a marketing campaign for free software.

Open Source (research)
Intro: We don’t need to spend a whole bunch of C.R.EA.M. to have access to software. Instead, open source software can make your home computer into a powerful production studio! This summer can be very productive! Make your own movie on your camera phone. Record your own album with a $2 microphone! GetRDun.

Instructions: There are a number of open source applications that are free and effective. For each item on the following list, find at least one open source program that allow you to work on that task. Provide a link to the developers’ website. Post to your blog when finished.

Categories:

1. Word Processing (like Word)
2. Vector Drawing (like illustrator)
3. Photo Editing (like Photo Shop)
4. Music recording (like garageband)
5. Presentation (like Keynote)
6. Video Editing (like iMovie)
7. Web browsers (Like Safari)
8. Animation (like flash)
9. gaming (like psx)

Here is an example table:

Type of Software	Name of Open Source Software	Links
Word Processing (like Word)	Open Office	http://www.openoffice.org/
Vector Drawing (like illustrator)
Photo Editing (like Photo Shop)
Music recording (like garageband)
Presentation (like Keynote)
Video Editing (like iMovie)
Web browsers (Like Safari)
Animation (like flash)

6.1 - DEAD WEEK

Warm-Up
POTD
QOTD:
Please reflect on the following questions (full sentences would be amazing!):
1. What is your relationship with technology?
2. Has that relationship changed over the year? If so how?
3. Do you think computers will be a tool in your life after high-school? Why or why not?
4. What did you enjoy doing/leraning about this year in DMA? Why?
5. What do you think should be left out of DMA? Why?

The Final
Multiple Choice + Mini-Project
1. Multiple Choice (see ADMA S2 Vocabulary list to study)
2. Mini-Montage Project (to be done as part of the final)

This Week = Dead Week
The week before finals is spent reviewing and studying
We will be cleaning up after ourselves


Clean-Up
1. Google Site
Delete any inactive pages and links
Take a screenshot of your navigation bar when you have finished. Drop this screenshot in my drop-box (name it YOURNAME_CLEAN).

2. Student Server
delete any video clips (unedited, raw, BIG, files)
arrange files in hierarchy (year, class, project, etc.)
UD, if you want to save your work, be sure you bring a flash drive or similar storage medium.

What’s Up Tiger Lily?
An example of re-appropriation in film. 1960s Japanese spy film is re-dubbed and edited to become a comedy.
Critical thinking questions:
1. How is this movie similar to hip-hop or other sample based music texts?
2. How does the writer deal with stereotypes already existing in the film?
3. What role do the musical breaks have in the film? In other words, why are they there?

5.27 - Website Checklist

Warm-Up

POTD

QOTD: What did you think of the movie yesterday? Do you think that creating new life forms is worth the risk?

Website Checklist

see desktop.

Use today to make sure that you have all of your webpages complete and accurate. Use the checklist to verify that it is complete.

5.26 tech ethics & synthetic life

Today we will be looking into technology and ethics.

There was a recent breakthrough in DNA research and what is being called "synthetic life." Here are two news articles on the subject:

Video: DNA revolt? Scientists create first synthetic cell

Synthetic life: Dr Craig Venter seeking 'monopoly', claims gene ...

Based on the video you will watch in class ponder and answer the following questions (especially the last 3!):

Craig’s Questions:

1. What is Life?
2. Can we pare it down to its most basic components?
3. Can we digitize it?
4. Can we regenerate life or generate life out of the digital world?

Morgan’s Questions:

1. What is the ethical consideration of this technology? In other words:
2. What do we stand to gain from this technology?
3. What could we loose with this technology?

5.24 - School Selection

Warm-Up
POTD
QOTD: Based on your careers that you investigated last week, what kind of post-secondary (after high-school) education are you interested in? Create a list of five colleges that you would like to attend. Include a “dream” (difficult to get admitted into) school and a “safety” (relatively easy to get admitted into) school. Write a sentence or two about what draws you to each college you picked.

School Search
We will be conducting some research today on our top picks for school. Use on-line research to find the following information on each school:


1. Tuition (instate / out-of-state)
2. Location
3. Program Strengths
4. Campus Life
5. Extracurricular Activities

Here is one link to get you started:
http://www.usnews.com/rankings

Compile this information in a 6x6 table on your Google Sites’ “Researching Colleges” Page


Admissions
Find the admission requirements and application deadlines of each of your schools. Post this information in a 6x3 table on your “My Colleges” page.

BONUS:

Create a tribute page to each school you chose. Include images and information about the school.

Uploading Portfolio Work
Give people access to your best work.
Use:
Youtube (video)
Picassa (images)
google docs (writing)
soundcloud.com (audio)


5.20 - Resume, Skills & Links

Warm-Up (15 min)
POTD
QOTD:
Answer the following questions in paragraph form (answering these one by one will NOT look good):

1. What skills do you have?
2. Provide the amount of experience and level of each skill you identify.
3. Identify how you have used each skill you identify.
4. Think critically about how your hobbies and extracurricular activities have enhanced your skills (step/basketball/soccer = productive collaboration / work well with others)

For Example:


Over the course of the last decade I have enjoyed various opportunities to develop skills in diverse arenas. During my three years of studying and working in Beijing I developed a advanced level of Mandarin Chinese Language. In my work with Boston University, I was able to hone my skills in web development and online class production. Similarly, in working in Boston and Oakland high-schools, I was able to further develop my audio and video production technique, as well as my own pedagogy. Concurrent to these experiences I served as the junior varsity basketball coach, working with a small group of students developing a highly specific skill-set.

Resume and Proof

Making your resume will connect to two pages in your portfolio

1. The Resume page (duh!)
2. The links page

Everything listed on your resume page should be proved on the links page. Provide links to examples of everything listed under hobbies, skills, and interests.

Making the Resume (30 min)
While in high school you may not have a great deal of work experience, we all have a number of skills that we have picked up through working at home (child care, cooking, 2nd & 3rd languages) or participated in in you electives and art classes (public speaking, photoshop, video editing).

1. Open pages.
2. Choose the “resume “ category
3. Choose your preferred style of resume
4. Fill out resume with your profile (your goals paragraph will do), job experience, school and skills (the paragraph we wrote for warm-up)
5. The short paragraph under the job title, date and location is generally used for describing the job and its responsibilities.
6. Do NOT fill out full name, address and phone information!
7. Do include email address and URL of your website.

Links Page
Create a links page to accompany and provide proof for everything you claim on your resume. This applies to each of your jobs listed as well as your school and skills (if you claim that you have some experience editing video, provide a link to a video that you have edited).

Be sure to get the full URL for your link! You may abbreviate how the viewer will see your link, but if you don’t get the full http//www...they may never see your work!

Uploading Portfolio Work
Give people access to your best work.
Use:

1. Youtube (video)
2. Picassa (images)
3. google docs (writing)
4. soundcloud.com (audio)