Mr.
Zdeb's Computer Lab
Week of November 14
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"The Prairie Hill
definition of publishing is: combining text
and graphics in a layout."
from an ancient Prairie Hill proverb.
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| 3rd Grade Reintroduction of
typing skills with Mavis Beacon. |
4th Grade Introduction to "PrairieHill Publishing". Start with simple bitmap graphics in G.I.M.P.
Students will be introduced to 'bitmap'
graphics and allowed to explore the nature of bitmaps using the GIMP
(GNU Graphics Manipulation Program).
Basic GIMP tools will be introduced.
Later students will be re-introduced to PowerPoint and challenged to
explore the similarities and differences between bitmaps (GIMP) and
vectors (PowerPoint) graphics.
Basic bitmap tools/concepts introduced
will include. File creation and saving, color selection, paint brush
and brush selection, magnifying glass, RGB characteristics, erasure,
copy and paste, rectangular and oval selection, smudge/smear, and
file loading/saving.
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Grades 6
Start NVU HTML Editor
Study
of Vector vs. Raster (bitmap) graphics (finish week of October 10).
Intro G.I.M.P. (GNU
Imapge Manipulation Program).
Basic interface,
tools (masks, clone and layers) and file management.
Intro Layers / Layer
Properties and Dialogs
Intro RGB color mixing. and color picker tool.
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G.I.M.P.
(GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an Open Source program originally
written for the Unix Operating System. As such, it is totally
free!!! You
can download it and use it easily at home!! It is an extremely
powerful and professional package. In its second version it
has been ported over to the Windows Operating System. For
more information on GIMP licensing, versions, tutorials and availability
visit gimp.org
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The Computer Buying Project. Details coming soon!
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8th Grade.
Students who have posted their project to Prairie Hill's web server
will be assigned the "Weather Project" using Open Office Spreasheets.
Students will have chosen 5 different cities internationally. They must also find five different weather sites.
Using the sites they will find the daily high and low temperatures for each city (one city per weather site).
The results will be recorded in a spreadsheet. Daily
average high and low tempertures should be computed. Images
from the cities need to be incorporated into the spreadsheet.
Other OpenOffice/Excel Activites planned:
Activity 3
Activity 4
Activity 6
Don't Forget the Pizza
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