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March 9th, 2012 | Category: Students | Leave a comment

iWeb Addresses

Please go to the link below!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZ1RHFkZkpLMkt5N1BqZnN0RkRGVXc6MQ

March 8th, 2012 | Category: Communication, Conferences | Leave a comment

Mac and Me EAGLES Elective Form

Student Led Conferences is fast approaching and I know that many of you will want the EAGLES Reflection Form as quarter 3electives wrap up this week. Click on the Electives EAGLES Reflection link below please to download the file.

Electives EAGLES Reflection – 2011

If you would like to know how to include the EAGLES reflection form then follow the steps below:

  1. Complete your EAGLES reflection form and save it as a pdf document in your elective or home base folder.
  2. Take a screenshot of your completed EAGLES reflection form. Decrease the size/dimensions of the form so that it will fit on the iWeb page.
  3. Drag the screenshot onto your Elective iWeb page and click on the image to select it.Screen Shot 2011-10-13 at 10.45.47 AM
  4. Open the Inspector and select the hyperlink arrow option.
  5. Select “Enable as a Hyperlink” and change the “Link to:” option to A File.Screen Shot 2011-10-13 at 10.46.21 AM
  6. Select your completed EAGLES reflection form (the pdf version)from where you saved it on your computer.
  7. Save your iWeb and Publish
March 6th, 2012 | Category: Communication, Conferences | Leave a comment

Pompeii Greenscreening 101

1. Planning, planning, planning, planning

Write your script, select your shots, document your source and THEN you are ready to start filming.  Use this Three Column Planning Table to get organized.  If you are organized, filming will be much smoother.

2.  Choose your media

Have these organized BEFORE you start filming.  You have three choices for your media:

  • Still images taken from the internet – organize them in one Album in iPhoto.
  • Still pictures that you have drawn and scanned to make digital.  These will be your background through greenscreening.
  • Background movies that you can report on with Picture in Picture or that you can place yourself into through greenscreening.

3.  Downloading YouTube videos

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  • Get the Video Download Helper AddOn here and install it into your Firefox browser.  Remember restart Firefox after you have installed it.
  • Let the video fully load and then click the red/yellow/blue ballon and Download.  It will be an flv file.
  • Open the flv file in MPEG Streamclip and export the movie as a Quicktime (mp4 file).

In Safari

  • Let the video fully load in the browseractivity
  • Go to Window>Activity and find the largest MB file listed under the YouTube window.  Select the file and command C to copy the address
  • Go back to Window>Downloads and command V to paste the address into the downloads list. The movie will start downloading and download as an fly file.
  • Open the flv file in MPEG Streamclip (you all have it on your computer) and export the movie as a Quicktime (mpeg-4 file).

4.  Test the sound on your computer.

System Preferecnes>Sound>Input:  adjust the slider so that the input level is about 2/3 of the way up.

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5.  Turn on Advanced Tools in iMovie

iMovie>Preferences>Show Advanced Tools

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6.  Get iMovie Set Up

  • Start a New project:  File>New Project>Aspect Ratio 4:3Screen shot 2010-12-13 at 1.44.09 PM
  • Import Quicktime movies you have downloaded:  File>Import>Movies
  • Place Photos in project and set a general extended time for photo.
  • Place the Photos and Movies in the order of your script.

7.  Film with the greenscreen

  • Restest your sound – depends on microphone being used
  • Ensure good lighting

8.  Edit with greenscreening

Take the video of you with the greenscreen from your “bank” and drag it on top of the photo or video in the edit window of iMovie.

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9.  Edit with Picture in Picture

For Picture in Picture, place the video you are reporting about on top of the video of you reporting.

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10.  Transferring Projects to Other Computers

You can transfer non-exported movies/project/events to another computer using the steps below.

1. Plug in the external hard drive and open iMovie

2. Click on project you want and drag it on top of the  the External HD icon in iMovie (or whatever your external hard drive is named).

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3. When it asks if you want to copy the project or the project AND events, select project AND events.

4. After the files copy, eject the hard drive and plug it into the other computer to reverse the process.

January 9th, 2012 | Category: Students | Leave a comment

Parent Technology Workshop

The next Parent Technology Workshop will be held between the MS and HS PTSA meeting on Thursday, Novemberpodcast-garageband 10, 2011 @ 10:00 a.m. This session MUST be signed up for in advance as we have a limited number of computers available. If you have your own Apple computer, please indicate so on the signup form AND bring it to the workshop. The session will last for about an hour

Intermediate/Advanced Garageband

This session will be a hands-on session with Garageband. We will create both audio and video podcasts in the session and share podcasts that may be of interest to you in iTunes. Sign up here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PTSAtech

Join us!

November 2nd, 2011 | Category: Communication, Parents | Leave a comment

6th Grade Humanities - Dead Words Podcast!

Some of you may be finding that your Dead Words podcast isn’t playing in your iWeb. If after you publish, you notice this phenomenon, please follow the steps outlined below. You’ll find the original file, right click on it and open it Quicktime Player (not Quicktime Player7). Then go to File and go to Save As. Save the file to your desktop so that it’s easy to find. This file will now be a proper movie file and should take that file and put it on your iWeb.

Good luck!

Ms. DeCardy

November 2nd, 2011 | Category: Conferences, Students, podcast | Leave a comment

Quick Survey!

Let’s show our Pudong support for one of our seniors this year at SAS-Pudong. Help her out by completing this short survey as it’s for a major project she is working on right now.

My name is Cassandra and I am a Grade 12 student performing a survey on reading outside of school. It would be really helpful if you could participate in this survey, as it is for my Math Internal Assessment. It doesn’t take very long and it is super easy! Thank You!

Here is the link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YN7Z6M

October 28th, 2011 | Category: Communication | Leave a comment

7th Grade Homebase iWeb Page

The 7th grade team is setting up their Homebase page for the upcoming SLCs. Refer to this blog post for directions about how link your middle school Student Learner Profile and your Learning Style Survey.

Follow these steps to link your SLP and Learning Styles Survey to your iWeb:

  1. Complete your SLP form and save it as a pdf document in your home base folder.
  2. Take a screenshot of your completed SLP form. Decrease the size/dimensions of the form so that it will fit on the iWeb page.
  3. Drag the screenshot onto your Homebase iWeb page and click on the image to select it.Screen Shot 2011-10-13 at 10.45.47 AM
  4. Open the Inspector and select the hyperlink arrow option.
  5. Select “Enable as a Hyperlink” and change the “Link to:” option to A File.Screen Shot 2011-10-24 at 7.34.30 AM
  6. Choose your completed SLP form (the pdf version)from where you saved it on your computer.
  7. Save your iWeb and Publish

To link to your Learning Style Inventory, use the same process but instead of linking to a file in step 5, you will link to an external webpage.

October 24th, 2011 | Category: Conferences, Students | Leave a comment

Eagles Reflection Form

Student Led Conferences is fast approaching and I know that many of you will want the EAGLES Reflection Form as quarter 1 electives wrap up this week. Click on the Electives EAGLES Reflection link below please to download the file.

Electives EAGLES Reflection – 2011

If you would like to know how to include the EAGLES reflection form then follow the steps below:

  1. Complete your EAGLES reflection form and save it as a pdf document in your elective or home base folder.
  2. Take a screenshot of your completed EAGLES reflection form. Decrease the size/dimensions of the form so that it will fit on the iWeb page.
  3. Drag the screenshot onto your Elective iWeb page and click on the image to select it.Screen Shot 2011-10-13 at 10.45.47 AM
  4. Open the Inspector and select the hyperlink arrow option.
  5. Select “Enable as a Hyperlink” and change the “Link to:” option to A File.Screen Shot 2011-10-13 at 10.46.21 AM
  6. Select your completed EAGLES reflection form (the pdf version)from where you saved it on your computer.
  7. Save your iWeb and Publish
October 13th, 2011 | Category: Students, Teachers | Leave a comment

High School Cheerleaders!

High School girls interested in joining SAS Cheer!

Please click on the picture below and provide us your information!

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September 2nd, 2011 | Category: Students | Leave a comment
 
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