Micro/Macro Project

Students - please visit this link for examples of micro/macro imagery.

Directions for today's lab assignment:

1) Open powerpoint
2) create 3 blank slides
3) drag and drop a micro/macro image onto each slide
4) use clip art frame to create viewfinder
5) crop images to size
6) play with proportion
7) save the final image to my drop box (MUDD)

blogging 101

Greetings!  The short screencasts below will walk you though the set up process of a blog using blogger.  To begin, you need to be sure you have an account with Google.  So go ahead and set one up if you haven't done so already.

Part 1 - setting up your account & basic posting


Part 2 - posting continued & settings


Part 3 - settings continued & permissions


Part 4 - changing the look of your blog


Part 5 - uploading images to you blog


You may also want to set up a Google Reader account to aggregate the posts of your classmates.  For details on how google reader works, watch the video below.


Please contact me if you need any additional help or if you have any questions whatsoever.

HAPPY BLOGGING!

... and now for a little comic relief

Happy last 2 weeks of school!

tech tidbit: blogger dynamic views are awesome!

Have you all heard about this?  You can change your blog view to one of these dynamic views simply by attaching /view to your blog's address!  The results are stunning!  See the video below.




For more information consult blogger help.  Here's a screenshot of the how to page:

So, once you do this people can have the option of viewing your website in a variety of ways.  Here are screenshots of how this look when applied to Visual Literati.

TIMESLIDE MODE

SIDEBAR MODE

MOSAIC MODE

SNAPSHOT MODE

FLIPBOOK MODE

I think that mosaic might be my favorite.  Its so easy, you should try it NOW!

portrait competition

somehow this made it to my inbox today - sounds really cool!  Go here for more details.  You can also click the following images for more details.

posting photos onto blogger

here's a quick screencast for folks who need some help adding images to their blogs.

Watch the Digital Media - Learners of the 21st Century NOW

It's online - it's free - watch it now!

Watch the full episode. See more Digital Media - New Learners Of The 21st Century.

Or, watch it on the pbs site separately.  Here is the link