Welcome to 2022. Our introductions and google drawing task - all in one!

 CYBERSMART HAS BEGUN!

We used some features of google drawing to make some posters about ourselves.

Because of covid not all of us were in class to finish the slides and/or the posters but here is the slide deck and a summary of the learning that we did about google drawing.

LETTERING

We used Insert > Word Art to add our names to the poster.

From there we could:

• change the font
• change the fill (including a shaded gradient) and the border
• choose Format options - to add effects to our lettering

IMAGES

We used Tools > Explore to search for and insert Google images that we have permission to take from the internet.

From there we could:

• change the shape of the image by using the drop-down menu next to the cropping symbol and choose Mask image then choose a shape
• move the images around, rotate and resize them
• layer the images and use Arrange > Order > choose which one is in front

We also used the camera to take selfies and uploaded them onto the poster, or pasted them from the clipboard

BACKGROUND

If you press the mousepad with 2 fingers you get a Background option to choose the colour and style of fill for your background colour

ADDING THE PICTURE TO THE SLIDE DECK

You need to File > Download > as PNG image your drawing so it is ready in your downloads and/or on the clipboard to insert or paste onto the slides

Graduate Criteria Labels

 

• Participating and Contributing (Respect + Aroha)
• Managing Self
• Thinking Skills  (Commitment + Excellence)
• Symbols and text (Excellence + Commitment)
• Relating to others (Respect + Aroha)
• ICT Skills
• Wellbeing (Hauora)

Let's Get The Conversation Going!

Today we were learning to reply to comments on our blog.

We learned the three parts to replying to a comment:

1. Thank you (postive)

2. Answer (helpful) and

3. Question (thoughtful)

We practiced replying to a comment, then we went onto our blog and replied to a comment that had been left. The idea is to get a conversation going with at least five exchanges!

We also remembered how to embed a slide deck on our blog. Would you like to leave a comment on our class blog?

 

Embedding animations - roly poly baby!

 This is Ms Dohig's example of an animation embedded into a blog .... I admit it is definitely NOT as expert as most of the animations* made by 9LDO learners....for better examples check out some of the learner blogs on our website.

The main thing I learned was the process of embedding a slide deck onto the blog.

The main steps again:

1. Publish the slide deck to the web (File > Publish to the web)

• Click on 'Embed' and select 'Small'
• Tick the boxes to start the slide show and replay the slide show
• Click on 'Publish' to see HTML code
• Copy the code

2. Back on the blog on a new post

• change from 'Compose view' to the 'HTML view' using the dropdown menu next to the pencil picture on the top LHS under the title
• Paste the HTML code into the body of the blog
• To speed up the slide changes change the number 3000 in the code to 100
• Change back to 'Compose view' and watch the animation begin!

*Note: as Caden and Ryleigh pointed out - this type of 'animation' is a version of stop motion animation. There are websites that allow you to animate differently.

Next time I make one of these I am determined to include a background and tell a story ... the roly poly baby makes me dizzy.

Sharpening up the writing tools

 

Preparing for creative writing:

We have been talking about intent ('positive' or 'negative') and intensity (high or low) in writing. 

Here are some great examples that came out of our class discussion of adjectives that make the intent AND intensity clear.

The first smile is positive intent, low intensity

The second smile is positive intent, high intensity

The third smile is negative intent, high intensity

I am looking forward to reading more creative writing from 9LDO that shows deliberate word choices for sharper sentences.