Week 8, 23 Feb

Tasks
Set A
1. Form groups, assign leader/assistant, group name and motto

Multimedia Representative 1(Rep 1): Kelvin Goh Cheng Kang 5/8
Multimedia Representative 2(Rep 2): Michelle Goh Si Jie 5/8

Tasks
Set B
1. Go to Digital Kids Club - Travel and Architecture
2.Have a look at the pictures and comment in blgpbeachcleaning.blogspot.com
3. Issues and concerns about blogging - please read up(right corner Archive October) in http://blgpbeachcleaning.blogspot.com

Let's Recap-
Monday, October 30, 2006
Creating Your Own Blog - ISSUES TO NOTE
Some concerns when working on a blog -(Source from:IT Literature Review - Weblogs in Education by Tan Yuh Huann, Ow Eu Gene, Jeanne Marie Ho Pau Yuen)

1. Plagiarism - Copying of someone's work and taking it as own.
2. Legal Liabilities - Copyright, defamation and racism
a. infringement of copyrights when attaching pictures, audio files, or any other files which may be copyrighted.
b. Do respect others' intellectual properties by seeking permission from the copyright owners before posting, or by acknowledging the source.
3. Express yourself responsibly
a. Do not post information that is hearsay or will hurt others' feelings. This may result in the act of defamation, where someone's reputation is adversely affected.
b. Cultivate respect for other races, esp. in our multi-racial society
c. Do not post any racist remark that demonstrates discrimination or prejudice against the other ethnic groups.Anyone who violates the copyright acts or is found guilty of defamation or racism is liable to have legal actions taken against them.

On intellectual property - let's visit http://www.iperckidz.gov.sg/

Digital Kids club (session 3 - digital art)

1. go to www.adobe.com/education
2. go to right panel - click digital kids club
3. blue tab - showcase and gallery
4. go to digital art
5. go to www.blgpbeachcleaning.blogspot.com, comments on digital art
6. As there aren't many pictures to comment, once you are done with the comments, to improve further
on the left panel, go to intro to digital photography
7. go to right - digital workflow
8. read through, then look at the 4 hyperlinks
Take pictures
Organize them
Fix pictures
Print and share

do a step by step study of the above 4 pointers

Tip - to view the updates, click refresh icon on the top left toolbar

9. On the left - go to lessons and activities
you may wish to go through them in detail.
We would be focussing on these ideas for the next few lessons

Adobe - Digital Kids Club Session 2 (Animals)

2/2/2007
Multimedia Club - Digital Photography
Tasks

1. www.adobe.com/education
2. on the right, click Digital Kids Club
3. go to showcases and gallery
4. view the pictures, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, go to ANIMALS, comments at www.blgpbeachcleaning.blogspot.com
5. you may not have the necessary skills to critique a picture YET
6. go to google search - enter: how to critique a picture OR any other keywords like critique a photo for e.g.
7. You could research on point 6
8. For those who have finished the Animals pictures and comments on them, you may wish to explore www.adobe.com/education further
9. http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/critique/top left - click on photo critique gallery

NOTE:
The internet is a huge storage/repository
- it depends on HOW you use it (positively or negatively - you have all the control, how much you learn depends on YOURSELF - make it meaningful and purposeful. ALL the BEST)

Hi, your friends have found an interesting site on a picture of a hummingbird!!!
www.photos-of-the-year.com