Wednesday, March 23, 2011

iphoto Name Reflection

1. Upload your slideshow as a movie to your blog posting. [If you have trouble with this, check to see that you exported it in the correct format.]








 2. List the search terms (words) that you used to find images (for the letters of your name and the images that describe you) and why?
- Pink letter I, S, A, etc.
- Letters
- Letters in nature
- Letters in Dance
I chose these key words because these were the letters of my name and they best describe me.

3. What skills did you use/learn in this project?
The skills that I used and learned in this project were how to use iphoto and edit pictures. I also used itunes and google to look up pictures.

4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.
I might you these skills for another project or a job in the future.

5. This was a more creative project than our first 2. Did you prefer it or the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel?
I prefer this one more.
6. How did your project use the transformative property of borrowed images, music, and information to comply with the Copyright Law of 1976? [...not just that you cited the information - citing is not enough...tell me how you transformed what you've taken into something new, etc.,How did you transform the music, information, images, etc.?
I transformed the music and images i used, into information about me. I borrowed images from the internet and put them in a project to describe myself.

Charity letter and mail merge reflection

1. Take a screenshot of your charity letter and add it as a picture to your blog posting.

2. List the name of your business and its charity.
My business is Buffalo Wild Wings and my charity is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.


3. How did you get the audience’s attention in the first paragraph?
I got my audience's attention by telling them exactly why I am writing this letter.


4. What skills did you use/learn in this project?
In this project the skills I used were how to import pictures, crop pictures, change the font, and i learned how to use a business letter.


5. What was the easiest part of this project? What was the most difficult part of this project?
The easiest part of this project was to change the font. The most difficult part of this project was the mail merge.


6. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation other than writing a charity letter?
I can apply these skills in the future for an application for a job., if i need to write a business letter.


7. Did you learn something new during this project that you did not know before?  If so, what? 
I learned how to mail merge a letter.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

M&M reflection

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2. Template - A template is a framework for pages and sites. Templates for web pages work much like templates for Microsoft Word. A template is a form, mold, and pattern used as making a guide to making something.
http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/template
3. The tools and functions I used to create this project were Microsoft excel, graphs, auto sum button, and toolbox.
4. The skills I used and learned in this project are Microsoft excel, make charts, and format those charts.
5. I added different fonts and colors to my project.
6. Some other uses for a simple excel sheet is math homework or a chore sheet.

Monday, March 14, 2011

About me!

In this class i hope to learn how to use my computer more.
I would like to be communicated about my grades through NetClassroom or my email.
This picture represents me because my favorite thing to do is dance and i am on the dance team.