iPhoto Name Project

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?

I took all of the pictures for the letters of my name, but I found about five pictures to describe myself on the internet. The terms I used to find these photos were: Blackhawks, Chicago Bears, ND football, White Sox, and Kane and Toews.

3. What skills did you use/learn in this project?

I used iPhoto for the first time in this project. I cited some of my pictures in MLA Format and got the music for my video from my iTunes.

4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.

I could use these skills to promote my cause to something or use it as a way to get people interested in whatever it is that I am persuading them to do. Using iPhoto is a little more exciting than using PowerPoint. 

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?

This project was a little more challenging that the other two and required more work. However the end result was more rewarding, so the projects evened out because of that. I don't really have a preference between the two.

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 images I used by using them to describe me and what I enjoy, so I added value to them. I basically did the same thing for the music too. Mama kin by Aerosmith is a song that I enjoy listening to, so it also helped to describe me, therefore adding value to it.   

Charity Letter & 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 was ACPM Podiatry and its charity was the Red Cross.

3. How did you get the audience’s attention in the first paragraph?

I informed the audience of the recent distruction and natural disasters in Japan. 

4. What skills did you use/learn in this project?

I learned how to use Mail merging in this project using a contact list.  

5. What was the easiest part of this project? What was the most difficult part of this project?

The easiest part of the project was creating a fundraiser in the letter. The most difficult part of the project was using Mail merge. 

6. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation other than writing a charity letter.

Mail merge could be used to make and send multiple letters to a group of people such as students, people who want to try out for a sport, etc. Making contact lists through excel could also be used in this process to organize who the letters are supposed to be sent to.  

7. Did you learn something new during this project that you did not know before?  If so, what?

 I learned multiple things in this project that I didn't already know. These things include: using templates on excel such as the address one we used to make our contact list, and I didn't know how to Mail merge something before this project.

M&M Reflection

1. Take a screen shot of your spreadsheet and add it as a picture to your blog posting.

 

2. What is a template? [If you use an definition from an online source, be sure to tell me from what website it came.]

A template is a preset format for a document so that a format does not have to be recreated. 

Definition from dictionary from spotlight.  

3. What tools/functions in Excel did you use to create your project?

I used the auto sum and auto average button along with two different pie graphs to create my project. 

4.  What other skills did you use/learn in this project?

I used Excel to keep everything in columns and rows and to organize my information. I also centered all of my information.  

5.  What “extras” (colors, decorations, etc.) did you add to your project?

I added some colors to my pie graph and accidentally split the first one apart, but I thought it looked cool, so I kept it and made a new graph also.

6.  What are some other uses you may have for a simple excel spreadsheet?

I could also have used various templates and graphs in my simple Excel spreadsheet.   

About Me

In this class there are several things I would like to learn. The main things I would like to learn are how to use garage band and how to use/make an iMovie, iPhoto, etc. To receive and or communicate about my grades I would prefer email and talking in person. The above picture is the symbol of the Chicago Blackhawks, my favorite hockey team. Since it is  winter right now, and hockey season, I posted this. If it was summer, and baseball season, I would have posted the symbol of the Chicago White Sox, my favorite baseball team. I love sports so I believe this symbol represents me.