During the SMASH Summer Session 2007, I have been academically challenged more than i have ever been before. Although we will be leaving shortly, I will not forget all the material and tools I have learned this summer. One of the most important lessons I have learned is how important it is to be able to manage your time in a productive manner. For this reason I decided to do my final Technology assignment on time management. Check it out!
Flash Project Outline
1) Can you manage your time? (an interactive adventure)
2) Slide 1- the definition time management- start your journey
3) Slide 2-SMASH Time management: Your alarm clock goes off at 6:15am. Do you 1. Hit the snooze button or 2. Do you get up and get ready:
4. Slide 3- Option 1. You wake up 20 minutes after 8:00am and
. You rush to class 30 minutes late and you get in trouble with Mrs. St. Roseman (pic)
5.Slide 4- You make it to class on time
6. You are in tutorials you can either blow off and decide to do your homework later or do all your work so you can chill later
Option1. You blow off your homework and you are up until 4 am doing homework button click here… you cant manage time
Option2. You finish all your homework and have free time button- click here you can manage your time congrats
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In Tech Joseph, Shena and myself created this short podcast about the men’s day.
My name is De Vonna Jacobs. My first name means divine, which also translates to of God. I believe this makes my name special. When most people meet me they think my name is hard to remember. If I happen to be with my friends/sister La’Vonnda it makes things even worse. My montage represents me in ever way, shape and form. Every image represents a different part of who I am. The flag of Puerto Rico represents part of my culture. The books represent my love of reading. The prayer box represents my love for God and my appreciation of everything he does for me. The card drawing represents my love of games and the heart card represents my loving heart. The pencil and fashion sketch express my love of fashion design. The pictures of me and my SMASH family express how much I love my friends and family and how important they are to me.
What could you do in 3600 seconds? Go shopping, do charity work, do homework? Me, I spent 3600 seconds creating an avatar in Second Life. Second Life is a virtual world in which you create an avatar. When I first saw the avatars initial appearance it did not resemble me at all. I thought that there was no way I could make the avatar resemble me in any way, shape or form. The face, eyes, pigment and nose were nothing like mine.
Once I had studied my appearance in the mirror I began to edit my avatar. I began with features such as the head, eyes and body. I went in the order of the task menu. This made everything run smoothly rather than randomly going through the task menu. I found that the features easiest to replicate were my eyes an lips. This is only because the tools allowed me to get the very shape, fullness and color of them.
I found that my facial shape, jawline and nose were the hardest to replicate. Getting just the right shape of the jaw, face and nose shape was hard. I believe it was difficult to replicate these, because the game is based on a generalization of basic characteristics most people in the world have. Everyone is different and there is no way to accommodate EVERYONES attributes.
I modified approximately thirty two features for my avatar.They fell under the Body, Eyes, Nose, Mouth, Chin, Torso and Legs categories. To replicate my full appearance would not be possible because nothing can replace the original. My avatar however slightly reminds me of my self, but there is only one me. Me, myself and I.
Today in Tech I had my first taste of Photoshop. First after a few technical difficulties I was able to experiment with some features of Photoshop. First the class was taken through the basic components of Photoshop and then we were allowed to experiment with the software. I took two of my pictures and experimented with different filters such as liquify, artistic and distort. With the pictures below I used charcoal and glowing edges to experiment . I really enjoy working with Photoshop and I look forward to learning even more about it and advancing in the Tech class.
The types of Media that I’m exposed to most frequently are audio, images and video.
I remember the first time I came into contact with media . I was three and I had just discovered the television and the radio. I was watching childhood cartons and dancing to oldies music.I then learned to dance. I used to dance just about any type you can think of. You name it and I’ve done it, Tap, Jazz, African, and Hip Hop. Dancing has enabled me to be exposed to many different types of audio. I have taken photography classes which have enabled me to gain some experience with images, and I have always enjoyed taking and watching videos on sites such as YouTube and Launch. Also I write a lot of poetry. I participate in SMASHCAST, making podcasts and working with the website. This enables me to
These forms of media are effective because they are the tools most people use daily, whether they realize it or not. Whether it be from listening to music to watching the news. I can use these forms of media to communicate with others in everyday life. I can use media to induce change in the world by creating messages and using them to inform on important topics. I can use Images to make advertisements about world interests, and i can make videos to help people change the world. I can accomplish these through using media to change the world for the better.
Today was the first day of our Tech class. We had discussions and a whole lot of fun. We got our first assignment and i cant wait to start. This is officially my favorite class.
