Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Design Characteristics


This is a screenshot of the flyer I made using Microsoft Publisher! I changed the text size so that it looks clearer! I also added a picture of the Grace's Cookies as the logo of the company because I can't find the logo for Grace's Cookies and I don't think there is one! I added a cookie picture as well as a picture of one of the bake sell in AIS so that it relates to the topic! I also added the addresses so that the buyer can know where to buy or who to contact! I also changed the color of some of the text so that it can attract the attention of my audience.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

THE OLYMPICS

   1/ The history of the Olympics
    => The Olympics had been taking place since 1896. The first time it took place, it was held at Athens - Greece. According to legend, the Olympics Games were founded by Heracles which is a son of Zeus.

2/ The Olympic Rings
These are interlock rings that represent the 5 main continents or major geographical areas of the world: Africa, Americas (North and South), Asia, Europe and Oceania.

 
3/ The first city to hold the modern Olympic Games
 It is the city of Athens of Greece.



4/ The years that London hosted the Olympics
     London hosted the Olympics in 1908 and 1948!


 5/ The city that first lighted the Olympics Flame!
The first city that lighted the Olympics Flame is Amsterdam of Netherlands.



6/ Name 10 sports that featured in the Olympics 
- Aquatic Sports (Sports played in the water)
- Skating
- Skiing
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Gymnastics
- Cycling
- Canoeing
- Judo
- Boxing
7/ Vietnam's Best Hope for a medal at the London Olympic Games
Van Ngoc Tu in Judo!


8/ What tragic events happened at the 1972 Munich Olympics?
The Palestinian terrorists came and kidnapped 15 Israeli athletes and 1 got shot.


9/ 
a/ What does a player get for winning an Olympic Game?
They will get gold medal if they win first prize, silver for second and bronze for third. However, they do not receive money because the medals are pure gold, silver and bronze
b/ Which was the first Asian Country to host the Olympic Games?
The Olympic Games was first hosted in Asia by Japan in 1964.
c/ What are the major differences between the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games?
- Ancient Olympic Games only allowed Greeks descent to participate.
- Only men were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.
- Ancient Olympic Games are held as a religious event to honor the Greek God.
- In the Ancient Olympic Games, the winner gets an olive leaves crown.
- The Ancient Olympic Games never thought of featuring winter games like skiing or other cold weather events.
- The Ancient Olympic Games were always hosted in Olympia.
d/ How many countries are competing in the London Olympics of 2012?
There are 216 countries competing in London Olympics of 2012.
e/ On which day will the London Olympic Games of 2012 start?
It will start on the 27th of July!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Using Layer and Magic Wand to edit images

I put three images together which are: the splash, the dolphin and the ocean background using Paint.NET! I will call this picture a 3 in 1 picture!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Project 1: The Multimedia Science Project

          I just covered a chapter about making a multimedia presentation. I learned about many new things such as the audience, which is the people we aim to while doing the presentation and the purpose, which is the reason we make the presentation. For this presentation, I aim at middle school students and my purpose is to teach. I also learned that I should include many multimedia sources in my presentation such as images, videos and sounds to make the presentation interesting. In addition, I learned that my presentation should be consistent so that every looks like it is a part of the whole presentation and also that if there are too much changes for every slides then the presentation will be very messy and confusing.   To make my presentation consistent, I used slide master to change the overall design of the presentation and I used Paint.NET to edit my images. I also used Window Movie Maker to edit my video and I downloaded my sounds from http://soundbible.com/.
These screen shots below are the things I did in my first 4 slides with my pictures and sounds in there:





The video below is the original video which I downloaded from YouTube:



The video below is the video after I edited it:


I made many changes such as putting pictures, transitions for the video. If you watched the original video, it is very boring with all words and words! I also changed the background song into an energetic song so my audience can enjoy it more.

Below is my whole presentation, if you are interested, you can take a look at it! Note that after upload to http://www.slideshare.net/, there are a few changes because Slideshare can't read certain characters!