Thurs Nov 19 -- Wrap up

Today the students had a competition to see who could build the best house on LEGO Digital Designer. Once that was done they got to finish editing their videos and learned how to burn them onto blank CDs.

Tues Nov 17 -- Read Posters and Various Photoshop Projects

A variety of activities were going on in PNG today. The beginning of the class was devoted to finishing up the student's READ posters. Students got all ready to pose with their favorite book. After the creation of the posters, the students had a choice to work on a podcast or creating a trading card.

Thursday Nov 12 -- Filming

We started off class by having the students take pictures and make READ posters. Once the posters were done, the students brought in props and costumes to film their video. After filming they began to edit their video.

Tuesday Nov 10 -- Movie Week continued

Wow, what a busy day! The class got started with each student creating their own e-mail account. After they had their e-mail, they got to create their own websites on Weebly.com (such as: www.meganshotsight.weebly.com). The students got the chance to resume the movie project by writing scripts for their videos. We plan to film the movies during the next class.

Nov 5 -- Change of Plans

We decided not to continue the movie project until next week. Instead, the students made autobiographical slide show presentations on PowerPoint. They also had to interview each other on video as part of their presentations.

Nov 3 -- Movie Week Pt. 1

This week we are focusing on film-related projects. The students got started by making movie poster spoofs of recent movies. After they were done with the posters, the students got to learn how to use PNG's new cameras.

Oct 28 -- Radio Broadcasts

Today the students got to make their own radio broadcasts. They started off by writing scripts for their shows, which included segments such as weather forecasts, celebrity interviews, and commercials. After the students were done recording they had to edit their sound clips together while also adding songs to their broadcasts.

Oct 27 -- Powerpoint Presention Day

In loom of halloween, the students made scary adventures using powerpoint and the hyperlink feature. After that, the students became magazine publishers of a tabloid. Some magazines featured Dora the explorer!

Thursday Oct 22 Make your own!

Have you ever wondered how to make cool backgrounds for you desktop. Well today the students got the experience to create custom backgrounds. After that, we focused on making our own version of R.L. Stine books. Using a power-point sideshow, the students created a mini story.

Oct 20 - Comic Strips

Comic strips! Students took pictures and edited them using facebook. They took those pictures and put them into a comic strip template

Thursday, Oct 15th -- Sales Pitch

The students finished their product inventions from Tuesday's class after doing typing practice and playing Boggle. Once their Photoshopped inventions were finished, they had to come up with a sales pitch and accompanying PowerPoint presentation for their product.

Tuesday Oct 13 -- Photoshop

We started class by doing typing practice. After that, the kids learned some photoshop basics that would help them on their first photoshop project. Each student had to come up with their own new invention, illustrated using Photoshop.

Tuesday Oct 8th -- Pivot Man and Typing

Typing and Pivot man! The beginning of class started with a test of the student's knowledge of the 50 states. After that, they worked on improving their typing skills. The class closed with an introduction to pivot man.

Tuesday, October 6th -- Jeopardy Boards

The first day of PNG was a success! We started off with name games to help everyone get acquianted. After that, the students jumped head first into creating jeopardy boards. The students all got a chance to be the host of their game. The rest of the class were the contestants.

Fall Session 2009

PNG is just around the corner. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4pm-6pm. Sign up sheets are at the Youth Library reference desk. Be ready to learn all sorts of cool things and make new friends!]

Monday, August 3rd --- Photoshop/T-Shirts

Today we learned to do even more cool things in Photoshop. We then created t-shirts that were related to PNG.

Wednesday July 29th --- Recording Radio Broadcasts

Continuing last class's project of creating radio broadcasts, the students began to record their materials. Each group used a microphone to read their own parts. After they recorded their parts, the students worked together on ULead to add special effects and sounds. The students also created sample billboard advertisements with themselves as DJ's.

Monday, July 27th --- Radio Broadcasts

Today we started work on radio broadcasts. Each member had to pick to be either a weatherman, newscaster or special guest.

July 22 --- Business Cards and Tabloids

The students continued their experience as a business owner. We kicked off the class by creating personalized business cards featuring the student's own original product. After printing them out, the students became editors of a tabloid magazine. They used photoshop to create unique tabloid covers.

Monday, July 20th -- Business Owners

Today the students got a glimpse of what it means to be a business owner. The first task assigned to them was to create an original product for them to sell to the open market. Ideas ranged from a lasertaser to an automatic shower and dryer. The kids also learned how to make original desktop backgrounds by using photoshop.