Introduction to film editing.  Today we are going to learn how to add music, videos and pictures to Windows movie maker.  This is in preparation for creating an advertisement for your business

We are working with a photo editing app called pixlr editor.  Every students will need to take 10-15 photos.  They should include at least one portrait, one object picture and one landscape picture.  We will review the tool bars available and then you will need to submit before and after photos that show you can:

Portrait - fix blemishes and red eye, work with lighting, and manipulate background

Object - use the creative brushes, text and tools to create an artistic rendering of an object

Landscape - alter a landscape to add elements to it

Have patience.  This will take some time!!  Have some fun with the weird things you can do.

Whew!  Finally done our websites and now it's time to move on to publishing.  Thanks to Ms. Wilkie we now have a GREAT place to do some publishing.  We will be using the free online publishing site https://www.lucidpress.com/.  Each of you will need to sign up for an account.  You will be creating a flyer for your company.  For this first assignment, I would like you to research a flyer from a company in the same field. (for example as I am opening a book store, I looked for book store flyers).  You will choose one you like and see if you can't recreate one with the same design but your own information and logo.  This will take some time as you get more accustomed to the formatting tool bars etc.  We will probably need three classes for this assignment.  Go the assignments page to find your ch

Today is the last day to work on your website.  Below is the marking guide.  You will receive your progress reports so that you can make sure that you have everything handed in.

Website checklist

1.  6 to 10 pages should be developed
2. Need to have the pages linked together and easy navigation back to the home page
3.  A thorough description of the product or service is done * this is worth quite a few marks
4. A map is added.
5. A contact form is present
6. images present are original and eye catching and the logo is present on the site
7. a divider, column or button is used somewhere on the site
8. Music or a you tube video or a created video is present
9. Site had been edited for spelling and grammar errors.

Conway Kootenay is presenting today.

continue work on our websites.  These are due next week.

We are abandoning publishing for a while and entering the world of web design.  Each student will be designing a web site for their business.  You must have a home page, product descriptions, pictures and more to show the best side of your business.

15 minutes of typing practice
logo design assignment - see assignments

Students will begin the process of designing their own logos for the company.  Assignment can be found in the assignments.

Getting to know the Chrome books and introduction to starting your own business.  Students will brainstorm ideas about a business that they will be working on for the semester.  All assignments will relate to the business that they are running and all assignments will be done on the Chromebooks.  Students will write a one page explanation of their business showing that they can manipulate text, add pictures, add drawings and format them