Students are working in Adobe Flash CS3 and there are two things they can work on over the next two days.
When I return we will start video game design but for now it is easier for student to try website design first in flash. Here is a comprehensive tutorial students should work through to try [...]

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Lessons for Friday May 1st for Mr. Vaughan
A copy of this document is also posted as the top story on www.MrVaughan.com
Miss. Wilson is volunteering in our classroom and is a great help with classroom management.
Period 1 GLC205- Room 111
Fermi Problems
We’ve been focusing on problem solving and challenging interview questions. To start things out have students [...]

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Your next technology assignment will require you to put YOUR PICTURE on the cover of a popular magazine. The image that is going on your cover will be used to showcase your new photoshoped look. You are to use the headshot taken in class or you may stage another shot to suit your concept.  You [...]

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When we are shopping for a computer you need to think about all the parts you might need to buy.
Heres a list to get you started.
Case - Must fit with power supply, and motherboard
Power Supply -Must fit case,
Motherboard- Processor sockets must match (eg 775,776), How many RAM slots, what type? (DDR,DDR2,DDR3)
RAM -must match motherboard
Processor- Sockets [...]

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I literally get this question asked to me every couple weeks. Most people go out and spend way more then they need to on a computer.
Your next computer assignment will require you to use a budget to purchase a computer. Check out the descrition for it from previous semesters here.
http://mrvaughan.com/mu/blog/2008/09/08/what-computer-should-i-buy/
We will likely be making changes [...]

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Previously for other classes I posted a number of articles on Promoting your blog, I may turn it into a page soon enough but for now you will have to check back on all the previous posts.
Part 1: http://mrvaughan.com/mu/blog/2009/01/06/advertising-your-blog/
Part 2: http://mrvaughan.com/mu/blog/2009/01/08/twitter-and-blog-promotions/
Part 3: http://mrvaughan.com/mu/blog/2009/01/09/forums-and-link-building/
Part 4: http://mrvaughan.com/mu/blog/2009/01/12/more-ways-to-promote-your-blog/
Mr. Vaughan

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Last semesters students completed a similar blogging assignment to the one this semesters students will be doing. To see the post from the previous assignment bellow:
 http://mrvaughan.com/mu/blog/2009/01/05/…
As of right now there are no major changes to the assignment for this semesters class I will notify you if any changes come up.
Mr. Vaughan

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If you would like me to add a specific wordpress theme to the network, post the link to the theme as a comment here and I will upload it.
Today you need to make sure to finish your about section first then we will move on to finding themes and learning about twitter.
Do not create a [...]

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Welcome to all of the new students to TTI 1O1 starting second semester, I am so excited to have the opportunity to teach you this semester and guide you through your discovery of tech at Courtice Secondary.
In the first class I will be showing you around the site and showing you all the interesting things [...]

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Period 1 - TTI 101 Room 111
Students are to continue to work on their Close Up Assignments that are due Friday. There should be plenty of work for all to do, and they can always do more to improve the quality of their assignment. They will be working on head shots and transforming them using at [...]

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