Please take the time to explore the educational sites listed on the Young Achievers School Website. Go to the below URL and scroll down approximately 3/4 of the way and you will see the links in the middle column.
http://www.youngachieversschool.org

OBJECTIVE: Your objective this week is to work on completing ALL work you have not completed for the SEMESTER and the YEAR.

NOTE: ALL WORK FOR SEMESTER AND YEAR IS DUE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH. THAT IS THIS WEEK.

A. Your INDEX.HTML PAGE.
This is your main home page for your whole web site and contains links to all your other work. You should take a great deal of care in making this page look good and making sure it has links to ALL your work.
B. Your GRAPHICS THUMBNAILS PAGE.
This page contains Thumbnail links to the larger versions of your graphics creations which we have spent a great deal of time on. Be sure you have titles and descritions of your graphic creations on this page. This mostly pertains to grade 6 and grade 7.

Link to Instructions for Creating Thumbnails

Mr. Lamothe's Graphics Page - look at this page to get an idea of what your Graphics Thumbnails page should look like.

Home Web Page Instructions - Your index.html page!

Print Version of Checkoff List - (2nd semester list)

MCAS Testing - Do a Great Job! 

NOTE: ALL WORK FOR SEMESTER AND YEAR IS DUE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH. THATS ONLY 3 WEEKS AWAY.

A. Your INDEX.HTML PAGE.
This is your main home page for your whole web site and contains links to all your other work. You should take a great deal of care in making this page look good and making sure it has links to ALL your work.
B. Your GRAPHICS THUMBNAILS PAGE.
This page contains Thumbnail links to the larger versions of your graphics creations which we have spent a great deal of time on. Be sure you have titles and descritions of your graphic creations on this page. This mostly pertains to grade 6 and grade 7.

Link to Instructions for Creating Thumbnails

Mr. Lamothe's Graphics Page - look at this page to get an idea of what your Graphics Thumbnails page should look like.

Home Web Page Instructions - Your index.html page!

Print Version of Checkoff List - (2nd semester list)

1. Graphics Thumbnail Page

This week you will be expected to make substantial progress on your Alien Planet Landscape using Adobe Photoshop. You are encouraged to create additional versions and new Alien Planet landscapes. Continue to use the painting tools, shapes tools, and the gradients fills. Be creative, have some fun, use your imagination for what your alien planet might look like.
 

Please continue working on your Alien Planet Landscape using Adobe Photoshop. Continue to use the painting tools, shapes tools, and the gradients fills. Be creative, have some fun, use your imagination for what your alien planet might look like.
When you have finish one creation, try creating another. I suggest that you look at some examples that other computer artists have created. Go to a search engine and search for a term something like "alien landscape". Then Click on the pictures there. Notice how many of the artists have used perspective and size to define whether an object is close-in the foreground, or far-in the background.
NOTE: YOU MAY NOT USE CREATIONS OR PARTS OF CREATIONS THAT OTHER COMPUTER ARTISTS HAVE DONE. EVERYTHING IN YOUR WORK OF ART MUST BE CREATED BY YOU.
Tech Tip from Mr. L: Try painting some mountains and cliffs using the paint brushed. Load new brushes to get a wider variety of brushes to choose from. I like the Faux Finish Brushes, especially brushes that have 75 and 50 under them.
See Mr. Lamothe's Graphics Page for an example of what I am talking about. I suggest making the landscape 650 pixels wide by 450 high.

Continue working on your Alien Planet Landscape using Adobe Photoshop. Continue to use the painting tools, shapes tools, and the gradients fills. Be creative, have some fun, use your imagination for what your alien planet might look like.
When you have finish one creation, try creating another. I suggest that you look at some examples that other computer artists have created. Go to a search engine and search for a term something like "alien landscape". Then Click on the pictures there. Notice how many of the artists have used perspective and size to define whether an object is close-in the foreground, or far-in the background.
NOTE: YOU MAY NOT USE CREATIONS OR PARTS OF CREATIONS THAT OTHER COMPUTER ARTISTS HAVE DONE. EVERYTHING IN YOUR WORK OF ART MUST BE CREATED BY YOU.
Tech Tip from Mr. L: Try painting some mountains and cliffs using the paint brushed. Load new brushes to get a wider variety of brushes to choose from. I like the Faux Finish Brushes, especially brushes that have 75 and 50 under them.
See Mr. Lamothe's Graphics Page for an example of what I am talking about. I suggest making the landscape 650 pixels wide by 450 high.

Create an Alien Landscape using Adobe Photoshop. Try using the painting tools, shapes tools, and the gradients fills. Be creative, have some fun, use your imagination for what your alien planet might look like. See Mr. Lamothe's Graphics Page for an example of what I am talking about. I suggest making the landscape 650 pixels wide by 450 high.

1. Open Photoshop, then open a picture in your images directory. If you don't have a picture in your images directory, go to the school web site http://www.youngachieversschool.org and save a couple to your images directory on your H drive. If you want to know how to save images from a web browser, go to How to Save an Image from a Web Browser
2. Click File, then Save As, and save it as a photoshop file with a new name.
3. Once the image is saved with a new name as a Photoshop file, click on Filter at the top and you will see several filters listed there such as Artistic, Brush Strokes, Texture, etc. Experiment with the different filters.
4. Open another photo and use the lasso tool to get sections of the image, ie, a picture of a person, copy that to the clipboard.
5. Go to your original photo and paste the lassoed section into the photograph.
6. Experiment with making a collage of images.

1. Open Photoshop, then open a picture in your images directory. If you don't have a picture in your images directory, go to the school web site http://www.youngachieversschool.org and save a couple to your images directory on your H drive. If you want to know how to save images from a web browser, go to How to Save an Image from a Web Browser
2. Click File, then Save As, and save it as a photoshop file with a new name.
3. Once the image is saved with a new name as a Photoshop file, click on Filter at the top and you will see several filters listed there such as Artistic, Brush Strokes, Texture, etc. Experiment with the different filters.
4. Open another photo and use the lasso tool to get sections of the image, ie, a picture of a person, copy that to the clipboard.
5. Go to your original photo and paste the lassoed section into the photograph.
6. Experiment with making a collage of images.

1. Please work on FINISHING one version of your banner. You can change it later or replace it with a new version but for now, I would like you to complete one version.
2. Follow the steps below to place your banner on your how web page - index.html

a.) Right now your banner is a photoshop file type - .psd. You will need to save it as a .jpg file type in you images directory on your H drive. Remember, the name of you banner must be all lower case letters and have no spaces in the name.
b.) Open Dreamweaver, then open your home page, index.html
c.) Place the cursor where you want your banner to go - at the top - and click on the little Tree Icon that you will see in the toolbar at the top of dreamweaver. Find your banner .jpg image, highlight it and click OK. You should then see it at the top of your web page.

Continue to work on your graphic files for your web site. Continue to experiment with the opening other photos or pictures. Try using the lasso tool on a photo, copy what you have lassoed, and paste it into a new layer for you banner page or another graphic page that you have created. Continue to create other graphic files and experiment with using the various tools in Photoshop.
 

Continue to work on your graphic files for your web site. Continue to experiment with the opening other photos or pictures. Continue to create other graphic files and experiment with using the various tools in Photoshop.
You could check some of the work of my former students by clicking on the link below:
Some graphic works of art from Mr. Lamothe's Former Students

1. Go to Start,-> Programs,-> Adobe,> Photoshop 6.0,-> and click on Adobe Photoshop 6.0
2. Create a New File that will be the bannner that is going to go at the top of your web page.
3. Follow the directions on the link below and begin experimenting with the tools. We will go through some of the tools in class.
Instructions for Creating a Banner in Adobe Photoshop  

Use your checkoff list to determine what work you need to work on. I would suggest that you first create all the web documents first, then go back and complete each one. There is only two weeks (two classes) left before the grades close.

Use your checkoff list to determine what work you need to work on. I would suggest that you first create all the web documents first, then go back and complete each one. There is only two weeks (two classes) left before the grades close.

You will be getting a grade in Technology for the first semester. Your grade will be based on the work you have done so far and your classroom on task behavior. I will be giving you a checkoff list of the work that has been assigned so far. Please checkoff the assignments that you have done so far. Use the checkoff list to determine what assignments that you need to work on in the next couple weekS.
PLEASE WORK ON THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED YET.
NOTE: I suggest that you focus on creating all the pages that you have not created yet then go back to it later and fill in the content of that page.
Please click on the Checkoff List link below to see what you need to work on. That page has links on the details on how to do some of the assignments. I will also be giving your a paper version of the checkoff list that you will need to pass in.

Technology Checkoff List

Instructions for Creating Your Reading Web Page!

Instructions for Creating Your Writing Web Page!

Instructions for Creating Your Writing Web Page!

Instructions for Creating Your Reading Web Page!

1. Open Microsoft Word and open your MSWord Readography document. You should find it on your "H" drive in your DOC directory that is in your named directory.
2. If it's not in your doc directory, please see Mr. Lamothe about saving it in your DOC directory or creating a DOC directory if you do not already have one. Your directory structure should look something like the picture below. Your MSWord docs should be saved in your docs directory.

   

3. Once you have your Readography document open, please follow Ms. Driscoll's directions on what you need to include in your Readography.

1. Open Microsoft Word and open your MSWord Readography document. You should find it on your "H" drive in your DOC directory that is in your named directory.
2. If it's not in your doc directory, please see Mr. Lamothe about saving it in your DOC directory or creating a DOC directory if you do not already have one. Your directory structure should look something like the picture below. Your MSWord docs should be saved in your docs directory.

   

3. Once you have your Readography document open, please follow Ms. Driscoll's directions on what you need to include in your Readography.

1. Open Microsoft Word and open your MSWord Readography document. You should find it on your "H" drive in your DOC directory that is in your named directory.
2. If it's not in your doc directory, please see Mr. Lamothe about saving it in your DOC directory or creating a DOC directory if you do not already have one. Your directory structure should look something like the picture below. Your MSWord docs should be saved in your docs directory.

   

3. Once you have your Readography document open, please follow Ms. Driscoll's directions on what you need to include in your Readography.

1. Open Microsoft Word and open your MSWord Readography document. You should find it on your "H" drive in your DOC directory that is in your named directory.
2. If it's not in your doc directory, please see Mr. Lamothe about saving it in your DOC directory or creating a DOC directory if you do not already have one. Your directory structure should look something like the picture below. Your MSWord docs should be saved in your docs directory.

   

3. Once you have your Readography document open, please follow Ms. Driscoll's directions on what you need to include in your Readography.

1. Open Microsoft Word and open your MSWord Readography document. You should find it on your "H" drive in your DOC directory that is in your named directory.
2. If it's not in your doc directory, please see Mr. Lamothe about saving it in your DOC directory or creating a DOC directory if you do not already have one. Your directory structure should look something like the picture below. Your MSWord docs should be saved in your docs directory.

   

3. Once you have your Readography document open, please follow Ms. Driscoll's directions on what you need to include in your Readography.