The Link you have all been waiting for ......

www.youtube.com/user/mycoolstoodley

Go visit it and see how cool he is with his kids.

Demo is totally cool.......

Demolition Day . . . . . . . . . . . This even included a server!

The components were very cool to play with..........

The many different kinds of RAM that they could gather together.........

Bring on the screwdrivers.............

Fridays are all about trying something new and demo is, and always will be, a highlight!
We had managed to save up a few computers that needed to be taken to pieces and the hard drives offered up for destruction (not ours). With our tools in hand, we sat waiting for the moment to arrive.
Many things were learned about the insides of a computer and what each component does.

Thanks to the students for their excitement and their love of pulling things to pieces. :)

Work, Work, Work, Fun, Fun, Fun

Hi Everyone

Friday was another exciting day of ICT. When listening to the daily notices, it said that ICT wasn't going to be on. It was a very sad moment because Miss Cording couldn't find a teacher to cover her class while she taught a very cool class like us. Luckily Mr Stewart offered to take her class. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

3 of us went and did a video of the school for our Promotional Video. We forgot to put the video on time lapse. Unfortunately the laptop lid fell backwards so about two thirds of the way around we started to video the sky. It wasn't one of our best moments. I think we'll cut it out. But we did manage to speed the video up, getting it down from 17 minutes to 3 minutes.

While we were out the rest of the class went and planned out what we were going to do for the rest of the year. A small group entered the online entry form for Young Designers which is very stressful. Another lot have started on a Story Board Competition. They are really going for gold. It looks awesome. Matt and Hannah are working hard at the Mad Movie Challenge. It is starting to take shape as well. Miss Cording and Hannah also are making a film for the Fresh Moves Group. Most of us are also having a look at M.A.D.E.

So there is alot happening in ICT extention this year and it will definitely keep us busy. It is all great fun as well.

Next week we will be working on the promotional video.

Euan

Editing the promotional video

Today we watched our promotional video and discussed what we thought was good and what was bad. Generally we thought there was a lot more editing required, the video was missing a lot of infomation. So we all got a job editing and re filming and taking new pictures, our video should now have more impact and look a more polished presentation, once we have finished editing it.

The Joys of technology

Well, what can I say except technology is stressful. By this I mean cameras not loading onto computers, blue screening not doing what you want it to. Although putting the promotional video together is going well of course the deadline isn't helping the nerves. One more lunch time and the video will be taken to Korea, Thailand and all over the world. Also our Aviary eggs will be put on the big screen in the assembly soon. Hopefully the rest of the school is impressed.

Thanks

Lexi

Ict

Woah, things are getting stressful round here and the people from last year will certainly think I'm crazy for thinking this is stress. The deadline is getting closer for getting the movie finished and on top of all that, we have a new project. It sounds like fun although it is going to be a mission and a half doing it. Thank goodness we can do it in pairs. Well we are ready for another friday. Aghhhhh!

Another Day, Another Discovery!

Sorry this whole blogging thing for Friday 3 April is so late. You can blame Miss Cording for giving me the wrong password. She will get confused with her own class.

Wow! Last Friday we were all over the show from the library to the ICT suite, back to the library. We didn't even get to go on a computer! How  sad's that?

Everyone forgot to bring pencils, so we all ran to raid the library's supply. It was like we were chasing after a celebrity or getting lollies. We were all crazy.

We've been talking about our learning pathways and we've planned out for our busy year in ICT Incredible Minds. Like what competitions we're going to enter including the TVNZ Web Challenge, MADE Awards and plenty more to keep us hard at work. 

We watched another episode of the Wot Wots. It's so babyish that we all love it. As soon as it finished, we were all bouncing off our seats going "Woty, woty, woty". I guess you have to be there. I'm sure Miss Cording is so pleased by our response to the programme. What is the purpose of this, she'll be asking herself soon?

Then we got kicked back out of the  ICT Room and we strolled back to the library like a herd of cows at milking time. We went over what projects we have to do in the holidays. We have to make something showing what we did on holiday using something that's new to us. We can use iMovie, Aviary, anything but Powerpoint. We've got to finish our Aviary Eggs and send them to Miss Cording as a screen shot. 

That was ICT for Term One. Have a Happy Easter. 

That's it from Euan.