Logo Assignment

IDea idea 2

Thursday, May 24

This is our last computer lab class, and it is the most fun one yet!

You are going to get to direct your own movie version of the CLIMAX of your book using a fun website called Xtranormal.

Here is a sample I made:
Ms. Nickle's Sample
by: msnickle
Your Turn! Remember, READ the instructions carefully and try to figure out how to do it by yourself, before you say "Ms. Nickle! Ms. Nickle!"

 Here is a HOW - TO video - watch it first

Step #1
Sign up for a student account.
Go to Xtranormal 
 Enter the token: IFEKX
Set-up your account. Don't forget your password!

Step #2 
Click on the Assignment
Choose the style you like (that will work with your book!)
Choose "2 Actors"
Then you will pick your background, characters, character voices and sounds

Step #3
Create your movie! Remember, it should be about the CLIMAX of your book
Create a dialogue between the two characters
Play around with faces, pauses, pointing, movements and camera angles

Here is an example of a great video! It's funny too...

PREVIEW your movie if you want to see what it will look like
SAVE your movie often, just in case

Once you have finished your movie, then click PUBLISH. 
You must PUBLISH in order for your movie to be seen by Ms. Nickle

Once you have published it, then you need to EMBED it into a blog post.
Check your blog - do you see a video box (like mine above)? Then you have embedded your movie.

IMPORTANT - NEW Program

PREP E

TAGXEDO doesn't work now.

So we are using another program

WORDLE

Go to:
www.wordle.net
Click "Create"
Then, do a Google search to find a book review or an article about your novel
Add that link to WORDLE to use the words from that website (or COPY/PASTE
You can change shape, arrangement, color, order, font and everything
Try different combinations until you have something that looks good and represents the meaning in your book.

Then Save your Wordle and add it to a blog post
Add a PARAGRAPH explaining the choices you made.
 Job #2 is DONE! (See extra credit below)
 

Thursday, May 17

PRESS PLAY!

 


Today's Class: You will be creating a few different creative projects using fun internet programs. You need to read the instructions carefully and use what you've read from the novel!

You have two jobs today plus an extra credit.

JOB #1. Create a Voki (like the one above)

How to get started: 
www.voki.com

• Click on the orange button “GET VOKI”
• “Create Your Voki Account” – add information and click “SIGN UP”
• REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD
• Check your email, and click the link to activate your account
• Enter your login information
• Then “Create a New Voki” – follow instructions

INSTRUCTIONS:
You need to create a voki that looks like the main character. Your VOKI needs to speak in FIRST person to explain the characters thoughts about the MAIN CONFLICT in your novel. 

For example: "Hi! My name is Jane Eyre. I'm in really big trouble because I took a job as a babysitter for this little girl and now her dad is totally hitting on me. But that's really creepy because I'm pretty sure that he's already married! Still, I really feel like I could fall in love with him. I don't know whether to follow my heart or just run far, far away!"

REMEMBER:
You need to personalize your character! Don't just go with the first one you come to.
You can talk into the microphone to tell your VOKI what to say
or
You can type what you want your VOKI to say.

Once you have finished, you need to embed your VOKI into a blog post. Write ONE SENTENCE to describe or introduce your VOKI
JOB #1 is finished!

JOB #2. Create a Tagxedo (a cool word cloud) 

Here is a sample Tagxedo:

The words are all from a research paper about frogs. See how the shape and color and words all work together to make meaning!

How to Get Started:
www.tagxedo.com

• Click on "CREATE"
• (If you need to, click "Install" to add Microsoft Silverlight to your computer)
• Then, do a Google search to find a book review or an article about your novel.
• Add that link to Tagxedo to use the words from that website.
• You can change shape, arrangement, color, order, font and everything.
• Try different combinations until you have something that looks good and represents the meaning in your book.

Here's one I made about my ISTA international theatre trip to Hong Kong (I chose to save it at 250KP as a JPG file - you could also chose 500KP)

Once you have finished, you need to embed your TAGXEDO into a blog post.
Add a PARAGRAPH explaining the choices you made.
JOB #2 is finished!

JOB #3. Extra Credit: Make a Glogster

IF you have finished JOB #1 and JOB #2 and you still have time, then you can do the extra credit. You will get extra credit if you do a GOOD glog. You will not get extra credit for a simple glog that only takes you five minutes to make. DO YOUR BEST!

How to Get Started:
www.glogster.com

• Log in using your old account (if you forget, make a new account)
• Create a new glog. Make sure you list it as "PUBLIC"
•  Your glog must be about a THEME in your novel. Do NOT just make a Glog about your novel. Not good enough. Choose a theme.
• The glog should incorporate images, websites, video, color and music / sounds that explain or connect to the theme from the novel

Here are two student samples:



Once you have finished, you need to embed your GLOGSTER into a blog post.
Add a PARAGRAPH explaining the choices you made.
JOB #3 is finished!

Sample Prezi

Sample Prezi Post

See assignment in the post below "Thursday, May 10"

Ms. Nickle's Sample Prezi

Of Mice and Men

 This Prezi introduces you to the six key events that set up the action in the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. I used natural colours that reminded me of the dusty and earthy farming area where the book is set. I chose images that matched each key events and included a variety of different versions of what Lennie could look like.

Thursday, May 10

Today's TASK: 

MUST BE FINISHED IN CLASS (Due at the end of period 2 on Thursday) 
(IF you are taking the DELF exam, you will be given an extension to finish it Thursday night.

  

1. Create a Prezi account  www.prezi.com  

2. Create a Timeline Line for your novel using Prezi.com   

•  Your Timeline must have 6 or more items (from the beginning of the book until the current chapter you are reading).  
• Each timeline item must have an image. Include a citation / link to the website where you got the image either in the Prezi or on your blog post.       

3. Create a blog post and link to your Prezi in the post. (See my sample post for an example). Write a short description of your timeline in the post.

Extra Credit:

If you finish steps #1- #3, then you can complete the following task for extra credit:

Read and comment on one other class member’s blog who is reading your book. Say three things that you like about their COMPARE / CONTRAST post from last week and ask a       question. It should be about 100 words.

             

Thursday, May 3

Today's Task: Compare / Contrast Post        

Due: By the end of the day on Thursday, May 3

TASK:

           

Write a compare and contrast blog post 

• the current novel you are reading 
• a novel that you read earlier this year

Blog about:

• How these two novels are different. Give two examples and provide proof (Quotes from the book and provide page number)

• How these two novels are similar. Give two examples and provide proof.  (Quotes from the book and provide page number)
   Your blog post should be about 400 words (including quotes)

Include 2 images (one for each novel) which show what you have compared / contrasted.  
Cite the URLs at the bottom of your blog to show where you got the images from.

This needs to be started today in class and posted before the end of today.