Scorched Silicon :: Southern WV Community & Technical College (News)

I would really like to have a student editor this semester. I'm looking for someone that could do a weekly news round up in a style similar to HardOCP or Slashdot. You will need the ability to code some HTML links and possibly a few images(I'll help you). No pay other that my undying gratitude and the ability to put it on your resume. If you are interested please submit to me a sample of your work. I'll choose someone by 9/12/11. Thanks! BTW if anyone wants to write articles for my website of any kind please speak up.

IT147 9/2/11

Met this afteroon and took a quick pre-test for see what you might know. We then went over Creative Commons and watched a few videos on what it means to license your copyrighted work so that others may build upon it. After our little discussion I had you all look up 5 sites that had CC music/sound effects, 3 CC video sites, and 3 CC photo sites. From the looks of the answers we are going to have to try a little harder.

We are not going to start using Adobe Premiere Elements 8 right away. Since many students still don't have the book, I want to use Camtasia Studio. It is a very simple editor and it will record your desktop. You can add in narration, call outs, zooms and all kinds of things. I have the demo on the z: drive or you can snag it from www.techsmith.com. We watched the little intro video and that was about the time class came to a close. I want you to be playing with this over the weekend and thinking about something you could teach the class using software like this.

For homework due next class meeting, I want you to write a minimum 1 page essay answering the follow questions:

What do you think of CC now that you have heard about it?
How might CC affect you in some way?
Would you license any work under the CC structure? Why or why not?
Which license might you choose if you had to release a work and why?

IT180 9/2/11

Intro'd the online labs that we will be doing our question sets on. For those without a book you need to get one asap. There is also a pdf version of the book when you login to the website. Kinda nice esp if you don't want to always carry the book with you.

We then took a little stroll over the the lab and had a lengthy quiz on the parts of a motherboard. Looks like there better be some studying going on. Lots of missed answers and blanks.

To wrap things up we checked out the items I carry in my tool kit. You do not have to buy anything for this class. That was not what the show and tell was for. The first chapter in the book covers tools and I was just elaborating on what I use all the time.

No homework for the weekend. For those with a itlabs login you might want to start in on answering some online questions. Don't forget your articles.

CS104 9/2/11

Really cool class today. We all signed up for Google Gmail and checked out a lot of the features. Gmail, Documents, and Calendar were gone over. We will try out some more tools on Tues. Be ready to sign up for a Blogger account. We will be blogging for the rest of the semester.

CS102 8/30/11

Great to meet everyone this evening. Looks like it will be a pretty good class. Sorry about the 250 question pre-test. I didn't make it up. Don't kill the messenger. See you all next Tues!

IT147 8/30/11

Just type something cool here other than going over the syllabus. Remember to add some sort of weird photo to get their attention. The only thing you really reminded them of is to start bringing a camera to class. They will think you know what you're doing if the blog entry is detailed enough. Yeah all of that sounds good.

IT180 8/30/11

Met and intro'd the course. We managed to go over the syllabus, scorchedsilicon, and take a little pre-test to see what your skill level might be. For next time have your 2 daily articles ready. Just email them to me.

CS104 8/30/11

Spent time meeting and greeting everyone. Went over the syllabus and the website. Nothing for homework today.

Welcome Back!

I'd like to take a quick moment and welcome everyone back to school. This semester should be a pretty good one. I've got lots of ideas for really neat in class activities. So hang on tight, the ride might get bumpy, but it will be fun!

Photoshop Final Items

Some things to study for the photoshop final exam (may be on there but not limited too):

Animate a gif
Photomerge
Resize a Photo
Add a drop shadow
Vanishing Point Filter
Layer Masks
Replace a color
Photoshop Contest! Bring your creativity!

Weird Things Last Photoshop Contest

IT275 5/6 - That's All Folks!

Well class finally came to an end. I will see you both on Tuesday for presentations. Everything is looking pretty good. Minor tweaking going on now. Please spend some time over the weekend filling in the fla files I gave you for presentations. All of the other schools ended up with more than a month do get theirs done. I'm hoping you both can pull it off in a few days. Remember it would be cool if you can dressed as your characters. That is an idea I really liked. See you Tues.

IT192 5/6 - Better make it count

Looks like everyone is going to make this last program count. Everyone who showed up for class either had their work pretty much done, or stayed very late to get a lot accomplished. The final will be just like the midterm. Study guide will be out shortly, although you won't really need one considering open book open note and it is on the computer. Be ready to present your final project to the class just before we take the exam. BTW if you screw this up, you will look like the guy above. The job market is tough so you better have some skillz to show off.

IT180 5/6 - Final Chapter Exam

Easy last day of class. Took our exam and chatted for a while about the final. Then headed to lunch early! See you guys at the final.

IT145 5/4 - Make-Up

No new stuff today. This time is just for review and for making up work. I will allow everyone 1 make-up assignment that you can turn in next week. For those having medical excuses you can make those up +1. This helps everyone out. The final will not have a study guide. Just go over the techniques we have used since mid-term. The final is comprehensive, but if you didn't get the pre-mid-term stuff then I don't see how you could have gotten anything since then.