5/3 Import/Synchronized

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(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.)

What's the difference between synchronization ("Sync") and Import/Export?

ICT Essentials 1 Exam Review ICT 1-1.
In your opinion, how are importing and exporting different? How are they similar?

Word of the Day: Import/Export transfer (electronic data) into a database or document.

ICT Essentials 2
What are some reasons that movements are synchronized in a computer program?

Word of the Day: Synchronized - operating in unison; "the synchronized movement of 2 Sprites."

4/30 Benchmark Exam 1

(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.)

ICT Essentials 1

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ICT 1 Benchmark Exam 1

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Using Smart Phones in School

Write a thoughtful essay of at least three paragraphs describing your feeling about using Smart Phones in School. Do you agree with the comments above? Give your opinion and the reasons why you are for or against Smart Phones in school.

Post it to your Blog.

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ICT 2 Benchmark Exam 1

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Apple iPad vs netbooks: fight not over yet

Can't beat 'em, join 'em?

By Tony Smith

The choice is yours. Evaluate and review your computing needs and decide what's best for you. Which would you choose?

Write a thoughtful essay of at least three paragraphs. Give your opinion of netbooks and iPads (Tablet computers). Which one do you think would fit your needs.

Post it to your Blog.

4/29 Fade/Sprites

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(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.)

ICT Essentials 1 Exam Review ICT 1-1.
How can you use both visual and audio fade effects to enhance your projects?

Word of the Day: Fade in to cause to appear or be heard gradually.

Fade out to cause to disappear gradually.

Used for a cinematic or television image or for a sound.

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What are some of the things that you think you can make Sprites do? What things do sprites do in Computer Programs that you use?

Word of the Day: Sprites in Scratch are objects that move and interact with one another on the Stage.

4/28 Multimedia/Coordinates

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(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.) 

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How do yo think the sound track effects the effectiveness of a movie or podcast? 

Word of the Day:  Multimedia  used to denote the real-time integration of text with still images and graphics, video, and sound.

ICT Essentials 2
Why do you think it is important to know the coordinates of the Scratch Stage when creating a Scratch project?

Word of the Day: Coordinates are the (x,y) position on the Scratch Stage.   The middle of the stage has a x-coordinate of 0 and a y-coordinate of 0.

4/27 Enhanced Podcast/Stage

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(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.) 

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What do you think are the differences and similarities of an enhanced podcast and a presentation slideshow?
Word of the Day: Enhanced podcast is an audio podcast that can display images simultaneously with audio. These can contain chapter markers, hyperlinks, and artwork; all of which is synced to a specific program or device.

ICT Essentials 2
Why do you think they use the X and Y positions on the Scratch Stage.
Word of the Day: Scratch Stage is where the stories, games and animations come to life.  The Stage is 480 units wide and 360 units tall. 

4/26 Timing / Progamming

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(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.) 

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Why do you think it is important to make sure that there is enough time to read the words and look at the images of your slide slow? 
Word of the Day: Timing (Synchronization) is timekeeping which requires the coordination of events to operate a system in unison. For example: The words, sound and images of a slide show happen when they need to.

ICT Essentials 2
What do you think would happen if the instructions you get are out of order?  What would happen if the computer gets instructions that are out of order?  What is the difference between they way you process the instructions and the computer processess the same instructions?
Word of the Day: Computer programming: creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something.

4/23 Design Templates/ Wi-Fi

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(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.) 

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Do you think that you should always use a design template when creating a presentation?  Why?  Do you think it is acceptable to use different design templates in the same presentaion? Why?
Word of the Day: Design templates are a coordinated packaged deal. When you decorate a room, you use colors and patterns that all work together. A design template acts in much the same way.

ICT Essentials 2
Why should you be cautious about using file sharing on a Public Wi-Fi network?
Word of the Day: Wi-Fi *is the industry name for wireless LAN (WLAN) communication technology related to the IEEE 802.11 family of wireless networking standards.