Animation

In todays seminar we created animations using the program 2simple2animate. First I practiced using the program so that I knew what I was doing when it came to creating my animation. I discovered that there were two different types of animation that were available to use, these were simple animation which meant that you used the basics and advanced animation which gave you more choice in creating you animation and allowed you to speed up or slow down your animation. We then were given the task to create an animation which would show a popular saying and the class would then have to guess what it was.

Glogster

Nativity

A week before we broke up for christmas we were given the task of telling the story of the nativity using different techniques. I was palaced in a group with Robyn and we were told that to tell our nativity we had to read it as if it was an announcment on at a train station. We had loads of fun with this, however our accounts on the computer wouldnt allow us to save it so we had to save it onto Mandys' system. Hopefully I will be able to put it up in the future for everyone to hear.

Text-image.com

This was done using Text-image.com, to create this I had to insert a picture as a background relevant to my topic, then I decided which word I wanted to be repeated, I choose the word 'university'. I then edited how I wanted it to be viewed and submited it to my blog.

Graffiti creator

This was done using The graffiti creator - home of Graffiti art. I achieved this by typing in the word I wanted to base my work around and then editing it to the way that I wanted it to be viewed, I was able to edit the colour, outline and shadow.

Tagxedo

Within this seminar we were assigned the task of creating images using different programmes.

I did this using Tagxedo, this was done by typing in my blog address to the site and then creating this image, changing the font, size, colour and layout, the site would take all the words that were most used on my page and show them in different sizes depending on their usage.

My week on Placement

During my week on placement I attended Parkland Primary School. I was assigned the position of helper in a year one class. During the week I was given the task of assisting the pupils with any problems they may find concerning their work and help them overcome them. I helped with many tasks ranging from mathamatical skills to doing crafts and making things for christmas. Within the year there were over 60 pupils all ranging in abilities. It was interesting to observe the different learning styles used and see the difference between the different levels of intelligence. As it was christmas time I did spend an awful amount of time in the hall watching the children rehearse their christmas concert, however I did take some of the children out to draw a picture of their trip to visit father christmas.