Summary+CT+302+June+13+2007

__Skype-__ This is a way of talking to people who are far away. If both you and the people you are trying to communicate with have a webcam, you can use Skype to talk to them. An example of a project would be if your kids were learning Italian and you used Skype to talk to a class in Italy who is learning English. __Facebook and Myspace__- It can be tricky to figure out how to incorporate these into a class project. This could be a time to teach them how to stay safe in these types of networks. __iMovie-__ This is a program that allows you to edit video clips. It is mainly an editing tool. You can add clips in between an already made movie to review what is going on or add a person talking about an important reference that the video is trying to make. An iMovie is great for visual movie clips. __Flash-__ This is less professional then iMovie. It is not used to edit video, but to add text and objects. It is mainly used as an instructional video tool because you can add things like arrows and circles to make instructions more clear. Flash is used best for recording input from the computer.
 * 1) At the beginning of class, we reviewed the different types of technology that will be due in units 6 and 7 and that are optional tools for the project ideas in the State Standards assignment.**

Examples of all of the different programs can be found by clicking the link "Technology" on the side bar.

-Go to manage space. -Click on "Windows.zip" next to back up space. -It will download the HTML files. If you open the file, you will see how all the pages have been converted to HTML or a file version of the page. -If you open one of the pages, you can see the website that the conversion has created. Thus how the content of your page was saved. -If you wanted to create your file, you can access your website by clicking on WindowsSCP on the desktop. -You can wrap the text using the "preferences" and by clicking on "Text Wrap". -You can add the file to a page by writing the link in the HTML file. You create a link by adding brackets around the name "Help" -You should drag the help file into the server window that popped up when you clicked on WindowsSCP. (If these instructions are confusing, sorry! You can ask for it to be showed to you personally if it is something you are interested in doing.)
 * 2) We learned how to convert website pages to HTML.**
 * This is another way of saving the content on your wiki.

-The program has 3 main windows. a) shows you what you would see on the website page. b) a mapping window that shows you how things on the site relate to eachother. -You can use the tool bars on the bottom to change things like text style, size, font etc. -People use Dreaweaver mainly by using a template and populating it with information. This will help you with make your site pretty.
 * 3) We had a brief overview of Dreamweaver. This software is a website creator.**


 * Everyone will make a wiki. If you do not want your wiki to remain a wiki, then Andrew will show us how to make the content of the wiki HTML.


 * 4) We spent the rest of the class working.** Just a reminder that there are four assignments due when class starts on Thursday, June 14th. These assignments are the Wiki Policy, the Bad Wiki Policy, your wiki site map in Inspiration, and the Standards assignment.