My son Mikey is a fanatic about Pan from Dragonball Z. He calls her his "girlfriend" and his big dream is that one day she will become real and he can kiss her (remember--Mikey's autistic, but what he lacks socially and intellectually he more than makes up when it comes to imagination).
Anyhoo...
When he saw what we were working on he asked if he could have his picture taken "kissing Pan." So, to mash two potatoes with one fork (I'm trying to find an alternative to "kill two birds with one stone," a phrase which I find extremely cruel, especially to the birds) I adapted the iPod silhouette assignment to fit the bill.
Here is a video of me completing the assignment with the pen tool in Photoshop (turn your volume up):
Spare!
A few weeks ago Mikey participated in the Special Olympics State meet in Bowling. Here is a video of him making a spare--btw, he won a gold medal!
Website Gallery
As many of you know, I am no longer able to update my website from school, so I have to take my computer home and do it on the weekends. This has proven a problem lately because I've been so busy! But, I finally updated the Gallery and the links on the main page. The Gallery now has some of the hoax photos, and the main page links to the Videos and Files page.
Alaska
I use Photoshop all the time--from photography to scrapbooking to creating websites. Sometimes it's the only way to get a good photo from a bad one, and here is an example.
When I was in Alaska I took a bunch of pictures. Most of them came out with a blueish tint, because 1) in Alaska in the winter the light is always changing, and 2)I am not a good enough photographer to figure out which setting to use to overcome this .
So here is a photo that the musher took of me, my son and my husband in the dog sled. With most of my photos I was able to add a filter and fix the blue tint, but with this one I have a blue tint and it was getting dark.
So here's what I had to do: take ALL the color out (turned it to black and white) and paint the color back in. I won't do this with all my photos, and I'm still not finished with this one, but I think it's worth the effort to have a special memento.
Before:
After:
Tribute by Sarah Beth
When I'm finished with this head cold (unless it finishes me first, lol) I'll embed it. Until then, here's the link:Better late than never, 'eh Sarah Beth? Good work, though. You've done a great job this six weeks!
Mt DenAli
rare to be able to see the top, and at this time of year the only
mountain the sun hits. The road to Fairbanks was covered with snow and
ice, but the view was absolutely amazing! Along with the mountains and
snow, there were moose, porkupine, ice-covered rivers and even dog
sleds!
Video Overall Winners
Congratulations to the following students for placing in the top 5 videos:
1st place: Failure by Stephen, 4th period
2nd place: Unicorns by Ty, 7th period
3rd place: Earth, Nature and Animals by Anna, 7th period
4th place (tie): 911 and Empire State of Mind both from 5th period
Video of the Week
Mark G's Tribute to Mickey Mouse was voted 2nd Period's favorite video. Congratulations Mark!
Whataburger 12 Days of Christmas
If you're a Whataburger fan (who in Texas isn't?) you should head over to Whataburger.com for their 12 Days of Whataburger special. If you sign up, every other day you will receive a coupon for free food! Whataburger + "free food" = YUM!
Tribute: Class Winners
The following is the outcome for class voting:
Congratulations!
2nd Period:
2nd place tie: M&M's and Anderson Silva
1st place: Mickey Mouse
3rd Period:
2nd place: Gummi Bears
1st place: Beatles
4th Period:
2nd place: Baby Tribute
1st place: Failure
5th Period:
2nd place tie: Zoolander and 911
1st place: Empire State of Mind
6th Period:
2nd place: War
1st place: Unicorn Football
7th Period:
2nd place: Unicorns
1st place: Earth, Nature and Animals
Tribute to Regina Spektor
Great job, Nicole--and 15 extra credit points for uploading to TeacherTube!
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