Friday, May 8, 2009

New links - Using cell phones in class!

Check these sites out - wikifidi.com, pollanywhere.com and chacha.com

Thursday, May 7, 2009

LIfe Magazine

www.life.com - see Life Magazines top shots - Your world in pictures!

Submit a Kodak Memory!

Kodak invites photographers to submit a Kodak memory shot. Send your best shot to them and see what you get!

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakmoment/submission.jhtml

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Tech Tip - Batch processing in Photoshop

Open file from the folder you are pulling images from to batch
Select - Windows - Actions
Click the folder at the bottom of the small window to create a New Set
Click Record
Click New Actions
Add the actions you would like implemented on your set of images
File - Save As
Make a new folder for the fixed images
Save
Select file size - Save
Once save is in the list
File Close
Click Stop Recording

File - Automate - Batch
Select folder to pull from
Select folder to put in - destination
Click OK

Watch while the computer does the work!

Tech Tip - Google Calendar

Set up a google calendar to see what is happening at Senior, in the district and with your activity!

Log on to www.google.com
Select gmail
Select Create an Account and follow the steps

If... you already have a gmail account - start here!
Select "Calendar"
Click on "Add" to pull in the appropriate school calendars
From the drop down box, select, "Add a Public Calendar"
Type the letters DCSD into "Search Public Calendars" Enter
Scroll and click on the calendars that you would like to add
To view your calendar, click on back to calendar
To view the calendars, in "My Calendars" click and highlight the ones you would like to view

*** Note - I live by google calendar! It is great - I have the guard, school, mine and my husbands all in one place! Make your life easier - give it a try!