Archive for the ‘Extra Credit’ Category

Happy New Year!

If you were wondering where your Christmas decorations went, see them running away with the sheep:

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This was submitted for extra-credit. Great find!

 

Computer facts

Did you know that:

  • Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
  • One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
  • The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.

These fun facts about computers were discovered by Robbert. There are many more where it comes from at FunFactz.com.


 

Social Media in the year 2009

This 4th installment of the video “Did you know” was sent to me by Dimitri. A great way to visualize how interconnectivity between human beings has progressed throughout civilization and had been accelerating in the past few years.

You are this generation.

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Watch until the end to see how small the future computers are expected to be!

 

Working outside of class: the extra-credit section

Many of you spend time outside of class “working” with their computers. Don’t forget that if the work is worth displaying, I will be giving away exatr-credit for these.

Here is an exhibit of the most recent extra-curricular works from my students:

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3 images from Pauline with the online photo-editing tool lunapic

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From Paola, Megan and Ankhit with Photoshop

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iPods by Robbert with Google SketchUp 7

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Dimitri pursues his talent with Photoshop

 
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