Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher» Extra Credit http://www.mrboulanger.com Victor Boulanger presents the work of his students at the ISC Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:36:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.mrboulanger.com http://www.mrboulanger.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/MyComputer.ico Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher 2006-2007 victor@mrboulanger.com (Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher) victor@mrboulanger.com (Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher) posts Victor Boulanger presents the work of his students at the ISC Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher victor@mrboulanger.com No no http://www.mrboulanger.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher http://www.mrboulanger.com 144 144 your teachers think they are so cool http://www.mrboulanger.com/your-teachers-think-they-are-so-cool/ http://www.mrboulanger.com/your-teachers-think-they-are-so-cool/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 14:51:11 +0000 Mr. Boulanger http://www.mrboulanger.com/?p=501 great extra-credit submission by robin.

Click here to view the embedded video.

think of the scenario, acting, movie editing and music skills involved in making this. this is a great one-man show.

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Other examples can be found here:

- Honda commercial “The Cog” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo

- OK Go music video for “This Too Shall Pass” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

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This was submitted for extra-credit. Great find!

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  • 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.


]]> http://www.mrboulanger.com/computer-facts/feed/ 1 Social Media in the year 2009 http://www.mrboulanger.com/social-media-in-the-year-2009/ http://www.mrboulanger.com/social-media-in-the-year-2009/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:39:30 +0000 Mr. Boulanger http://www.mrboulanger.com/?p=412 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!

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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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