Special Projects

Movie #3 - Assigned on April 14, 2008

Your third movie will be an autobiography. Click on the following link to get started:

HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Use Microsoft Word to record the information for your autobiography. Complete each section for the autobiography procedure:

• Who you are in life?
• What life means to you?
• What is your outlook on the future?
• Conclusion

For an example of an autobiography, click here.

This information will be gathered together with images and music and formed into a movie. You should have several text-only slides that will explain a group of images in your movie. For example, you can start with "Who I am in Life?," and then have a series of images that represent who you are. This should come after your title slide. The next slide after your first group of images would say, "What Life Means to Me," and then you will have a series of images that represent what life means to you. After this series of slides, you should have a slide that says, "My Outlook on the Future," and then have a series of slides that represent your outlook on the future. You can conclude your movie with a quote that you make up yourself, or go to the following link: Famous Quotes, you can browse by category and select the one on Education, there are some good ones there to include in your movie. You must also include the name of the person who made the quote at the end of the quote. Don't forget to add credits at the end of your movie which should begin with the word "Credits," then your name, your images "courtesy of" and listed individually, song and artist.

Movie #2 - Assigned on April 10, 2008

Pick one of the following general topics to create your second movie using the Windows Movie Maker 2 program.

• Nature
• Freedom
• Patriotism

Your movie should have a minimum of 15 images, music, video effects and video transitions, and credits for images and music used in your movie. The topics are very general, so that you can make them as specific as you want.

Assigned on March 24, 2008

Using Movie Maker 2
Tutorial

Adding a title: 

1. On the Tools menu, click Titles and Credits.
2. On the Where do you want to add a title? page, click on: Add title at the beginning of the movie.
3. In the Enter Text for Title page (upper box), type the text you want to appear as the title. Press enter to go to the next line, and then type by followed by your name.
4. Click Change the title animation, and then on the Choose the Title Animation page, select a title animation from the list.
5. Click Change the text font and color, and then on the Select Title Font and Color page, choose the font, font color, formatting, background color, transparency, font size, and position of the title.
6. Click Done, add title to movie to add the title to your movie.

 Importing music

1. On the File menu, click Import into Collection. Navigate to your music file.
2. Music clip will appear in the collections screen.
3. Drag a clip and drop it on a timeline below.
4. The timeline view is shown.

Importing images

1. On the File menu, click Import into Collection. Navigate to your image file.
2. Image clip will appear in the collections screen.
3. Switch to storyboard view.
4. Drag a clip and drop it on a storyboard below.

Adding  video effects

1. On the storyboard/timeline, select the video clip or picture to which you want to add the video effect.
2. On the Tools menu, click Video Effects.
3. In the Contents pane, click the video effect you want to add.
4. On the Clip menu, click Add to Timeline or Add to Storyboard.

Adding video transitions

1. On the storyboard/timeline, select the second of the two video clips or pictures that you want to add a transition between.
2. On the Tools menu, click Video Transitions.
3. In the Contents pane, click the video transition you want to add.
4. On the Clip menu, click Add to Timeline or Add to Storyboard.

 Adding credits

1. On the Tools menu, click Titles and Credits.
2. On the Where do you want to add a title? page, click on Add credits at the end of the movie.
3. In the upper box type Credits. Below left type Movie Maker Tutorial. On the right type Ms. Wiley. Follow the same pattern: give credits for the song and the performer, authors of photos and images…
4. Click Change the title animation, and then on the Choose the Title Animation page, select a credit animation from the list.
5. Click Change the text font and color, and then on the Select Title Font and Color page, choose the font, font color, formatting, background color, transparency, font size, and position of the credits.
6. Click Done, add title to movie to add the title to your movie.

Setting duration of individual images:

1. Switch to timeline view.
2. Click on the desired clip. Its duration will be changed (either shorten or prolong).
3. Point with your cursor to the rightmost edge of the picture tile. It should change to red two-sided arrow.
4. Drag the tile – expand it either to the left (shorten duration) or to the right (prolong the duration).

Saving file as a project (possible editing):

1. On the File menu, click Save Project As.
2. Browse to desired folder and save your file.

Saving file as a movie (finished product):

1. On the File menu, click Save Movie File.
2. Click on My Computer and then Next.
3. Browse to desired folder and click Next.
4. You can either leave the default settings, or choose more options, and save it with the lower quality (saving time will be substantially shorter). Click on the Next button.

Black History Month Project - Assigned February 11, 2008

Famous American Men & Famous American Women (PowerPoint Presentation)

Use the Encyclopedia Brittannica’s Guide to Black History at the following link:

1. Ralph Abernathy                                           a. A brilliant mathematician and inventor, he predicted a solar eclipse in…

7. Fritz Pollard                                                  g. Played Joe and sang “Ol’ Man River” in  the play Show Boat in…

In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, you will complete the following activity:

Click on the following link: Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline - Assigned on Jan. 17, 2008

Create a PowerPoint presentation of all of the events related to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (All events are on the left-hand side of the timline).

• After the title slide you should include a slide that introduces the timeline that appears just above the events on the left-hand side.
• Each year should appear in the title portion of your slide.
• If more than one event appears in the same year, put all events for that year on the same slide. If all events won't fit on the same slide, you may add additional slides with the same year in the title section.
• Your title slide should be called Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline, and the subtitle as always is the proper heading information.
• Your presentation must include slide designs, slide transitions, animation schemes, sound effects, pictures, WordArt, ClipArt, etc.

Holidays Around the World Project - - Assigned on December 17, 2007

(All of your documents should be decorated with lots of holiday related WordArt, ClipArt, Page Borders, Backgrounds, and other images, etc.) You also need to design a Cover Page titled: "Holidays Around the World Project." Copying and pasting, and plagiarizing is strictly prohibited.

 Here's a little something to get you in the holiday mood:

http://badaboo.free.fr/merryxmas.swf

I.   Christmas Around the World 

Pick two countries or regions and write a minimum one page summary on how they celebrate Christmas.

II.  December Celebrations Around the World

      Type out the questions in Microsoft Word and correctly answer them.

III. Christmas Tree - Shaped Poems (or Menorah, Kinara, Snowman, etc.)

 Create a poem in one of the shapes named above. Think about ways - big and small - in which you can spread joy during   the holiday season.

IV.  Celebrations Around the World 

Pick seven holidays from the list below and summarize each one. Don't forget to use various decorative elements, such as WordArt, ClipArt, background images, page borders, etc.

1. Hanukkah
2. St. Nicholas Day
3. Bodhi Day - Buddah's Enlightenment
4. Virgin of Guadalupe
5. Santa Lucia Day
6. Las Posadas
7. Eid 'ul-Adha
8. Ramadan
9. Boxing Day
10. Kwanzaa
11. Ta 'Chiu
12. Three King's Day
13. Tet Nguyen Dan
14. Lantern Festival

More holiday fun: http://www.dedge.com/flash/hangman/hangman.swf  - Click on the red "play" button.

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 Thanksgiving Webquest - - Assigned on November 19, 2007

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 Hispanic Heritage Project -- Assigned on September 18, 2007

Part I. Hispanic Heritage Biographies

Use the Internet to find information on the person you selected for your biography. Your biography should contain the following information. The cover page should be a picture of the person that you are completing your biography on. Please do not copy and paste the information you find on the Internet. Your biography should be a minimum of 1 1/2 double-spaced pages. Click on the following link to read about famous Hispanic people.

Biographies

• When and where they were born or where did they originate?
•  Educational background (if given)
•  Family Life (Mother, Father, Sisters/Brothers, etc.)
•  What are they famous for?
•  What do you most admire about this person?

 Part II: Hispanic Heritage Quiz

Test your knowledge of Hispanic Heritage. Use Microsoft Word to

type out quiz questions and indicate the correct answer. You may also submit

your answers online to find out the correct answers. Click on the following link for the quiz questions.

Quiz

Part III: Hispanic Heritage Timeline

Choose 15 events from any segment of the timeline to create your

own Hispanic Heritage Timeline in Microsoft Word. The events should be

appear in chronological order in your document. Click on the following link for the timeline.

Timeline

Part IV: Hispanic Customs and Celebrations

What is the significance of the follwing Hispanic customs and

celebrations? Explain each one in a brief five sentence summary using

Microsoft Word. Click on the following link for descriptions.

Customs and Celebrations

Cinco de Mayo (May 5th)

 National Puerto Rican Day of New York (June)

 Mexican Independence Day (September 16)

 Hispanic Day Parade, NYC (October)

 The Days of the Dead (October 31, and November 1-2)

 Quinceanera/Fifteenth Birthday

Part V: Spanish Pet Names

Select 15 pets from the list. Type the name of the pet in Spanish

and English.

Pet Names

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