Storyboard Slideshow Group Project

Our topic was Table Tennis.  No one in our group is in Table Tennis but we all agreed it sounded like fun, so we chose it as our topic so we could learn more about it.  The images used in our slideshow included ping pong tables, players, and paddles.  As a team I think we worked very well together.  I think the best team work tool we used was communication.  Early on in the project we specifically laid out what everyone would do and when.  The story boarding helped us create a idea for how our movie would look in many ways.  It's very simple to make a powerpoint but by using keynote we were able to create affects that gave the illusion of a movie.  I think the background of a slideshow storyboard was an good part of creating the imagery of Table Tennis.  

iPhoto Project

1. Which search terms did you use to find images (for the letters of your name and the images that describe you) and why?
  For search terms I typed in things like 'objects resembling the letter __', i thought it would give me good range of lettering.  If I didn't find anything i liked under that search term, I would think of shapes like the swing chain clip for an 'S'.
2. What skills did you use/learn in this project?
  I learned how to use iPhoto.  I had never used iPhoto before this project and i'm really glad I can use it in the future now.
3. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.
  You could use iPhoto for a future project in other classes, or if you go on a vacation and want to put together a slideshow to show people you can do it using iPhoto.
4. This was a more creative project than our first 2. Did you prefer it or the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel?
  I prefer more creative projects over cut and dry assignments.  Art is a huge part of me, and I like to use it in every way possible.

  For editing on iPhoto, i cropped three of my photos.  The cropped pictures are the D, S, and A.

Charity Appeal Letter

Sicerely,
Morgan Braastad

1. List the name of your business and its charity.
MAC Cosmetics Vivaglam for the True Colors fund.2. What skills did you use/learn in this project?
I learned how to do a mail merge, which I had never done or heard of before.3. What was the easiest part of this project? What was the most difficult part of this project?
I think the easiest part of this project was writing the letter.  I have donated to the MAC Vivaglam True Colors campaign for the past two years and really like being involved with it.  I think the hardest part was figuring out how to convert the file so the mail merge would work.4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation other than writing a charity letter.
I would use these skills if I wanted to send a letter to a lot of people.  This way I wouldn't have to type out a ton of letters.5. Did you learn something new during this project that you did not know before?  If so, what?
 [Your response to this question can be related to the information, skills, or process of the project.
I learned how to do everything having to do with mail merges in this project.  I knew there was a way to do things like this but I never knew how until we did this project.

M&M Comparison Questions

1. What is a template?
A template is a electronic file with a customized format.2. What functions did your spreadsheet perform?
Our spreadsheets contained built in functions, like finding the total and average.  It also used the information we had collected and formed a pi chart.3. What skills did you use/learn in this project?
I learned how to create graphs by entering information into a chart, and I learned the basics of using Excel which I had never used before.4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation
The skills learned from Excel can be used in a lot of our classes.  It can help us organize our data and show our results.