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03/16/2006: ""

This morning, I showed the 5th grade class all about the animation feature of Gimp. This requires that they begin to work with the different layers. Each layer is considered a new frame in the animation. I showed them how to enable or disable various layers, and how to limit the amount of time that the animation paused at each frame. I got the feeling that some of the students caught on much quicker than others did. Next week, I plan on introducing them to the NY Times Education section. This will be similar in structure and intention to the webquest I showed them. Hopefully, they will remember some of the features and lessons learned in that excersize.

I have had some difficulty with individual student accounts and Word, as well as the Gimp. I told the students to use the Student account with the Gimp. I am not sure how to resolve this issue. I think I may install aliases in the students folders on the server, but I'm not sure this will end up working or not. The server is running out of room primarily because of the archiving of fonts carried out by these applications.

Next, for Mr. DeLacruz's class, I talked rather extensively about different cables and ports that the computer uses. I introduced the concept of bandwidth, describing it as a road. The Firewire cable is like a 4 lane interstate highway, and the telephone wire is like a driveway. I described the differences in the cable connections. I then allowed them to pass around telephone, USB, Firewire, and ethernet cables. I also talked about what the ports were and where the were placed on the Computer. I also demonstrated how the USB extensions could be used to extend the keyboard far away from the computer.

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