New Technologies is an elective course designed with the needs of our students in mind. Students are often called upon to creatively show what they know on a topic, but often don't know what their options are for doing that. This class is designed to give students exposure to some of the possibilities available to them using free software that they can download at home.
The class will learn first about copyright and image filetypes, and then move into manipulating images for use in their projects that they will create throughout the semester. They will then move on to audio editing and creation with Audacity, and video editing with VSDC. After that, students will shift gears and look at 3D design with Tinkercad and Sweet Home (fun and easy). The last section is a class choice - we will explore either Blender (complex 3D drawing), dabble in some computer science lessons (basic programming), or take the 3D design process a step further by learning Fusion 360.
Each unit in the course is designed to build on what they have learned previously, with their final grade based on an online portfolio they build of the work they have created throughout the semester.
The class will learn first about copyright and image filetypes, and then move into manipulating images for use in their projects that they will create throughout the semester. They will then move on to audio editing and creation with Audacity, and video editing with VSDC. After that, students will shift gears and look at 3D design with Tinkercad and Sweet Home (fun and easy). The last section is a class choice - we will explore either Blender (complex 3D drawing), dabble in some computer science lessons (basic programming), or take the 3D design process a step further by learning Fusion 360.
Each unit in the course is designed to build on what they have learned previously, with their final grade based on an online portfolio they build of the work they have created throughout the semester.
Use this link to check out my lesson plans.....see Mrs. Van de Water for the code you need.