8-30-23

Robotaxi’s can now operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in SF – what do you think?

Map of self driving car crashes in SF

today:
first half of class – getting setup in MIT’s Scratch programming environment
–please go to the Scratch home page (scratch.mit.edu)
>if you have an existing Scratch account, please feel free to keep using it OR
>create a new account
3. Follow this link to tell me what your Scratch username is.
4. let’s review the features in Scratch

second half of class – complete today’s assigned work in Khan Academy

Period 3 – click here
Period 4 – click here
Period 5 – click here
Period 6 – click here

6-12-19

Creative Choice final project.  Click here for details.

Your goal today is to submit your proposal, get it approved and begin working.

6-3-19

And so we arrive at your final project: Creative Choice.  This is due by the end of our final exam session.

If you are working on the product packaging project for Mrs. Leist then please continue.

5-30-19

Remember the video about iPhone graphic artist Elise Swopes from the early in the semester?  Here’s another one where she joins Phlearn to talk about Building Your Influencer Business.  She is very real about how she builds and maintains relationships with clients.

Together – how to design a laser cut greeting card

5-27-18

Create your own combined silhouette image.
-Please keep the size under 9 by 7 inches total.
-Make sure to save your file as a PDF
-Use these resources for help with laser cutting:

Inkscape/laser cutting: set the cutline to one thousandth of inch

Inkscape/laser cutting: set the margins of your document AND save as PDF

Inkscape/laser cutting: import a file into Inkscape and center it on your shape

 

Click here to submit to your file for laser cutting

Second half: create your own greeting card

5-23-19

Create your own combined silhouette image.
-Please keep the size under 9 by 7 inches total.
-Make sure to save your file as a PDF
-Use these resources for help with laser cutting:

Inkscape/laser cutting: set the cutline to one thousandth of inch

Inkscape/laser cutting: set the margins of your document AND save as PDF

Inkscape/laser cutting: import a file into Inkscape and center it on your shape

 

Click here to submit to your file for laser cutting

 

5-21-19

Merging silhouettes:

After we work together with these two images you will create your own silhouette image.  Please keep the size under 9 by 7 inches total.  Click here to submit to your file for laser cutting

Download these two images and open the forest silhouette in Inkscape.

5-20-19

Today – worktime on your puzzles or bag tags

Tomorrow – combining laser cut silhouettes

5-16-19

First 45 minutes: More Inkscape and laser cutting skills: Trace bitmap

download these two images an open each on in Inkscape by using File and then Open.  We will start with the hummingbird.

Second 45 minutes: work on your Laser Cut bagtag OR Laser Cut Puzzle. while we are laser cutting more of your designs.

Click here to submit your laser cut designs as a PDF

 

5-13-19

Laser cutting work –

Finish up bag tag OR work on laser cut puzzle.
Watch the Laser Cut Puzzle video tutorial to get going.