It’s going to be one of those weeks where organization is key.

This week, ENG3U and ENG2D students will be heading to Thunder Bay on Wednesday and Thursday for a whole slate of activities including the play ‘MacHomer’ at Magnus Theatre and a tour/workshop at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. It’ll be fun!

Aside from that, students will be doing the following work:

ENG3U students: Your Frankenstein essay rough copy is due this week. You need a completed outline, too. Let me know if you need help.

BTA3O students: I’m pretty pumped… our Raspberry Pi kits are in! We might not get to them this week, but next week for sure. Otherwise, this week will focus on Business Communications, which is another expectation of the course. It involves more writing, but you folks can handle it like champs!

ENG2D students… you will move ever-closer to finishing To Kill a Mockingbird this week. In fact, in a perfect world, it will be finished this week. That means you need to keep reading!

I’m delivering some workshops on website creation and social media for educators in Thunder Bay on Friday, so I won’t be around.

MIDTERMS are coming out very soon. I have to have all marks into the office by Monday, November 11. Therefore, all outstanding assignments are due by Friday, November 8.

Have a great week, everyone!

Today in BTA3O we are exploring the awesomeness that is animated GIFs. GIF is a graphic format, (like JPG) that allows for things like transparent backgrounds and animation. We’ll be using Adobe Photo Shop Elements for today’s fun.

Check out these resources for online GIF creators. Can you create something as awesome? Can you create the Internet’s next big meme?

http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/create-your-own-animated-gifs/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!

It is going to be another busy week in class. Students were provided with progress reports and mark updates last week and midterms are rapidly approaching so please make sure you’re up-to-date with your assignments. Here’s what’s in store for October 28-November 1 (yes, November starts this week…)

ENG 3U: Our study of Frankenstein finished last week so this week you’ll have the joy (joy, oh joy!) of doing a unit test and a culminating essay. We’ll work through literary essay steps so your final product is awesome.

BTA 3O: This week, we will move away from Microsoft Excel…for now. We might start dabbling in programming if we can get the right software on the computer lab. I’d also like to spend a day or two working on animated GIFs like the pumpkin above. Should be fun!

ENG 2D: We will work to complete our study of To Kill a Mockingbird this week. This will involve some more lessons and some group work. We should be able to wrap this up by Friday and then move on towards unit culminating tasks.

As always, here’s wishing everyone a great (and warm!) week. If you need help with any assignments, don’t forget that you can always email me!