tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88932216454738530602012-01-06T13:35:04.821-08:00A story is unfolding one post at a time about the UW-Madison's IT Academy!PaulC138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15929255898067885414noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-47178618666440300032012-01-06T12:15:00.000-08:002012-01-06T13:35:04.832-08:00

AJ Daughtry Krill - Lead Tech Instructor - This November, we had an ITA Team participate in the Berbee Derby again! We thought we'd update with you with how the experience went, through the words and photos of one of our students. She participated in it last year as well, and here's her story from this year's event: The Berbee Derby was lots of fun this year, just like last year. My brother

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-29741609493480196472011-12-09T09:42:00.000-08:002012-01-05T10:36:26.372-08:00

April Arevalo - ITA Tech Instructor - Elements of graphic design can be found everywhere. What better way to teach the students about all the elements of graphic design than by making themselves into what, I hope, gives them the copious energy they have every Saturday morning; a cereal box. The purpose of this project was to advertise each student in a complete styling. The students didn't

Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14186118305061964248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-15078676307712322512011-10-26T13:47:00.000-07:002011-12-23T15:25:30.813-08:00

Felipe Gacharna- ITA Tech Instructor -For the October 22nd ITA session, students had the option to join a choice session that explored Aviary. Aviary is a free online set of tools that allow for image editing and creation as well as music editing and creation. In particular, students got to explore the Phoenix photo editor, similar to Adobe Photoshop, the Raven vector editor, similar to Adobe

fgacharnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10451308423139918605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-71272592272258201252011-10-26T13:33:00.000-07:002011-12-09T09:54:11.498-08:00

April Arevalo - ITA Tech Instructor - After Effects is a complex program that has endless possibilities of what can be created. I tend to focus a lot on text, not just what the text means but also the aesthetic feel of the text. This session I wanted the students to become familiar with the navigation and some of the functions of After Effects. The plan for this session was to give the students

Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14186118305061964248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-48935030531900714192011-10-26T11:09:00.000-07:002011-12-23T16:34:43.733-08:00

Alison Wilson- ITA ACT and College Prep Instructor - Each year, ITA encourages students to look deep within themselves to come up with the BEST Halloween costumes possible. While few students participated this year, the costumes did not disappoint. Not only did these students have the opportunity to go trick-or-treating in each of their classes, but ITA staff was on the lookout for the most

Alison Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415542422421743558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-45027253469344168162011-10-23T14:59:00.000-07:002011-12-23T15:26:05.053-08:00

Jay Babcock- ITA Tech Instructor -For the first choice session of the year, a workshop focused on computer security titled Hack This! was offered.  The session began by looking at a comparison of families of operating systems.  A diagram of UNIX and Unix-like systems can be found here.Here are some of the major topics we covered in class to give students a better understanding of how computer

Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518589871062421058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-17224920198093876962011-10-13T11:05:00.000-07:002011-12-23T16:35:22.983-08:00

Tenzin Khedup- ITA Tech Instructor -Spreadsheets, a skill that everybody should know to some extent. The versatility of the the application ranges from budgeting, organizing, inventory and this year, taking surveys.Previous years when it comes to spreadsheets we have focused mainly on Microsoft's Excel but we are shifting to new tools such as GoogleSpreadsheets. Both are excellent tools but each

mr10zinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04376966361431255393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-68362165724267853842011-09-01T19:18:00.000-07:002011-09-01T19:18:28.622-07:00

This year at the IT Academy, students will have the various opportunities to enjoy and learn about all kinds of things! Here is a list of some of the things we have in store for the Technology Labs: Poster Mosaic: Each student creates one piece of a whole illustrated poster!"Campfire Tales": Creative storytelling through digital audio!Social Justice Social Media: Students bring a cause and

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-41131389469481083742011-08-08T16:35:00.000-07:002011-12-23T16:36:29.412-08:00

Ann Tran- ITA Tech Instructor -The third day into The Many Uses of Computer Camp started with the students discussing their favorite genre in music. A lot of the students listened to Rock, Oldies, Hip-Hop, and R&B.Then, they immersed themselves into a free music creation program called "Roc" on aviary.com to compose two measures of rhythm starting with a kick drum, snare, and various other

Ann Tranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05918738022422232006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-2460600029392788942011-08-03T07:34:00.000-07:002011-12-23T17:20:02.881-08:00

Cristina Lor- ITA Tech Instructor -The second day of class was another great experience; were so into their Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator projects that they spent their break time working on them.The said projects include their “Layers of Me” which was created in Photoshop. In this project, the students had to import their portrait into Photoshop and then add multiple layers, categorized in

xTinanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-60229589027394498412011-08-02T14:48:00.000-07:002011-12-23T17:20:42.983-08:00

Luis Perez- ITA Tech Instructor -We started the day off by having one of our instructors, Tony, give a lecture based on the History of Film and how it impacted the United States. He talked about famous stars such as Charlie Chaplin, John Barrymore, and Florence Lawrence. He also talked about what goes into production and the seemingly endless roles and positions to fill, from makeup artists to

luisperezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04238189166032929425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-11369938828312680912011-08-01T18:00:00.000-07:002011-08-02T16:17:39.333-07:00

Today was the first day of the Many Uses of Computers Camp for the new cohort of ITA, the class of 2015. The 30 students began their lab with an introduction of themselves, the ITA instructors and interns, and then continued to learn each other's names with the Drop the Sheet name game. After the introductions to staff and students, the class was split 15-15 and proceeded to their assigned labs

xTinanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-60114372663914990692011-08-01T17:34:00.000-07:002011-08-01T17:34:44.961-07:00

Today marked the start of the Sophomore Motion Pictures Camp. In the early morning, students showed up for their first introduction into film making including a range of topics from cinematography to editing to acting. Classes were separated into two halves, so each student could focus in on a particular skill in acting or directing.   Activities sought to provide the basic opportunities to be

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-40899683734137871392011-03-28T11:18:00.000-07:002011-12-30T20:40:51.153-08:00

April Arevalo- ITA Tech Instructor -I feel that having the students thinking about speech, dialog, words and how they can be used to express feelings, thoughts, the past and present is a great way to develop clear and meaningful messages in student projects. For me personally being able to write down what has occurred in my life is a huge tool to help me reflect on what I've accomplished, and how

Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14186118305061964248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-42751071202102364192011-01-27T10:46:00.000-08:002011-12-31T18:43:34.486-08:00

Marc Pedone- ITA Tech Instructor -The goal of this choice session was to give the students an opportunity to learn about some new presentation tools available.We started with comparing Prezi to Microsoft PowerPoint by making a presentation of our favorite celebrities, first in PowerPoint and then challenging ourselves to make the same presentation in Prezi. By doing this, we were able to evaluate

Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15825417496767193933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-89115863082951418082011-01-24T09:17:00.000-08:002011-02-03T14:27:37.045-08:00

Almost half way through the class of 2011's last year at ITA, the seniors are showing no signs of lack of motivation, procrastination, drop in lab performance, or "coasting" through the afternoon. These symptoms more commonly known as senioritis fail to be observed at ITA with this year's excellent students. The students have already shared their proposals for their project at the Holiday

Ann Tranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05918738022422232006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-70629262244571730972011-01-13T15:41:00.000-08:002011-11-21T12:05:03.345-08:00

Cristina Lor ITA Technology Instructor In the 2010-2011 fall semester, ITA devoted four lab sessions to the Moving PowerPoint workshop which was created to not only show the students how they can use simple programs like PowerPoint to create complex animations like in Flash, but to give the students a chance to create and finish a Showcase project, for this year's Showcase Presentations at

xTinanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-28386753975983915232011-01-05T10:00:00.000-08:002011-01-05T13:08:20.990-08:00

If you read Paul's posts about the first two sessions of our Custom Workshop on creating games from Scratch, you'll notice he points to a third, and final post... Originally, I was going to do an update on the 3rd day of Games from Scratch. What I would rather do, considering the lateness of this post, is to update with a reflection on how the class went, and my recommendations and urging for

Ryan Martinezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545777150682206362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-41701138510987605092010-12-12T13:27:00.000-08:002011-01-05T13:16:18.407-08:00

On December 4th and 11th, one choice session was a unit on making video commercials, giving the students a chance to learn something about the art of advertisement. It was good to see that we had an almost 100% attendance, considering the weather, and everyone was bright-eyed and ready to get some video editing done! We started with a brief primer on advertising concepts, with the students

PaulC138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15929255898067885414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-55568479376764599392010-11-23T21:00:00.000-08:002011-11-21T12:25:02.019-08:00

Chou Thao ITA Technology Instructor The Adobe Illustrator class allows students to take a sketch of their own (done with paper and pencil) and digitize it onto a computer using Illustrator. This doesn't mean that someone who wants to learn to use the program has to be a great drawer or artist. Illustrator has a bunch of tools for artists and non-artists alike to make professional and

Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707907803303322769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-36953218772197691372010-11-21T12:03:00.000-08:002011-01-05T13:15:15.732-08:00

Radio commercials are much different than any other commercial or ad because they only get to use sound and utilize the sense of hearing. They must grab the audience's attention without having them see anything, which is quite a feat! The students first focused on writing a script. They thought about what goes into a script and what they should focus on. They learned some of the main questions

Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15825417496767193933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-12034109454320440172010-11-20T13:22:00.000-08:002011-01-05T13:14:32.736-08:00

Sound in Film is a class that aims to improve all aspects of audio in student films. Students learned about professional film sound, multiple sound layer editing, techniques to help achieve common audio effects and how to put it all together on screen. Students came into this course knowing little to nothing about professional audio editing. They were first introduced to professional examples of

TonySanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733230664322815465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-65669873271097603662010-11-20T11:15:00.000-08:002011-11-21T12:04:30.314-08:00

Paul Christopher ITA Technology Instructor This morning’s session was Elizabeth’s first session in a month, so she had a bunch of stuff to do in catching up with the students. We talked about what we did between sessions, and what our plans were for the Thanksgiving holiday. Anny is participating in a Hmong New Year celebration, but she’s not sure if she should sing or not (of course, she

PaulC138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15929255898067885414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-56147592687933484032010-10-31T11:12:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:13:53.385-08:00

During the choice session on October 23rd, Felipe, with Chris and Tenzin K. supporting, taught students about the basics of exposure on Digital SLR Canon Powershot Cameras. The first period started off with a brief introduction with a mini-ice breaker. Following that, the instructors had the students take a quiz on Learn@UW about proper camera handling. The students were required to read a

fgacharnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10451308423139918605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-83357193859556848972010-10-30T08:00:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:13:35.885-08:00

What better way to start off the 2010-2011 choice sessions than to become a better blogger at Information Technology Academy? This must have been the thought of the four students who signed up for the blogger workshop, right? :D At least, that's what I like to believe. But that doesn't matter because no matter how small an interest in blogging is, it will go a long way... through ITA and beyond.

xTinanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-67361998728240643332010-10-29T10:52:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:13:13.462-08:00

October 23rd was the first of ITA's new Choice Sessions, wherein the students were put into classes based on selections they made at the beginning of the school year. I, Paul, taught a class on Audacity, and it was a lot of fun. In my morning session, the students did very well in getting Audacity up and running on their machines, downloading being an important part of the class since Audacity

PaulC138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15929255898067885414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-66673840732634226672010-10-28T14:20:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:12:52.625-08:00

ITA, as a college preparatory program, offers opportunity after opportunity for students to gain skills that will allow them to succeed in the college environment. Often, though, it is still difficult to get a picture of what being a college student would actually be like. So, for our first choice weekend, I (Elizabeth) designed a session entitled Techy College Kid Perks. The class was meant

eLizaBethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07484229507540663030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-58807465938485299322010-10-27T12:59:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:12:22.368-08:00

Film Beginnings was a Choice Session where I, Tony Sanchez, go over the humble beginnings of film-making. We go over significant advances in film-making technology from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Students get to watch clips of mostly short silent films, like the first video below, and some early "talkies," like the second video below. Hollywood and movie theater history were also

TonySanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733230664322815465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-46714218376275736302010-10-26T14:26:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:11:33.409-08:00

Dear Reader: On October 23rd, two classrooms of select ITA students learned the basics of Skype, a multi-faceted piece of software capable of connecting people in tons of ways! Our students learned how to screen share, text, chat, play games, voice chat, video chat, change avatars, invite friends, download the client, and call phones, all using the Skype software and protocol. They also

Kevinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-73179835957834177562010-10-25T09:44:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:10:28.831-08:00

The day started out rainy, I think the majority of Saturdays for ITA classes has been rainy, windy or cloudy. But that doesn’t stop the ITA students from attending classes. Today was a treat for the students since they had the option of choosing a class they were interested in. The classes ITA offered were Exposure, Skype, Audacity, Google Earth (mine), "Techy Kollege Kid Perks," Film Beginnings,

Rodneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-54846247926789670212010-10-23T13:19:00.000-07:002011-03-21T15:17:12.910-07:00

On October 23rd, 2010, students in the ITA technology labs were placed in classrooms based on their specific interests for the first time ever! At the start of the semester, all the instructors created half-day workshops focused on different types of technology. These included the following: Understanding Exposure on DSLR Cameras  America's Next Best Blogger Audacity, Open-Source Audio Editing

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-71058257660768758282010-10-23T09:54:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:08:03.344-08:00

Hi, Paul here again :) Today began with a quick review of the concepts discussed on the first day, with students talking once again about game mechanics and dynamics. Terrence was right up front, quickly explaining what dynamics were. Next, we talked about the games they played last time, and what was fun and what wasn't. Jasmine had played Rock Band, and had a lot more fun than she had

PaulC138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15929255898067885414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-58962795035134843862010-10-23T09:49:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:07:47.778-08:00

Today was the first day back at ITA, and we jumped in with both feet with the Video Games in Scratch custom workshop. We took the students over to the video game lab in the UW-Teacher Education building so they could get the full experience. Ryan started them off with a short lecture about concepts behind video game design, starting with Game Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics. The students

PaulC138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15929255898067885414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-89999623268619242712010-10-22T13:48:00.000-07:002011-01-05T13:07:12.906-08:00

For the first 3 sessions of IT Academy Labs, this fall, we offered several CUSTOM WORKSHOPS designed by individual instructors on staff. Chris Spears, one of our seasoned Photoshop experts, offered a workshop entitled, Photoshop Actions and Scripts. Photoshop Actions and Scripts was a workshop all about increasing project productivity in Photoshop. Actions and scripts are very useful, but are

Chris Spearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12364195922820383668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-60121569267994681262010-10-20T06:55:00.001-07:002010-11-02T10:03:31.595-07:00

With the IT Academy's new curriculum in high motion, the students were divided up into classrooms for three and five session custom mini-course workshops. For the "Slide Me To Vietnam" workshop, the end product was a highlight video for the non-profit organization, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Vietnam Health Project. Ten students enrolled in this workshop and they each had their own

Ann Tranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05918738022422232006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-12613153900119309672010-10-15T12:03:00.000-07:002011-03-21T15:47:38.367-07:00

We started our first session with me (Eliza) showing my artwork and sharing with the students my system for creating it: I find a digital image, print the image, and then transfer it onto an art board. From there, I paint on it with acrylic paints and then create additional layers by adding collage. I have also been taking photos of the paintings and then continuing to work on the image within

Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-47308839375967089352010-10-04T10:49:00.000-07:002010-10-13T11:15:11.695-07:00

We are always looking for ways to improve the quality of the IT Academy! Check out our new custom look and layout to our blog! Don't forget to subscribe to get a notice when someone comments on a post, or a new post is added to the blog! The new design was created by ITA Instructor, and graduate of the ITA class of 2004, Chou Thao.

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-44824465748170120042010-04-11T12:39:00.000-07:002010-10-04T10:43:47.961-07:00

During Community Hour on April 10th, we had us a dance competition. Ooh dang! We wanted an answer to the biggest question of this Spring: Who is the best dancer at the IT Academy!? With Pacal Bayley as the DJ, and AJ Daughtry Krill as the MC, the stage was set for some excellent dancing and fun for the last hour of our April 10th ITA session. Although the students were a bit stiff and

fgacharnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10451308423139918605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-52089942301791199582009-12-17T08:03:00.000-08:002010-10-04T10:45:26.837-07:00

Not to irk any former ITA students, but at one point a very prominent staff member of ITA stated "that was the best ITA Holiday Luncheon ever!" Over 400 attendees registered beforehand, the party was held at the Alliant Energy Center, as ITA was too large for a UW venue. It was a very energetic Saturday afternoon, to say the least! We kicked off the morning of the day in the labs at Computer

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-20789631829709874892009-09-02T11:18:00.000-07:002009-09-02T12:46:20.757-07:00

On 8.13.2009 we went to the Henry Vilas Park and Zoo for the annual ITA picnic! There was lots of food, fun and friends! In the 1st annual kickball game the Sophomores beat the Freshmen 1-7…but the Freshmen made a great comeback to win the dodge ball game! Someone brought the cutest little cupcakes, and ALL the food was delicious.  Most people eventually made it into the zoo - we went in

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-29742602862135020832009-08-25T10:12:00.001-07:002009-09-02T10:41:40.381-07:00

In the first few days of ITA camp, I've learned a lot about computers that I never knew before. For example we learned all about the hardware and operating systems. The hardware has lots of different parts like the monitor, motherboard, CPU, RAM, CD-ROM Drive, Hard Drive, Keyboard and Mouse. Some of the parts of the hardware I was familiar with like the monitor, CD-ROM Drive, key board and mouse.

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-49364889612080955982009-07-16T11:07:00.000-07:002009-09-02T10:41:54.734-07:00

Well, We were taught the parts of a computer and where they connect to on the motherboard(the control room of the computer); things like the cpu and the RAM connect to the north bridge and the graphics card, the PCI and the IDE connect to the south bridge. The north bridge has the highest priority and everything has to go through there in order to reach the CPU and be registered. We also

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-25267666167463223492009-06-26T10:52:00.000-07:002009-07-13T09:36:12.403-07:00

While working in the stuffy office, we decided that work and air-conditioning are a little more than they're cracked up to be!Summertime . . . and living is . . . not always easy here at ITA! Between summer camps, unit revamp and prep, Panda development, hiring new instructors, and not to mention summer school, we've been pretty swamped here through the month of June. So we decided it was high

eLizaBethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07484229507540663030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-9843637594772673922009-06-04T14:49:00.000-07:002009-07-02T08:24:29.392-07:00

ITA students learn a lot in the classroom, whether it be college preparatory study skills or technological capabilities. But there’s only so much we as instructors can teach them -- so much of learning comes by experience. The annual ITA Showcase is one way students learn by experiencing something we instructors are blessed with far more often -- teaching.Every year, ITA staff chooses a theme

eLizaBethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07484229507540663030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-69488541631445674952009-04-18T17:13:00.000-07:002009-06-28T13:31:36.377-07:00

Wow! Did you get a chance to read the blog entries from the ITA Silicon Valley Trip? Amazing!! I want you to know that images are coming to those posts soon! I, for one, can't wait to see them! Peace, A.J.

A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03649109203118227110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-50304068767208203882009-04-09T16:52:00.000-07:002009-04-22T14:01:40.979-07:00

The morning of Thursday, April 9, 2009 brought about the San Francisco Trolley tour and the trip to Fisherman’s Wharf. Although San Francisco spans only 49 square miles, it has 43 hills where Californians put them to use and built hundreds of houses (at unbelievable angles) and roads on hills and flatlands alike. Because of these hills, our tour of San Francisco had its ups and downs (very

xTinanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-7130811515511470652009-04-08T20:20:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:59:46.225-07:00

Today was unexpected, in the world of business, i find that like all business, only one intent, profit, but my ignorant aspect was reverted, i now know that Businesses can intertwine with kindness, pleasure, and social-welfare. Businesses, profit, money, greed, charity, philanthropy should not be a obligated chore, as if they have to, to advance their image, gaining publicity. Ignorance is bliss

kuntashinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-28600394770737321702009-04-07T09:33:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:58:39.945-07:00

On April 7th, we visited the headquarters of Apple Computers and Google.We started the day off with a late breakfast at the hotel. We then drove to Apple Headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop. We were given individualized name badges, and taken on a tour through the campus.We then went to a conference room to talk with a group of Apple employees, where they discussed perks of their job at Apple. One

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-25909754071851999992009-04-06T11:24:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:57:54.255-07:00

So we finally had the chance to see the site where Hewlett-Packard began. We took pictures of the garage and it was real great. I was very fascinated by seeing the exact site where such an industry took place. It's amazing how two people with a little imagination can turn out to be so successful. After many photos by the HP Garage, we took a tour of Stanford University. There was so much artwork

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Sunday April 5th 2009Our morning started at the Comfort Inn & Suites for breakfast. After breakfast we made our way to the Tech Museum of Innovation. We then had a chance to look at a lot of exhibits. For example, we made our own roller coaster on the computer then we used our ticket to save our design and then scanned the ticket onto the simulator and were able to see our design in action. We

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Well it has finally arrived! The ITA trip to Silicon Valley begins today.As the students and their families arrived for our departure from East High School, there were huge smiles, some nervousness and some looks of not really knowing what to expect on our first big trip. But as the students and their families started to look through the wonderfully prepared trip binders (thanks Alison and Erica)

Excell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090773163021103400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-88652993452931606192009-04-03T16:44:00.000-07:002009-04-18T09:48:57.553-07:00

“Hey Pacal, can you enter all these scores into the Google Spreadsheet and then enter it into the Excel Spreadsheet and then when you are done can you put all that same data into the website?”“Sure thing boss,” said Pacal, with a slight cough.“Oh yeah, and that is just for Acid, but can you also do this with the Microsoft Word and Illustrator scores?”“Sure thing boss, I'll have that done by, oh,

DanielisAwesomenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893221645473853060.post-35294820907821323072009-03-12T02:26:00.000-07:002009-04-15T15:38:51.621-07:00

Sometimes band-aids are needed while the skin heals...The Scorester is a (non) creative name for eliminating the LiveNotes. The LiveNotes were conceived by AJ as a temporary way to show the students' their current PLC progress, as the tools required to properly store and manage the PLC data are currently incomplete. As many instructors know... this is quite a chore to constantly update an html

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