Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Open Student Forum
Ever wish you could share your ideas on the many happenings going on at GHS. Now you can. Post a comment to this blog and share your thoughts to the many current events happening in our community and school. Some posts will be on national news, others local news, and a few on school events/discussions. Check back or share your story ideas with Mr. Brown and see them posted here later.
Friday, November 7, 2008
New Class Ideas....
On the web page design web site you can click on technology curriculum and see the proposed curriculum for the 2009-2010 school year. I would like to generate more interest in technology related classes. I have provided a list of possible classes for next year along with their descriptions. After reading the list of classes vote for which class you would most like to have offered next year. If you have some specific comments you can always post a comment to this message also. Here is the list of new courses: (new classes marked with *
Graphic Design*: Students will apply artistic and computer techniques to communicate idea and information to customer audiences through illustration and other forms of digital or printed media. Student will demonstrate concept design, layout and color theory.
Web Design and Development: Students will demonstrate knowledge of web design and languages including HTML, and utilize web design software to develop web pages. Students will apply principles and elements of design using images, hyperlinks, tables, forms, and cascading style sheets. Students may also maintain a school web site.
Programming I: A course designed to teach the problem-solving skills through the use of languages such as Visual Basic and HTML. The following structured programming concepts might be included: top-down design, output design, hierarchy chart, program design, coding and testing, flow charting, editing and debugging. (1st semester)
Programming II: Students will demonstrate the program development process through introduction and use of languages such as Visual Basic, Java, HTML, SQL and assembler. (2nd Semester)
Digital Media*: Students will create, design and produce digital media programs including sound, video, graphics, text, animation and motion graphics. Emphasis will be placed on effective use of tools for interactive multimedia production including storyboarding, visual development, project management and web processes.
Audio/Video Production*: Students will explore career opportunities in the audio-video industries. Students will demonstrate use of audio-video production equipment including microphones, lighting requirements and camera operations. Students will demonstrate script writing and computer based development of audio-video production and editing.
All of the above classes will require successful completion of Computer applications as a prerequisite.
Graphic Design*: Students will apply artistic and computer techniques to communicate idea and information to customer audiences through illustration and other forms of digital or printed media. Student will demonstrate concept design, layout and color theory.
Web Design and Development: Students will demonstrate knowledge of web design and languages including HTML, and utilize web design software to develop web pages. Students will apply principles and elements of design using images, hyperlinks, tables, forms, and cascading style sheets. Students may also maintain a school web site.
Programming I: A course designed to teach the problem-solving skills through the use of languages such as Visual Basic and HTML. The following structured programming concepts might be included: top-down design, output design, hierarchy chart, program design, coding and testing, flow charting, editing and debugging. (1st semester)
Programming II: Students will demonstrate the program development process through introduction and use of languages such as Visual Basic, Java, HTML, SQL and assembler. (2nd Semester)
Digital Media*: Students will create, design and produce digital media programs including sound, video, graphics, text, animation and motion graphics. Emphasis will be placed on effective use of tools for interactive multimedia production including storyboarding, visual development, project management and web processes.
Audio/Video Production*: Students will explore career opportunities in the audio-video industries. Students will demonstrate use of audio-video production equipment including microphones, lighting requirements and camera operations. Students will demonstrate script writing and computer based development of audio-video production and editing.
All of the above classes will require successful completion of Computer applications as a prerequisite.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Vote for President
Check out the poll to the right, I want to know who my students would vote for if they could. Submit your vote for President by Nov. 5th and let’s see who would win Gering High School students got to pick the next president.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The End of October
It is nearing the end of October and the end of the beginning of the second quarter. It is important to be keeping up on your second quarter grades as they will impact your semester grade and your semester grade is the most important thing. In Web Page Design students will begin creating web pages that will be totally original sites with totally original content. Students will be working individually to create web sites targeted towards high school age students focusing on everything from movie reviews to hair styles.
Voting on NETA logos and graphic images will end this month also so be sure to get your votes in so I can send the best images to the state competition.
Computer applications will be finishing up the most difficult word chapter on “mail merges” and next we will be introducing Microsoft Access.
Computer Science will likely change its course title to programming I and II next year to match what they state curriculum has. Students in Computer Science will be creating original programs in Visual Basic many of which will be published to the webdesign.geringschools.net webpage for all to see. If you are interested in taking a programming class you could still sign up for Computer Science at semester and learn to produce web passed computer applications using JAVA language.
Voting on NETA logos and graphic images will end this month also so be sure to get your votes in so I can send the best images to the state competition.
Computer applications will be finishing up the most difficult word chapter on “mail merges” and next we will be introducing Microsoft Access.
Computer Science will likely change its course title to programming I and II next year to match what they state curriculum has. Students in Computer Science will be creating original programs in Visual Basic many of which will be published to the webdesign.geringschools.net webpage for all to see. If you are interested in taking a programming class you could still sign up for Computer Science at semester and learn to produce web passed computer applications using JAVA language.
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