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ICS Technology
Andrew Swift
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL
Zip Code: 10707
Contact Andrew SwiftPage Last Updated Feb 07, 2012
Number of Visits: 3805
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Welcome to the Official Schoolnotes 2.0 page for Mr. Swift's Technology and Music classes. Students in grades 3-8 recently participated in a survey about cyberbullying. Here is the link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYStopCyberbullying Grades 5-8 have also reviewed the ICS Telecommunications Policy, which can be found in the student handbook on the ICS website. The recent introduction of eReaders prompted this review of the policy to ensure that students understand what the school deems acceptable use of technology. Other Recent Happenings...
6th Grade students are busy refining their Garageband skills. 7th Grade are using digital cameras and Comic Life Magiq to create a comic strip of a short story by Langston Hughes. 8th Grade have been busy recreating a motion picture experiment by Vsevolod Pudovkin. PAST PROJECTS 6th Grade Garageband Projects The students learned about sequencing short musical phrases (otherwise known as loops) to create simple musical compositions. Please enjoy their work! 6th Grade Garageband Projects by Mr. Swift Sit back and enjoy this compilation of short broadcast news style segments written and filmed by the class of 2011. The students used BoinxTV software to chroma key a green screen background and add layers. To view some past projects, please visit our Vimeo page. COMPUTER RESOURCES Dance Mat Typing: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing Ripping and Burning CDs using iTunes: http://www.macworld.com/article/141116/2009/06/rip_and_burn_cds.html Please watch this space for further updates! Until then - thanks for visiting! |
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