1.Erica

toc =My computer background= What i know about computers is that they have a lot of different porposes. I have used a computer for research,typing,internet,and doing a lot of other things. In English we had this BIG paper called portfolio, and we only had limited time to finish. and in portfolio we had to write a persuasive and narrative paper then we had to do 2 peer conferences, 2 parent conferences, 2 teacher conferences do 4 self edits and re-type it like 7 times. So my whole class and i were using the computers all the time trying to finish. I also use the computer for going on the internet. If i go to the internet i am usually on Facebook, Myspace, Google or Youtube. in school i use programs like powerpoint, word, excel, comic life, timeliner, firefox and safari. if you have a picture in you're desktop you click on it and preview comes up or iphoto. If you feel like creating music you can use garageband to have fun with melodies. I you want to hear music by you're favorite artist you should go to itunes. if you want to create a movie with a bunch of pictures you have you can go to imovie. There is a lot of things to do in a computer.

=Wordle=

What i did to make this picture is to first go into a site in the computer called wordle.com. First you do is click on create. Then you will see a big box. In that box you type any words you want but what i did is put a bunch of words that say what i like. As you can see some words are bigger than others!! well if there is something you want to be in big you write it about 2 or 3 times like i did, like the word Northwood is in big well that is the name of my school and i love it a lot so i wrote it 3 times and it came out big. When you are done writing all the words you like you click on make and it will appear on you're screen. Now the fun part you get to decorate it or change the color of the background and words. when you're done you will see you're picture all done and ready. And that is how you do a wordle.

=My Weekend= What I did this weekend is on Saturday I went to eat dinner with my family because it was my aunts birthday. It was very nice and fancy but it felt sort of wierd. On Sunday I went to my cousins quinceanos which is her 15 party. her name is Yadira and her dress was so pretty it was pink with black decorations on it. My cousin Manuel was one of the 3 boys to dance with her called Chambelanes and they have to do a special dance. Then Yadira got to do a dance with her dad and the weird thing was that my mom started to cry. So that is what I did this fun weekend, I had a nice dinner and went to a 15.

=School Picture=

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Animoto is a website that helps you make a slideshow with a bunch of pictures and text. What i did to make this animoto is first i had to look up for pictures of something i liked. I found my pictures in Discovery Education. After i found my pictures i went to animoto.com and clicked on create. Now you get to make yoour video!!!!!! They are going to ask you what type of video would you like to do, i picked water because since i did sea stars and dolphins and that is their habitat i tought it would be a good theme. so you click on upload pictures and select on all the picture you will use in your slideshow. then you put them in the order you want them to be in and click on the T symbol to add text. When you are done doing that you click done and then it is time to add music you can upload your own or they have a very nice collection of songs you can use. then you have to name your slideshow and if you want put a little descripsion of your video. You click done and you might have to wait a couple minutes for it to create. Finally when it is done loading you can enjoy your video and enjoy and have fun with it.

=Glog=

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This is my Glog. I made it in Glogster.com. It is so much fun it is a page that you get to do what ever you want. First i went to Glogster.com. then i had to pick which type of design i want for my text so my theme was my favorite store Abercrombie so i decided to do a plaid pattern so that it an show a fabric and in Abercrombie they sell clothes i thought it would be a good text box.

=Prezi=

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This is my Prezi. Prezi is like a slideshow but in one page. what you have to do to make a Prezi is to first go to Prezi.com. Then you will have to have an account so you sign in. Next you select on new page and a rectangle will show up and tell you to name your prezi and give a description. My Prezi was about my autobiography. when you have figured out what your Prezi is about you can pick a color and font. then if you go to insert you can draw or insert pictures. if you want to write you just double click anywhere you want words. if you want a little text box you click on frame. When you are done you get to path. Path is when you tell the camera in which order to go. If you are finally done you get to save it and enjoy your own Prezi.

=Myths and Legends= Claire and the Mermaid media type="custom" key="6609587"

This is my Myths and Legends. Myths and Legends is a website that lets you create a story using text and pictures. My story is about a mermaid. To make a Myths and Legends you first go to the website and then you start right away. First, you pick your background. Then, you get to pick your characters. The characters can be kids,men, women, mythical and other more choices for your characters. After that you pick any other items you would like for your scenes. If you want to then you can add text bubbles which are the little bubbles you put text so it looks like if the character is talking. Then you just keep on going and you can have different chapters.