Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Post #2

Types of graphics and multimedia software include desktop publishing software, paint/image editing software, multimedia authoring tools, Web page authoring software, and many more. Desktop publishing software allows you to design, produce, and deliver documents that contain text, graphics, and brilliant colors. Many home, school, and small businesses use a much simpler form of this software designed for individual desktop publishing projects. With this type of software you can create newsletters, brochures, postcards, greeting cards, business cards, banners, calenders, logos, and other such documents. Paint software allows you to draw pictures, shapes, and other graphics using tools on the screen like a pen, brush, eye dropper, and paint bucket. Image editing software allows you to modify existing graphics and also provides the same capabilities of paint software. A popular type of this software is called photo editing software. It allows you to edit digital photos and also create electronic photo albums.

I learned how to apply animation schemes to individual pictures in Powerpoint. I did my Powerpoint presentation on the solar system because I will be teaching first grade and this is a concept that could be taught in the lower elementary school grades. I thought it would be cute if a rocket ship would fly off the introductory slide. I learned how to do this and also applied sound to it.

So last week I was supposed to go home for the weekend but I woke up on Friday morning and it was pouring! I wasn't too thrilled about driving in the pouring rain all the way home so I stayed here for the weekend. I hope the weekend brings better weather because I definitely need to do some grocery shopping! I try to only do my shopping at home because food is much cheaper at the grocery store on base. The drive is really long though but it's so worth it.

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