Do you need sound effects for your video or podcast? BBC has lots here for you to download.
If you find any that you’ll use in a project, I’d love to hear about it.
Image credit:Â http://waxidermy.com/bbc-sound-effects-centre-comedy-sounds/
Finding Vivian Maier, Chicago Street Photographer
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This is a story of a full-time nanny/part-time street photographer in Chicago named Vivian Maier. Vivian sadly passed away in April of 2009, with her photographic work totally unknown to the world. It took a local real estate agent named John Maloof to uncover her amazing talent after purchasing her negatives at an auction. He hadn’t heard of Vivian, and only bought the negatives in a search for some content for a book he was writing. It was when he was scanning the negatives that he realized what he had. Continue reading “Finding Vivian Maier, Chicago Street Photographer”
Vivian Maier Slideshow
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Last week I visited an exhibition of Vivian Maier’s photography at the Chicago Cultural Center. I had learned about Vivian Maier earlier through the Kickstarter website and blogged about it here.
To say I was impressed with the exhibit is an understatement. The whole story about her work being discovered and shared with the world is incredibly fascinating and inspirational, so much so, that I decided to visit Chicago to see her pictures in person. Continue reading “Vivian Maier Slideshow”
Welcome to Mr Harshaw’s Students!
Welcome to the Computer Technology, Communications Technology, and Computer Science class!
If it’s related to computers, this is the class to be in!
Here is a presentation I will be reviewing with you to talk about the differences in the three subjects. I’m also sharing a handout that gives an overview of all the subjects in the Technology department.
Technovation Training Event at iHub (Permission Form)
For students attending the training event at the iHub next week, you will find the permission form here.
New Micro-bit Activities
More activities have been added to the Micro:bit Beginner Activities page.
New Page – Website Review Template
A template has been added for website reviews here. This template supersedes this template I used to use.
Some Python Humour
For my friend Dave, who is trying to learn Python.
Summation of a list of numbers:
Source:Â https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/7aydti
New Page – Summary of 1st in-school Co-op Session
A new page has been added for the first in-school co-op session.
There’s lots to do in our session, so students are asked to arrive on time and log directly into Google Classroom.
Anything not completed in our session will have to be completed as homework by the end of the week.
Computer Studies and Computer Technology Curriculum Refresh – Preliminary Research
Many of you have likely heard that the Ministry of Education has announced that they want to update the curriculum [link] as well as “improve coding and computational skills for all students as part of their plan to create jobs, grow our economy, and help people in their everyday lives” [link].
In anticipation of this, ACSE (Association for Computer Studies Educators) would like to start collecting some preliminary feedback to form our input to the Ministry of Education for when they formally announce the process. Continue reading “Computer Studies and Computer Technology Curriculum Refresh – Preliminary Research”
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