Welcome to the Bluevale Comm Tech Course Site
This site will be the online home to the Grade 10 level - TGJ2OI - BCI Comm Tech courses this semester. Course materials, presentations, lessons and training resources will be posted here during the coming weeks, so make sure to visit this site frequently. We will be referencing this site on a regular basis in class, so you may want to bookmark the page!
The course focuses primarily on hands-on training in a variety of communication/IT related areas. Students will complete training and tutorial activities to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to produce a number of creative media projects. See the class activities below or Project page within this web site for more information.
The course focuses primarily on hands-on training in a variety of communication/IT related areas. Students will complete training and tutorial activities to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to produce a number of creative media projects. See the class activities below or Project page within this web site for more information.
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Click here to download a PDF course calendar (subject to change)
Please note: The calendar is a "rough" guide to the sequence/scope of this course, changes may occur due to weather, class size (grouping of rotations) as well as student/class abilities. |
Click here to download the "Checklist" for the semester (year-end stuff that must be in the Hand-in Folder)
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Cyber Bullying
CTV news broadcast of Amanda Todd; this is the person that "paid" the ultimate price as a result of cyber-bullying. Click here to link the CTV web site.
Note: from this CTV web site, there are several links - related to cyber-bullying - that are worth looking at.
Note: from this CTV web site, there are several links - related to cyber-bullying - that are worth looking at.
Online Posting: Can Cost You Your Job
Interesting CBC News article about "How an Online Posting can Cost you Your Job." Click here to link to the CBC web site.
Digital Footprint
Your digital "footprint;” when was the last time you Googled yourself? What would you see first? Think about which photos you have been "tagged" in as well as your Twitter and Facebook pages/pictures. Now consider yourself applying for a job and your future employer doing this very search on your digital footprint/profile. This happens on a daily basis, always consider what you do today that is on-line, has the potential to be there forever. Your online footprint/profile provides that window for others to view your habits/hobbies in some situations, your personal life, i.e., parties, “selfies” as well as those pictures taken of you without your consent. You can determine your footprint and how others see you; checkout the following web sites for more information:
How your Digital Footprint can Hurt You, a Huffinton Post article
Ask.com -- What does a digital mean (also how to clean-up your digital footprint)
Educators' Technology web site
How your Digital Footprint can Hurt You, a Huffinton Post article
Ask.com -- What does a digital mean (also how to clean-up your digital footprint)
Educators' Technology web site
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Autodesk Software is offering FREE software for students to download through Facebook. You can get educational copy of programs such as 3DS Max 2012, Maya and Autocad. This is an amazing opportunity to access thousands of dollars worth of software to work with outside of school.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE FACEBOOK AUTODESK PAGE.
AND...
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Adobe is offering free 30-day trial versions of CS6 software and amazing educational pricing for students.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ADOBE EDUCATION TRIAL SITE.