March 2015 News

Using Microsoft Publisher – create a newsletter of the following events that occurred during the month of March 2015

example 1    example 2  example 3

Firstly: create images

Create titles for each section of your newsletter at: http://www.flamingtext.com/logos - save them to your dropbox folder “NEWS”

Title:  March 2015 News, Your Name

Sections: International, Space, Technology, Local, Sports, Movie, Music, History

WHAT TO DO:

Open Publisher (search MSPUB)

Create a blank newsletter (½ A4 booklet 8x11)

Start with the title and your name.

Then create a section with your flaming text image…i.e. International

Add the news items that belongs to that section.

Each news items requires at least 1 picture and a link to your references.

Sometimes I ask for a map or a company logo.

Write a general synopsis (brief summary) by answering the given questions or creating a list of facts on the event. Sorry- NO CUT AND PASTE.

When complete – save as a PDF – create a blog post using your Title image and link the PDF in your dropbox to your blog

International Section

(CHOOSE 3 or Choose 2 and 1 of your own)

·        The Soyuz capsule

Who was on it? Where did it land?  (MAP)

·        Solar Impulse 2 (map of path)

What did it attempt to do? What is the longest distance it travelled?

·        Fourth anniversary of the …

What happened 4 years ago in Japan? In what town was the nuclear power plant? (MAP)

·        Jeremy Clarkson  (followup-news April 08)

Who is he? What is his show? Why was he in the news?

·        Germanwings Flight 9525 (LOGO)

What happened and where? (MAP)  Do THEY know why?

Space Section

(CHOOSE 2)

NEED: Picture of our galaxy, picture of our solar system

·        Ganymede

Around which planet does this moon revolve?

What did the Hubble Space telescope discover about Ganymede?

·        One million stars forming in nearby dusty gas cloud

Give a Synopsis

http://news360.com/article/283802701

·        NASA's (LOGO) MAVEN probe spots mysterious dust cloud and glowing aurora over Mars

Give a synopsis

http://news360.com/article/283791136

·        Search for Potentially Habitable Worlds Targets Red Dwarf Stars

Give a synopsis

http://news360.com/article/283779184

Technology Section

(Choose both or choose 1 and 1 of your own)

·        British Academy Game Awards BAFTA

Which game won? What other famous series did they create?

What game should have won? Which game won the ‘best persistent game’ category?

·        WINDOWS 10 (LOGO)

What is special about it?   Free upgrades - why?

upgrades for pirates

 

Local News Section

(Choose 2 or choose 1 and 1 of your own)

·        Langley and other school districts told to cut admin costs

How much does the government hope to save? What is the current budget for Langley school district? What is your opinion?

·        TED Talks Vancouver (LOGO)

Choose a speaker – report on their talk

https://conferences.ted.com/TED2015/

·        New multi-user trail opens in south Aldergrove

Report on this event

http://www.aldergrovestar.com/community/283906101.html

Sports Section –any sports event during March

Music Section – latest song – link to youtube video

Movie Section – latest movie - link to youtube video

History Section – Find one item that happened in the past 1000 years during the month of March.

The Alamo

The Alamo            

179th anniversary of March 6 1836            

                                            

Fiddler’s Festival part of 179th anniversary of the battle of the Alamo

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Fiddler-s-Festival-part-of-179th-anniversary-of-6121039.php

The Texan War of 1835-1836

http://www.historytoday.com/j-mackay-hitsman/texan-war-1835-1836

The leading volunteers were Colonel James Bowie, a noted Indian fighter and inventor of the Bowie knife who was soon to sicken with pneumonia and the even better known Davy Crockett…On the south side, a column finally carried the stockade and rushed the church building. Davy Crockett fell before the entrance. Inside, pistols in hand, the now critically-ill Bowie was killed on his cot.

"Remember the Alamo!," 1836

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/alamo.htm

The assault began in earnest during the early morning hours of March 6 as Mexican soldiers swarmed the walls of the fortress. The Alamo defenders successfully repulsed two attacks but were overwhelmed by the third. The combat was characterized by room-to-room fighting in which all but a handful of the defenders were killed. The ferocity of their defense is underscored by the fact that it resulted in the death of an estimated 600 Mexicans.

http://www.history.com/topics/alamo

For Texans, the Battle of the Alamo became an enduring symbol of their heroic resistance to oppression and their struggle for independence, which they won later that year.

Deconstructing History: Alamo (VIDEO)

http://www.history.com/topics/alamo/videos/deconstructing-history-Alamo

 

The Alamo (video)

http://www.history.com/topics/alamo/videos/the-alamo

1836-1845, The Republic of Texas

   

 

The grounds of the Alamo - http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30285/m1/1/

http://thealamo.org/plan-a-visit/interactive-map/index.html

Your Assignment:

In each post:  1-3 pictures, 1-3 links to your references, 1 YouTube video.  Do not use my pictures. No copying and pasting the facts. Read about each then answer the questions in your own words.

1.       Post on ‘the ALAMO’  /4

Describe the events before, during and after the battle…the history.

Post on 2 of the following: Create a separate post for each.

2.       Davy Crockett,  James Bowie, President General Antonio López de Santa Anna, William B. Travis

Answer the following questions:

Who was he? What did he accomplish in his life time? What was he famous for? /4 for each

3.       Create a Minecraft world.  Recreate the Alamo compound. Show the Mexican forces and cannon positions.  /2 per post per day for 5 days in the form of 2 screen shots per day with descriptions.

4.       A video walk through of the final product would earn a bonus of /4.

Escher – Minecraft

Escher – Minecraft

M.C. Escher Documentary (by CINEMEDIA-NPS-RNTV) [1999]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4VAxilTRGs

MC Escher, Images of Mathematics...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Gcz9FIB4w&list=PLdwh_G1W6KgF4xdfyIYWoca3r9FCBCDl0

The World of M C Escher 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNAmv-FjaDA&index=2&list=PLdwh_G1W6KgF4xdfyIYWoca3r9FCBCDl0

Waterfall

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5HVXArRjUM

Waterfall adaptation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB0KxLBgFwY

Relativity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTLjE_XRf30  with waterfall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRwt8w3-ysE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzz349seCOQ

 

Ascending and Descending

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THup-7UL6fM

Minecraft - Infinite Staircase Optical Illusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWwIO7IXbiU

 

THE PROJECT:
Using MineCraft

• create the waterfall illusion then create the staircase illusion then create a different illusion
• Take 2 screenshots per day YOU work on the project.
• post YOUR screen shots with a description of what YOU did.

NOTES: Whether or not you work as a team you will always take your own screen shots and describe what is in the screen shot and what part of it you actually did yourself.  In addition, the person who creates the world will save this world in Dropbox and share the link on their blog in the event that they do not show up in class.

Create videos of your completed illusions - keep them small