Ms. R’s Computer Class

As you are experimenting with drawing shapes and patterns in Microworlds you may have some questions or some ideas that you aren’t too sure how to solve. Here are some resources that can help you out with questions or just give you some ideas. Open Learning Forum (ask questions, get answers) Going In Circles Games [...]

We are going to create a section in the class wiki that explores the way that we (The Computer School students) communicate and collaborate and connect to each other and to others outside of our school through the use of class blogs and wikis, and when we share the work we produce on our Flickr [...]

Squash and stretch Achieving the illusion of weight and flexibility with characters or objects. This bouncing ball example demonstrates this principal. Student Examples: trampoline by Abigail Anticipation This movement prepares the audience for an action the character is about to perform, such as, starting to run, jump or change expression. Anticipations are short actions performed [...]

What did the first computer look like? When was the first computer built? Who invented computers? We will spend the next couple of weeks looking at old computers and discovering how and why they worked. Did you know that some computers used to be as big as a room? Or that some computers were made [...]

Selection Tools Marquee Tool Magic Wand Tool Lasso Tool Anti-Alias Marching Ants Move Tool