Derrick

Welcome to my Wiki! Lets go over some of the project accomplishments I've acquired in my shop, Computer Technology, this year.

-->First, let's start with my personal favorite program, Photoshop.. I originally disliked this program, until I toyed around with the features, and found this fun tutorial...so...TADA!

-->Next, We'll go to this amusing action-packed gaming program called Kodu. This program was quite complicating for me to learn, but once I got everything down-packed I was able to actually create a decent game. I did my best to create an adventure/old style boss battling game. In Gauntlet, there are five "arenas" placed along a pathway (each containing bosses and keys). The doors can only be opened by using stars, which act as keys.

-->And third on the list, we have a spreadsheet, which can be created using Microsoft Excel. Excel spreadsheets are great for organizing and calculating data, as shown in the above example.

-->We've also made interactive/ visual aid "glogging" projects in a nifty program called glogster. []

Above is a link to my "Operating Systems" project on the internet browser-based interactive program.

--> We also worked on creating games in the Computer Technology shop. We used a program called scratch to make an attempt at creating a three dimensional game. Below is my example from the game I created in the program.

--> I also used a program called Powerpoint created by Microsoft. I used this while making a slide show on the types of Application software. Below is a link to the Powerpoint.

Powerpoint has always been a pretty fun program for me. I really like the different slide transitions the most.

--> We also had a class portion in Photoshop. We were given Packets to do, and this is my favorite product out of all the exercises we were given. I really just like how everything transitions and blends together, how the sun reflects off the water, and how the bird blended with the sky actually gives an impression that the bird is far away.

--> Our class also touched some base on Corel Draw, when we got to make an emblem for DRMC nursing. Our theme for the project was "the heart of nursing" this is what I started to come up with. It may not be fully finished, but I had a lot of fun given a subject and letting my knowledge, abilities, and skills tie something together that relates to the subject.

--> I know I may have already added an Excel Project up above. But this one has a little more color and features to it.. Thi sproject has the basic spreadsheet, but it also has features added onto it, that make it different from the one I posted above.

--> This is another project I made in Glogster. It was a link project, through which I learned how to make links on the pictures and websites really well. [] I found this project to be pretty fun. I created many links off of the website logos, and even the actual text for the website. It was quite fun for the fact I got to set this all up by myself completely, so it was a challenge at first, but I finished and found myself to do pretty well on it.

--> For the Grand Finale, I'll take you back to Photoshop one final time... I picked this because this is where I really got to learn Photoshop. I got to mess with layers, use lassos to cut out the yarn and basket, and I was able to make a transitional background from blue to white.

I know most of what I uploaded were things we mainly did in class. However, I wasn't sure of what else to put. I did try my best on most projects throughout the year, I just can't find or upload them all.. but, hope you enjoy what I have up!!

Some other projects/programs we used that couldn't be uploaded: bigmarker prezi video project

Thanks for viewing!! :D --Derrick (Derrick is awesome.)