Go Animate!

Project
Getting Started:
1. Enter the following link into your web browser to go the tutorial for Go
Animate. Complete the tutorial to learn how to use the Go Animate website.
http://goanimate.com/videomaker/full/tutorial
2. Go to the Go! Animate main page and sign up with the website. Click on
Sign Up on the top of the page. On the next screen, click the sign up
button on the Basic version of the website.
3. Create a movie using the full-feature apps.
4. Choose a set of characters from the collections listed.
5. Choice a set and at least 2 actors.
6. Write a storyline with dialogue and movements that explain one of the
situations listed below
7. Insert actions, modify the appearance of the characters and add other
objects where appropriate.
Remember: There are some features that are not acceptable for school;
don't use them!

Complete 6 of the following:

(** Items that are required**)
(*have to choose at least one item*)
**Required**
1. Commercial about why to take Digital Design in school.
*Choose at least 1*
2. A teacher explaining a science concept to a student (cells, light, sound,
waves, electricity, weather patterns, etc.)
2. A teacher explaining a social studies concept to a student (5 religions,
forms of government, 5 themes of geography, latitude and longitude, etc.)
3. A famous American talking about what they are famous for (Columbus
talking about westward voyage, Washington being 1st President, Obama 1st
African-American president, Martin Luther King, etc.)

*Choose at least 1*
4. Two or more characters discussing an historical event (Revolutionary War,
Boston Tea Party, etc.)
5. Two or more characters talking about a famous landmark (Grand Canyon,
Pyramids of Egypt, Great Wall of China)
6. Two or more characters having a conversation about a book they read.
(Not just the title, what was it about)
*Choose at least 1*
7. School appropriate current event from a Primary News Source.
8. Commercial of some sort about anything dealing with school. (Why join a
club, sports team, school, store, etc.)
9. Commercial about your favorite movie, book, hobby.
10. Character that looks like and acts like you telling a story.

Things to remember before you get this graded:

1. Create six 30 second videos
2. Full feature movie and cut screens
4. Change the background at least 1 time during 3 movies
5. Add actions and voice to your characters
6. Add at least 1 object that the characters interact with everything in the
animation is school appropriate (no fighting, guns, bullying)
7. Get at least 1 peer evaluation on each video.

Rubric

Criteria
Length 30 seconds per movie
Full feature movie/Cut Screen
Characters portray story
Change the background at least 1
time during the movie
Add actions and voice to your
characters
Add at least 1 object that the
characters interact with
Video is factually correct
Completion
Total

Points
/10
/10
/10
/10
/10
/10
/10
/30
/100

Digital Design Project #2

DIGITAL DESIGN & PROMOTION You are on the staff of a large marketing firm
in New York City and Miles Stanish has hired your firm. He is opening a
bicycle store in New York and plans to name it Cycle Fitness. Your firm is to
design a new logo for this new shop as well as for future locations he plans to
open. Cycle Fitness plans to hold free seminars on bike safety, cycling for
fitness, what to look for when buying a bicycle, choosing the right bike,
choosing a bike for a child, and creating a cycle group that will be doing
monthly cycle trips. Your firm must design the new logo, a grand opening
postcard for mailing, a business card, a rack card that will sit on the counter
in a holder indicating all the seminars offered, a quarter-page advertisement,
and a t-shirt. Information: Opening Date is June 1; Address: 123 Avenue of
the America, New York, NY 20013, phone 212.555.3456
Components:
logo will be full color and should be incorporated on all of the printed pieces;
grand opening postcard will b
e printed full color both sides with a mail panel (8.5 wide x 5.5 tall);
business cards will be full color, with bleeds, 1 side (2 wide x 3.5 tall
vertical card); rack card will be full color both sides (4 wide x 9 tall); onequarter page (5.14 x10.5) grayscale broadsheet newspaper advertisement
to appear in newspapers for grand opening.

Digital Design Project #3

3D ANIMATION

Air travel is an ever-evolving collection of changes. Recently, the TSA

launched TSA PreCheck where can go through a detailed background check
and earn the right to have expedited screening at select airports throughout
the United States. Create an animated video that highlights the normal
frustrations of airport security, explains the benefits of TSA PreCheck, and
motivates the audience to become known travelers who can use the TSA
PreCheck program. Please take special note this is not just filming a video it
is creating an animation-based overview of the differences between standard
screening and TSA PreCheck.

Web Design Project 4

Website Tutorials
Create a video tutorial for the following. You may use PowerPoint,
MovieMaker, or any other voice and picture/video element.

Normal tags to start a webpage (20 points)

o HTML
o Head
o Body
o Title
Color (20 points)
o Background color
o Background as a picture
Font (20 points)
o Bold
o Italics
o Underline
o Font sizes
Pictures (20 points)
o Center
o Left
o Right
o Alt and why?
Links (20 points)
o Link to your own page
o Link to outside page
o What color not to make background
Organization (20 points)
o Hr
o Break
o Paragraph
o Ordered list
o Unordered list
o Headings
Tutorial of one other aspect of web design (30 points)

Web Design Project 5

HTML Tables Project
With your group: Create a tutorial about how to make tables. Each
element is worth 10 points for a total of 120 points. Your tutorial
clarity is worth 30 points. Project total 150 points.
In your tutorial, use all of the tags and attributes below:
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<th>
Border
Collapse border
Padding
Headings
Border spacing
Colspan
<caption>
Adding style to a table

Reflection: Can a first time web designer understand your tutorial? Why/ why
not?

Intro to Digital Technology Project #1

Build a box (3D Computer)

Students will be arranged into groups of 3 or less. Students will use their
knowledge to create a 3 dimensional computer tower. Use a box as the
case, put all components below inside and label them. When done, create
a list of all the items below and define all of the components.
1.

3.5" Drive Bay

2.

5.25" Drive Bay

3.

Battery

4.

BIOS

5.

Case

6.

Case Fan

7.

Chipset

8.

Expansion Slots

9.

Front Panel Connector Cables

10.

IDE Cables

11.

Memory

12.

Memory Sockets

13.

Microprocessor

14.

Modem

15.

Motherboard

16.

Power Cables

17.

Power Supply

18.

Sound Card

19.

Video Card

Rubric
(4 points each) 19 parts included
(1 point each) 19 labeled parts
(1 point each) 19 Definitions

/76
/19
/19

Neat and creative

Total

/36
/100

Intro to Digital Technology Project #2

Go to www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1942 and click on the years
of the timeline. View the developments in computing that took place for each
year. Be prepared to share information about one of those developments
with the class.

Computing Through the Years Instruction sheet Standard:

IT-IDT-1 and IT-IDT-3
PART I-TimeLine
The students will work in groups of 3 or less to summarize topics on their assigned time line
section.
1937-1951
1952-1960
1961-1971
1972-1992
1983-1991
1992-1997
1998-2003
2004-present
In Microsoft Word, students will type up the summaries (who, what, when, where)
Students will find appropriate graphics to enhance the project
Students will print, cut out, and mount print and graphics horizontally on 11x17 construction
paper
Groups will present timeline to class highlighting key events PART II-PowerPoint 1.
Groups will decide on one topic during their timeframe to research in detail covering criteria in
accordance with project instructions 2.
Students will present PowerPoint to class www.scsite.com/dc2005

Intro to Digital Technology Project #3

Internet Security Terms Booklet

13.3

Use your browser to go to http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html

http://www.auditmypc.com/freescan/glossary.asp or
http://www.onguardonline.gov/tools/learn-terms.aspx to look up the following Internet security
terms.
You will create a booklet geared to 5th grade students that discusses these terms. You will use
power
point to create slides which will become the pages of the booklet. You may choose to make it a
storybook.
Be sure the first slide is a title slide with you and your partners name.
Create a slide for the terms below:
1. Adware
2. Antivirus
3. Back Door
4. Cybercrime
5. Cookies
6. Downloading
7. Email attachments
8. Encryption
9. Firewall
10. Hackers
11. Login Name
12. Online storage
13. Netiquette
14. Phishing
15. Passwords
16. Shareware
17. Spam
18. Security patches
19. Spyware
20. Trojan horse virus
21. virus
22. worm
23. Zombie

You may work in pairs, but

you must divide the terms
equally and use the same
slide design and theme.
(one partner should make the

You should use clip art. Save your power point as 13.3 Internet Security Terms to your folder and
password. Print one copy out using handouts six per page and cut the slides out leaving a half
inch on the left side of each slide so you can staple them together to make a booklet. Once you
have stapled them together write your name on the back of the slides you created. Each partner
should have created 12 slides including the title slide.

Intro to Digital Technology Project #4

Employment Project
IDT-1

IT-

GPS Standards/Elements

IT-IDT-1: Demonstrate employability skills required by business and industry

o 1.6 Present a professional image through appearance, behavior, and
language.

Employment
Project

Resources:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/qt/history.htm
Attachment: Interview Questions.doc
Student Resume.doc
Purpose: To prepare students for real world employment opportunities.
Instructions:
Part I: Please prepare written responses for the following interview questions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

What is your greatest weakness?

How would you describe yourself?
How do you handle stress and pressure?
What motivates you?
What are you passionate about?
Do you prefer to work independently or on a team?
If you know your boss is 100% wrong about something how would you
handle it?

Part II: Prepare your Employment packet based on the following available job
position.

Company Name: Desk Buy

Position available: Computer Sales Associate
Experience needed: a semester of a basic computer course
Wages: $10.25 per hour

 Schedule: Part-Time 25 hours a week (Sunday-Saturday w/ rotating

weekends; Must be flexible)
1. Please prepare a resume` and cover letter for the interview (sample resume
attached).
2. The components of a cover letter are listed below.
a. Heading and Salutation
b. Opening Paragraph
c. Main Message Paragraph
d. Supporting Paragraph
e. Request for Action
f. Closing Paragraph
Rubric for Project:
Criteria
Points
Professional Dress
35
Resume
20
Cover Letter
20
Interview
25
Total
/100max

Intro to Digital Technology Project #5

POSTER: WEB PAGE

WITH

MEDIA ELEMENTS

IT-IDT-8

8.3 Design simple webpages incorporating media elements (e.g., sound, video, graphics,
text, and motion graphics), navigation, and linking.

Historical Web Page

Directions: Create a web site of four important historical people. In honor
of Black History Month two of these people should be African American.
Since American History is OUR history find two more historical figures to
research. You will have to do some research to find all the information but
make sure you have the following pieces of information on the pages.
A. Create a home page that introduces the project. This should not
have any information about the people on it. This page should tell
why history is important. The home page should have a picture as a
background.
B. Each page should have the historical persons name as the title of the
page.
C. Each page should have at least one picture of the person on it, 2
other graphics, Paragraph about the person, motion pictures,
navigation to all other pages, and a link to the home page.
D. Each page should list at least 10 facts about the person (all ordered
lists should be shown).
E. The navigation bar should reflect who is on each page.
F. Have a background on each page.
Content
Four pages with the persons name as the Title of the
page (2.5 each)
A minimum of 10 facts about each person in ordered list
(10 each)
Paragraphs (10 each)

Points
10
40
40

Media Element ~ Motion Graphics

Media Element ~ Navigation to all pages
Background on each page
Effort and Creativity
Total

10
10
20
20
150