April 2012 Blog Posts (13)

I have finally had the chance to sit down and view the archive of the Photostory 3 webinar.  I must say that I am glad I finally was able to watch it and I wish I had seen it earlier.  I have used Photostory before, but this webinar gave me some great ideas to pass on to my teachers.  I really loved the idea about creating some stock solid color powerpoint slides as jpegs that students can use as backgrounds.  I might even save some stock photos as well so that students do not have to spend…

What if you could find a learning management system that would allow you to take polls, post assignments and links, create online quizzes, and upload files for free?  Better yet, what if you could find an online resource that would actively engage students to become independent, lifelong…

Fear by Michael Grant

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Book #5 in the Gone Series delves into the fear that invades each characters' life in the FAYZ in Perdid Beach; a fear of…

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



What a funny, tender, yet somber story of two teens meeting at a cancer…

F OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I loved this book! I keep thinking about Ellie, Zeydeh (her grandfather), Devon and Dynamite Doris. Eleanor…

The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy by Leah Wilson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Since…

Karma by Cathy Ostlere

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I loved this book, very very long but so worth the saga and drama during the tumultuous time in India when Indira Gandhi…

The smiley or smile emoticon of Yahoo is a pretty distinctive thing. However, it also represents a very universal message of happiness and good will. In this tutorial, we will help you learn how to create your very own, yahoo-like smiley. Hopefully, you can find this useful for your themed posters, event flyers or maybe even your brochure prints and…

If ever you need a fish graphic for your brochure print, poster or booklet printing designs, it is best to always go vector. Why? Because vectors are easily scalable, with little to no risk of distortions, especially if you want to print them. That is why it is better to learn creating your own graphics in vector form using software like Adobe…

These days teh world belongs to cell phone and smartphone users . According to a study by the end of this year, additional than 40 percent of the people will switch over to wireless devices for their basic office use. In fact there are many users who have already started relying on the substitute of smartphone devices and other portable devices like iPad and tablets for their business communications. A wide range of business applications are seen in proving to be an ideal…

Price tags are a common graphic art that is used for many different marketing prints such as in brochure printing, and booklet printing. Now with the easy tools that you can get from illustrator, you yourself can create your own great looking vector price tag graphics easily. Let me teach the basics in creating a good looking vector price tag for your…

The Clover Leaf, especially the four leaf clover is a symbol of luck. This is a great addition to your digital or print designs, if you are aiming for that lucky, nature like covers. This applies not only for headers and banners, but also for booklet printing, catalogues and brochure printing as well. If you want your own original creation of a clover…

Do you need to create your own custom made CD or DVD graphic for your digital or printed copy designs? While it may look complicated, replicating the look and feel of a DVD or CD item is actually fairly easy to do. This guide will show you the step by step process in creating one using Illustrator. So if you need a DVD graphic for your web designs, or print designs for booklet printing and…