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Page 11 =__**Technology and Family/Consumer Science**__=

Technology is a very interesting class this year. The newcoming sixth graders are learning new tricks fast in Intro to Tech Apps. In Advanced Apps and Multimedia, even more things are to be learned! Graphic Arts are for kids that are interested in art on the computer. Technology is a great class and when you get to choose your elective, take technology to thought. By: Ravina Shah

In Advanced Apps and Multimedia, students sometimes start the day typing for 10 minutes as a warm up exercise, then they move on to their lesson. This year so far we have learned about Internet Saftey, and we also did some projects on Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, and Windows Movie Maker. In Microsoft Excel, we did a "Dream Room" Project, where students had a budget of $2000 (pretend) and we made the different things we wanted in our room in a table, we also made a pie chart to show how much we spent on each item. On Microsoft Publisher, we made a brochure on a National Park. On Windows Movie Maker, we made movies on a famous person or event. For Adobe Photoshop, we made a collage. Another project we did on Photoshop was the Cartoon Me project. This project is where you make yourself into a cartoon twice, and the last one you could choose who you did (yourself again, or a friend). The last project we did was on Microsoft PowerPoint, students get to choose either Principal of the school, or President of the United States, where you have the chance to change any rules you want. ~Rachel H.