In spite of weather conditions that have kept us from achieving project goals. I am determined to persevere and see us performing outdoor AYV and C2C activities. So, this Friday, May 28, we will do an AYV project in our neighborhood. Wrap your brain around the theme of "How we do it in Detroit" (You can define the "it" to be whatever you want it to be.) For example, you can say the it is dances and record a video showing how a [or some] dances are done in Detroit; or you could show how people greet each other; or make a poster of Detroit landmarks. We will be recording our videos outside. You will have to work with a team if you want to do a video project. You will have to have a script and your cast and crew selected before you will get a camera.
I am happy to write that the funds to purchase AYV hardware have arrived. I will be placing an order for the supplies we need. I have also received the information necessary to download the Adobe Creative Suite software onto our computers. I don't know how long it will take for hardware supplies to come, but I plan to have the software loaded by the end of the holiday weekend.
Posting Projects on the Village
I want everyone to know that the projects you post on the Village should be your best original work. It should not be a picture or gif animation that you simply found on the Internet. In addition the project should be appropriate for all viewers. I say this because I recently had to delete several projects. One was a video with a fight happening in the background. Okay, it wasn't a real fight, but Miya hit her cousin Tyler upside the head and Jada (the video recorder and poster) didn't seem to have a clue that this had occurred. Another picture that was creatively designed by Donovan contained a profane word. Totally inappropriate. You cannot use profanity in your writings, drawings, music, or any project your create in the clubhouse. Please be aware of the quality of your postings. They are a reflection of you and our clubhouse. I am very proud of the work that I view from most of our members.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Youth Impact Survey
It is important for every NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse member to have a Computer Clubhouse Village account. If you do not have an account (or you have forgotten your password), you need to see me, immediately. Throughout the month of May, members are required to complete the Youth Impact Survey. It is on the Village home page, under the My Stuff area. If you have already done the survey, then let me know what you think of it in your comment. If you have not done the survey, sign into the Village and get it done, today.
Field Trip Fridays Update
Our planned trip to Belle Isle was cancelled because of rain. It would have been a big mess to try taking picture in the mud. The delay has provided the opportunity to review some of your ideas. In retrospect, I think that the idea to go to Belle Isle at the end The tentative schedule (that means it could change) is:
Date Location/Description/(free)
5/28 - Our Hood - NWAC, Mumford, Schulze, and more (free)
6/11 -
6/25 - Downtown: Comerica Park, People Mover, Campus Martius ($5)
7/9 - Cultural Center: WSU, Library, Museums ($20)
7/23 - Ann Arbor Art Fair (TBA)
8/6 - Detroit Zoo (ages under 15 = $10; 15+ = $15
8/20 - Belle Isle Park - Final Day Picnic
We still need a location for June 11; let me know your ideas.
Motor City Makeover is This Saturday (May 22). Sign up with Makaela or Shai to participate.
Don't forget to leave your comment.
Field Trip Fridays Update
Our planned trip to Belle Isle was cancelled because of rain. It would have been a big mess to try taking picture in the mud. The delay has provided the opportunity to review some of your ideas. In retrospect, I think that the idea to go to Belle Isle at the end The tentative schedule (that means it could change) is:
Date Location/Description/(free)
5/28 - Our Hood - NWAC, Mumford, Schulze, and more (free)
6/11 -
6/25 - Downtown: Comerica Park, People Mover, Campus Martius ($5)
7/9 - Cultural Center: WSU, Library, Museums ($20)
7/23 - Ann Arbor Art Fair (TBA)
8/6 - Detroit Zoo (ages under 15 = $10; 15+ = $15
8/20 - Belle Isle Park - Final Day Picnic
We still need a location for June 11; let me know your ideas.
Motor City Makeover is This Saturday (May 22). Sign up with Makaela or Shai to participate.
Don't forget to leave your comment.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Motor City Makeover and More
The opportunity to give back to where you live and help to build a better community is essential to being a good citizen. It is in this spirit that members of the NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse volunteer to participate in the City of Detroit's annual cleanup event called Motor City Makeover. This year we are offering two sign-up opportunities. In addition to being able to sign up with the computer clubhouse, Shai is encouraging members to join her environmentally-conscious organization called Green Horizon*. This group explores ways to help improve our environment. They participate in events that improve our planet. It is a teen organization, so you have to be 13 - 19 to join. You can see Mikayla to sign up with the clubhouse group; see Shai or Rhonda to sign up with Green Horizon.
We will be cleaning around the Northwest Activities Center and, depending on the number that volunteer, we may also be able to help our neighbors in the apartment next door; and further up Meyers. Plans are to dedicate 3-4 hours on Saturday morning, May 22. We will meet in the Computer Clubhouse at 8:00; pick up our supplies and equipment; and head out to work. We will be working from around 8:30 until noon. Parents and friends can sign up, also. Let's stay focused! Do a great job! Really see that our efforts make a difference in Detroit!
Your Comments Are Meaningful
It is always a difficult decision to cancel anyone's membership, but leaders have to know how to, when to and why to take this difficult step. I try to make every youth who joins the NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse know that he or she must fulfill certain requirements of membership. I don't think that the requirements are unrealistic or hard to achieve.
First, you work on a project or projects when in the computer clubhouse. This involves using the hardware, software; or website you choose, but it must allow you to design, create, invent or build a project. I rarely assign a specific project to be done. I follow the guidance of the clubhouse learning model. It encourages you to learn by designing projects that are of interest to you. I have seen how this model is effective through projects created by former NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse members like Herschel, James and Patricia.
Second, you upload your best work to the clubhouse village website. Herschel, James and Patricia studied and learned to design, create and build awesome projects. Their portfolios on the Village helped them to each win a $5,000 college scholarship from the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network C2C Scholarship to help them pay for their college classes.
Herschel works a lot in Bryce and Photoshop. He created this picture, titled "Acez Field", using Bryce. James is great at using Photoshop, Flash and Premiere. He created this Shigiro animation using Photoshop and Flash.
I couldn't get the animation file to open, but if you want to check out how the X in this picture opens up and has a little Shigiro inside, sign into the Village and click here on the picture to go to James' village page. And well, Patricia was an awesome Lego builder, check out her video; she builds robots.
Many of you know that Herschel and James are clubhouse mentors. They are in the clubhouse several days each month. They are happy to teach what they know; if you want to learn. I know somebody wants to learn how James did this project. The next time he comes to the clubhouse let him teach you.
And third, you read this Blog each week and leave your comment. This blog is written to update members on things that are happening with our clubhouse; to showcase the outstanding works that are posted on the Village; and to give you the opportunity to tell me your ideas for making our clubhouse, and the projects we do, better. My number 1 goal is to keep our clubhouse operating with the mission in mind. I want to see creative, amazing, awesome projects come from our members (Like the Pivot animation Marcellous did last week. Awesome. I'll make sure I link to it next week. Unfortunately, it isn't uploaded to the Village, yet. :-( But he does have some other cool stuff to see).
I like that I have former clubhouse members who have been rewarded for their outstanding participation in our clubhouse, but it is important for me to see rewards come to now and future members. The NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse membership can be rewarding. It provides the opportunity to learn and use professional level software and hardware. If you are not fulfilling the membership requirements (1, 2, and 3), your membership must be cancelled.
Remember, you need a Google account to leave a comment. See me if you need help setting one up.
*not affiliated with any national or international group, organization, or business.
We will be cleaning around the Northwest Activities Center and, depending on the number that volunteer, we may also be able to help our neighbors in the apartment next door; and further up Meyers. Plans are to dedicate 3-4 hours on Saturday morning, May 22. We will meet in the Computer Clubhouse at 8:00; pick up our supplies and equipment; and head out to work. We will be working from around 8:30 until noon. Parents and friends can sign up, also. Let's stay focused! Do a great job! Really see that our efforts make a difference in Detroit!
Your Comments Are Meaningful
It is always a difficult decision to cancel anyone's membership, but leaders have to know how to, when to and why to take this difficult step. I try to make every youth who joins the NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse know that he or she must fulfill certain requirements of membership. I don't think that the requirements are unrealistic or hard to achieve.
First, you work on a project or projects when in the computer clubhouse. This involves using the hardware, software; or website you choose, but it must allow you to design, create, invent or build a project. I rarely assign a specific project to be done. I follow the guidance of the clubhouse learning model. It encourages you to learn by designing projects that are of interest to you. I have seen how this model is effective through projects created by former NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse members like Herschel, James and Patricia.
Second, you upload your best work to the clubhouse village website. Herschel, James and Patricia studied and learned to design, create and build awesome projects. Their portfolios on the Village helped them to each win a $5,000 college scholarship from the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network C2C Scholarship to help them pay for their college classes.
Herschel works a lot in Bryce and Photoshop. He created this picture, titled "Acez Field", using Bryce. James is great at using Photoshop, Flash and Premiere. He created this Shigiro animation using Photoshop and Flash.
I couldn't get the animation file to open, but if you want to check out how the X in this picture opens up and has a little Shigiro inside, sign into the Village and click here on the picture to go to James' village page. And well, Patricia was an awesome Lego builder, check out her video; she builds robots.
Many of you know that Herschel and James are clubhouse mentors. They are in the clubhouse several days each month. They are happy to teach what they know; if you want to learn. I know somebody wants to learn how James did this project. The next time he comes to the clubhouse let him teach you.
And third, you read this Blog each week and leave your comment. This blog is written to update members on things that are happening with our clubhouse; to showcase the outstanding works that are posted on the Village; and to give you the opportunity to tell me your ideas for making our clubhouse, and the projects we do, better. My number 1 goal is to keep our clubhouse operating with the mission in mind. I want to see creative, amazing, awesome projects come from our members (Like the Pivot animation Marcellous did last week. Awesome. I'll make sure I link to it next week. Unfortunately, it isn't uploaded to the Village, yet. :-( But he does have some other cool stuff to see).
I like that I have former clubhouse members who have been rewarded for their outstanding participation in our clubhouse, but it is important for me to see rewards come to now and future members. The NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse membership can be rewarding. It provides the opportunity to learn and use professional level software and hardware. If you are not fulfilling the membership requirements (1, 2, and 3), your membership must be cancelled.
Remember, you need a Google account to leave a comment. See me if you need help setting one up.
*not affiliated with any national or international group, organization, or business.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Clubhouse AYV Plans
A clubhouse leadership meeting was held on Friday, April 30. Clubhouse President, James and member, Donovan were present. We discussed plans for engaging clubhouse members in various AYV activities. We concluded that beginning on Friday, May 14, 2010, and continuing every other Friday through August 20, we will select a site for a Photography/Videography Excursion. The selected site will give us the opportunity to learn and practice using digitial and video cameras.
The plan is for clubhouse members to be dropped off and picked up at the designated site. We brainstormed on what locations would be best. We considered that the cost had to be zero or near zero to make it easy for members to participate (although we did decide that some sites were worth paying for). We created a tentative list that I will post next week. We remain open to ideas and suggestions.
We decided that our first site will be Belle Isle park.
Belle Isle is one of the jewels of Detroit. It is an island park that will provide great photo and video opportunities. You can sign up to attend. We have not yet received the funding that we will be using to purchase additional digital cameras, so if you have one, you can bring your own. I will bring tripods and cameras from the clubhouse. We will be walking a lot, so be prepared. We will meet at the Playscape/Giant Slide area at 4:30 and spend about 30 minutes shooting here. We will walk over to the river and shot with the water as our backdrop. Over the next week, we will look at the map of Belle Isle and at websites to determine our route. We may decide to do other dates at Belle Isle because we will not be able to cover all of the great locations in one evening. I know that most of us have been to Belle Isle many times, but remember, you are on a photo-shoot. What shot will make the best picture?
The plan is for clubhouse members to be dropped off and picked up at the designated site. We brainstormed on what locations would be best. We considered that the cost had to be zero or near zero to make it easy for members to participate (although we did decide that some sites were worth paying for). We created a tentative list that I will post next week. We remain open to ideas and suggestions.
We decided that our first site will be Belle Isle park.
Belle Isle is one of the jewels of Detroit. It is an island park that will provide great photo and video opportunities. You can sign up to attend. We have not yet received the funding that we will be using to purchase additional digital cameras, so if you have one, you can bring your own. I will bring tripods and cameras from the clubhouse. We will be walking a lot, so be prepared. We will meet at the Playscape/Giant Slide area at 4:30 and spend about 30 minutes shooting here. We will walk over to the river and shot with the water as our backdrop. Over the next week, we will look at the map of Belle Isle and at websites to determine our route. We may decide to do other dates at Belle Isle because we will not be able to cover all of the great locations in one evening. I know that most of us have been to Belle Isle many times, but remember, you are on a photo-shoot. What shot will make the best picture?
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