Tutorial | TECHBRARIAN

Help Create an Island School Chatbot

Posted by louielahana on June 04th 2009 to 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade Tagged 8, art, chatbot, techbrarian, Tutorial, Virsona

Virsona is a website that lets you create your own chatbot like Suzette and Spotchy (but more polite). The chatbot can be based on a historical figure like Harriett Tubman, a fictional character like Harry Potter, or even yourself! For this assignment you will be helping to teach an Island School chatbot to act like a real middle school student. I already created a boy middle schooler named Kevin and a girl middle schooler named Janine . Choose one and help teach it to pass the Turing Test (to sound real).

–> Click HERE for directions

–> Click HERE to login.

username: techbrarian password: student1

** Reminder: when teaching your chatbot, use appropriate language.

Assignment 37 (7th and 8th Grade) Assignment 35 (6th Grade): Sneakers, Part 5

Posted by louielahana on May 13th 2009 to 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Assignments Tagged advertising, asics, boston, bubbl.us, Daniel H. Wilson, history channel, lahana, marketing, middle school blogs, Nike, P.S./M.S. 188, photoshop, shoe technology, Sneaker Design, sneaker pimps, sneaker recycling, sneakers, techbrarian, The Works, Tutorial

1. Click HERE to watch Sneakers, Part 5.

2. Continue filling out your Bubbl.us

3. Next, click HERE to see my Flickr page full of print advertisements for sneakers.

4. Next, create an advertisement to sell one of the shoes you made in the last assignment. You will be using Photoshop to create the ad.

–> Click HERE for a tutorial.

Assignment 36 (7th and 8th Grade) Assignment 34 (6th Grade): Sneakers, Part 4

Posted by louielahana on April 28th 2009 to 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Assignments Tagged boston, bubbl.us, Daniel H. Wilson, flickr, history channel, lahana, marketing, middle school blogs, Nike, P.S./M.S. 188, Pattern, photoshop, Pig Magazine, Sneaker Design, sneaker pimps, sneakers, techbrarian, the bodega, The Works, Tutorial

1. Click HERE to watch Sneakers, Part 4.

2. Continue filling out your Bubbl.us

3. Next, visit XCLSV’s blog and check out his sneaker designs. Feel free to leave him comments.

4. Watch my 2 tutorials on how to design your own sneakers:

Part 1- Downloading and coloring your sneaker.

Part 2- Putting a pattern on your sneaker

5. O.k., it’s your turn to design a pair of sneakers. Go to Pig Magazine and download the shoe you want to use. Now, get to it!

6. Once you finish your design, post it to your blog. Click below to see how:

Part 3- Saving and putting your sneaker on your blog.