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Friday, April 8, 2016

Session 19: Image formats, storing, publishing and sharing


1.

a) JPEG:
24-bit color, with up to 16 million colors.
Rich colors, great for photographs that needs fine attention to color detail.
Most used and most widely accepted image format.
Compatible in most OS (Mac, PC, Linux).

GIF:
Can support transparency.
Can do small animation effects.
‘Lossless’ quality–they contain the same amount of quality as the original, except of course it now only has 256 colors.
Great for images with limited colors, or with flat regions of color.
BMP:
Works well with most Windows programs and OS, you can use it as a Windows wallpaper.TIFF:
Very flexible format, it supports several types of compression like JPEG, LZW, ZIP or no compression at all.
High quality image format, all color and data information are stored.
TIFF format can now be saved with layers.
PNG:
Lossless, so it does not lose quality and detail after image compression.
In a lot ways better then GIF. To start, PNG often creates smaller file sizes than GIF.
Supports transparency better than GIF.

b) The JPEG format.

c) The TIFF format.

2.
Flickr

























Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Session 15: How to make a website

This is our web: Luka and Marc's photography web

Session 14: Internet safety

1.
1.A hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. 
2.A virus is a malware program that, when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself (possibly modified) into other computer programs, data files, or the boot sector of the hard drive.
3.A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks.
4.That hackers and viruses can corupt or steal the information.


2.
Haiti

Haiti is a small country located on a small island in the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Dominican Republic.

Resultat d'imatges de clean waterIn Haiti lots of people do not have acces to clean drinking water. Because of that, a lot of people die from deshidratation and illnesses. To have clean drinking water at house is good because with that we can spend money on other things. For this problem there are filtration systems that can turn poor water into drinkable water. Unfortunately, not everyone has the money to buy one. For this, take action immediately.




3.
You must use an antivirus to prevent viruses.
You shouldn't chat with unknown people.
You mustn't send personal information to unknown people.
You should turn off your computer when you finish to use it.
You should be careful when you search information.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Session 9: Electronic mail

1.
1. Message
2. Send
3. Subject
4. Cc:
5. Bcc:
6. Attachments
7. To:
8. Save draft
9. Cancel
10. Spell check

Session 7: More internet terms

1.
1.True
2.False
3.False
4.False
5.False
6.True
7.True
2.
A browser: software that lets you access the WWW.
To download: to get programs from the internet.
To chat: to have a conversation through the Internet by writing or speaking.
Email: letters you send by Internet.
A modem: thing that connects a computer to the Internet.
Wi-Fi: wireless device that allows computers to connect to the Internet using a router.
On-line: when you are connected to the Internet.
Software: computer programs.
Scroll down/up: move the page up or down using the side tabs with your mouse.
3.
1.I use a fast modem to connect my computer to the internet.
2.RealPlayer is computer software that you use to listen to music on the World Wide Web.
3.I always save my documents on floppy disks.
4.Chat is a good way of meeting other people on the Internet.
5.A beep is a sound your computer makes when there is an error.
4.
1.A search engine is a a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web and a browser is a software aplication for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the world Wide Web. Examples can be Google and internet explorer.
2.Google.
3.Google chrome.

Friday, February 19, 2016

Session 6: Computers and you

1.

1- My computer is a LG and PHILIPS

2- And the operate system is WINDOWS

3- Google chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

4- 3

5- Yes

6-Retorn                                                                                                                        Hyphen or dash -
    Espaiador                                                                                                                   Period or dot .
    Canvi                                                                                                                          Comma ,
    Llengüeta                                                                                                                    Colon
    Esborrar                                                                                                                      Right parenthesis )
    Control                                                                                                                        Slash /
    Escapament                                                                                                                 at simbol

2.
1.Menu
2.Window
3.Icon
4.File
5.Word processor
6.Click
7.Cursor
8.Highlight

3.
1.Copy
2.Save
3.Cut and paste
4.Open
5.New
6.Print
7.Close
8.Save as

Friday, February 5, 2016

Session 3: Getting started

CORRECT PARAGRAPH ORDER: 3, 2, 1
 Activity:
HARDWARE is the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications and other devices.
SOFTWARE is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices.
A MOUSE is a small device that a computer user pushes across a desk surface in order to point to a place on a display screen and to select one or more actions to take from that position. 
BOOT MEANS the process taken by the computer when turned on that loads the operating system and prepares the system for use.