First Session

Explore the world of oceanography as you create and deploy a simulated oil tank spill off the California coast using Geographic information Systems (GIS) tools. GiS is three dimensional mapping software utilized in most fields today. You will enhance your cartographic abilities as you integrate critical geography, science, and math skills to solve this 21st century environmental challenge.

Second Session

Put yourself in an undersea adventure as you create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art using Scratch, a new programming language developed for kids by MIT. Using Scratch, you will learn important design and problem-solving skills as you work collaboratively with others and share your digital technology projects on the web.

The 2008 p.m. class will be elaborated for the next 2 paragraphs.

A.M. Computers: 2008
Our digital forensic scientists uncover the mysteries of altered images. Using the powerful tools in Adobe Photoshop, these scientists create variations of images that fool. Images are modified using the clone stamp tool and the magnetic lasso tool. The forensic scientists transform and move objects in the image, and replace colors to create a new digital image.

P.M. Computers: 2008
International treasure awaits digital archaeologists that dare scour the world wide web. We are researching the mysteries of the world through web engines using Boolean logic. This enables students to use shortcuts to access crucial information. As an aid, the digital archaeologists are also constructing their own web pages as a starting point for each journey; by writing their own HTML code from scratch, they are able to efficiently design their own unique page. They embed video content and add images to enhance their digital folio.
(class taught by Bill Selak and Geoffery Law)