Computer Days
Good evening! If your Girl Scout was unable to join us on Monday here is what we worked on. If your girl did join us please see the words in red to complete the Digital Photographer badge.
Badges:
Computer Expert
Brownie’s Badge
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Digital Photographer
Junior’s Badge
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Friendly and Helpful (Yellow Petal) Daisy Badge
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How we earned them:
CE
Paint or draw with an art program/Create a cool card
Find some cool facts/Hometown history- learn 5 fun facts to share
Take a trip online/Waterbury on Google Maps- see the senior center
Make a connection- Send thank you note- do this after tea party and send it to the director
Have more computer fun- Print on- Invitations using our own stationary to the seniors
DP
Learn about digital cameras from an expert-parents will spend time online with their student reading and watching videos of the basics and tips (See some tips below).
Take tons of photographs-photograph a friend or group of friends
Edit three photos- use pixlr express to edit some of the photos
Make a digital photo project- create a collage of photos for invitation
Share your photos- make a digital album- Google folder of photos of girls that can be viewed by sharing by the link- girls can add and families can add with sharing permissions.
Meeting:
1. Welcome everyone to the meeting.
2. Recite the Girl Scout Promise and Law.
Use repeat-after-me
Girl Scout Promise and Law
On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law. I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
Read:
Sunny’s Story: A Warm Welcome for Suzy—Friendly and Helpful (Yellow Petal)
Learn about digital cameras from our visitor/have families agree to spend time online reviewing tips for using digital cameras.
Take a look at all of our photos that we’ve taken of our troop.
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Create a collage of photos for invitation
Find 5 interesting facts about the history of our town (See links below)
Take a trip to our town online and see the senior center, Thatcher Brook and your house (See links below)
Create a thank you note that will be emailed to/posted at the senior center after our party, and hopefully encourage a continued connection between us and our new friends.
Create our invitation for our tea party
Print our invitations on our own stationary for the senior center
Share our digital album- Picassa web album of photos of girls that can be viewed by sharing by the link- girls can add and families can add with sharing permissions.
Sites:
History-
Map-Senior Center- road trip to your house from there/school
Tips for using digital cameras:
Common Digital Camera Modes
Most digital cameras have a variety of shooting modes, each one designed to adjust the camera for a specific situation.
Automatic: When in doubt, keep your camera on Automatic. In this mode, the camera will “think” for itself to take the best picture.
Portrait: This is a great mode to use when taking a picture of a single person or object. The camera keeps your main subject in focus, and blurs the background.
Landscape: Use this mode when taking photos of distant things, like mountains. The camera tries to keep all subjects, both near and far, in focus.
Macro: This mode lets you focus on subjects close by. Use macro mode when taking pictures of bugs, flowers, and other small objects.
Night: Try this mode in low-light situations. The camera will likely use a flash to make sure your subject is properly lit.
Sports: This mode is perfect for action, and sets the camera to take photos of fast-moving objects.
Movie: In this mode, the camera takes digital video. Some cameras can only capture short videos, while others film until the camera’s memory storage fills.
