17. Monday 14th November 2011 – Doppel Me's

Today  CB, ES, JE, LC, MH, and along with FMcG worked on creating their own 'Doppel Me' Avatars.

16.Monday 7th November 2011 – Techie Tips

Today CB, CD, CO, ES, FBW, FW, JE, LC, LY, MB, MO and FMcG spent our meeting time discussing little tips that we find useful on the google chrome or on the computer in general. We also discussed making our own avatars on Dopple me.

           

Techie Tips:

MH:    Press the wheel to open a link in a new tab in browser.

MO:    In Word use ‘Insert’ key to edit.

JE:      Power and home key on iPhone, iTouch and iPad is print screen.

FBW:  F5 key refreshes the page.

            ‘Show Desktop’ bottom of the window minimises everything running.

            Use photobucket and tinypic instead of google images, its better.

CD:     CTRL + J  shows all downloads

CB:     WINDOW BUTTON + L locks the screen

MB:    Tap screen before taking a picture to make it brighter. (iTouch)

15. Monday 17th October 2011

Today CB, CD, CO, FBW, JE, LC, LY, MB met up with FMcG, and we worked on our scratch projects again. We spoke about how our badges are going to contain a QR code linked to this blog.

14. Monday 10th October 2011 – Presentation on Scratch

Today CB, CD, CO, FW, JE, KO, LC, MB, MO, RC and FMcG were lucky enough to see a presentation made my MH about Scratch. She talked alongside the presentation and did a fantastic job explain different aspects and ideas available on Scratch.

         

Confession Corner:

FMcG: was ten minutes late for the meeting.

13. Monday 3rd October 2011 – Changing of Keyboard

Today CB, CD, CO, FBW, FW, JE, KO, LC, MJ, MO and FMcG got the rare treat of seeing and hearing step by step how FBW changed the damaged keyboard on her laptop. 

            

Confessions Corner:

LC: ‘CB and JE are bullying me, saying I look small from the angle she was sitting at.’

FMcG: encouraged all to visit the dentist due to all the treats she provides to members.

MB, McK and LY were absent

12. Monday 26th September 2011

Today we met up twice, at lunch and in the evening after school. With great regret CB, CD, CO, FBW, FW, JE, LC, LY, MB, MH, MJ and FMcG had so say goodbye to our beloved member,  KM.... farewell! We also welcomed three new members though. KO, LMcK and RC. During these two meeting we worked on our projects in our groups. We all agreed to set up our own gmail accounts.

Confessions corner:

MB: Was absent

MJ: Somehow fell off her chair. How we do not know, however it was quite amusing to watch!

CD: ‘Sorry for letting the club down in the evening, I couldn’t get a lift in or back home. I now realise I should have rang the school to arrange for a lift.’

11. Monday 19th September 2011 – Scratch Ideas

Today club members, CB, CD, CO, FBW, FW, JE, LC, MH and MB met with FMcG and once again we discussed projects. We opened up and tried the examples. At the end of the meeting we all wrote down our idea.

Scratch Ideas:

JE and CB:  games

MH: Game

FW and CO: Hoops

CD and LC: Games

MB: Space game

FBW: Tuning

10. Friday 14th Septermber 2011 – Antivirus

Today club members, CB, CD, FBW, JE, LC and MB helped KP to delete old antivirus on computers in room 13. We downloaded, installed and updated new antivirus onto all of these computers. We managed to get most of these computers done although a few froze.... (luckily we had a blanket to put on it!)

9. Monday 12th September 2011 – Scratch Discussions

Today CB, CD, FBW, JE, LC, KM, MB, MH and FMcG welcomed another two new members , FW and LY. We researched Scratch, a simple programming software used to create music, games, stories etc online. We watched the a few video tutorials online. KP also came in to ask us for help with the Antivirus on computers in room 13. FMcG gave out lollies and pencils! J

            

Confessions corner:

FW: ‘This is my first day and I am the only fourth year here. I hardly know anyone here.’

MB: Was late, and had no folder for IT!

LY: Arrived at 1:15pm, and was warned by FMcG it was her last chance.

8. Monday 31st August 2011 – First Computer Club Meeting of the School year

Today CB, CD, FBW, JE, LC, KM and MB along with FMcG welcomed a new member MH. During the meeting we discussed what we did over the summer and we spoke about our favourite apps. 

Holidays:

CB: ‘I spent the summer in Wexford by the beach. JE and LC stayed for a week. (POOR ME!) I went to fleadh in Cavan, we went from pub to pub every night with my cousin playing music.’

CD: ‘I passed my driving theory test and got 40/40! I went to England for a few days to visit my grandparents, and of course..... when we were there.... I went shopping! Also, I spent a lot of my summer doing art. I drew two portraits of an English singer, and put it up on twitter! The singer saw them and asked me to sign them and send them to him!!’

FBW: ‘During the summer in 2011, I mostly babysat. I babysat this girl Heather at Easter and it became a regular gig during the summer. It was early starts (7am) and long days (till 5pm), but at least I had income! Not much time to spend it though. But I went up to Dublin to meet some friends which was cool. I also planned my 17^th birthday party which is in 2ish weeks. Oh and I had my youth group to! I also got much better at the guitar! And drew and read. I didn’t really do that much though!’

JE: ‘I spent most of my summer in my Aunt’s house when I wasn’t there, I was either in Switzerland, Kerry, in Wexford with CB, (NOT THAT SHE WAS HAPPY ABOUT IT!) or camping in Cork.

LC: ‘I spent the summer in Wexford with CB and JE for a hole week. My dad built a new dentist place in Port Laoise. I stayed at a family friends house in Port Laoise for a week. I also went to Dublin Zoo and shopping in Dublin.

KM: ‘I spend a month in Kilmucridge, county Wexford with family and friends. My cousin came home from England for two weeks and we spent the time going to different amusement parks in Ireland.

MB: ‘During summer, I spent far too much time sleeping and going on the internet. I also went to Oxegen festival for a day with two of my friends. I also went on a four day holiday to Clones in Monaghan with my family.

                               Favourite Apps:

v    Whatsapp

v    Shazam

v    Twitter

v    Angry Birds

v    Facebook

v    Youtube

v    Tumblr

v    Skype

v    Instagram