The Unconventional ICT website is going well

For those of you that are following my Unconventional ICT website development you may notice that the website is up and running.

It looks very professional thanks to the nice people at New Google Sites. However, it doesn't grab me as very unconventional. so that's what I shall have to work with to make the site really pop with custom graphics. I am not trying to add custom code since this may not work on all devices. I have already found that older iPads and browsers do not support some of the embedded features which can add special effects like slideshows and feedback forms.

The only real downside for the New Google sites presently are the limited themes currently available. This places a restriction on the text that you can display on your site. Eventually this will be remedied but has caused issues for me with title text on photography backgrounds. 

Have a look yourself and comment on the site.

https://sites.google.com/view/unconventional-ict

Colour wheels and sets to choose colours that work together well

There is so much out there to learn and so little time to learn it. I remember well the lessons on what colours work with which, and although not in tablets of stone the colour wheels and guides are so useful in making a design that is pleasing to the eye.

In both Affinity design/photo and Adobe Photoshop/in-design/illustrator suites there is provision for using colour schemes and swatches for keeping that corporate or just pleasant colour palette to draw from.

I was therefore surprised to see that Adobe have an app and web app to pick and choose colour schemes.

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I made little Wordsearch for you all out there to try

Making up puzzles

Its always nice to be a little creative but also to combine this with keeping your mind active. Sudoku and crosswords are something that we use at home to keep us on our toes and to use to wind down at the end of a busy day. Its clear that we need to engage our minds and work that muscle which is our brain. Lots of people are sharing their puzzles across clubs and societies to generate involvement and additional funds. 

I thought that it would be fun to add a word-search to the blog. I have put in on its own page to print out. This is a snapshot in 2018 of things out there and by no means exhaustive. I know that everyone has their favourite elements but these were the ones that just popped into my head.
Click on the puzzle picture to go to the page and see the puzzle full size ready for printing out.

Just in case you think I am brilliant at word-searches I must confess to using a word-search generating program on the web so many thanks to Puzzlemaker at Discovery education

Just for fun I also added a scrambled birds name double puzzle - not too challenging I hope - just click on the puzzle to see it full sized.

Choose the next topic please

Our Monday club in Sedlescombe continues to thrive after all this time. We cover all sorts of technology topics. From time to time I invite members to suggest the next topics to focus on in our sessions.

Members post it to this blog as a comment

Some ideas from the pit!

• Make a movie
• Make a slideshow
• Use powerpoint
• Edit pictures well
• Do better social media
• Transfer old movies to pc
• Transfer old recordings or music to digital
• Claymation

GO ON DO IT  - or else I might be choosing advanced calculus!

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