Monday, May 19

This is my final project for Emerging Technologies. First is the interviews, one with my mom and one with my dad. Next the email to my family members. With information from these two items I was able to complete my family tree. After this I did a prezi on some of my current family members, and an infographic with statistics about my family. Finally a made a 5-frame storyboard depicting my dog and her part in the family.

Monday, May 5

The world today IS dominated by technology. For students in school its not about the present time or who they are with, it is usually about how many favorites or re-tweets they received on their last post. It's not just the teens and kids though, adults have the same tendencies except in a different way. Adults always have their face in their phones, reading an email or checking their calendars. The social aspect of life today has become all about the virtual friends not the real, everyday friends. One of the best parts of life is having a genuine conversation with someone. Technology will continue to grow and become more advanced, and with that technology the decrease of conversation will continue.

Thursday, April 24

Read THIS blog post by a teacher. I mean actually read it. Take it in. Think about it. And then, write about it. What do you think about it? What is the teacher trying to say? In your own words explain what "the main event" is.

I think this teacher is very wise in saying this, and I think he is smart to say it. Students need to hear this kind of stuff come from people they respect other than their parents. He is saying that school is not about the grades or the points, but it is about how you get to those grades.  School is more than just the classroom, it is outside of it. Teens must learn how to handle the gossip and other bad things they encounter. The main event, adversity, is a central concept in life. Everyone experiences adversity, the people that succeed in life are the people that can handle that adversity.

Monday, April 21

Reflect on your stop-motion animation project. How did it go? What worked? What didn't work? If you're not finished - why? If you are finished go in to detail about the project and what you learned. Give as much detail and information as possible.

 The day that we took pictures was really fun! We were able to be creative and think of fun ideas then we actually got to do it. If I did it again though I would have a real camera because when I removed the pictures from my phone not all of them transferred. The actual editing of the video was okay too.From this project I learned what stop motion animation videos were and how to make them.

Thursday, April 10

What is your idea for your stop-motion animation? Explain yourself. Have you started taking photos? If not, when do you plan to take your photos? What is your action plan for today? What is your plan to GET SOMETHING DONE?

My plan is to have a pair of shoes walk around the classroom and into the hall and back. I have not started taking photos that is what I plan to do today.

Monday, April 7

What is stop motion animation? If you don't know, look it up! Explain.

Stop motion animation makes a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. Also known as stop image, photographs are taken of the object in various positions and places together as in a video.

Friday, April 4

Tell me about your 5 frame storyboard. What did you like about the project? What did you dislike? Was it hard to fit a story in to 5 images? Do you think you tell a clear story? What would you do differently if you could? Explain.

My storyboard is about Avery doing a homework assignment. I liked this project because we got to take pictures and that was fun, even though I'm not the best at taking pictures. Something I didn't like about this project was I don't really know how to effectively use a photo editor so that was kind of hard. My story fit well in 5 images and it does tell a clear story. If I could do something different on this project I would use my original idea of my story taking place at a baseball field. I didn't do this setting because I didn't have time to go take the pictures.