Final Project

For my final project in Emerging Tech it will be about my family. I asked my family through interviews and emails. To start off my final projects, I interviewed my Grandma Lona and my Grandma Linda with 25 questions each. Next, I sent a formal email  to my mom, dad, and both of my grandmas. Since I received great information from all of them, I was able to create a family tree using Family Echo. I then created a Prezi with some interesting facts included and pictures of my family. I made an infographic about where we came from and where we live now. I then did a Five Frame Storyboard about my family looking through pictures and comparing them to now. 

5-5-14

I agree that technology is changing everyone. I think that we, as in the world, need to get more in contact with each other face to face. Not face to screen. I mean sure you can have a REAL conversation with a REAL person through the computer, but it's not the same. You won't interact with them as you would face to face. Your attitude might be different, your style and the way you talk may be different. Everything through a computer screen is always different than in real life, face to face.

4-23-14

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 that I have misjudged teachers. Most of the time when teachers push me more than I want to or feel comfortable doing, I get scared. Scared of failing. The teacher is trying to say that all teachers are there for you even if you think you are alone. If other students read this blog post they will feel that teachers actually believe in them to succeed, even when the student thinks it is unconquerable. The "main event" is life and learning to conquer and succeed in it when we grow up.

4-21-14

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.

My stop-motion animation is on a white poster board. It is a M&M's moving around to form fireworks and then explode. I think my stop-motion animation project was good but could be better. The camera kept changing the settings for the flash by itself so there are pictures that were darker than the others.

4-9-14

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 idea is to show a firework show with M&M's on a white poster board. I haven't started taking pictures yet but I am planning to do it after school today and after school Thursday. My action plan for this class period is to plan about what materials I would need at the store. Also I will plan how to set up the items to not have the camera shake between the pictures and to make sure the lighting doesn't change throughout the pictures.

4-7-14

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

A stop motion animation is pictures with little movement in between each picture to make the image look like it is moving around or completing a task. A picture is only on the screen for a second before moving on to the next one.

4-4-14

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.

I liked that it was simple, easy to do and took not a lot of time to get done. I didn't think that the project was hard to fit into 5 images since my topic I did was not a lot of pictures. The story was clear to the people who looked at it before I published it.