Final Project

For my first interview I interviewed my grandpa. Here is the link to the interview questions and answers.

For my second interview I interviewed my grandma, She doesn't know too much about her family history so I didn't get as much information as I hoped. Here is a link to the interview questions and answers.

I emailed my grandpa, the same person for my first interview. He helped me out a lot on this project. Here is a link to the email I sent him.

In my family tree I only went up to my grandparents, but I did all my cousins which you will see is a lot of people. Along with my step siblings too. Here is a link to my FamilyEcho.

In my Prezi I did some family members on both my moms and dads side of the family. Here is my Prezi


In my infographic I included information about my families businesses that they owned and also when my ancestors came to America.

November 19

Reflecting on the comments and grade of your stop-motion animation... what you would do differently if you had to do it all over again? Would you manage your time better? Find better lighting for your photos? Come up with a better idea? Explain what you would change about your video.

If I could do this project again I would pick a more creative idea and take more pictures. I would spend way more time taking pictures. The main thing I would change is my idea and the time I spent taking the pictures, or at least add things to my idea to make it more creative. When watching all the other videos I noticed how creative theirs were and how many pictures they took, so I would definitely change my idea and the time I spent.

November 17

Tell me about your weekend.

My weekend wasn't too exciting. On Friday I hung out with my friends. On Saturday I worked in the morning and afternoon then I went and hung out again. On Sunday I went and got some clothes and then I just helped my dad out on the upstairs of my house, we are redoing the upstairs. 

November 14

Tell me about your experience with taking your stop-motion photos. What problems did you run in to? What did you find difficult about the process? What would you go back and change about HOW you took the photos? Explain yourself.

My experience was pretty easy when I was taking my pictures. A problem I ran into was finding a place for my camera to stay still. I found it difficult moving the object small enough so it would look like its moving. If I could go back I would take more time in taking my pictures and move the object slower and find a better place for my camera. I had my camera sitting on my desk and it would fall down a few times. 

What is my idea? How is my idea creative? How am I going to execute my idea? 

My idea is going to be making my bed. This idea is creative because it'll look really cool and look like the bed is making its self. I am going to execute my idea by slowly making my bed and taking a ton of pictures for it. 

November 10th

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

 Its an animation technique that makes an object look like it moves on its own. The object is moved a little in every frame, creating the illusion that its moving when playing all the frames at one time.

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5 Frame Storyboard

November 5

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your idea for your 5 frame story board. What is the plot? How do you plan to make the story creative? Who's the main character? What is the beginning, middle and end? Tell me about your plan of attack.

My idea for this project is a peanut butter sandwich. Mine isn't that creative, The main character is me. The beginning is when I get all the supplies out, like the bread and peanut butter. The middle is when I start to make the sandwich. Finally the end is when I finish making the sandwich. 

November 4, 214

Yesterday you edited and uploaded photos to your blog. Tell me more about your photos. HOW did you edit them? Why did you choose the photos that you did? Explain your assignment.

I just made them brighter and on some edited the color, on one I made it black and white and on another I made it a different color. I also made the pictures sharper and tried to make them less blurry. I chose these pictures because they were the best quality, a lot of my pictures were blurry so I had to pick the ones that weren't blurry.

Photos

Brad

Someone Sitting

Instrument 

Paper

Fire Extinguisher 

November 3, 2014

What did you do this weekend?

On Friday I went to see a movie with my girlfriend then we just hungout at her house for most of the night since it was really cold outside. On Saturday we hungout again and her dad took us to see a movie. On Sunday I didn't do much except work

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October 29, 2014

What do you know about photography and/or photo editing? Do you take photos? How do you take photos? Do you edit photos before posting them on social media? How do you edit them? Explain any background or knowledge you have about photography and photo editing. Do you like it? Do you have any interest?

I don't know too much about photography or photo editing. All I really know is the basics about Photoshop from 8th grade computer class. I sometimes take pictures, I don't do anything fancy when taking pictures. I basically just point the camera and take the picture. I don't post photos on social media but if I did I wouldn't edit them. I only know about photo editing from 8th grade computer class and I know a little about taking pictures from my brother, whose really into photography. I don't mind taking pictures but I wouldn't do it for a hobby or anything. 

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Global Issue

October 20, 2014

Tell me about your weekend. Share pics!
Over the weekend I didnt too much. On Friday I worked after school. On Saturday I went to worlds of fun and thats about all I did on Saturday. On Sunday I worked and then went to my moms house for dinner. 

October 14, 2014

Below is a letter written to the editor who wrote the article 'Enforcement of dress code creates negative effect' that your blogged about last week. Most of you wrote on your blog that you agreed with the writer. What are your thoughts after reading the letter below and seeing a different perspective. Are they the same? Are the different? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

After reading this letter I changed my view on this issue. My views are now different because this letter is in the view of a teacher and this teacher has a good point on why the school is doing this dress code. Not only will this dress code help with people being inappropriate but also help students learn what a professional work space is like. I now think the dress codes aren't bad and they make since and are reasonable. 

October 13, 2014

 

The perfect classes would be something like financial classes and classes that teaches you how to buy things, like cars or houses, and a class that will actually show you what certain jobs are like, sort of like what CAPS does. Those would be more beneficial then a class that teaches me the history of the western would or a class that teaches me math skills that I am never going to use. I would study about financial stuff, so then I will know the best way of spending my money. Also I would study how to buy a car or a house or something like that. These classes would be a lot different and kids would actually want to learn because these skills will actually be useful in everyone's futures. They will also be more interactive and hands on.

Infographic

October 7, 2014

The following article was in the September issue of The Tiger Print. Read the article (even if you already have) and respond to it below. What do you think? Do you agree? Disagree? Consider all perspectives of the article while you respond.

I think she has very good points. I agree with this article because I don't think any guys really get distracted in a class because of what a girls wearing. I think there still should be some dress code because some girls can wear some really short shorts but I also think girls should be able to wear what they are comfortable in. Its not fair to them that they don't get to wear what they want but guys do. 

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October 6, 2014

Tell me about your weekend! If you don't have anything fun to share, tell me about the city you live in. What do you love about Kansas City? Do you have a favorite place in the city? Favorite team? :) Favorite event? Explain.

The city I live in is the best city by far. I love how every one believes in our sports teams even though the past years we haven't been doing good the city still cheered on the Royals and Chiefs. My favorite place in Kansas City is just downtown and the Union Station because my grandpa used to always take us there on the weekends. My favorite team is by far the Royals and the Chiefs. I don't really have a favorite event here. 

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September 30, 2014

What is an infographic? If you don't know, go look it up. Read about it and then in your own words tell me what an infographic is. What do infographics do? How do they work? What makes a really good infographic?

A infographic is a visual image that is used to represent information or data. Infographics show information in a visual way. They work by just showing a bunch of information but in a visual way. What makes a good infographic is focused data and a clear design. 

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