November 24, 2014

What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you have any traditions? Go in to detail about your plans for the 5 day weekend.

Every year for Thanksgiving, I always get together with my family in town. My family usually gets together with my dad's side of the family with my grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles. This year, we are going to my Uncle's house in the afternoon for a late lunch on Thursday. Then, early Friday morning, I am planning on going shopping with my sister. I'm not sure where we're going but this will be my second time going Black Friday Shopping. 

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November 19, 2014

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 my stop-motion animation again, I would change a lot of things. I feel like my idea wasn't very creative and, in my opinion, I thought it was boring. I think I could have done something that was more exciting and fun to watch. If I did this idea again though, I would have changed the lighting because there were some glares on the fist time doing it. I would have also spent more time doing this. I really rushed into doing this and didn't give it very much thought. Also, some of my pictures that I took weren't very focused so I think I could have spent more time to focus them then take them. 

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November 17, 2014

Tell me about your weekend.

This weekend wasn't very exciting. I didn't really do anything besides hag out with a few friends and homework. I spent hours on hours doing a Biology paper for our year-long project that is due tomorrow. Once I was done with that, I had volleyball practice yesterday which was not my favorite thing to do but I enjoyed seeing all of my friends. After practice, I had an end of the season little get together with my basketball team at Orange Leaf. It was sad to "say goodbye" because I had been playing on that team since I was in 4th grade. But it was even more sad for me because everyone else on my team is playing school basketball so they will see each other all the time and I wont.:(

November 14, 2014

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.

While taking my pictures for my stop motion animation, I ran into quite a few problems. First, I had to find a puzzle that had the right pieces and I had to make sure I could put it together quickly. The first main problem I had was that I didn't have a tripod hat held an iPhone; so I had to improvise and tape my phone to a camera tripod so it would stay. Next, I had to put the puzzle together so it wouldn't take me as long to take pictures and I wouldn't move all the pieces trying to find which piece fits which. I finally got the puzzle done and i had to take it apart one by one and put it under the tripod so it could look like I was doing the puzzle as I went. I found at the end that my shadow from the lighting in my kitchen was in some of the shots and the pictures weren't very clear. Some things that I would change about how I took pictures is that I would make sure that I had lighting that was clear and my shadow wouldn't be on the puzzle and there wouldn't be any glares. 

November 11, 2014

What is your idea for the stop motion animation?How is it creative and innovated? How are you going to execute your idea?

For my stop motion animation, I thought about doing a puzzle. I could make it look like it is being put together in a matter of seconds. I think this idea is creative because it seems unique and I don't think very many people would think about doing this. I am thinking that I am going to have a tripod above a poster board and build the puzzle one piece at a time and speed it up all in the end. I'm not sure what puzzle I am going to do but I think I am going to do one that is around 200-300 pieces.

November 10, 2014

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

"Stop Motion animation is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object or persona appear to move on its own." In other words; its a cartoon made of a bunch of different pictures that look like they are moving.

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November 5, 2014

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.

For my 5 frame story board, I'm doing me late for class. I am going to be looking at my watch and then I am running through the hallway to get to my class. Then, I get to my class and the teacher yells at me and sends me to tardy tracker. I tried to make the story creative by having pictures that looked like real action photos of someone late for their class. I am just going to have my picture taken of me looking at my watch and then me running down the hall. I am going to find a teacher that is willing to take a picture with me, who looks pretty mad that I am late, then me going into tardy tracker. 

November 4, 2014

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.

The photos that I took and put on my blog were my favorite out of the ones that we took for the photo scavenger hunt. I also picked the photos I did because I thought those would be the best ones to edit and look different after editing them. I edited most of them by using the "burn" tool and focused all of them. Then, I used the saturation and use the one that makes the photo look the best. Next, I do white balance and filters. I usually find the one that makes the picture looks brighter and the colors look more vibrant.

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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 take photos how some of my friends take them. They take them with their fancy Canon cameras and really spend a lot of time finding the perfect picture; I don't really spend that kind of time. I do enjoy taking picture because I find it so cool that there are so man different ways to see things through pictures. I usually just take pictures on my phone and on occasion, with my family's camera. I don't post very many pictures on social media either because I never really find pictures that I like enough to post. But when I o post some, I do edit them; just with the usual Instagram filters but they still make that picture look better than the original one.

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October 20, 2014

Tell me about your weekend. Share pics!

This weekend I went to my uncles annual bonfire. He has one every year around Halloween time so its a little chilly, which is the perfect bonfire weather. My uncle lives on a lot of land and usually has a local band play throughout the night. This year he had multiple singers and groups play to keep the rest of the crowd entertained. There was also plenty of food served, the usual cookout foods: hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans and so much more that guests had brought. I look forward to this every year because its fun to get together with my family and friends and have a good time by the fire:).

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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.

I disagree with this letter because the article was an opinion (hints where it says "Riley Miller Opinion Editor". This article was written by someone who has obviously been told multiple times by teachers to fix her outfit because it "too revealing". I can see that the administrations want our students to carry on a professional attire at school to "prepare them for the future" but school should still be a place where students shouldn't have to worry about looking so nice all the time; they should wear what they feel. I don't see wearing spaghetti-straps as a "unprofessional"; certain shirts can have straps with less than two fingers width and still look professional. I also do not see the difference between wearing things "at certain times and places". If I wear something out with my friends, its defiantly not going to be something that I'm embarrassed to wear or think I couldn't wear it at school. 

October 13, 2014

I think that there are so many classes that will not help in any way at all when we are starting our careers. For instance, I don't think I'm going to need to know how to find the Orthocenter of a triangle when I am in college. We should be able to pick all of our classes that we think will help prepare us for what we are striving for in life. For those who do not want to go in to certain areas, they should not be forced to take the classes. I'm not sure what area I want to study in college but I think that taking some classes in high school will help me figure it out.

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 this article has a very powerful meaning to it and I completely agree. We, as high schoolers, should be able to choose an outfit in the morning that we want to wear, not something that they think they wont get in trouble for. If these teachers are trying get us ready for "the real world", I don't think that there are going to be people telling us that our shorts are too short or that we need to put a jacket over our shirts when we're 20. People with short legs and shorts arms don't really have a problem with the thumb rule. However, people with long legs and long arms can have some major trouble finding shorts that come below the thumb. I don't think that shorts that show a little more leg would be a problem (unless you are able to see things that shouldn't be shown in school). I think that the teachers should let us have a little more self- control on the thing we choose to wear.
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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.

This weekend mostly consisted of watching the Royals and watching the Chiefs; not much but still enjoyable. Those are a few things that I really love about Kansas City: the enjoyment and support for our teams. This year, we've been fortunate enough to have some really successful sports teams like the Chiefs, Sporting KC and, of course, the Royals. It's really fun to see everyone in the community so supportive and excited how they are going all the way to the ALCS! For each "important" games they're played (and won) there have been fireworks going off in nearby neighborhoods celebrating the victory and the team moving on. I really hope that the Royals go all the way and "take the crown".

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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?
Find an example of a really cool infographic on the web and place it on your blog.

An infographic is a visual image that represents a piece of information. It's a simple photo that can easily be understood and can be used for many parts of the information it's representing. Some popular infographs that people use are graphs and charts. Most infographs have many bright colors and animated pictures.

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September 29, 2014

Tell me about your Homecoming weekend! If you didn't participate in the Homecoming festivities, what did you do? Share pics!

This weekend was quite busy. On Saturday, I was planning on waking up on Saturday morning late with plenty of rest and get my hair and makeup done and have more than enough time to relax before homecoming pictures came at 5:45; but that's not exactly how it went. I had a volleyball tournament at Shawnee Mission Northwest so we had to be at Blue Valley at 6:45 to catch the bus that took us to the tournament. Our last game was at 3:30 so I went home and get ready really fast! My group had pictures at my friend Sydney's house and since there were so many people at pictures, it took a while. Once pictures were done, the picture groups split up for dinner. My group went to Newport Grill in Prairie Fire. After dinner we all went to the dance. It was a lot of fun to see everyone so nice and dressed up. Once we were ready to leave the dance, we went to my friend Drew's house for the after party. It was a great night with great people. :)

September 24, 2014

Imagine Mr. Bacon has asked you to suggest one way of improving Blue Valley High School to make it a better place for students. Think about the changes that are needed at your school. Pick one change you feel would really make a difference and explain what it is and why you'd make the change.

A change that I would make to improving Blue Valley High School would be to get bigger lunch room tables. At lunch, we can never fit all of our friends at one table so we either have to pull up chairs or they have to sit somewhere else. We have had to pull up chairs every single day this year and it get so crowded. Another solution could be to maybe get smaller lunch tables so people would be forced to move to another table. 

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September 23, 2014

What are your favorite apps on your phone or tablet? Why?

My favorite apps on my phone are Twitter and Snapchat. I like Twitter because I can communicate with people and keep up to date on what they're doing just by reading their tweets. I like that I can so keep the people who follow me updated about my life. I like snapchat because it is like you are having a "selfie war" with your friends. I have had snapchat for a long time and I think I will be using it for a long time in the future. 

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September 22, 2014

What is email? When do you use email in your own personal life? List reasons and ways that people use email. What do you know about "email etiquette"?

Emailing is mailing things electronically. I don't really use email in my personal life because if I need to send something to someone or need to talk to them, I can just text or call them. Some people could also use email to send documents, to inform people about upcoming events or even to just talk. I don't really know what email etiquette is but I can imagine that is would be like being proper in your writing and using the right wording.

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September 19, 2014

Now that you've been in Emerging Technology for several weeks... what do you think? Do you think the web tools (Drive, Evernote, Bubbl, etc.) are helpful to you? Do you think they will be helpful throughout high school or even college? Explain.

I think that Emerging tech so far has been very helpful in learning new tools on the computer. I have enjoyed doing the blog posts everyday and the different projects that we are doing in class. I think that the tools that we have learned will help me in the future like Google drive will be so much more useful so I don't have to email myself the word document every time I write an essay. I may not use bubbl.us because I really like writing out my outline on paper rather than on the computer but its still a really good tool to know how to use. 

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