Final Project

For my final project in Emerging Technologies we had to do lots of family history projects. For the first item I made a email to my grandpa to ask him about our ancestors.Here is my email.

I also had to do a interview and ask two people in my family. For my first interview I interviewed my mom. The interview can be found here. For my second interview I interviewed my Grandma. The interview can be found here.

For my family tree I went to Family Echo on the internet and made my tree. It has all my family relatives from both sides of my family. You can find my tree here.

In my Prezi I did family members from both my moms side and my dads side and you can see this here.

For my info graph I did how my family settled in America and how they all met each other. This info graph also has facts about my family and its history.

November 24

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

I am going to Topeka to see family. No we do not have traditions just eating turkey and watching football. My plan for Wednesday is to go hunting with my dad. Thursday go down to Topeka and eat food. Friday and Saturday i will hang out with friends. Sunday i will do my H.W. and watch some NFL football. I may also go hunting Saturday or Sunday.

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.

I would have made it a little longer with more pictures. I would have managed my time better by doing it over time and not rushing it. I could have made a better idea but i thought that making my bed would be the easiest to tell what the story was so people could understand it. I would change the lighting and how long it was also i would have added more steps to this project. 

November 17

Tell me about your weekend.

This weekend i hung out with my friends and went to the chiefs game. It was a very cold weekend which stunk because it was hared to do a lot of stuff. The chiefs game was very cold but fun because we won. On Saturday i went to dinner with my family for my grandmas birthday.

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.

The experience took a long time. It was fun but it was difficult to be patient and take your time setting up the props. If i could change it again i would take more pictures and move the objects more slowly because i think that i moved some of the objects to far. I would move the object a little more sometimes than i usually did and i don't know how it will affect my whole video.

November 11

For my stop motion animation I am going to make my bed but where it looks like it is making itself. It is creative because it looks like the objects are moving by itself so it looks unreal. I am going to execute it by setting up the tripod in my room with my phone camera on. I will set up the objects every shot while my mother takes the pictures to make it go faster and more efficiently.

5 Frame Story Board

November 10

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

It is a animation that looks like the object moves on it owns. It actually is moved slightly ever frame so the object looks like it is moving nonstop. Dolls with movable joints or clay objects are the most commonly used objects for the scenes.

5 Frame Story Board

November 5

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.

I did how to make a sandwich. I made it creative by adding objects in it. The main character me. The beginning is the bread then the mayonnaise then the cheese then the meat then you are done.The plan of attack was how to show you how to make a sandwich.

November 4

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 took the photos with my IPhone. I took the pictures around the school of objects and people. I edited them on Photoshop.com. It is a great website used for editing. I like those photos the most out of all i took. The assignment was to edit 5 photos and put a before and after photo.

Photos

 Brad Waving

An Eye

 Water Fountain

 Fire Extinguisher

 Saxophone

November 3

What did you do this weekend?

I hung out with my friends Friday and Saturday  night. On Sunday i went duck hunting. it was a lot of fun this weekend. I was suppose to hang out with Brad Saturday but he never contacted me but we are going to hang out next weekend.

October 29

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 do not know much about photography or editing. I know how to take pictures and get the picture clear but i don't know how to take professional pictures. No i don't edit photos. I usually take photos on my phone if i do and that is only when i am at an event. I do not have much interest in taking photos.I do not have much background knowledge on anything to do with photography.

Prezi

October 20

Tell me about your weekend. Share pics!
I hung out with my friends this weekend. I had lots of fun playing baseball and football with my friends. I also went out to eat with my family and we had a nice dinner. Sunday i watched football all day and did H.W. the Chiefs won.

October 14

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.


They are a little different because now i agree with you and that their is a time and a place for clothes like that. People don't need the most expensive stuff and they don't need clothes that is to inappropriate for school.

October 13

I think it would be life classes and financial classes. They need to show us how we should use our money and how to act in everyday life. We would study a thing that that person want to do with their life. Not have to study stuff that does not matter. We would study just like another class and our class would be learning. They would be more hands on and more fun.

September 29th

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

Homecoming weekend was very fun. I went to homecoming then went to the after party and had lots of fun. We also went to dinner and had lots of food and had lots of fun. I have no pictures.

Infograph

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October 7

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 do agree i think teachers should focus more on teaching than what someone is wearing. I understand if clothes are to short bu the thumb rule makes it hard for any girl to find shorts that long now a days. Its not like what the girls are wearing are going to not make the males not focus it is just what some of them like to wear.

October 6

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

I had lots of fun this weekend. On Friday i had a football game and then after I hung out with friends. On Saturday i watched a lot of football and hung out with friends. On Sunday i watched football and then went to the Royals game. We won and now have to face the Orioles. We are going to win the World Series. Go Royals!!

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?

They are a visual picture of data or stats. They help prove patterns and trends. They can help people understand stats better and grab their attention better. Colors and good facts make a good infograph. The reason for that is because people are more interested in the infograph and will pay  more attention to it.

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.

  

          I would change the size of the parking lot so sophomores can actually park. I would also change the lunch so it is good and doesn't taste like gross food.  I think the biggest would be the lunch because many kids don't eat enough because of how gross it is. That would change the way kids do in school and how they act in school.

September 23, 2014

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

My favorite apps are twitter or soundclound because I use them the most. I can check social media and then listen to music. It is a great tool and i use it very often.

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"? 

I only use email when I sign up for stuff and fantasy football. Many businesses use email a lot. Without email for businesses they wouldn't be able to send messages to all their customers or employees. I think email is going down for young kids but for businesses it is still very important. I know in email it is very important to have good grammar so you look educated to the people you are talking to.

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.

Emerging Tech has helped me with the computer and how to get it to work. Drive, Bubble and Evernote are good for notes and doing papers. They will come in handy when you have a lot of websites in college.

September 17, 2014

Do you enjoy writing? When do you enjoy it? What kind of writing do you enjoy? Why do you think the ability to write is so important no matter what kind of writing it is? Give an example that you enjoyed writing or hated writing. Why?

I do not enjoy writing. I think it takes to long and it would be better to just say it. I enjoy poetry. I think writing is important so many people can read it and form their own opinions about the subject you are writing about. I hate writing because sometimes teachers grade you on your writing and some people are just better at writing no matter how hard you try. It is a skill because I know people that try harder than other people and still do not get as good grades as them on writings. 

September 16, 2014

Reflect on this quote. Give an example of a time in your life that this might have been the case.

If you don't prepare right and slack off you will fail on what you are trying to achieve. This happens to me on tests sometimes because I don't prepare right and don't study like i should. when I fail to prepare i fail. In Chemistry i didn't study so I failed the test and i got in trouble with my parents. If i prepared it would have been different and would have gotten a good grade.

September 12, 2014

What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend I was with my friends and family. Friday and Saturday night i was with my friends and Sunday night i was with my family. Friday night i was at the football game. Saturday i watched college football. Sunday I watched NFL. It was fun. Even though the Chiefs lost we were close and the Denver Broncos are a lot better than us.

September 12, 2014

What is the importance of research? Why do you need to know how to research? What have you learned in high school about researching topics and finding quality resources? Have you had a helpful teacher that has taught you to research? Explain

The importance of research is learning new things so that your mind can learn new things. Without learning new things nothing would be possible. In high school we have learned about databases that have a lot of research type things. we have also learned how to use words in Google to find the best selection of things for our research. Yes, Ms. Edwards has helped a lot when I am in other classes and we are researching stuff. She shows us good websites and helpful tools.

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Global Issue Selction

For my global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen Immigration in America. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.

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September 10, 2014

The kids these day are on their phones and other electrical devices to much. They need to cut down on their use on that phone and go outside and play a sport. They also need to find a job so their parents don't have to pay for everything.

September 9, 2014

Tell me about the global issue you selected. What do you already know about the issue? What are you looking forward to learning about it? Explain

I choose immigration in America. That people are mad about how many immigrants are in America and that some other people see it as as a good thing for America. How the issue first rose and how many immigrants are coming into the country. I also would like to learn more about illegal immigration in the U.S.

September 8, 2014

What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

On Friday I went to the high school football game. On Saturday I had a football game and hung out with friends that night.On Sunday i did a lot of homework and watched football. The Chiefs sucked and we lost. My weekend was fun.

September 5, 2014

Drinking lots of Water : A
Hunting : A
Getting a Job : A
Being a Good Friend : A
Making Lots of Money : A
Procrastinating : A
Getting my Homework Done : A
Being a Good Family Member : A

September 3,2014

Yesterday I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.


To make us be challenged and try harder to get us prepared for the class. It will help us and we will make less boring presentations for the class. Bullets and headers are boring and you want us to use more images and more descriptive writing. It will show more emotion and help the other people reading the presentation understand it better.

Seat Belt

August 29, 2014

August 29, 2014

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

I think John Tapene is right and that kids need to start being more responsible and not wanting their parents to do everything for them. It makes me feel that i need to do more and start helping out more often and being more proactive. If you wait to long you will be left alone and that is why you need to start early and start being a young adult.

August 26th 2014

August 26, 2014

What is a Public Service Announcement? If you don't know what it is, Google it. In your own words, now tell me what it is? What are they used for? Can you recall an example of a PSA you've seen before?


A Public Service Announcement are messages sent out to the public through media with no charge to try to get awareness for people to change their attitudes towards something. The U.S. uses them mostly for health and safety and to bring out problems like obesity and gambling. I have seen drug awareness commercials and radios talking about how they can harm you.
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August 25, 2014

After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

      From Ashtons full speech I took away that I can be whoever I want to be if I have the motivation to do it. This quote by Ashton Kutcher means that everyone has the same chance of changing the world as anyone else. No matter who you are you can accomplish something great if you just try hard enough. You can make other people change and they will start changing the world with their thoughts. As long as you are trying as hard as you can try you can and will accomplish just as much as the smartest person in the world. The only thing that stands in your way is yourself.


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Who Am I Presentation