Who do you think you are?

To start my interviewing process I interviewed my Mom and Dad. The interviews are here and here. I found out a lot of information about my family through the interviews. I found out that my moms and dads side of the family are very different and have different ideologies. I think it is interesting to see how I am similar and different to both families. Next I emailed my cousin to ask and see if she had any other information. The email was very helpful to see how her point of view differed from my parents. The email was an interesting way to see how families are perceived differently throughout generations. Next I made a family tree for my family. I never knew how far out my family went and how many people were in my family. It is very interesting to see how the number of people change with generation and how they are different and similar. After that I created a Prezi to help visually demonstrate my family and how big each side was. I found out some very interesting things about my family. For instance my grandpa on my moms side went to school in a one room school house, and my great grandpa on my dads side witnessed the last public execution in Illinois. Finally I created an infographic to show all the information I gathered in a short concise manner. The infographic was fun to see my family in a visual form.

Prezi


Infographic


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4/28/15

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.

This blog post is about how we get so caught up in the numbers and the grades and fitting in at school that we are missing the purpose. We need to focus more on how we get there and how we overcome struggles so that we can succeed when we get out of school. When you work on something in school you are so focused on following the exact expectations that you forget why you had to write this paper in the first place. I think that the main event of school is trying to figure out how to succeed for you and how to power through things that are hard and how to keep going. The main event of school is finding out how to use perseverance and courage in small situations before you have to use them in larger ones. Dealing with the failure of a test will help you prepare for much harder things, like job loss or death. The struggles you have in school will not go away anytime soon so you might as well learn to deal with them now.

4/17/15

1. What was your stop motion animation about? Why did you choose your video to be about this? Was it because it was easy, because it would be fun, or it would be challenging? Explain your reasoning behind your project (and be honest).
2. If you could rate your stop motion on a 1-10 scale. 1 being low effort and no very good and 10 being out of this world/mind-blowing, how would you rate your project? Explain why.
3. In hindsight, what would you do differently the second time around? Better lighting? Time management? Explain yourself.
4. Explain what makes your stop motion animation unique. How do you believe you thought "outside of the box" on this project? 
5. What grade do you feel you deserve on this project? Explain your reasoning.

1. My stop motion video was about a scrabble game. I chose to do this because I saw some similar videos on the internet. I also did it so I could have a non moving subject and the pieces would be easy to move. I also did not have any other ideas. 
2. I would rate my stop motion video 8 because it is overall pretty good but the photography could be better. It would be better if I had done the pictures so that the camera was stationary. I put a lot of effort into the project so an 8 seems sufficient
3. the second time around I would have put the project on the ground or somewhere I could prop my camera up so that it doesn't move as  much. It would overall improve the quality of the video by a lot. It would also have been helpful for someone to help me move the pieces and adjust them to get a more seamless video 
4. My stop motion is unique because instead of focusing on the game as much it more focuses on the preparation of the game.  It also looks at the game from multiple point of views as if four different people are playing the game. The video is also unique because it has the pieces moving differently on their way to the spot almost like they are alive
5. I would give myself 95% because although the camera gets a little shaky at times the video follows the rubric and meets all of the requirements of being creative and having a story with a beginning middle and end. I also put a lot of effort into the project and I think that it is very well done. 

4/14/15

3 day weekend... how was it? Give me a good story or something funny that happened this weekend. Go.

On Friday I had a flute lesson and I watched Les Mis.  On Saturday I had solo and ensemble in the morning and I got a one on my solo. After that I went to dance and then came home again. That night I went to a birthday party for one of my dance friends. We went to the mall and did a bunch of challenges and then we came home and ate ice cream and watched movies. When we were at the mall we had the challenge to dance around Banana Republic with a banana. After about ten minutes in the store we got asked to leave but it was still pretty fun. On Sunday I had dance and the rest of the day I just hung out. On Monday I had a dentist appointment and I found out I have to get my wisdom teeth out soon. Besides that I had dance and then read with my cats.

4/7/15

Tell me ALL about what your idea is for your stop-motion animation. I need detail. Who is going to help you take photos? What props do you need? Where do you plan on shooting? EXPLAIN everything.

I am going to play a monopoly game without people. I plan on using a monopoly board and then all of the different characters are going to be in different spots on the board trying to get a monopoly. I will need a monopoly board and dice and I plan to just use the board as my background. I will play a game of  monopoly and all of the board pieces are going to be either happy or sad about the end behavior. The pieces will fight for money and property and one piece will end up winning. I will get someone to hold my phone and then I will take the pictures

4/6/15

Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!\
Over the weekend I did not do much but on Saturday I did homework and hung out around the house. I also had a flute lesson and hung out with my friends. On Sunday I went to church for Easter and the rest of the day I spent cooking. My sister and I really enjoy cooking and we cooked the Easter dinner for my family. After we finished cooking we watched a movie and then headed to bed.

5 Frame Storyboard