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

4/2/15

What do you love most about this time of year? Explain why you love it.

I like the most about this time of year is the weather. I really like the temperature in the Spring and it is a nice change from the coldness of winter. I also love the rain. I love thunderstorms and other rainy days and those are the most often in the spring time. I also really like how all of the plants start to grow and everything is really green.

Edited Pictures

3/30/15

Did you complete the photo scavenger hunt? What kind of fun pictures were you able to capture? Did you do all your photos at school or did you do some at home over the weekend? Share one of your favorites.

I completed the scavenger hunt and I took a lot of fun photos. I took some pictures over the weekend but I took most of them at school. I took some pictures of art and in the PAC.

3/27/15

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 really know that much about photography or photo editing. I think it is fun to take pictures and play around with different filters but it is not a passion of mine. I take pictures mostly with my phone and other apple products but I have used cameras and know how to work them. I think it would be interesting to learn about since I do not know much about it. 

3/23/15

Welcome back! Go ahead. Tell me all about your Spring Break. Include photos!

I did not do much over spring break. For the most part I hung out at home and watched Netflix and caught up on all of my shows. For the last 3 days I went to Arkansas with my family for a college visit and it was nice and the weather was great. We went and saw hot springs and they were really nice. I also watched a lot of basketball but unfortunately my bracket is over. I only have 2 final four teams left and my champion, Virginia, lost. But overall it was a good spring break and it was a good time to relax.

Greek Economic Crisis Prezi

3/11/15

What are you doing for Spring Break?

For spring break I am not going anywhere but I am planning on getting a lot accomplished. I want to get all of my projects done and out of the way and I also want to finish online p.e. I want to tan some because I have dance competitions soon. Otherwise I will chill and watch Netflix. I am looking forward to hanging out and not doing much.

3/9/15

Tell me about your weekend.

Friday night was Relay for Life and it was tons of fun even though it was very tiring. We did lots of games and had fun with all of my friends. After I got home from that at 7 I had a 30 minute nap and then went to spacing rehearsal for dance. I had seven dances spread out from 9 to 6. The rehearsal was at Shawnee Mission South so it was about a 30 minute drive to get there. When I got home at 7 I had dinner and went to bed. I woke up the next morning at 7 and went to church. Then I got all ready to go to costume rehearsal. I had to have all of my costumes ready to go and we tried them all on and did all our dances in that. When I got home at 6 I did my homework and then went to bed. 

3/6/15

If you were the principal for a week at BVHS, what would that look like? What changes would you make? Why?

If I was the principal for a week probably nothing would change. We all know that change takes a long time and I would not be able to implement anything in the span of one week. If I did have that power I would change the way class changes are handled. It is very confusing on how to change and what classes are open. It is also very awkward to ask a teacher to let you leave their class for another teacher. I would also fix the Wifi because you cannot do anything on anything without it. But in reality Mr. Bacon does a very good job of running the school and I wouldn't change much. 

3/5/15

List out 10 pieces of advice you would give someone on how to create an amazing presentation.

1. Use lots of color

use interesting colors and sizes to make the presentation interesting

2. Do not use paragraphs use bullets to display your information

3. Use pictures and graphs to help show your information

4. Make each slide informational but not too crowded

5. when you are talking don't just read off the slide

6. Make sure you have your information displayed in an interesting way not just the same all the way through

7. The presentation should be in a specific order not just random information

8. Make sure you have all of your work cited and there are no grammar or spelling errors

9. In your presentation make sure the work has purpose and you answer a question or solve something

10. Your presentation should be fun and interesting to read. It should be exiting and engaging . 

3/2/15

Tell me about your weekend

Over the weekend I did not do much but on Friday night I performed at the basketball game for dance team and I played for the first girls game. After I performed I hung out and watched the staff game. After that I went home and watched Grey's Anatomy and went to bed. The next day I had dance for 2 hours and then I came home and worked on homework and rhinestoned costumes. Our dress rehearsal is this weekend so we are preparing for that. On Sunday I went to dance for an hour and then came home and chilled out for the rest of the day. That evening I went to church with my older brother and we went out to eat afterwards. 

Greek Economic Crisis Infographic

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2/24/15

 1. 90% of the information that comes into the brain is visual
 2. Infographics should show statistics easily and simply
 3. 32% of visual things on an infographic are bar graphs
 4. 40% of people learn better using visual tools
 5. Infographics make you look like an expert in the topic