Final Project

WHOOO!!! Final Project!!!

This is a tale of my family history and the wonderful amazing things associated with my family!

To start off, I interviewed my mom to get some background information. Click Here to see her responses!

Then, I interviewed my father to learn more about his life and growing up! Click Here to see his responses!

Then I sent an email to my sister in order to learn more about my family and our history, she did not respond :( but you can see the email I sent to her, Here.

Then I made a family tree using FamilyEcho.com, you can see it here!

Then I made an info graphic with things about my family!



And finally a Prezi with pictures and facts about my family...

Monday April 28th 2015

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.

I think that this is a very insightful blog post by a teacher. It shows that teachers are actually concerned wit the welfare of their students and not solely concerned with themselves like many students believe. The teacher is trying to tell us not to give up and to preserve everyday and work hard in everything you do. To me, the main event is learning how things work for YOU and making decisions that will help you in your life and that will lead to your growth.

Friday April 17th, 2015

GIANT blog post of the day:


Answer the following questions thoroughly on your blog.

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).
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/mindblowing, how would you rate your project? Explain why.
In hindsight, what would you do differently the second time around? Better lighting? Time management? Explain yourself.
Explain what makes your stop motion animation unique. How do you believe you thought "outside of the box" on this project?
What grade do you feel you deserve on this project? Explain your reasoning.

My stop motion animation was about a happy family of birds that went swimming for  the first time. They are shown going across the screen and going into the water. I chose to do this because it was fun and easy and I like folding cranes. I enjoyed making this presentation because it was a lot of fun and it was nice to make. It was also one of the easier project ideas that I had so I decided to do that.

I would give my project a rating of 8, I think that it was a simple project that was very well done and that had a good story. I think that this could have been better but I was tight on time.

If I were to do it again I would have more characters in the story and maybe have more photos so that my project could be longer.

I had the only bird stop motion animation in the entire class - unlike some other fools who all had skittles moving around so there's that. Also because not everyone knew how to make a paper crane so I know that my idea was original.

I think I deserve a mid-A on this project: it had all of the necessary items for the project but probably could have been done better.

April 14th, 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
3 day weekend... how was it? Give me a good story or something funny that happened this weekend. Go.

PROOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This weekend I had Prom! My date, Rachel Trout went to the dance together. We went to Brio Tuscan Grille at the Plaza. We ate dinner and then went to the dance. At the dance we danced a lot and had a lot of fun. We then to after-prom here at the high school; I gave away all of my tickets to my friends to win prizes. We went to our after party and stayed up until 5:30 AM partying the night away. Here are some pictures of us from our night.

Tuesday April 7th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
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.

My idea for my stop motion animation video is to have a family of origami cranes fold themselves and then come to life and take flight across the screen. I will fold a series of 5-7 paper cranes and will take images between each step of the folding process. I will also show the birds "swimming around" in a pool of blue paper. My story will take place in a backdrop of a shoe box that I will make using a shoe box with blue paper in the background to look like the air that the birds will fly through. I will use natural light to film this because it will provide a better light that florescent lighting. I plan to shoot this at my house because I have all of the supplies that I need at home.

Monday April 6th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!

This weekend flew by! On Saturday morning I took a practice AP English Exam! It was a 4 hour long test that was very mentally taxing. Later in the day I started blowing up balloons so that I could ask Rachel Trout to Prom. I filled her room with 200+ balloons that Hannah Valentine and I filled up. I also made a poster to accompany the balloons. On Saturday night I went to Church for the first time in my entire life at Church of the Resurrection. On Sunday I "celebrated" Easter by doing homework and going into work.

A Thirst Quencher

Thursday, April 2nd 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
What do you love most about this time of year? Explain why you love it.

What I love most about this season is change. I love the change of the weather, we are no longer bound by the bitter cold, but are liberated by the warmth of the sun. The change of the flowers and season is nice because of all the flowers that bloom. It is also party season! We had Spring Break, and next weekend we have Prom, and coming up we have graduation parties and graduation for the seniors. It will be a lot of fun!

Edited Pictures

Monday, March 30th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
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.

Yes I just completed this very fun scavenger hunt! I captured some fun pictures with my best friend Rachel Trout along with Hannah Judy. I completed all of the photos at BVHS. This is one of my favorite pictures!

Friday, March 27th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
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?

Photos are a captured image from real life or other things. When you edit images you change them is some way, either the size or the color or any other details of the image. I take quite a few photos, not as many as I used too because my camera no longer works. I take photos using the camera on my phone. Sometimes I decide to edit my pictures but usually I do not! I use the filters that are avaliable on Instigram and Twitter.

Monday, March 23rd 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
Welcome back! Go ahead. Tell me all about your Spring Break. Include photos!

Spring Break 2k15 was a rather uneventful event. I had to work every single day from the Wednesday we got off school until the following Wednesday! I saw a lot of dogs, but was also very tired of work. I saw a cat get it's leg amputated because it refused to wear a cast or splint. I clocked more than 35 hours at work in 7 days. The rest of break was spent with my sister and family eating out and enjoying the nice weather. I didn't take any pictures during the break because I was busy with my family and working.!

Global Issues Prezi

Wednesday, March 11th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
What are you doing for Spring Break?

This spring break will not be one for the books. :( I have to work every day from this Wednesday to next Wednesday with only one break, at that is on Saturday- to take the SAT. After work I will spend time hanging out with my friends, going to the park, and hanging out outside. My sister is coming home from college on Monday and we will spend time together because I never have time to see her! My parents are both working so I won't see much of them, but I will still have fun.

Monday, March 9th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your weekend!

RELAY!!!!!! This weekend was centered around the annual Blue Valley Youth Relay for Life! I arrived at JCCC at 4:30 in the afternoon to help set up for the event. We had a record number of students attend this year's Relay! Over 1600 students, parents, and teachers were there to help fight cancer. I was the Junior Chair of the event so I had the responsibility of dealing with all the fun problems that arose during the night! We raised over $213,000 for the fight against cancer. I got home at about 8:30 in the morning and slept all day! I then went to the girls basketball game on Saturday night, and spent all of Sunday relaxing and doing homework!

Friday, March 6th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
If you were the Principal for a week at BVHS, what would that look like? What changes would you make? Why?

If I were principal of Blue Valley for one week I would make a lot of changes, first off to the dress code. It is not the responsibility of girls to keep boys attention on their own work, if boys can wear tank tops, then girls can wear shirts that are backless. If boys are allowed to wear saggy pants with their underwear showing, it is okay for girls to wear Nike shorts. My second change as principal would be to redesign a schedule that allowed for more than 6 minute passing periods, students are expected to be fully invested in one class and then another and change on the turn of a dime. Allowing more time for students to relax and unwind between classes for make them more prepared and more focused in their next classes.

Thursday March 5th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
List out 10 pieces of advice you would give someone on how to create an amazing presentation.

1. Use pictures not words!
2. Limit each slide of presentation to 7 words.
3. Practice, practice, practice. Know what you are going to say before the presentation.
4. Keep your audience engaged.
5. Check your work for any grammatical misteaks.
6. Use graphics to represent ideas.
7. Make the presentation easy to follow.
8. Make the information relevant to your topic.
9. Know what ideas you need to convey.
10. Be confident!

Monday March 2nd 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your weekend.

This was quite a fun weekend! I went to the girls, boys, and staff basketball games on Friday, these were very fun games. On Saturday I had a hair cut at 10:30 in the morning, I then went home and relaxed. I went to a movie on Saturday afternoon, and then went to a Ping Pong tournament with my friends on Saturday night. On Sunday I worked with my friend Anna, and then I did all of my homework and watched some Netflix.

InfoGraphic

Tuesday February 24th, 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
Use the internet to find an infographic about infographics. Place it in to your blog post. Read it and then give me the top 5 things you learned from it that will help you make a better infographic.

1. Have relevant, timely, and accurate data
2. Choose a color scheme and stick with it
3. Make it in an interesting topic
4. Keep the design interesting to keep the reader entertained
5. Develop a theme to stay consistent