A Look Into My Life

I started out by interviewing two people about there family and up the family tree. I interviewed my mom Julie and my dad Todd. After the two interviews which I gathered a bunch of great information. but as i stared my family tree on family echo gathered that  needed more information so i sent an email to my my Grandfather. After the email I had most of what I needed for both the info-graphic and Pezi. Both of those parts of my final were hard and time consuming. the info-graphic was annoying as it was last time we did it. The info-graphic turned out like i had hoped after a little tweaking it was ready. info-graphic is below. Next came the hardest part the Prezi, coming up with the people was the hardest. after that was done finding the photos to go in the Prezi was not fun. The Prezi is also below. But in the end, the project was fun to learn about my family on a deeper level.
 
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Monday 11/24/14

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

To start off the week, Im having a sleepover on Tuesday with my two besties. Then not doing until Friday, I’m being a body guard for two of my friends in the stores. Then I’m going to see my dying grandmother in Maryland on Saturday and Sunday. We don’t really have any traditions other than eating way too much. This year we are all splitting up no one will be together for thanksgiving this year. LLLLL

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Wednesday 11/19/14

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

More time we didn't have time to do a longer story to make my story line make sense. I shot a lot each day Claymation takes a very long time to make. Watch the focus more on the shots and re shoot them if I had noticed them at the time. I would just have expanded on the story line and made the video longer.  

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Monday 11/17/14

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

My weekend was pretty awesome hung out with friends. On Friday one of my friends’ boyfriends was busy so her and I went to see Letters to Sala at Blue Valley Southwest. The show was so much better than the show we did here. Then I went to the mall on Saturday with my BFF and it was really fun. We walked around for a bit then her boyfriend showed up and things got awkward so I just left. Then on Sunday my two best friends wanted to hangout but at the last second her mom wouldn't let her go. So the other girl and I went to Goodwill, drove around for two hours, and I had her try sushi for the first time. She love the whole day and found a new food she liked.  

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Friday 11/14/14

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.

It was a really fun experience and hard at the same time. Some problems I ran in to be having a hard time moving the clay just a bit each time. Also having people not touch the set or having things move when moving other things. Make the set a little bigger and not as complex took a lot of time that I didn't have!!!! 

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Monday 11/10/14

Blog Post of the Day:

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

 Stop motion is a series of photos put together to form a video that is played at speed. A normal video is made up of 30 frames or photos per second. Instead of filming the action you take photos one at a time to make the video. Example below:

5 Frame Storyboard

Wednesday 11/5/14

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 are the beginning, middle and end? Tell me about your plan of attack.

The plot is a trip top school. I plan to make the story creative by making the photos point-of-view and with fun editing. The main character is I. The beginning is a shot of keys the middle is walking into school. The end is walking in to school the end is laptop in a locker. I just shot them on the way to school.

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Tuesday 11/4/14

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 changed the white balance and saturation on most of them. Then I changed the tiger to sketch. Also I made some of them black and white. I chose those photos because they were better photos to start with. If you start with great photos you don’t have to do much editing to make them look great.

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Photo Editing

All Photos By: Jay Karner

Monday 11/3/14

Tell me about your weekend - details please!

On Friday I had no one to hang out with L #nogirlfriend. Then on Saturday I did pretty much nothing watched the blacklist. Also I went to see Bonnie and my sister ride at a horse show. Sunday I spent 9 hours at Blue valley South West setting lights. 

Wednesday 10/29/14

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 know a lot about photos and editing it’s one of my favorite things. I can use basic Photoshop and take really good macro shots. Yes I take photos do you no know me or something. It’s hard there are a lot that goes into taking really good photos. Way too much for a little blog post. I don’t edit because if you can take a good photo to start with you don’t have to edit. I have a lot of interest in photography but mostly cinematography. Its also my birthday today!!!!

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Monday 10/20/14

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

I had a pretty boring weekend L I did house work and went to see a movie on Saturday. The movie was Gone Girl. Sunday was very uneventful, went to church a 5 then a few friends crashed one of their boyfriends house. Then it was hw time yay, weekend complete.  

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Monday 10/13/14

The perfect curriculum would be that of Full Sail university's Show Production:

These classes would prepare me for the career I want, in the field I love . Image Credit

Monday 9/15/14

What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!
It was just a normal weekend. Watched TV, hung out with friends, and caught up on sleep. Nothing too interesting, was very lazy. 

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Tuesday 10/7/14

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 have been going to schools since 5^th grade the require prep school uniforms: ties, sweeter vests, pants, dress shoes, knee socks, three inch uniform skirts, everything in the school colors with the logo. I think that they are a great thing and think that this school should have them. They make you think that you’re at school and solves the dress code problem for good with skirts three inches above the knee, as well as shorts at school activities the same length. Also it solves clicks with clothes and you don’t have to worry about what you’re going to wear to school you are going to look like everyone else in the school. You don’t have the worry about looking cute or can I wear this it’s the same thing every day. This is a great thing and you can focus on school work and not clothes. Also I have found that it is distracting to have girls that you can see up their shorts to their panties. I understanding what the girls are saying it really has to go both ways with the guys not have the same rules as the girls. Having uniforms solves all the problems related to clothes and the dress code. I truly don’t understand why all school don’t do this, most schools in other countries do this why can’t the USA. 

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Monday 10/6/14

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.

My weekend was great I helped my sister with her horse trailer for two different shows. We went right from school to the barn to load up the trailer and hook up.  Our car was full of all kinds of horse stuff and girls on the way to the show. We took her horse to the show and then took the trailer to our house and she was up and out at 5 for the show. Luckily I didn't have to go, I hate getting up early. Then on Saturday I ran camera for my church, it was a blast. On the other hand it was nothing like my old church of 70,000 people, I miss it greatly. Then on Sunday it was back to horsey stuff and the trailer. We went cross country schooling and I took lots of photos. After a fun day we all headed home. The truck and trailer was my life this weekend.  

Tuesday 9/30/14

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?

It’s a graphic display of info relating to a specific topic to related topics. They inform the reader about of a bunch info in a small concise space. They give a pretty and formal way to convey boing things. They are big, bright, at eye level and have a focal point.

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Monday 9/29/14

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

My homecoming weekend was a really fun night. We went to the dance with a group of friends. The clan was Ali, Luke, Tate, Sophia, Rissa, Jessica, and me. We headed to Rissa’s house for photos her house and land was beautiful. Then Ali, Luke, Tate, Sophia, Rissa crammed themselves into Ali’s toy car; while Jessica and I went in my redneck truck just the two of us a great use of space. Photos were followed by dinner at the Hereford House it was really good, I would totally go back. After a two hour dinner we headed to the dance, the worst part of the evening. We were there for about an hour and a half and then some kid got hurt and they sent every one home. I didn’t care thought  I was ready to leave by then. Then we all took each other home and that was the night. Sunday I just watched TV all day and was very lazy.  

Wednesday 9/24/14

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.

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I would have him create a very strict honor code with very severe discipline. This would make a difference because you don’t have locks on your lockers and nothing will walk away. Also you have trust that you won’t cheat so you don’t have to cover your answers on a quiz or test. Teachers can, not be in the room with people in the room and they won’t go through the teacher’s desk. You can leave the doors unlocked and open and have nothing to worry about.  The students fear breaking the rules, “it’s not worth it” they say. This is the one big thing I miss about my old school.    

Tuesday 9/23/14

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

My favorite apps on my phone are all my social media apps (Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.) because I love talking to friends and seeing how they are. Also my other favorite app is planning center because it it’s the app I use to work at my church to volunteer with the production team.  

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Monday 9/22/14

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"?

It’s mail that can be sent electronically from device to device. I use it all the time to send large files to friends and work and Facebook. They use it for all kinds applications work, church, school and many more. That you need to spell out everything unless it’s sent from your phone. It’s more formal than a text but less than a physical letter.  

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Friday 9/19/14

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

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This is the worst class I have ever taken. The people are so annoying and immature. I could teach this class to myself. I don’t know why I have to take this class; I would love nothing better to than just walk out of your class every day. Writing stupid papers is the dumbest thing I have heard. The class I could have taken and loved is this hour but no I have to take your stupid class to graduate. I don’t think that these things are helpful by the time you'er a senior I would hope you know how you write and outline. This is a class for freshmen who have no clue how to be in high school not seniors!!!  I’m so done with this class if I could I would be in rep theater where I belong, to help my life of tech work not stupid computer science classes. 

Wednesday 9/17/14

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 absolutely hate writing more than anything. I never enjoy it ever. I don’t like reading either unless it’s in the form of a screen play. I think people need to have basic writing skills but not crazy writing like in an English class. I have dysgraphia, dyslexia, and can’t spell so writing and reading is the worst things on the planet for me.

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Tuesday 9/16/14

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

If you don’t do your homework you are not preparing for the test so you’re setting yourself up for a failing grade. This might be the case in theater if you don’t learn your lines you’re going to have a bad audition and not get the part.

Friday 9/12/14

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 to learn about something you don’t know about. You have to know the tool to do research to be effective and efficient. I have learned to use databases to find creditable sources. Yes, I have had a wonderful teacher that has taught me how to do research; but they are not that this school or state.  

https://www.wtsinternational.org/research/

Surveillance invasion of privacy

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/are-security-cameras-an-invasion-of-privacy.html
www.cio.com.au

 

For my global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen surveillance invasion of privacy. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.

Wednesday 9/10/14

Kids this day are too attached to phones and tech. they lose the social interaction of face to face conversations. They are also under a lot more pressure than I ever was. This is sad because the kids are killing themselves at a higher rate. They also are going to get beter jobs because of the advance in tech.

Tuesday 9/9/14

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.

*Hint - it's okay to reference your research questions and selection paragraphs that you wrote earlier this week to answer this blog post. Don't copy and paste though. I'll know. :)

I selected the global issue of surveillance an invasion of privacy. The government is tracing phones, laptops and watching your every move with cameras. I’m looking forward to learn how creepy the government really is. 

http://www.atkinsglobal.com/projects/hull-cctv-surveillance-system

Monday 9/8/14

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

I went to the Improv show on Friday it was really funny. The show was a great time with friends that night. It was great I went to the plaza on Saturday and an art museum. It was really fun to walk around downtown and see the city. I went to youth group on Sunday with more friends.