Final Project

For my first interview, I interviewed my dad. Click here to go to that interview

For my seconds interview, I interviewed my mom. Click here to go to that interview.

Click Here to get to Persuasive Email.


This is a Prezi of 15 of my family members and some information about each. I also have a couple facts about my family.
This is a small infographic about my family.

I also did a stop motion which is saved in my student folder under Emerging Tech FINAL.

Monday, December 2nd

Journal - Where are you right now on your "Who Do You Think You Are" project? What did you do over the break for the project? Did you interview anyone? Use the checklist below to figure out what you have finished, what you are still working on and what you still have to do.

                Over the break I asked my family a couple questions. I had already interviewed them but I was just asking about family health and such. I already finished my two interviews and finished typing my transcripts. I've also finished my persuasive letter. I've filled out all I know from the interviews and from previous knowledge on FamilyEcho. I've started adding information onto my Prezi and have all 15 of my bubbles. My Picktochart has an outline already I just have to fill in all the information. I have an idea for my stop motion I just have to make it. 

Friday, November 15th

Name                                               Idea                                             Reason

1) Regan Hamilton                            Toy Dog Gets Hurt                      The pictures really flowed together
                                                                                                            to make it look like an animation.

2)Ian Whelan                                    Legos "rearming"                         They flowed together really well and
                                                                                                            it had a story line behind it.

3)Dana Oudejans                              Sticky Note Transformation         It was really cool looking and it
                                                                                                            looked like an animation.

Wednesday, November 13th

Journal - How did you stop motion animation turn out? If you could give it a grade, what would you give it out of 60 points? What did you learn from creating this video?

 I think it turned out pretty well. I would probably give myself about a 55 to a 60. I learned that it takes a lot of time to make a good stopmotion. I also learned that you can do a lot of things in movie maker. 

Monday, November 4th

Journal - What photo editing tool(s) have you used so far on your 5 photos project? Do you like the tool? Is it easy to use? Hard to use? What's good about it? Whats bad about it? Give a detailed review of the tool.
                   So far I've been using Pixlr. I absolutely love the tool. In fact, when I got home I downloaded the app and then showed it to my modeling manager. I think it's very easy to use. I think everything is good about it. It has tons of choices, is extremely easy to do, and it looks super cool after you do a couple things to your photo. You can download a lot of different overlayers to use and a lot of different accent colors. There is also a choice to use frames. There's a couple different programs on it so you can choose which one you like the best. I like it because it gives you a lot of choices but I also hate it because of that. It gives you so many choices you could be working on one picture for days and find several things you like. 

Friday, November 1st

Journal - What are the pros and cons to photo editing? What are some examples of when photo editing is fun and appropriate? When can photo editing be inappropriate or too much?

                   The pros of photo editing are that you can make an image look cooler than they looked before. Another pro is that you can make an image your own. A con is that it can take a long time. Well, an appropriate time is definitely for selfies. I'm just kidding, that's more of a fun thing but an appropriate time is if you're in a photo contest where you can actually edit the photos. Inappropriate is when people put the weird stickers and stuff on their photos. I think that is just plain weird and I personally think it looks tacky. 

Monday, October 14th

Journal - What do you love about the "digital age" that we currently live in? What do you dislike about it? What are positives ways you use technology in your life? What are some things that come along with technology that you don't like? Explain.

                    I love that I can do almost everything on my phone. I can type a paper, tell my mom I'm on my way home, and even talk to my friends "face to face" that are hours away. I dislike that it kind of breaks people apart though. An example is whenever I'm at my friends house, I think we text a lot more than we talk in person. I stay connected with my friends and family from all over the world. I also use my technology to do my homework. Once again, I don't like that it kind of tears people apart.