Final Project

Final Project for Emerging Technologies

For our final in Emerging technologies, we had to make a Prezi, infographic, family tree, interview two family members, and write an e-mail to family members to get information. For my first interview, I interviewed my grandma. Here is the link to my first interview- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sk8wpR6yqob2CeTH5LP6EXuU26FYtSp1StUnCHiEf04/edit?usp=sharing

For my second interview, I interviewed my uncle. Here is the link to my second interview-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z-p0QOdi7PPGwWo_Gf9UFKRvR45FBL3J2EwBsPR2H2Y/edit?usp=sharing

For the family tree, we had to make I used Family Echo. Here is the link to my family tree- http://www.familyecho.com/?p=START&c=xsh0l335h7&f=286020562781329333

The infographic I made using Piktochart. Here is my Piktochart-

The e-mail I wrote and sent to my family members I made on Google Drive. Here is the link to my e-mail- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oi5pbcQMTOh2BEcEnC_dcHsIhHMUEu4QVwZ8woqFpuw/edit?usp=sharing

Here is my Prezi on Pruitt Family History-

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.

The article is telling us that school is not all about the academics. It is about preparing you for the real world. It goes on to say that students matter and teachers are patient for us because we are worth it. The teacher is trying to say that we are worth the effort. He is also telling us that we need to try in school or it will set up failure in our future. The main event to me is learning how to deal with life and its issues.

4/17/15

Answer the following questions thoroughly on your blog. 

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/mindblowing, 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.

When you have done a really thorough job of answering these questions on your blog, you may have a study hall the rest of the hour. This blog post is worth 3 times as many as the others. Make it count!

My stop motion animation was about Tetris. I made the video with gummy bears and reenacted a game of Tetris. I had no reason as to why I chose this, but I thought it would look cool. I thought it would be fun to create a stop motion video with gummy bears. I could also eat gummy bears as I went along. I would give my project an eight for effort. It took me about two hours to finish it and I skipped basketball practice so I could have it done. I think it tells a simple story well. The second time around I would change lots of things. I would make sure my feet were out of every picture I took. I would also try to keep my camera angles more consistent. I believe I made it unique by changing the title scene and credits to look cool. I also don't think anybody made their stop motion with gummy bears. I believe I deserve an A for this project because I put a lot of time and effort into this project. I also made it with gummy bears and that is unique. The music matches the mood and the camera angle is pretty good throughout.

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4/14/15

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

This weekend was a good, relaxing time. Friday night, I just hung out with some friends. On Saturday, I relaxed the whole day and did some chores around the house. On Sunday, I woke up early and went to church. After that, we went out to eat. Monday I had basketball practice. This is where my interesting story occurred. We were scrimmaging the juniors, and one of our players was dunked on. Everyone went crazy and the game was postponed for a little bit. It was a good weekend and a much-needed weekend.

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.

My idea involves gummy bears. The gummy bears will try to do gymnastic things and then they will fall. Then an ambulance will come (it is a gummy worm) and then they go to the hospital. I don't know exactly what is going to happen at the hospital, but it will be something interesting. The only props I need are gummy bears, gummy worms, my phone, and maybe some things for the hospital. I will be doing all the picture-taking myself. I am not sure yet where I am going to shoot the photos, but it will probably be at my house or school.

4/6/15

Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!

This weekend was a good weekend. On Saturday, I went to JCC for an open gym and played basketball for most of the day. Sunday was Easter Sunday and I went to the 7 o'clock service for church. We then went up to my grandparents to celebrate easter. We ate a large meal then came home to do my homework, which I stayed up till 11 to do.

5-Frame Storyboard

4/2/15

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

The nice weather is my favorite part of this year. It is spring and that means that the cold weather is finally leaving. I can go outside and enjoy being outside without it being too cold. The perfect temperature is around 75 degrees.

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 did complete the photo scavenger hunt. Spencer and I worked as a team to capture the images. We took a picture of Scott Bacon's eye and a picture of an exit sign. We completed all of our pictures at the school. My favorite was our picture of Mr. Bacon's eye. I can't post the photo because it is on my partners phone.

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 know almost nothing about photography. I do take photos but very rarely. If I d take photos I use my phone for taking the pictures. I do not edit photos on social media and very rarely post photos on social media. I don't have much background or knowledge of taking photos. I think it could ne fun to do a lesson on photo-taking and editing.

3/23/15

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

For my Spring Break, I went to Oklahoma and Dallas. We left on Sunday and after a six-hour drive we arrived at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. My uncle is a soldier in the military. We stayed there for 2 days then went on another drive to Dallas, Texas. This one was a three-hour drive. In Dallas, we stayed at my other uncle's house. The first night we went to the Galleria and shopped. The following day we went to the Dallas World Aquarium and Dave and Busters later in the day. The third day, we ate at a famous barbeque place and hung out. On Friday, we drove back to Kansas City. It was a very long 9- hour car ride and was not enjoyable.

Organized Crime Prezi

3/11/15

What are you doing for Spring Break?

For Spring Break, I am going to Oklahoma then Texas after. My family and I are going to drive to Oklahoma this Saturday to see some relatives. We are staying there for three days and afterward we are going to Texas to visit other relatives. We are staying there for a few days then heading back the following Saturday. I am looking forward to the upcoming Spring Break.

3/9/15

Tell me about your weekend.

This weekend was a good weekend. My grandma and aunt came up and visited us on Saturday. On Sunday, I played my first club basketball games in months. We won one and lost the other. We ended up getting third in the tournament. I got to sleep in both days.

3/6/15

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

It would look amazing. I would have a huge coming into office celebration and then make a lot of changes. I would add a twenty-minute recess every day. I would also fix the schools wi-fi. The school parking lot is atrocious and horribly planned. I would fix the parking lot and pick-up drop-off line and widen the road to 4 lanes. The passing periods would be two minutes longer and music would play during the passing period.

3/5/2015

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

1. Be Prepared
2. Sound Professional
3. Stick to a color scheme
4. Be concise and to the point
5. Make good eye contact
6. Add visuals
7. Cite your sources
8. Don't read off your slides
9. Have good information
10. Have reliable sources

3/2/15

                                                      Tell me about your weekend

This weekend I did nothing. It was my first weekend that I did not have any obligations or things to do. I stayed at home and watched Netflix. On Sunday, I went to church in the morning and went out for lunch. It was a very nice weekend.

Info graphic about Crime

2/24/15

1. It should follow a flow and have structure.
2. Have a color scheme.
3. Use colors that make things pop out.
4. Have a clear title.
5.Use visuals.

2/23/15

Tell me about your weekend. Give me a story, something funny that happened, an experiencing you had, the way you felt, etc. Include photos!

This weekend was a pretty normal weekend. I hung out with friends, watch Netflix, and played basketball. There were no really good stories from this weekend, but I guess I could talk about how I went to my cousins birthday party. On Sunday, I traveled up to Independence, Missouri to go to my little cousins birthday. I had a great time and my little cousin also had a good time. This weekend was good.

2/20/15

The perfect study for me would be courses on how to be the most successful by doing the least amount of work. Some different courses that could be used are: Shortcuts for life, Easiest jobs with the highest salary, and how to be successful while doing the least amount of work. I would spend my class time listening to the teacher and taking notes. They would be very different then the ones I have now.

2/19/15

Copy and past these over to your blog and tell me a little about yourself. If you have a picture or two that might represent one of your answers make sure to include it.

My favorite food: Pizza
Foods I'd like to avoid: Dog
My favorite things to learn: Science
My favorite color: Orange
My best friends are: Logan Pittman, Garrett Stigge, Cade Blasen and others
My favorite games to play: Basketball
My favorite books: Lord of the rings
My favorite movies or TV shows: Parks and Recreation
My favorite holiday: Christmas
Things I do well: Basketball
Things I need to practice more: School
My favorite place to go: Basketball Court
My favorite family activities: Christmas
My favorite thing to do outside: Play basketball
My favorite chore: Taking out the trash
My least favorite chore: Cleaning the litter box
What I want to be when I grow up: Idk
A place I want to visit: Carribean
My favorite part of the year: Christmas
My favorite part of each day: Going home

2/17/15

Tell me what you believe this cartoon is trying to say. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Try and look at this from two different perspectives. What is your perspective? What would be an adult/teacher's perspective?

This cartoon is trying to tell us why the United States has been falling behind in the academic world. It is showing us how other people in different countries view ur youth and how they study. I agree with this idea. Life in America is much different than life in other countries. My perspective is as a student in the American education system. I have a lot of experience trying to study and focus and it is hard with cell phones right in front of you. An adults opinion depends on how he or she views the youth in America. I think a lot of adults would say that youth in America are easily distracted.

2/10/15

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work? I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?

The meaning of this quote to me is to slow down and take your time when you are doing work. By taking your time, you will produce better quality work. I could take more time to do school work and get better grades. I think I would get more out of this class if you gave us less work and gave us more time to work on it in class. By giving us less to do you would get better results out of us. I would also learn more by this way.

2/9/15

Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share.

This weekend was fun. On Saturday, I slept until 12. After I woke up, I went to go hang out with some friends. On Sunday morning, I went to church and afterwards went out to eat with my family. We ate at Planet Sub. After that, I went and got my haircut at Great Clips. I did my homework then went to bed.

2/6/15

Tell me about some interesting things you have learned about your global issue so far. What have you learned that you didn't know before? Include a couple images from the internet if possible. (Make sure to cite images that are not your own.)

I have learned that organized crime began in the 1800's and was started by immigrants. They formed gangs for protection and to make quick money. I have also learned about the leaders of these gangs and what they do. I am glad I chose this topic.

2/5/15

You haven't had a chance to tell me about your Sweetheart weekend yet - tell me about it now! Include photos if you have them. Even if you just laid around on the couch and watched Netflix, tell me all about it.

Sweetheart weekend was fun. I did not attend the dance but I still had a fun weekend. On Saturday, I slept in and hung out with some friends until they went to the dance. On Sunday, I went to church and afterwards went over to friends house to watch the Superbowl. I wanted the patriots to win and was excited when they did.

2/2/2015

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"? EXPLAIN.

E-mail is a way you can send messages online to people.

Reasons and Ways that people use email

1.For business

2.Social

3.To keep up to date.

4. Through Google or Yahoo or other email service.

I know a little bit about email etiquette. Never use caps lock unless you're trying to emphasize something in a big way. Keep it short and to the point. There are lots more but I don't know them.

1/29/15

Finish this sentence "10 years from now I will be...." (explain)

10 years from now I will have graduated from college and started my life after school. I would probably have started a job and started paying my own bills. I would own my own house and my own car. I will be living on the coast somewhere.

1/27/15

Yesterday I had you choose a global issue and you wrote about it on your blog. Today on your blog I want you to tell me about two different perspectives of your global issue. Are there people for and against your issue? Do people disagree on your issue? Is it a topic that can cause controversy? Look at the issue for two different perspectives. Tell me about those perspectives.

People who commit organized crime and people who benefit from organized crime are people who would be agree with organized crime. For some people, organized crime is the only way for them to survive and get money. They join organized crime rings to survive and support themselves. If organized crime was not around they wouldn't be able to survive.

People who have been negatively affected by organized crime are most likely against organized crime. A lot of people in the world have been affected by organized crime. They have had money stolen from them and in some extreme cases lives taken away from them. They want to abolish organized crime to make the world a better place.

Organized Crime

Once you have selected an issue, create a new blog post and answer the following questions:

1. Without doing any research, what background do you currently have on this issue? 
2. What do you want to know about this issue?
3. Why did you choose this issue? Had it effected your life? Is it something you are passionate about? Explain.

I don't have much background on this topic. I am not a criminal and haven't studied much about organized crime. I would like to know just how much of an impact organized crime has on America and countries around the globe. I chose this topic because I thought it would be interesting to learn about. Organized crime has not had an effect on my life. No, I am not very passionate about crime, but it is interesting to learn about.

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1/26/15

Last week I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.

You asked us to be creative so that we can learn to think outside of the box. Creativity is a important skill in the real world and in the school system it is sometimes taken away. Bullets and headers are boring and not fun to watch.

1/23/15

Kids these days are crazy. They're always on their phones and playing their video games. They don't have many manners and don't hold the door open for me. They're obnoxious in public and always have energy.

PSA- Nutrition

1/22/15

What is a public service announcement (PSA)? What do PSA's do? What makes a good PSA? How can you get someone to take action after watching a PSA? What is you PSA idea? Explain in detail.

A PSA is something that is designed to inform the public about a certain topic. It is usually designed by a non-for-profit organization. A good PSA explains the topic and how it can effect your life. Give them a number to call or an e-mail can  get people to take action. My PSA topic is nutrition. 

1/20/15

Tell me all about your 3 day weekend. Share photos!

This weekend was fun. Our coach gave us Saturday off so I didn't have to wake up early for practice. On Saturday I slept in very late and didn't do much the entire day. Sunday I went to church and hung out with some friends. On Monday I had practice in the morning and then after that spent the rest of the day with friends. We had an air soft war and played wiflle ball.

1/16/15

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can.
I am a freshman in high school. So far I have had a great time here at BVHS. The teachers are great, the students are great, the coaches are great, pretty much everything has been great. My favorite class so far is honors biology. My favorite teacher is Mr. Hulse. I am involved in basketball and I am on the freshman A team. So far we are 8-0 on the season. I am looking forward to learning more and becoming a better person.

Who am I?

1/15/15

Accept your flaws
Ball is life
Call people
Don't be mean
Envy is bad
Fix people
Greet everyone
Happy is best
I believe
Just do it
Know your limits
Like people
Make good decisions
Now is more important than the past
Own it
Purple
Quails are best
Right is better than wrong
Stop bullying
Touch the lives of others
U are great
Victory
We is better than I
X-rays are important
You are cool
Zebras are better than horses

1/13/15

What are your thoughts on this class so far? Easy? Hard? Informative? Frustrating? What have you learned so far? What do you want to learn? Explain yourself.

So far this class has been pretty easy. As long as you pay attention while you are being instructed, things should be easy. I already used a lot of the things we have gone over in class, so it has been mostly review so far. Learning how to set up the blog is something I have never done before and has been interesting to learn. I think this class will be beneficial to my technological use.

1/12/15

Tell me about your weekend. What did you do? Upload a photo to your Google Drive and then insert the photo (or photos!) to your blog post to show me what all you did.




This weekend I didn't do very much. I had basketball practice on Saturday in the morning and after that went and ate lunch with my team. After that I went home and took a nap. Sunday I had to get up for church in the morning then ate lunch with my family. After that I went home and took another nap. It was a very nice weekend and I caught up on my sleep.

1/9/2014

1.  Playing Basketball
2. Being on my phone
3. Tweeting
4. Eating 
5. Reading
6. Video Games
7. Sleeping in
8. Baseball
9. Watching TV
10. Doing Homework

1/8/2015

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

I partly agree with what is being said in the article. Yes, teenagers do need to mature and become more responsible. That doesn't mean that they have to do everything for themselves. All teens still need someone to help them with stuff. Teenagers do need to realize that they are important and the world needs them. This doesn't mean that they are ready to help the world. Life shouldn't be all abut work and jobs, people need free-time and fun time to be productive. Teenagers are already at school for eight hours a day, sometimes more for athletes and people involved in clubs and activities, that is a lot of time preparing for future life and becoming a better person.