Monday, November 24

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

This Thanksgiving I am planning to go to Omaha to visit my family. We will celebrate it with the family and we will play fun games like bag toss and eat a bounty of food that my grandpa prepares. A tradition that we celebrate is always letting the youngest eat the first bite. This first bite represents the youngest because they will be the future of are family. All the other days I will be addicted to my new Pokemon DS games and sleep to catch up on rest. I will also be working on homework and spend plenty of time with my mom and sister.

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Wednesday, November 19

Blog Post of the Day:
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.

This project was very fun but there are things that I would go back and improve so that my stop motion is better. The first thing that I would improve is the story line because I did't have a good clear story. The next thing I would improve is the consistency of the pictures. I would spend more time on the pictures to make sure that the objects in the stop motion seem as life-like as possible. The last thing that I would improve is the lighting in the pictures. I feel like my pictures were dark so next time there is a project like this I will use a lamp for better lighting. The video overall was good and I am pleased with the grade that I was given.

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Monday, November 17

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

My weekend was great because I got to go camping with my boy scout troop. On Friday, I got to go to the camp site and eat pizza with my friends. We talked about random stuff and for dessert we ate amazing cookies. On Saturday morning, I got to eat an amazing muffin and hiked some trails with the troop. I also played Ladder ball with my friends and beat all of them. For dinner, we ate an amazing seasoned turkey and had hot chocolate. On Sunday, we left and went to Nordstrom Rack and I got new shoes for basketball try-outs. Then we went home and I went to bed dreaming about Basketball.

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Friday, November 14

Blog Post of the Day:
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.

Creating another stop motion was very fun because I got to try something different from what I did last year. This year I decided to use quarters in my stop motion instead of using card decks. It was cool but a problem I encountered is trying to keep the camera set on one place. What was difficult for me was finding a nice area to take my stop motion in because there were so many options. In the end, I used the counter and took great pictures for my quarter stop motion. What I would change is that I would change my camera angle every couple pictures because that would show variety. This project was really fun!

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Monday, November 10

Blog Post of the Day:

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

Stop motion anime is when you take a bunch of pictures and make it into a video for others to watch. What I mean by this is if you have a skittle pack and you use the skittles to make your stop motion then you would have your skittles become life-like. In the photos, you would move the skittles inch-by-inch until you have the skittles form a design that you wanted to see. These photos would move in order in the video so fast it would seem like the skittles can move themselves.  This is what I know about stop motion anime from my previous experience in photography.

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Five Frame Storyboard

Wednesday, November 5

Blog Post of the Day:
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 is the beginning, middle and end? Tell me about your plan of attack.

My five frame storyboard is about coming to Emerging Technologies class. The plot of this story is my regular day at the 7th hour classroom. The first frame is me walking into class. The second frame is me sitting at the computer. The third frame storyboard picture is me logging on. Th fourth storyboard picture is me going to BV business and the last storyboard picture is me blogging. This story is creative because it shows what I do in my life each day Monday to Friday.

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Tuesday, November 4

Blog Post of the Day:
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

Yesterday was great because we got to improve the pictures that we were awesome enough to take ourselves. I had to do this for my Emerging Technologies class. The first picture I decided to take and edit was the Wet Floor sign. What I did to this picture is I made the sign change from yellow to orange and made the background darker in order to emphasize the sign's appearance. The second picture that I took and edited was the class competition sign. I decided to make the sign a bit brighter and add lightness to the background. The third picture I took and edited was the picture of an eye. What I did to this picture was I added a blue color to the eye and decided to make the picture crystallize. The fourth picture I took and edited was a picture of a hallway. What I did to this picture was I made the brick wall a lighter red and made the ceiling darker. The other thing I did to this picture was I made the guy waving stand out more. The last picture I edited was a picture of a school medal. What I did was I made the medal a orange color and made the floor darker. I chose these pictures because I thought that they would look very cool edited. 

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Pictures

Monday, November 3

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

My weekend was fabulous because I got to sleep and watch Doctor Who. Friday night was great because I got to bed and slept till 2 in the afternoon on Saturday. When I awoke I cooked my lunch and ate divine corn dogs and french fries. After I ate I got to play Black Ops 2 with a friend and then we watched Doctor Who. I got caught up in all of season eight and watched the Doctor save are world. Once I caught up I went to bed and slept till 10 AM and when I was awake I did my homework and got to go out shopping. I went to Walmart and bought the newest Percy Jackson book and a case for my new D.S. After that I had the privilege of getting a nice hair cut and then I went home. At home I played on my D.S. and went to bed.

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