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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.
My weekend was great because I got to sleep and go to events. On Friday, I went home and ate a delicious dinner and went to bed. Saturday was more interesting because I got to go to the merit badge forum for scouts and earn the music and digital technology merit badge. Afterward, I went home and cleaned the house for a showing on Sunday and at 6 my friend Dean arrived for a sleepover. We ate at Chile's and had awesome Ice Cream from Freddie's. The next day, I went to a driving class with Dean and learned more about the rules of driving and then went to a BBYO event where we interviewed girls to become Matzah Ball candidates for the BBYO banquet. Then, I went to the Nelson Atkins museum to take down tipi's that were going to a cub scout pack, boy scout troop, and Tamegonit Lodge. We loaded the Tipi's and then went to go see a Indian exhibit. Afterward. I went to Dean's house and worked on homework. The rest of the night I went to bed for school the next morning.
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If I was to make my own grade card then I would get a A in Boy Scouts. I would get an A in Real Estate and an A on memorization. I also would get an A in Babysitting and and A in Biking. I love biking, so I would get an A on that and an A on Gaming. I will of course get an A on Organization and on Grammar. This is every subject I would get an A in.
In Emerging Technologies, we worked on a family history project. I had to interview my mom and my grandpa Hugh and send an e-mail to my Aunt Jill. The information that they gave me taught me more about my history and after I learned more I had to make a family tree. This tree consist of all my family members that I could trace back to. Then, I had to make a Prezi about each family member. I enjoyed this because it taught me interesting things about each family member. The last thing that I had to do was make an Infographic on Piktochart. I talked about my family migration and life nowadays. This is all I had to do for my family history project.
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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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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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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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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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