Final

For my Emerging Technology final, we had to learn about our family tree. I interviewed both of my grandma's, and sent my Great Aunt, Joann the email. You can find the email here, and the interviews here. For the Prezi, I went into more detail on my dad's side of the family. For the Infographic, I went into more detail on my mom's side. With the information I found, I was able to make a very detailed family tree. You can find it here.

Monday, November 24

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

For Thanksgiving and Easter, we switch off every other year with what side of the family we celebrate with. For example, this year we will be going to Jeff City to celebrate Thanksgiving with my dad's side, and then we will stay here with my mom's side for Easter, and then next year it will switch. We leave for Jeff City on Wednesday, and it's about a three hour drive, so it's not too bad.  We stay at my grandparent's house, which I have to say is awesome because it's gigantic and super fun.  On my dad's side, there are thirteen cousins and they are all girls, so spending time with my dad's side is so much fun.  In my grandparent's house, the grand kids have their own room, and it has three beds in it; one for me and one for each of my sisters. We get the beds because my other cousins all live in Jeff City, so if they sleepover at my grandparents, they're stuck on the floor.  My two oldest cousins and I also go hardcore Black Friday shopping. We wake up around four a.m., and get tons of stuff. To be honest, I like my dad's side a lot better because my mom just has a sister that is six years older than her, and she has twins that are twenty-three and a son that is twenty-five, so it's not as fun.

Brainstorming Ideas

Scrabble
Skittles
Lunch
Popcorn popping
Person scooting around school

Wednesday, November 19

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.

If I had to do my stop motion animation over again, I wouldn't choose a different idea because I liked my idea, but I would manage my time better. I waited to do it until the night before, and I ended up having to come in early the day it was due to make the final touches, and the letters ended up in a different spot in the final copy than in the copy I had before I published, and that was very frustrating for me. I also would've fixed the shadows, but like I said, I did it last minute and didn't have time to perfect it. 

Monday, November 17

Tell me about your weekend.

This weekend, there was the sub state football game, and we played Olathe North, and unfortunately lost the game 14-21, but on Saturday there was a cheer competition at Blue Valley Southwest, and we won! It was such a fun competition and it was fun seeing all of my friends on the other teams compete. While all of this was going on, I also went to Adrenaline Dance Convention. I missed two classes and the scholarship auditions for the competition, but that wasn't a big deal. On Saturday night, I went to the Hunter Hayes concert in a suite for my friend Mallory's birthday. It was an amazing concert and I had a blast.

Friday, November 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.

The only problem I ran into was that when the Ouija board is playing the game you can't see which letter the Ouija is going to to answer the question, but that won't be a huge problem because everyone knows the answer to the question, so it doesn't matter.  I didn't really find it difficult at all other than the fact that it was very time consuming. I would change the angle I took the pictures from, if I could. I would've rather taken them from a birds eye view angle, but it wouldn't have been possible with the materials I was dealing with.  

Tuesday, November 11

What is your idea? How is your idea innovative and creative? How are you going to execute your idea?


For my stop motion animation, I am going to do my project on the Ouija board.  It's a board game that was also made into a movie.  In the board game, the Ouija moves very slowly and not always accurately, but in my stop motion animation, the board will move very quickly and will give an accurate answer to the question that will be asked.  I will have a few friends come over and play the game and I will take the pictures as they are playing.