Who Do You Think You Are?

Interview questions with Grandma Ardie Pinkerton
Pinkerton Interview Questions

Interview questions with Grandpa John Hagel
Hagel Interview Questions

Email written to Aunt Jane Tobias about the Pinkerton family tree

Persuasive Letter

Hagel/Pinkerton family tree on Ancestry.com (click on the green arrow below Cynthia Pinkerton or Keith Hagel to see the opposite sides of the family tree)

Family Tree

Looking through the Hagel family descendants book
StoryBoard

December 2nd, 2013

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.

So far on my project I'm probably about halfway finished. I need to get some more of my interview questions done with different family members so I have different view points for my family tree. I need to collect more photos and try to see if I can go back one more generation in my family tree.

November 15th, 2013

Collin Wolfe - Skittles - I think that this idea was creative and unusual

Katie Gemperli - Drawing - This was just really cool

Emma Friedlander - Moving school items - I thought this was unique and I would've never thought of it

November 13th, 2013

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 my video could have turned out a little better than it did. I cropped all of my pictures and they ended up going back to the original photo so it was kind of unexpected. I think I would give my video a 45 out of 60 because the quality wasn't as good as I wanted it. I learned that it's probably better to take photos on a regular camera with a stand rather than taking them on my phone.

November 11, 2013

How far along are you on your stop motion animation? What did you do over the weekend to work on you stop motion animation? Do you have all your pictures today? Will you have all your pictures by the end of the hour? Give me a detailed updated.

As of now I have about 50 pictures and I am going to try to be finished by today. Over the weekend I tried to get my pictures edited and cropped so it just shows the square of sticky notes. I think that if I'm not done by today then I will be done tomorrow and ready to upload them to my computer.

November 8th, 2013

What are you planning on doing for your stop-motion animation video? What story are you going to tell? How will your video be fun and different? Who is taking your photos? When are you taking your My stop-motion animation video is going to be a sticky-note square and I'm going to move certain sticky notes around to create a picture. I think my animation is going to be a story about a flower blooming or I might just make kaleidoscope designs. I think my video will be different because no one would really think about having different colored sticky notes for a design. I am taking my own photos and I am going to take them during class.

November 6th, 2013

 What story will your storyboard tell? Explain in detail.

My storyboard tells a story about a boy who thinks he can fly and climbs on top of a really high place and spreads out his arms but but ends up tragically failing. He falls face first to the ground and then sits up and starts to cry because his dreams of flying have been crushed. The first few pictures are in black and white because it represents the boy reflecting back on what he has just done. The last picture is in color because it represents the present.

November 4th, 2013

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 have used pixlr and photoshop on my project. Pixlr is easy to use and I really like using it because the editing steps are simple and aren't hard to find. I think the easiest part of using Pixlr is the editing tools because they just drop down from a tool bar and you don't have to go searching for them all over the place. Photoshop has been a little more complicated and I didn't save my picture on it because I didn't think it turned out very well. I just find it to be more confusing so I'll probably end up using Pixlr again.

November 1st, 2013

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?

Some of the pros of photo editing can be making pictures look neater and cleaner. Photo editing helps magazines and other advertisements look better than the original picture. Cons of editing can be using pictures to deceive another person and make them think that the picture is not what it seems. Photo editing can be fun when you use it on social media sites like instagram, twitter, etc. A person can use it too much when they start to trick other people with editing or they use it in other ways to make people think that it is not what it seems.

October 28th, 2013

What is your favorite web tool that we have used in class so far this year? Why is it your favorite web tool? What do you like about it? How can you use it again in the future?

I think my favorite web tool so far has been prezi because it's really easy to use and it's efficient. It's much better than just using a powerpoint because it has better transitions and it also lets you adjust your slides. A lot of other presentation tools are exactly like powerpoint and I don't like to use them. I think I can use prezi in the future for more projects and to maybe help with college materials.

One-Child Policy

China's One-Child Policy on PhotoPeach

October 21st, 2013

Tell me about your weekend.

Over the weekend I had to get allergy tested to see what kind of things I'm allergic to. After that I went out to dinner with one of my friends on my soccer team and then hung out with another one of my friends. We watched a movie at my house. I also had a soccer game at the Overland Park Soccer Complex which my team won. My family then went over to our neighbors house to carve pumpkins and have lunch which was really fun. Lastly I had a study-date with one of my friends from school and we went out to eat and do our homework together.

October 17th, 2013

What makes a presentation memorable? What makes a presentation stand out and not boring? How are you going to make your presentation better than anyone else? How will you make it unique? Explain.

Something I think makes a presentation really unique is when a presenter finds a way to connect with the audience to keep them engaged. A presentation stands out when there are memorable images, easy information to remember, and the presenter makes the information stick with the listeners. I think a was to not make a presentation boring is by getting the audience involved by asking questions. I'm going to try and make my presentation unique by adding in good information that is easy for people to remember and also making sure that the pictures I use are strong enough to make the audience remember them.

October 15th, 2013

What did you learn from the Ted Talk yesterday? Did you find it interesting or accurate? Explain.

In the Ted Talk yesterday I learned that technology is pulling us away from each other. Even though we might think that it is helping society grow, we are actually losing important life skills that are necessary while continuing to grow. Most of the things mentioned in the video were very accurate because all of it was based on psychology. Although we think that technology can be our best friend, we need actual human contact to be able to establish healthy relationships instead of being on our phones and other devices all the time. I thought it was interesting how she described the past and present feelings of how texting and calling works.

October 14th, 2013

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.

The digital age that we live in today is something that is so advanced that it's almost uncontrollable. One of the good things about it though is that we are able to easily contact and share things with others. I use technology in my life to communicate with family and friends easily. Technology is starting to get out of hand, and that's something I don't like about it. A lot of the time when people post things they can never get it back. I think that's kind of dangerous in some situations.

One-Child Policy Infographic

October 8th, 2013

Tell me about your Homecoming weekend (whether you went to the activities or not!). Tell me about what you did over the weekend.

Over the weekend I helped my little sister get ready for homecoming. My grandparents were also visiting from Nebraska to celebrate my birthday and my sister's birthday. We went out to a nice dinner and then hung out at my house for awhile. I also had three soccer games which went really well.

October 2nd, 2013

What do you know about infographics? What do you know about them? What are their purpose?

Infographics are used to show any kind of statistic by using a diagram with pictures and charts that are easy to read. They are often times seen online. Their purpose is to show a reader a certain statistic and demonstrate it so they can read it easy. The pictures that go with an infographic have something to do with the topic that the statistic is about. Most of them include either a percent or some other kind of number.

September 27th, 2013

What are you weekend plans?

This weekend I have a soccer tournament at the Overland Park Soccer Complex and my first game is tonight. I also plan on going shopping because I got some money for my birthday on Wednesday. Hopefully I'll find some time to go to the Legends after my games. If not though, I'm going to try and hang out with some friends or watch a couple of movies because I haven't done that in awhile.

September 25th, 2013

Most students view siting work as 'a pain in the butt'. How do you feel about it? Is it necessary? When is it appropriate to cite work? What's the importance of it?

I think it's good to cite work most of the time, but sometimes when teachers tell you that you have to have a certain number of sources then I think it's a pain. I believe that you should be able to get as many sources as you need because sometimes you find information in only a couple of places. It's important to cite your sources though because it allows you to give credit to the person who put the information out there.