Family Tree

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s9NYFVvpC8GNBFKBgu5i1cE1RjGX3gJW7Ki1cP4MUnk/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWGBZ0AJJp6r6y3aLHmQ4vdKTd-qi0e8BFQNy_HxVDI/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.familyecho.com/?p=START&c=2bx8bwv9v7&f=701088686292491338
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pB-mAup16pT6NVS-79fQlDXhhTSCUa5sIqcN6ZJOQno/edit?usp=sharing

11/24

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.

We have my grandma and family on my dad's side come over or we go to my grandparents and we have turkey and all the other things you have on thanksgiving.

11/11

My idea for my stop motion animation is going to be the matrix. This is going to look very cool but very hard to create.

11/10

Blog Post of the Day:
What is stop motion animation? If you don't know, look it up! Explain.


Stop animation is making non-moving objects look like they are moving by taking a bunch of pictures and putting them together.

https://www.stopmotionstore.com/

5 Frame Storyboard

11/5

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 photo story is about my brother riding his bike.

Edited Photos

11/3

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your weekend. Give me details and photos!

This weekend, I went to Branson to visit my grandparents. We went to Silver Dollar City. We rode lots of roller coasters and ate food. We also saw a Christmas parade, which was really weird because it was two days after Halloween.

http://www.explorebranson.com/lodging/listing/1064/Silver-Dollar-City

10/29

Blog Post of the Day:
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 don't know anything about photography or editing. I don't take photos, therefore I don't edit photos. I have no interest in photography or editing.

http://www.amusingtime.com/funny-photoshop-face/

Global Issue Prezi

10/20

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

I didn't really do anything this weekend. I sat around and watched tv and played guitar. I also hung out with my friend and we played a lot of ping pong.

10/14

Blog Post of the Day:
Below is a letter written to the editor who wrote the article 'Enforcement of dress code creates negative effect' that your blogged about last week. Most of you wrote on your blog that you agreed with the writer. What are your thoughts after reading the letter below and seeing a different perspective. Are they the same? Are the different? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself

I still don't have an opinion on this issue, like I said in a previous blog post, but she definitely has a point. There is definitely a time and a place for you to wear different clothes. For example, I wouldn't wear shorts and a t-shirt at a funeral. I would wear appropriate clothing for where I'm at. But I still agree that it shouldn't be forced so much on girls because if I wanted to, I could still wear shorts and a t-shirt. It just wouldn't be appropriate.

10/13

Blog Post of the Day:



There would be classes in taxes and spending money. We would spend time descussing things that we would actually use later in life.

Infographic

10/7

Blog post of the day:
The following article was in the September issue of The Tiger Print. Read the article (even if you already have) and respond to it below. What do you think? Do you agree? Disagree? Consider all perspectives of the article while you respond.

I don't really have an opinion on the issue, but I can see why it's a problem. I would be pretty ticked off if I was told what to wear because it distracts other people. I will wear what I want, but the girls are also representing our school. I think that we should ease off a little on the dress code rule and let girls express themselves. That doesn't necessarily mean that we should let them wear whatever they want, just to get off their backs about it.

10/6

Blog post of the day:
Tell me about your weekend! If you don't have anything fun to share, tell me about the city you live in. What do you love about Kansas City? Do you have a favorite place in the city? Favorite team? :) Favorite event? Explain.

During the weekend, I ran a 5k. It was at Blue Valley Middle School. It was called a rock n' run and we had a DJ and a band. There was also a lot of really good food once we got done. There was Chicfila, hot dogs and muffins.

9/30

Blog Post of the Day:
What is an infographic? If you don't know, go look it up. Read about it and then in your own words tell me what an infographic is. What do infographics do? How do they work? What makes a really good infographic?

An infographic is a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data. It is a form of showing data to represent information. They give a different way to process information. They use information and statistics. A good infographic is colorful and has interesting information.


http://blog.visual.ly/11-infographics-about-infographics/

9/29

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your Homecoming weekend! If you didn't participate in the Homecoming festivities, what did you do? Share pics!

Before homecoming, we went to a Japanese steakhouse. Then we went to the dance. Afterward, I went to Jackson's after party.

9/24

Blog Post of the Day:
Imagine Mr. Bacon has asked you to suggest one way of improving Blue Valley High School to make it a better place for students. Think about the changes that are needed at your school. Pick one change you feel would really make a difference and explain what it is and why you'd make the change.
Today in Emerging Technology:


I think our school would be a better place if we should add parking lots because I have to ride with some sophomores that don't have parking spots and we have to park on a street and walk the rest of the way to school. Also, sophomores aren't allowed to have parking spaces yet because they don't have enough parking spots.

9/23

Blog Post of the Day:
What are your favorite apps on your phone or tablet? Why?

My favorite app on my phone is spotify because I can listen to a broad selection of music. I can look up genres, bands, or albums. There's a lot of ads, though.

9/22

Blog Post of the Day:
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"?

Email is a way of sending a letter to someone electronically. I use it to contact my teachers. People can also use it to contact their boss. I don't know anything about email etiquette.

http://www.momanddadsrestaurant.com/email-list/

9/19

Blog Post of the Day:
Now that you've been in Emerging Technology for several weeks... what do you think? Do you think the web tools (Drive, Evernote, Bubbl, etc.) are helpful to you? Do you think they will be helpful throughout high school or even college? Explain.

Yes I think that all the things we are learning in this class will be very useful in the next four years with projects and assignments.

9/17

Blog Post of the Day:
Do you enjoy writing? When do you enjoy it? What kind of writing do you enjoy? Why do you think the ability to write is so important no matter what kind of writing it is? Give an example that you enjoyed writing or hated writing. Why?

I enjoy writing sometimes. I like it when I'm writing about something important to me. I like free writing about whatever I'm thinking about the time. I think it's important to get our point across in writing. I liked writing when it wasn't timed and I could write whatever.

9/16

Blog Post of the Day:
Reflect on this quote. Give an example of a time in your life that this might have been the case.




On the first Spanish test I took this year, I didn't study at all so I got a C and I had to retake the test. If you don't prepare you'll fail. Study.

9/15

Blog Post of the Day:
What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

I went to Worlds of Fun with some of my friends. We rode a bunch of rides because there wasn't alot of people there. I also reffed.

http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=82&linkid=817

Global Issue Selection

For my global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen hate crimes. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.

9/12

Blog Post of the Day:
What is the importance of research? Why do you need to know how to research? What have you learned in high school about researching topics and finding quality resources? Have you had a helpful teacher that has taught you to research? Explain.

Research is very important because it is important that we know things about the universe and human anatomy so we know how to cure diseases and when a giant comet is going to plow into our earth. It is important that we know things about our surroundings.

http://iserotope.com/tag/research/

9/10

Blog Post of the Day:

Back in my day, we didn't have video games. We had games like hit Joe with a stick. We didn't have games like Call of Tooty.

9/9

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about the global issue you selected. What do you already know about the issue? What are you looking forward to learning about it? Explain.

My global issue is hate crimes. Hate crimes are committed because of race, ethnicity, culture or religion. There is an ongoing debate about whether hate crimes have worse punishments than regular crimes. I believe that killing someone because of something they believe in or because of the color of their skin is far worse than any regular crime.
 

https://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/04/are-hate-crimes-worse-than-other-crimes/

9/8

Blog Post of the Day:
What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend I did a lot of reffing. Reffing is very boring because you don't really do anything. So my weekend was very boring and uneventful.

http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2010/12/african-soccer-fans-mistake-japanese-referee-as-chinese-smash-chinese-owned-stores-chinese-netizens-reactions/

9/05

Eating: A
Sleeping: A
Focusing; F

9/03

Blog Post of the Day:Yesterday 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.

If I were to write just plain words with bullets than my project would be boring and unoriginal. In should be able to move people to protest against something instead of just making people fall asleep

Texting and Driving

9/02

Tell me all about your Labor Day weekend. What did you do? Include photos!




I did nothing but homework on Labor Day. However, the day before Labor Day I went to K-State game. It was alot of fun and of course K-State crushed. I also went to Schlitterbahn and went on the Veruckt.

http://standingosports.com/main/2014/07/07/college-football-preseason-top-25-19-kansas-state-wildcats/

8/29

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 agree with this statement because we need to start planning our lives now. It is our job to help people and take care of our world. We need to get off our butts and start working hard.

8/26

What is a Public Service Announcement? If you don't know what it is, Google it. In your own words, now tell me what it is? What are they used for? Can you recall an example of a PSA you've seen before?



A public service announcement is an ad that raises awareness towards a social issue. It makes us aware of problems in our society. I've seen PSA's for drugs, breast cancer, drinking, etc.

Photo Credit

8/25

After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

I learned that you have to work hard to open up opportunities. I think he meant that life isn't all about good looks. It's about being thoughtful and generous and helping people out. He believes that you could make a life for yourself instead of living in someone else's life. Do things your own way.

Photo Credit: http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1293270/thumbs/o-ASHTON-KUTCHER-570.jpg?5

Who Am I Presentation