Who Do You Think You Are Project

E-Mail to family member
I emailed my grandpa about our family.
Interview #1
I interviewed my other grandpa.
Interview #2
I interviewed my grandma.
Interview #3
I interviewed my dad. 
Family Echo
Using information I gathered through emails, interview and info I already knew, I made a Prezi, Family Echo, and Info-graph about my families history. I made one slide for each of my known family members. My info-graphic tells some basic information about my families history. 

Tuesday, March 28

What do you think about it? What is the teacher trying to say? In your own words explain what "the main event" is.

I think this is a well written, truly amazing article. The man is trying to say that the whole point of school is not academics, it is overcoming adversities, and to keep getting up even when you are better down trying to focus on a million things at once. The 'main event" is exactly what I said before, you have to be tested and keep getting up and overcoming adversity. You can't give up because the whole school system is a test about overcoming adversity. 

Stop Motion Number 2

My groups stop motion is about stack-able cups. Our plan is to stack them one by one and take a picture. Then take them apart and do it again. Today we are filming, and we should be able to finish if we can get to work quickly. We are going to go out to the hall and film on a table, we will be using a tripod for this project, and Cody's phone will be used.

Friday, April 17

Answer the following questions thoroughly on your blog.

1. What was your stop motion animation about? Why did you choose your video to be about this? Was it because it was easy, because it would be fun, or it would be challenging? Explain your reasoning behind your project (and be honest).

My Stop Motion was about the classic video game Pong. I choose this because I thought it was a simple idea that I could do well. I drew a lot of inspiration after watching human Tetris. I think that it was really easy sometimes, but really challenging at other points (like trying to upload photos to drive).

     2. If you could rate your stop motion on a 1-10 scale. 1 being low effort and no very good and 10            being out of this world/mind-blowing, how would you rate your project? Explain why.

I think I would rate my stop motion a 7 because I put a lot of work into it, while it may not have been world changing, I thought that the camera was very still and it flowed smoothly.

     3. In hindsight, what would you do differently the second time around? Better lighting? Time                 management? Explain yourself.

If I could change anything about my presentation, I would have not had the game end in a tie. That is really boring and I wish I hadn't done that. Another thing I would change would be that I wish I would have done it on construction paper and set it up on a wall so it was easier to move.

     4. Explain what makes your stop motion animation unique. How do you believe you thought                   "outside of the box" on this project?

I though that I went out of the box when it came to special effects. I used one in particular which was where the computer only sees the outline of each object. It ended up looking very nice, and gave it a little bit more of flare.

     5. What grade do you feel you deserve on this project? Explain your reasoning.

I feel that I deserve a 92-94 on this project. While it may not of been mind-blowing or world changing, I did everything on the rubric. I feel like my biggest weakness is my color scheme I choose. It doesn't fit with a classic pong machine.  

Tuesday, April 14

Blog Post of the Day:
3 day weekend... how was it? Give me a good story or something funny that happened this weekend.

This weekend I got to experience something, that is very interesting. I got to vaccinate new born calves, and if they were boys we neutered them. First we had to separate the the calves from their mother, which they did not like very much. Then we vaccinated the mothers, that didn't take long because they were calm. Them we drove the mothers 30 minutes away to a open pasture. While we were doing that the others got all the calves together and ready to vaccinate. When we got back we vaccinated the calves. They were very unhappy because they didn't know what was going on. But once they were done they calmed down a lot. Finally we loaded up the calves to take to their mothers, to roam the pastures all summer long. An interesting thing that happened while we were doing this was, I got to see a cow give birth. 

Tuesday, April 7

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me ALL about what your idea is for your stop-motion animation. I need detail. Who is going to help you take photos? What props do you need? Where do you plan on shooting? EXPLAIN everything

My idea for stop motion is to use post it notes to play the classic Atari game pong. I have drawn out the board and watched how the ball moves for 10 minutes. I will be assisted by the lovely Vito Mannino and Cody Zakeri. The props I need are white post it notes and a black piece of construction paper. The sticky notes will be cut into rectangles and one into a square. I will make score numbers out of sticky notes. The final score will be 5-3 the person on the left will win. I plan on shooting on a wall and using a tripod for a steady image. I will be taking the pictures with my phone. Today I will be watching games f pong to observe the board and every little aspect of Pong.

Monday, April 6

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!
This weekend I went to the Lake of the Ozarks. I drove 3 hours down with my dad and when we got there I was so exhausted from driving I fell asleep. When I woke up Saturday morning my friends and I went out on our golf carts and drove around. We found a really muddy trail and went riding down it. Once we were done we realized our golf carts were
covered in mud. We went back home and cleaned them. We then started a huge leaf bonfire and roasted hot dogs and made smores. Later that night we watched there final four. The next day I drove 3.5 hours back home. I was so tired from driving I slept from 4 to seven then I woke up ate dinner and went to bed.

5 Frame Storyboard

Wednesday, April 1

Blog Post of the Day:
What do you love most about this time of year? Explain why you love it.

I love Spring the most because the weather begins to get nice. I also love this time because we start to go to the Lake of the Ozarks, and riding around on our Sea-Doos. You can play basketball outside, instead of inside Lifetime Fitness. But my favorite thing is that the days get longer and you can hang outside at night.

5 Edited Photos

Monday March 30

Blog Post of the Day:
Did you complete the photo scavenger hunt? What kind of fun pictures were you able to capture? Did you do all your photos at school or did you do some at home over the weekend? Share one of your favorites.

I completed my scavenger hunt. My favorite picture was one of Vito and Justin Clough wrestling. I did all my photos at school. And one of my favorites is...............

Friday, March 27

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 much about photography, the only experience I have is with Photoshop a little last year in my computer class. I take photos every once in a while. I normally take photos wit my phone camera. I never really edit photos anymore on social media. I used to because I thought it was really cool, but now I think it looks silly. I used to put filters on them. I don't really have any artistic background in photography and I'm not that artistic. I think it would be col to learn more in depth about Photoshop. I do like photography though.

Monday, March 23

Blog Post of the Day:
Welcome back! Go ahead. Tell me all about your Spring Break. Include photos!

This Spring Break I went to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The first couple days my friends Max and I helped clean up the house and get everything ready. Then we got our Sea-Doo in the water and rode around on that for a while. On Saturday night Max left, and Sunday was really boring. But on Monday our neighbors came down and we had fun. We went to a place went inside of a cave Tuesday, then we went to the dam and got a bunch of fun stuff from the stores. Thursday March Madness started and I watched that all day. Then that night we went out to eat at a really fancy restaurant with a great view of the lake. Friday our neighbors went home, and I just watched basketball. Saturday a different neighbor came down and we hung out. Then I left Sunday and watched the KU game. 

Global Issue Prezi

Wednesday, March 11

Blog Post of the Day:
What are you doing for Spring Break?

This spring break I am going to the Lake of the Ozarks with my friend Max Hansen. Then later that week one of our neighbors is coming down to the lake as well. I don't have any real plan but I'm sure It will be fun. We will probably Sea-Doo around and go on an adventure in our golf cart. I come back the Sunday before school starts again. Hopefully it will be a really great time. 

Monday, March 9

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

         This weekend I went to meet with my youth pastor on Saturday and talked about school. Then after that I went to the Legends with my grandma and got a new pair of shoes. On Sunday I went to church in the morning then to Taco Bell for lunch. After that me and my friends helped move furniture. When we had finished we played baseball till 7:30 P.M. and order a pizza. 

Friday, March 6

Blog Post of the Day:
If you were the Principal for a week at BVHS, what would that look like? What changes would you make? Why?

If I was principle of the school for the week, I would turn the WiFi back on, because the students need to learn. Also that week would be a 4 day week, because kids need break. I would also bring in not crappy food for school lunch.

Wednesday, March 4

10 pieces of advice you would give people who are making a presentation

1. Don't make it so long it bores your audience.
2. Make sure it's still long enough to fully inform the people.
3. Cite all of the sources you used so you don't break copyright rules.
4. Don't write paragraphs, write one or two sentences and explain, it will involve the audience.
5. Talk loud when you present, so you are seen as confident. 
6. Include pictures, so you can give the audience a visual representation.
7. Create something that you believe in, so you can be confident in your project.
8. Give the audience something to think about, it will make them pay more attention.
9. Ask the audience if there is any questions, to make sure everyone understands.
10. Start off with something that will grab the audiences attentions, so that they will pay more attention to your presentation.

Monday, March 2

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your weekend

I had a good weekend, on Friday I went to the basketball games at the high school. They were good except we lost our boys varsity game. Then on Saturday my friends and I went driving in the snow and went drifting in his car in the Walmart parking lot. Then we played on creek that was frozen over. Sunday I babysat for 2 hours and then did nothing for the rest of the day. 

HIV/AIDS Info-graphic

Tuesday, February 24

Blog Post of the Day:
Use the internet to find an info-graphic about info-graphics. Place it in to your blog post. Read it and then give me the top 5 things you learned from it that will help you make a better info-graphic.

1. That info-graphics are good for all businesses

2. To have pictures because the visual images help the brain understand

3. They can stand out so make it a vibrant color 

4. Info-graphics can become very popular very quick

5. It needs to be aesthetically pleasing to be favored 

Monday, February 23

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your weekend. Give me a story, something funny that happened, an experiencing you had, the way you felt, etc. Include photos!

This weekend my friend and I played NBA 2K15, we played 1 vs. 1 on the blacktop mode. I was Muggsy Bogues (5' 3") and he was Shaquille O'Neal (7' 1"). I won the first game but he won the last two out of three. Then we order a pizza and watched the KU game and I was very happy. The best part about the weekend was definitely hanging out with Ryan and beating him in NBA 2K15.  

Friday, February 20

Blog Post of the Day:

The perfect curriculum would be inform us of how to do real world things like pay taxes, and teach us how to buy a house and how mortgages work. They would have us do taxes and then grade us based on how we did, because practice makes perfect. The classes would be like, real world money management, and how you interact with the government. Along with classes on math, and english that goes up and teaches us everything we would need to know how to do in real life. We would chose our job when we are real young and all of schooling leads up to that. These would be different from the classes I have now because in most of the classes I have now I don't feel like I could use any of that information unless I was on a game show, for example geometry. When in real life am I going to be given two chords that intersect on a circle and have to figure out their angle?   

Wednesday, February 18

Blog Post of the Day:

My favorite food:
Hot Cocoa
Foods I'd like to avoid:
Meatloaf
My favorite things to learn:
HELA
My favorite color:
Purple
My best friends are:
Vito Mannino, Cody Zakeri (MUZ)
My favorite games to play:
NBA 2K15, Far Cry 4
My favorite books:
To Kill A Mockingbird
My favorite movies or TV shows:
Cleveland Show, 22 Jump Street
My favorite holiday:
4th of July
Things I do well:
Basketball
Things I need to practice more:
Football
My favorite place to go:
Lake of the Ozarks
My favorite family activities:
Vacation
My favorite thing to do outside:
Sports
My favorite chore:
None
My least favorite chore:
All of them
What I want to be when I grow up:
Lawyer
A place I want to visit:
Atlantis
My favorite part of the year:
Summer
My favorite part of each day:
Going home

Tuesday, February 17

Blog Post of the Day: 

Tell me what you believe this cartoon is trying to say. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Try and look at this from two different perspectives. What is your perspective? What would be an adult/teacher's perspective?

I think that what this post is tying to say is that while other countries are getting ahead in things like math and science, the United States are not putter enough emphasis on education. This could also be saying that the United States is getting ahead in technology, while other countries are focusing more on education and traditional math and science  

Tuesday, February 10

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work? I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?

This means that if you do less, you can do better quality work. You can put more focus on certain things, instead of spreading you focus out on many things. You can apply this to your school work by instead of procrastinating and doing a bunch of things in one night, dedicate one night a week to one project. I think we would definitely get more out of class if we had less work but a better quality was expected. I think it would work for me because I am very detail orientated, and kinda OCD online.  

Monday, February 9

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share.

This weekend I went to the basketball game on Friday, we lost. Then I slept all day Saturday, until the KU game which I watched, then went back to bed. Sunday I woke u at 8:45 and went to the doctors appointment for my jaw and we found out I strained some muscles. That night I went to church at 6:30 and got home at 8 and went to bed.  

Friday, February 6

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about some interesting things you have learned about your global issue so far. What have you learned that you didn't know before? Include a couple images from the internet if possible. (Make sure to cite images that are not your own.)

Somethings I have learned about my issue is that the majority of cases take place in Africa and other third world countries. Another thing I learned is the difference between HIV and AIDS. Basically HIV is a virus that infects the body that can lead to the disorder AIDS. AIDS is a condition where your body cannot fight diseases anymore, which can lead to dying just because of a simple cold. 

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Wednesday, February 4

Blog Post of the Day:
You haven't had a chance to tell me about your Sweetheart weekend yet - tell me about it now! Include photos if you have them. Even if you just laid around on the couch and watched Netflix, tell me all about it.

This weekend I went to go see American Sniper on Friday, with my friend Max. It was a good movie. Saturday I slept in until Noon then at one I watched KU beat K-State. It was a fun to watch because we destroyed. Then I fell asleep at like 6 o'clock and slept until 8 the next morning. I woke up took a shower then went to church. That night I watched TV and went to bed at 8.

Monday, February 2

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"? EXPLAIN.

An email is the most useless thing now that text has been invented, unless you use it to get coupons or to sign up for stuff. I don't use email unless I am making an account or sometimes reading things my dad sent me. Reasons people use E-mail: communicate; sign-up; get scammed. Email etiquette is basically to use it in a professional manner, no one sentence messages, (because texting is easier) and only send stuff that doesn't need to be read immediately.    

Wednesday, January 28

Blog Post of the Day:
Finish this sentence "10 years from now I will be...." (explain)

In 10 years from now I would still be in college at ASU about to get my law degree. I will live in our house in Arizona and go swimming. I will also have a girlfriend and have decent grades. I will have a full mountain man beard and I will be taking care of my dog.

Tuesday, January 27

Blog Post of the Day:
Yesterday I had you choose a global issue and you wrote about it on your blog. Today on your blog I want you to tell me about two different perspectives of your global issue. Are there people for an against your issue? Do people disagree on your issue? Is it a topic that can cause controversy? Look at the issue for two different perspectives. Tell me about those perspectives.

My global issue is AIDS and currently there is really no one who thinks my issue is a good thing. The only thing for my issue that could cause controversy is how it is commonly spread but other than that there is not much controversy around my issue. Some people disagree on the issue about how to cure it because there is a lot that is unknown. 

Global Issue

1. Without doing any research, what background do you currently have on this issue? 

Back in 8th grade I did a research paper on HIV/ AIDS, and know about what it does

1. What do you want to know about this issue?

I want to know where in the world it is common and any possible soulotions to our current problem. 

1. Why did you choose this issue? Had it effected your life? Is it something you are passionate about? Explain.

I chose this issue because it is currently effecting many people. It has currently not effected me personally. I am passionate about it because of the amount of people it is effecting in the world currently. 

Monday, January 26

Blog Post of the Day:
Last week 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.

I think you asked us to do that so that instead of making it a boring presentation it was interesting and could better provoke emotion. With just plain bullets and headers it is hard to make your presentation anything more than just a lecture, and makes it very difficult to provoke any emotions.

Friday, January 23

          The kids these days are just the worst, with their MTV's and there fruit phones. No one ever goes outside anymore, instead they just sit inside and connect on the line and play their shoot em' up games. They don't play tag or kick the can, instead they just sit on those little phone and crush candy and make birds angry. They can't even talk face to face it's all texting and twitters and Facebook messages. Back in my day if you wanted to talk to your buddy you walked across the street and rang the bell and said hi. 

PSA

Wednesday, January 21

Blog Post of the Day:
What is a public service announcement (PSA)? What do PSA's do? What makes a good PSA? How can you get someone to take action after watching a PSA? What is you PSA idea? Explain in detail.

A public service announcement is like a commercial that is trying to warn you, or prevent you from doing something. A good PSA will evoke emotions and will make you want to not do whatever the announcement is about. You can get others to take action by showing them the PSA or creating a club at your school against this thing. My PSA idea is about Concussions and the permanent and severe damage they can do.

Tuesday, January 20

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me all about your 3 day weekend. Share photos!

This weekend I hung out with my friends Friday night. We went to Chipotle then Wendys. Then we went over to one of their houses and watched the movie Fury. The next day I came home and me and my neighbor played Far Cry 4. Then he slept over at my house, and we watched the KU game. Sunday I went to church then played Far Cry 4, that night I went to McDonalds with my friends. The next morning I had my 2nd Drivers Ed drive and it lasted two hours, later that night I watched the KU game. 

Friday, January 16

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can.

My name is Grant Healy, I am part of the 2018 graduating class. I am on the football team and I am going to throw things for track this spring. My favorite class so far was World Geography with my favorite teacher Mr. Mowry. I am looking forward to finishing the school year and I enjoy hanging out with all my friends. 

Who Am I

Wednesday, January 14

Blog Post of the Day:

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Be kind to others

Control your emotions

Don't act stupid

Fill other people with joy

Get to know people 

Help the elderly

Ignore the haters

Just do it

Kill them with kindness

Laugh a lot

Make money

Never quit 

Open up to new opportunities

People suck sometimes

Question everything 

Read some books

Spelling counts

Turn down for what?

Understand what you are saying

Venture into the unknown

Watch a movie

Xylophones are a percussion instrument 

You are special 

Zebras are white with black stripes 

Tuesday, January 13

Blog Post of the Day:
What are your thoughts on this class so far? Easy? Hard? Informative? Frustrating? What have you learned so far? What do you want to learn? Explain yourself.

I have really enjoyed class so far. It has been a pretty laid back class, that does not seem to difficult. I enjoy having it first hour because it is a good transition from home to the school day. I have learned everything I now know about Blogging from this class, it has been a great learning experience so far and I hope it continues to be that way. I really want to learn about how to design webpages and use photoshop

Monday, January 12

Blog Post of the Day:
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.

This weekend was a good weekend, first I saw the Blue Valley boys varsity team beat Blue Valley North West. Then on Saturday my friend and I saw The Interview, and it was funny, then Sunday I watched some rec games, then I watched the NFL playoffs. That was my weekend.

Friday, January 9

Winning At Madden 15: A

Not paying Attention: A

Hurting my self on accident: A

Boating: A

Badminton: A

Thursday, January 8

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.

My thoughts are that this principle is telling kids to do something for their community and that their community doesn't owe them anything. I disagree because their parent pay taxes so that they can have recreational centers. I think that this guys is just a mean person who hates children and hates fun.