Tuesday, April 28th

Read THIS blog post by a teacher. I mean actually read it. Take it in. Think about it. And then, write about it. What do you think about it? What is the teacher trying to say? In your own words explain what "the main event" is.

This teacher is telling us what school is really about. It's not just about the numbers, grades, and academics. The academics are important but it is not the "main event." The main event is learning everyday how to confront and deal with problems as they come along. Maturing in how you handle things is the main event. Taking something seriously such as your academics is also the main event. To succeed in the main event, you need to put in effort. You will never succeed if you do not know how to deal with life as it is thrown at you. Teachers care about their students and want to see them succeed. Sometimes students get too wrapped up in what they think school is about, that they forget to grow and learn how to go through life as they should. 

Friday, April 17th

1. What was your stop motion animation about? Why did you choose your video to be about this? 

My stop motion animation was about clothing cleaning themselves off of the floor of a dirty room. The clothing put themselves in a dresser drawer. I chose this because I thought the element of things that don't normally move would be good to represent in clothing because, obviously, clothing can't move on its own. 

2. 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).

Well, I did definitely not think what I did was going to be easy. I knew it would take a lot of time and since I am a perfectionist, nothing is ever super easy for me. I thought it would be challenging and it for sure was, but it was all worth the time and effort because I am really pleased with how it came out.

3. If you could rate your stop motion on a 1-10 scale. 1 being low effort and not very good and 10 being out of this world/mindblowing, how would you rate your project? Explain why.

I would rate mine somewhere between and 8 and 9. I showed people in the class my stop motion and they were really impressed that I was able to make clothing move smoothly into a drawer on its own. The only thing I knocked myself down for was jumping from the floor to the drawer was difficult and I was unable to smoothly put the clothing up into the drawer until it was already in a little bit. I looked fine after I did that. 

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

I would make my positioning better. throughout the stop motion, the camera angle would change- probably from me bumping it on accident or pressing the camera button too hard.

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

My stop motion is different from all the others I've seen. I was able to convey the idea of inanimate objects moving by themselves in a smooth way. The idea of "something cleaning up themselves" is a unique idea that no one ever thought of in the class.

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

I deserve an A on this project. Not a 100 but definitely an A. I had good lighting, a unique idea, inanimate objects moving, smooth transition of pictures, a wow factor of clothes moving themselves, and the large amount of effort I put into this project. The only thing I would dock myself for is the shift in camera angles.

Tuesday, April 14th

3 day weekend... how was it? Give me a good story or something funny that happened this weekend. Go.

This weekend was one for the books! Prom was Saturday and I had the time of my life. I thought it was cool that I spent zero dollars on getting ready and on my dress. Talk about saving money! Prom and after prom was so much fun. I wish I didn't leave after prom early. I left because I am never able to stay up that late, so I got tired and left. On Sunday night my friends and I had a Bob's Burgers marathon and that was super fun as well. This weekend was overall a success!

Tuesday, April 7th

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.

• Start off with a messy room
• Messy bed
• As the stop motion progresses the room will clean itself
• Normally rooms can't clean themselves
• Clothes will crawl up hampers on their own and clothes will find their way into drawers on their own
• The bed will start off with all of its sheets and covers off of it and the sheets will put themselves on the bed and create a perfectly made bed!
• I will need a tripod
• I will be taking photos with my cell phone but will move all pictures to my Google drive so my space isn't totally taken up 

Monday, April 6th

Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!

This weekend was a pretty relaxing weekend to say the least. On Friday after school I hung out with a good friend of mine. On Saturday that same friend and I went to downtown and had lunch at McFadden's with my dad, his wife, and my two younger brothers. McFadden's has such good food! After that I hung around the house a bit and got ice cream with a friend and went to nanny later that evening. We got ice cream at Blue Chip Cookie a.k.a. the best ice cream shop in all of Johnson County. I nannied until a little after 12 and went to get McDonald's since I hadn't had dinner and nothing else was open. On Sunday, it was Easter and my family doesn't really do anything special on Easter so it was sort of a relaxing day. I ate a ton of food, my dad brought us donuts and my boyfriend's family made a ham and sweet potato dinner so I ate at their house. It was a good weekend.

Storyboard

"Life of a Child"

Wednesday, April 1st

What do you love most about this time of year? Explain why you love it.

I love this time of year because it is the time when you get to break out those shorts from last summer. I also love getting rid of all the old clothes that aren't in style/don't fit anymore. I fill my wardrobe with new clothes this time of year and it makes me so happy to see the changing styles. This time of year you see the trees blooming the white flowers they do in the spring and the grass turning green. My absolute favorite part about this time of year is being able to roll the car windows down blasting good music.