Monday, June 3, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Swiss School
Notes:
Second Video:
First Video:
- SUMAS is an innovative business school based totally on sustainability.
- It is located in Switzerland.
- It wants to conserve nature.
- It divides between business management education and scientific knowledge for sustainable development.
- Students who study at SUMAS leave with a fundamental understanding of sustainability and how to bring it to life.
- Only business school that offers both the bachelors and the masters of business administration in sustainability management.
Second Video:
- The planet is deteriorating.
- Food, transport, and many other materials account for about 80% of environmental impact.
- The ecological footprint can see how alarming the situation is becoming.
- Ecological footprint helps us see the surface area needed to produce resources we use in our daily life.
- If by 2050 we haven't changed our style of life and the resources we need, we will start needing twice the surface area we need know, so the earth can absorb our waste.
- If by 2050 we haven't changed our style of life and the resources we need, we will start needing twice the surface area we need know, so the earth can absorb our waste.
- We have started to make products that are more ecofriendly.
- The European commission is putting in place a strategy which is preparing the ground for sustainable production and consumption for the good of future generations.
Third Video:
- The hottest ten years are in the past 14 years.
- The hottest year was 2005.
- We are causing global warming.
- Within the decade there will be no more snow in Kilimanjaro.
- It's a moral issue, not a political one.
- The temperature increase is happening all over the world, this is causing stronger storms.
- Antarctica is experiencing faster melting.
- If Antarctica disappears, many cities, countries, and people will die.
Fourth Video:
- The plane doesn't have fuel, so basically it can fly forever.
- Plane only has one seat, so the two men will have to fly it separately.
- This plane is ecofriendly.
- This plane is used with solar power.
Fifth Video:
- The pilots are going to travel around the USA in this airplane.
- This airplane runs on solar power.
- They plan to fly around the world in that airplane in 2015.
- Difficulties are opportunities.
- When the airplane was being tried, a very important part exploded.
- This made the airplane come out 1 year later.
- Go beyond knowledge if you really want to achieve something.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Growing Up Online
Things I Know:
- Parents can control what you do on the internet.
- The internet can be extremely dangerous.
- There is a page where the teachers can see if you have plagiarized.
- Nothing is safe on the internet.
- There are people pretending to be others on Facebook and other social networks.
- There is a lot of cyber bullying happening right now.
- School often gets in your problems with the internet.
- There are places on the internet where parents cab't control you.
- You can be a totally different person online.
- You can joke around with people on the internet.
- You can be on anonymous on the internet and nobody will know who you are.
- There are sites that teach you how to commit suicide.
- You never know who you are talking to on the Internet.
- There are parents who are very naive and believe what their children say to them even if it's lies.
- Facebook shows whatever you put on it. Like personality, what you like, what you look like, etc.
Things That Surprised Me:
- There were 2 girls who got in a fight which started on Myspace.
- Fights on the internet start for no reason.
- People are more reserved before they start using the internet.
- Myspace is like a Facebook.
- Parents can download a software to view your screen from theirs.
-Kids thinks that naked pictures are not so bad.
- Parents are so overprotective that they want their children's passwords.
- Online predators are worse that "visual" predators.
- Kids now have more difficulty concentrating because of technology.
- The internet is co anorexia.
- Teenagers now want to be like the anorexic models on the internet.
- Kids hide their emotions and don't talk about them.
- Kids kill themselves for bullying.
- There are campaigns where people bully others.
- There are sites that tell you what is the best way of committing suicide.
Things That Have Changed:
- Nobody really uses Myspace anymore.
- Facebook is now safer.
- Cellphones, computers, and other technological things are better.
- Kids now are more conscious about what the internet is about.
- More privacy on social sites.
- Parents now can view what you are doing on the internet.
- Now more children are using the internet and want to be like the people they see on it.
- There are more social websites now.
- People on the internet saying yes to suicide and health problems.
- There are a lot of sites that were used before that are not used now.
- Now the internet is more co anorexia. There are people dying for it.
- Parents are now more aware of what their children are doing on the internet.
- Children are now committing suicide because of what they see on the internet.
- Social sites are now more private.
- There are a lot of more variety in social networks Like Facebook (for finding friends), Tumblr (for reblogging pictures) Sound cloud (for showing your talents), etc.
1. What topic in the video did you most strongly identify with and why?
2. What topic in the video was the most unlike your own experiences online and why?
3. What advice do you have to parents about kids and being online?
4. What are the biggest benefits of being online, for you, personally?
The topic in the video which I most strongly identified with was cyber bullying because they have done it to me. I gave my friend my Facebook password and she posted something bad on my wall. I think this kind of bullying is the worst, because the person who is aggressing you has the guts to say it by internet, but not to your face. In my opinion, not only can the person be affected by what the others are saying through the internet, but also, depending on what the cyber bullying is like, thanks to that, the person can also be bullied at school. This is what happened to me. I hadn't posted anything on my Facebook for a while, then my friend came and posted something on my wall. Thanks to that people at school started treating me really bad because of something I never even said.
Me having to be a totally different person when I'm on the internet, than with my friends. I have friends that care about me and show it. This
- I say to let them have passwords and their privacy but if they really want to know something ask them. If you know something is wrong, let them know that you are here for them and they will have your trust. Don't get angry with them if they don't want to share it. It's their personal life and if they want privacy they should get it.
- You can be yourself without anyone judging you. You can go to websites that relax you like Tumblr. On Tumblr you can talk to your followers about your problems without anyone having to know where you live, what you look like, what's your name etc.
- Parents can control what you do on the internet.
- The internet can be extremely dangerous.
- There is a page where the teachers can see if you have plagiarized.
- Nothing is safe on the internet.
- There are people pretending to be others on Facebook and other social networks.
- There is a lot of cyber bullying happening right now.
- School often gets in your problems with the internet.
- There are places on the internet where parents cab't control you.
- You can be a totally different person online.
- You can joke around with people on the internet.
- You can be on anonymous on the internet and nobody will know who you are.
- There are sites that teach you how to commit suicide.
- You never know who you are talking to on the Internet.
- There are parents who are very naive and believe what their children say to them even if it's lies.
- Facebook shows whatever you put on it. Like personality, what you like, what you look like, etc.
Things That Surprised Me:
- There were 2 girls who got in a fight which started on Myspace.
- Fights on the internet start for no reason.
- People are more reserved before they start using the internet.
- Myspace is like a Facebook.
- Parents can download a software to view your screen from theirs.
-Kids thinks that naked pictures are not so bad.
- Parents are so overprotective that they want their children's passwords.
- Online predators are worse that "visual" predators.
- Kids now have more difficulty concentrating because of technology.
- The internet is co anorexia.
- Teenagers now want to be like the anorexic models on the internet.
- Kids hide their emotions and don't talk about them.
- Kids kill themselves for bullying.
- There are campaigns where people bully others.
- There are sites that tell you what is the best way of committing suicide.
Things That Have Changed:
- Nobody really uses Myspace anymore.
- Facebook is now safer.
- Cellphones, computers, and other technological things are better.
- Kids now are more conscious about what the internet is about.
- More privacy on social sites.
- Parents now can view what you are doing on the internet.
- Now more children are using the internet and want to be like the people they see on it.
- There are more social websites now.
- People on the internet saying yes to suicide and health problems.
- There are a lot of sites that were used before that are not used now.
- Now the internet is more co anorexia. There are people dying for it.
- Parents are now more aware of what their children are doing on the internet.
- Children are now committing suicide because of what they see on the internet.
- Social sites are now more private.
- There are a lot of more variety in social networks Like Facebook (for finding friends), Tumblr (for reblogging pictures) Sound cloud (for showing your talents), etc.
1. What topic in the video did you most strongly identify with and why?
2. What topic in the video was the most unlike your own experiences online and why?
3. What advice do you have to parents about kids and being online?
4. What are the biggest benefits of being online, for you, personally?
The topic in the video which I most strongly identified with was cyber bullying because they have done it to me. I gave my friend my Facebook password and she posted something bad on my wall. I think this kind of bullying is the worst, because the person who is aggressing you has the guts to say it by internet, but not to your face. In my opinion, not only can the person be affected by what the others are saying through the internet, but also, depending on what the cyber bullying is like, thanks to that, the person can also be bullied at school. This is what happened to me. I hadn't posted anything on my Facebook for a while, then my friend came and posted something on my wall. Thanks to that people at school started treating me really bad because of something I never even said.
Me having to be a totally different person when I'm on the internet, than with my friends. I have friends that care about me and show it. This
- I say to let them have passwords and their privacy but if they really want to know something ask them. If you know something is wrong, let them know that you are here for them and they will have your trust. Don't get angry with them if they don't want to share it. It's their personal life and if they want privacy they should get it.
- You can be yourself without anyone judging you. You can go to websites that relax you like Tumblr. On Tumblr you can talk to your followers about your problems without anyone having to know where you live, what you look like, what's your name etc.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
GAFE
1. What is it?
- Google Calendar is a Google "app" that helps you keep your business on schedule.
2. How to use it?
- To use Google Calendar, you must first create a Google account.
- After you have created a calendar, click on create event.
- You can arrange the time, date and where the event is going to be.
3. How to customize it?
- It's very easy to customize Google Calendar.
- You click on the setting button on the top right and choose one of the many options you have to customize your calendar.
4. What are some cool things it can do?
- You can attach Google Documents: This feature will help you see when you need to have something prepared for your event.
- Dim future repeating events: When you have an event more than one, it dims so you can see it, but it doesn't distract you from the important ones.
- Year view: You can see your calendar not only in weeks and months, but also in years.
- Add gadgets by URL: You can add gadgets to any event to see what it's about without having to click on it.
- Calendars can be shared: If you want to share and event with a friend you can.
- No internet access: You can view your calendar even if you don't have internet access.
- Mobile Phone: You can view your calendar even on your phone.
- SMS: Google Calendar lets you create events via SMS.
- To do list: You can add a To do list on your calendar.
- Notifications: Receiving notifications when you have an upcoming event.
- Maps: You can add maps in you calendar events.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Google Day #3
3 goals for the day:
- Decide what college to do it about.
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
- California Institute of the Arts
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
- On the next Google 20% I want to start making the project.
- Decide what college to do it about.
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
- California Institute of the Arts
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
- While I was searching for information about California Institute of the Arts. I found a lot of interesting things. I found a page where it said statistics about the college. California Institute of the Arts, which is one of the colleges I want to go to, is a private school,in a suburban area, and it is located in California. There are approximately 917 undergraduate students, and 56.9% are accepted. The five most popular majors for 2011 graduates were Film/Cinema/Video Studies with 28%, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft with 23%, Music with 20%, Fine and Studio Arts with 18%, Dance with 11%. Approximately 52.2% of students are girls and 47.8% are boys. Health insurance is offered and students are not required to own a computer. Tuition and fees cost $39,014 in 2012-13, and room and board cost $9,726 in 2012-13. I learned every statistic that you need to know if you want to enter California Institute of the Arts. I realized I have to work really hard to get in.
One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
- On the next Google 20% I want to start making the project.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Google Day #2
3 goals for the day:
- Decide what college to do it about.
- General info- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
- Frost Univeristy of Miami
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
- While I was searching for information about Frost University of Miami, I found a lot of interesting things. I found a page where it said statistics about the college.Frost University of Miami, which is the college I want to go to, is a private school,surrounded by a large town, and it is located in Miami. There are approximately 10,368 students, and 38.33% are accepted. The student's average GPA last year was 3.48, their average of PSAT to SAT 2400 was 1635, their average of combined SAT 1600 was 1107, their average of single SAT 2400 was 1635, and their average of combined SAT 2400 was 1647. 51.7% of the classes have less than 20 students, 41.8% of classes have in between 20-49 students, and 6.5% of classes have 50 or more students. The five most popular majors for 2011 graduates were Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services with 19%, Biological and Bio medical Sciences with 15%, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs with 10%, social sciences with 9%, and visual and performing arts with 8%. Approximately 51.1% of students are girls and 48.9% are boys. Health insurance is offered and students are not required to own a computer. Tuition and fees cost $39,654 in 2012-13, and room and board cost $11,528 in 2012-13. I learned every statistic that you need to know if you want to enter Frost University of Miami. I realized I have to work really hard to get in.
One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
- On the next Google 20% Day I want to research the same things I searched today but for another college. I'm going to do it about La Javeriana.
- Decide what college to do it about.
- General info- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
- Frost Univeristy of Miami
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
- While I was searching for information about Frost University of Miami, I found a lot of interesting things. I found a page where it said statistics about the college.Frost University of Miami, which is the college I want to go to, is a private school,surrounded by a large town, and it is located in Miami. There are approximately 10,368 students, and 38.33% are accepted. The student's average GPA last year was 3.48, their average of PSAT to SAT 2400 was 1635, their average of combined SAT 1600 was 1107, their average of single SAT 2400 was 1635, and their average of combined SAT 2400 was 1647. 51.7% of the classes have less than 20 students, 41.8% of classes have in between 20-49 students, and 6.5% of classes have 50 or more students. The five most popular majors for 2011 graduates were Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services with 19%, Biological and Bio medical Sciences with 15%, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs with 10%, social sciences with 9%, and visual and performing arts with 8%. Approximately 51.1% of students are girls and 48.9% are boys. Health insurance is offered and students are not required to own a computer. Tuition and fees cost $39,654 in 2012-13, and room and board cost $11,528 in 2012-13. I learned every statistic that you need to know if you want to enter Frost University of Miami. I realized I have to work really hard to get in.
One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
- On the next Google 20% Day I want to research the same things I searched today but for another college. I'm going to do it about La Javeriana.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Google Day #1
3 goals for the day:
- Decide what college to do it about.
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
- College
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
- While I was searching for information about Berklee School of Music college, I found a lot of interesting things. I found a page where it said statistics about the college. Berklee, which is the college I want to go to, is a private school, and it is surrounded by a large city. It is located in New York City. There are 4,275 students, and 28.01% are accepted. The student's average GPA last year was 3.22, their average of PSAT to SAT 2400 was 1420, their average of combined SAT 1600 was 975, their average of single SAT 2400 was 1420, and their average of combined SAT 2400 was 1445. If you want to apply to the college, the application deadline is on January 15. 90.4% of the classes have 20 or less students, 9.1% of the classes have in between 20 and 49 students, and 0.4% of the classes have 50 or more students. The five most popular majors for 2011 graduates are Music Theory and Composition with 24%, Music/General with 21%, Music Performance/General with 17%, Recording Arts Technology/Technician with 17%, and Music Management with 16%. Approximately 30.4% of students are girls and 69.6% are boys. Health insurance is offered and students are required to own a computer. Tuition and fees cost $36,490 in 2012-13, and room and board cost $16,950 in 2012-13. I learned every statistic that you need to know if you want to enter Berklee School of Music. I realized I have to work really hard to get in.
One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
- On the next Google 20% Day I want to research the same things I searched today but for another college. I'm going to do it about La Javeriana or a college (that I still don't know it's name) in Florida.
- Decide what college to do it about.
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Links with description of why they are useful to your goals:
- College
- General info
- Applying
- Academic life
- Paying for school
- More general info
Evidence of what you learned or learned to do and a description of your new knowledge or skills:
- While I was searching for information about Berklee School of Music college, I found a lot of interesting things. I found a page where it said statistics about the college. Berklee, which is the college I want to go to, is a private school, and it is surrounded by a large city. It is located in New York City. There are 4,275 students, and 28.01% are accepted. The student's average GPA last year was 3.22, their average of PSAT to SAT 2400 was 1420, their average of combined SAT 1600 was 975, their average of single SAT 2400 was 1420, and their average of combined SAT 2400 was 1445. If you want to apply to the college, the application deadline is on January 15. 90.4% of the classes have 20 or less students, 9.1% of the classes have in between 20 and 49 students, and 0.4% of the classes have 50 or more students. The five most popular majors for 2011 graduates are Music Theory and Composition with 24%, Music/General with 21%, Music Performance/General with 17%, Recording Arts Technology/Technician with 17%, and Music Management with 16%. Approximately 30.4% of students are girls and 69.6% are boys. Health insurance is offered and students are required to own a computer. Tuition and fees cost $36,490 in 2012-13, and room and board cost $16,950 in 2012-13. I learned every statistic that you need to know if you want to enter Berklee School of Music. I realized I have to work really hard to get in.
One thing that you want to learn next Google day:
- On the next Google 20% Day I want to research the same things I searched today but for another college. I'm going to do it about La Javeriana or a college (that I still don't know it's name) in Florida.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Spyware
1. What you know about the topic before your research:
- A kind of virus
- It can be installed by opening a link, video, or any other thing sent by an unknown user.
- They can watch EVERY move you do, as long as the camera can see you.
2. What you wonder or questions you have about the topic before researching:
- How do people get into your webcam to spy you?
- How can people not turn on the mac green light when they're spying you by that same camera?
- How to detect spy cameras on your computer?
3. Links to where you found the most useful information:
- How do people get into your webcam to spy you
- How to detect spy cameras on your computer
- How can people not turn on the mac green light when they're spying you by that same camera
4. Bullet list of things you learned about the topic:
- It is extremely easy to hack a webcam.
- A security camera man from Today News, hacked into a girl's camera in 3 minutes.
- When a person is spying on you with your computer camera, the person can disable the camera light so you don't notice.
- There is a software to prevent people from spying on you with your computer camera.
- Even if your computer is in mode "sleep" the person can still see you.
- If the person is spying on you, the only way it stops is if you close your computer.
5. A short summary of how this topic connects/relates to you or your life:
- This topic relates to my life because I am always using my computer, and using links my friends send me, and looking at videos and pictures. This can happen to any person. The scary thing is that people don't notice they are being spied on. This scares me because I always have my computer open, and I'm always on it.
6. Questions you still have:
- Does the anti-spy software completely delete the chance of you getting hacked?
- A kind of virus
- It can be installed by opening a link, video, or any other thing sent by an unknown user.
- They can watch EVERY move you do, as long as the camera can see you.
2. What you wonder or questions you have about the topic before researching:
- How do people get into your webcam to spy you?
- How can people not turn on the mac green light when they're spying you by that same camera?
- How to detect spy cameras on your computer?
3. Links to where you found the most useful information:
- How do people get into your webcam to spy you
- How to detect spy cameras on your computer
- How can people not turn on the mac green light when they're spying you by that same camera
4. Bullet list of things you learned about the topic:
- It is extremely easy to hack a webcam.
- A security camera man from Today News, hacked into a girl's camera in 3 minutes.
- When a person is spying on you with your computer camera, the person can disable the camera light so you don't notice.
- There is a software to prevent people from spying on you with your computer camera.
- Even if your computer is in mode "sleep" the person can still see you.
- If the person is spying on you, the only way it stops is if you close your computer.
5. A short summary of how this topic connects/relates to you or your life:
- This topic relates to my life because I am always using my computer, and using links my friends send me, and looking at videos and pictures. This can happen to any person. The scary thing is that people don't notice they are being spied on. This scares me because I always have my computer open, and I'm always on it.
6. Questions you still have:
- Does the anti-spy software completely delete the chance of you getting hacked?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Design Project Day 5
1. Go to the classroom that has your game. Take a photo of it. Then ask the students what they liked and didn't like about the game. (10 minutes)
2. Back in F19, discuss with your group what your goals were for making it fun...and did you meet those goals. Why or why not?
- We did meet our goals. The class told us that the game had been really fun, and that they wanted to keep it.
3. On your blog, reflect on the following questions
a. What was the biggest problem you encountered? How did you solve it?
- When Claudia changed classes and she was supposed to bring the most important thing. We had to change the whole game. It turned out to be better than the other idea we had. Also the ball was really big, and the court really small.
b. When did you get your biggest "AH HA" idea? What was it?
- When we didn't know how to make the puck. Karen had a special clay in which we made it.
c. Who in your group resisted new ideas the most and why?
- Claudia wasn't sure if what we were going to do was going to work. She gave new ideas, which were good but the game wouldn't be as fun, but then she left the class.
d. What doubts did YOU have about the project and how did you overcome those doubts?
- Some doubts we had were if the puck was getting out of the court too many times. Also if it would fit in the goalie. Another doubt we had, was if the puck was to rough and wouldn't move.
- We overcame these doubts by doing the puck smaller so it wouldn't occupy too many space, and made the goalie bigger.
e. Who in your group played "devil's advocate" (a person who questions everything, even good ideas) and how did that help the process?
- We all made the same amount of questions and supported with new idea. I gave the first idea of the game (which we couldn't do because Claudia left our class), and Federico gave the second idea which was an air hockey.
f. What did you learn about yourself, teamwork, and the design process?
- I learned that we can be creative and make things from almost anything. If we wouldn't have worked in teamwork we wouldn't have been able to finish the game alone.
2. Back in F19, discuss with your group what your goals were for making it fun...and did you meet those goals. Why or why not?
- We did meet our goals. The class told us that the game had been really fun, and that they wanted to keep it.
3. On your blog, reflect on the following questions
a. What was the biggest problem you encountered? How did you solve it?
- When Claudia changed classes and she was supposed to bring the most important thing. We had to change the whole game. It turned out to be better than the other idea we had. Also the ball was really big, and the court really small.
b. When did you get your biggest "AH HA" idea? What was it?
- When we didn't know how to make the puck. Karen had a special clay in which we made it.
c. Who in your group resisted new ideas the most and why?
- Claudia wasn't sure if what we were going to do was going to work. She gave new ideas, which were good but the game wouldn't be as fun, but then she left the class.
d. What doubts did YOU have about the project and how did you overcome those doubts?
- Some doubts we had were if the puck was getting out of the court too many times. Also if it would fit in the goalie. Another doubt we had, was if the puck was to rough and wouldn't move.
- We overcame these doubts by doing the puck smaller so it wouldn't occupy too many space, and made the goalie bigger.
e. Who in your group played "devil's advocate" (a person who questions everything, even good ideas) and how did that help the process?
- We all made the same amount of questions and supported with new idea. I gave the first idea of the game (which we couldn't do because Claudia left our class), and Federico gave the second idea which was an air hockey.
f. What did you learn about yourself, teamwork, and the design process?
- I learned that we can be creative and make things from almost anything. If we wouldn't have worked in teamwork we wouldn't have been able to finish the game alone.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Snap/Scratch
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Design Project Day 3
CHOOSE PHASE
1. Review your description of your user from DEFINE phase (day 1) and what makes a game fun for that group.
Do these descriptions match your game...why or why not? (on blog)
- Yes, because we followed everything we wrote and it is exactly the same.
2. What are the most powerful ideas in your model that you want to keep? (on blog)
- The little papers flying around the box.
- Golden ticket.
3. What are the things you can leave off to simplify the game? (on blog) IMPLEMENT phase (10 minutes) Make a build plan
- Nothing, because our game is extremely simple.
IMPLEMENT PHASE
1. What needs to be done to make the model, step by step, who will do each? (on blog)
- Cardboard
- Tape
- Paper
- Fan
2. What supplies do you need besides cardboard, tape, scissors? Who will bring those? (on blog)
- Federico: colored paper.
- Sofia: tape, box.
- Claudia: fan
1. Review your description of your user from DEFINE phase (day 1) and what makes a game fun for that group.
Do these descriptions match your game...why or why not? (on blog)
- Yes, because we followed everything we wrote and it is exactly the same.
2. What are the most powerful ideas in your model that you want to keep? (on blog)
- The little papers flying around the box.
- Golden ticket.
3. What are the things you can leave off to simplify the game? (on blog) IMPLEMENT phase (10 minutes) Make a build plan
- Nothing, because our game is extremely simple.
IMPLEMENT PHASE
1. What needs to be done to make the model, step by step, who will do each? (on blog)
- Cardboard
- Tape
- Paper
- Fan
2. What supplies do you need besides cardboard, tape, scissors? Who will bring those? (on blog)
- Federico: colored paper.
- Sofia: tape, box.
- Claudia: fan
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Design Project Day 2
1. Look at the drawings from each person in your group and discuss strengths and weaknesses of each (on blog)
Decide which model has the most strengths (on blog):
Sofia's:
Decide on the details from the other models that you will include (on blog)
- Federico's idea of more papers.
- Claudia's idea of two people inside the box so it can be kind of a competition.
Decide what might need to be added or taken away from the model in #1 (on blog)
- The two people being inside the box.
- the golden ticket.
2. Make a mini model of your idea that works (photo on blog)
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4. Write down feedback (on blog) that you get from classmates
What was good:
- Idea of the golden ticket
- It seems very fun because of the flying balls
What should you consider changing?
- Put more color on the box.
- Maybe try it at home to see if the fan works.
Decide which model has the most strengths (on blog):
Sofia's:
Decide on the details from the other models that you will include (on blog)
- Federico's idea of more papers.
- Claudia's idea of two people inside the box so it can be kind of a competition.
Decide what might need to be added or taken away from the model in #1 (on blog)
- The two people being inside the box.
- the golden ticket.
2. Make a mini model of your idea that works (photo on blog)
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4. Write down feedback (on blog) that you get from classmates
What was good:
- Idea of the golden ticket
- It seems very fun because of the flying balls
What should you consider changing?
- Put more color on the box.
- Maybe try it at home to see if the fan works.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Design Project Day 1
My group:
- Claudia Beltran
- Federico Abello
- Sofia Aldana
DEFINE PHASE:
Users:
-Primary girls and boys
Difficulty:
- Medium
What Makes a Game Fun:
- Getting candy
- Colorful
- Not too easy, but not too difficult
- Flying things
- Not too girly.
RESEARCH PHASE:
Links:
- Ticket Grab
- Pinball
- Caine's Labrynth
- Pinball: It's difficult to play pinball and the handles don't move very well.
- Caine's Labrynth: The bad thing is there are a lot of places where you can loose, but the game is fun.
Things That Can be Improved:
- Ticket grab: Having more tickets inside the box.
- Pinball: The handles are very short, and are stiff.
- Caine's Labrynth: There were to many wholes where you could die.
IDEATION PHASE:
Brainstorm:
- Fishing
- Pinball
WE CHOSE TICKET GRAB
What Makes This Game Fun:
- Paper flying around.
- Getting a prize at the end.
- The prize you get, depends on the color of the paper.
What Could Go Wrong:
- That the blower won't work.
- The papers don't fly.
- The papers get out of the box.
- The kids cheating.
How to Avoid These:
- Get a stronger blower, with batteries.
- Arrange the direction of the blower.
- Leave instructions for the kids to turn off the blower.
- Giving the prize the day we go there.
- Claudia Beltran
- Federico Abello
- Sofia Aldana
DEFINE PHASE:
Users:
-Primary girls and boys
Difficulty:
- Medium
What Makes a Game Fun:
- Getting candy
- Colorful
- Not too easy, but not too difficult
- Flying things
- Not too girly.
RESEARCH PHASE:
Links:
- Ticket Grab
- Pinball
- Caine's Labrynth
Good and Bad Things:
- Ticket Grab: It's fun that you get to get into a box and grab things out of the air, but the bad thing is it's hard to because the tickets are flying in all the directions.- Pinball: It's difficult to play pinball and the handles don't move very well.
- Caine's Labrynth: The bad thing is there are a lot of places where you can loose, but the game is fun.
Things That Can be Improved:
- Ticket grab: Having more tickets inside the box.
- Pinball: The handles are very short, and are stiff.
- Caine's Labrynth: There were to many wholes where you could die.
IDEATION PHASE:
Brainstorm:
- Fishing
- Pinball
WE CHOSE TICKET GRAB
What Makes This Game Fun:
- Paper flying around.
- Getting a prize at the end.
- The prize you get, depends on the color of the paper.
What Could Go Wrong:
- That the blower won't work.
- The papers don't fly.
- The papers get out of the box.
- The kids cheating.
How to Avoid These:
- Get a stronger blower, with batteries.
- Arrange the direction of the blower.
- Leave instructions for the kids to turn off the blower.
- Giving the prize the day we go there.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Virtual Field Trip
- Place I have visited and enjoyed:
Golfo de Morrosquillo
- 10 photos of interesting things to do or see in this location:
- With each photo include a 3-4 sentence description:
- The photos and descriptions need to be loaded on a 2.0 tool:
- Put the link to the presentation on your blog and email it to Ms. Shawn:
http://portal.sliderocket.com/CXBUQ/B7150797-DAE6-449B-B340-081AB84FFDC1
Golfo de Morrosquillo
- 10 photos of interesting things to do or see in this location:
- With each photo include a 3-4 sentence description:
- The photos and descriptions need to be loaded on a 2.0 tool:
- Put the link to the presentation on your blog and email it to Ms. Shawn:
http://portal.sliderocket.com/CXBUQ/B7150797-DAE6-449B-B340-081AB84FFDC1
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Final Presentation
Description of the overall goals of the project
- Video editing
Description of the process of completing the project
- The first day of the project we didn't really know what we were going to do. We were in between Photoshop and video editing. We obviously went with video editing. After we came up with what we were going to do, we had another problem. Which song were we going to do it with? After a lot of time of thinking we decided we were going to do it with "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift. Every five classes we worked on the project. Most of the work was reaching our goals for the day. After 4 classes, we finished the written part. We started working on the video. We got together about 3 times and every time, recorded. After we had recorded every part of the song, we started working on the effects and putting the song together with our lip singing. We had a lot of problems with the effects because we weren't being able to put them in the video. Obviously we weren't only working on the video special effects like changing the color of the video. We were also working on overlapping videos and pictures, having some parts with green screen, and cloning ourselves. It was very difficult to do that but we were able to finish it. Now we are ready to present it for next class!
Examples of "epic fails" along the way (places where you failed and learned from it)
- When we were recording and the other started laughing. We learned we couldn't look at the other person's eyes, or we'd start laughing.
- When we couldn't put the special effects in the video, we realized the video was already finalized so we couldn't edit it. We had to have permission to start editing it again. We learned that you save the video but don't finalize it or else we weren't going to be able to edit it.
- When we were doing green screen the image was very pix elated. We just had to have a picture with better resolution.
Examples of the work in progress (show us how you got to the final product...your steps or how you improved)
- Every scene was better than the last one.
- We improved in some different ways, like "acting", getting used to put the effects faster, and filming faster because we didn't even have much time.
- We were able to progress pretty quickly, since we had the instructions on our blogs, of how to put the effects.
List of tools you found helpful and descriptions of how they helped you
- Links for making special effects because it gave you every step clearly, and we were able to understand everything.
- Links for overlapping pictures and for cloning,. Like we said before everything was easy and clear to understand.
- When we saw the second video of green screen it was very useful because it didn't have a professional green screen. It showed us how to make one wight paper masking tape and a wall. It also showed us how to insert the image/videos so that it would look real.
List of tools that you felt were useless or not helpful and why you don't recommend them
- The link for helping us manipulate text on imovie. We learned about it but it was very difficult to understand. It had a lot of technological words we didn't even know existed. It could have been a lot more brief. It took like 15 minutes to say "put words in the little box."
- The first video we saw about green screen said we had to have a professional green screen to be able to work with it, so it was useless because we don't have one.
Final presentation of your project with web 2.0 tool
- sliderock is the link we used to make our presentation.
Shout out to any mentor or expert who helped you along the way (optional)
- We didn't use anyone's help, just the internet videos and ourselves.
Link to final presentation must be on a blog post with the label Google 20% and title FINAL PRESENTATION
Power Point:
http://portal.sliderocket.com/CXBUQ/9CC7CE27-DE4F-4F2D-83B0-172A266A054D
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTytzq5Vbc&feature=youtu.be
- Video editing
- Learn to overlap pictures, songs and videos.
- A video that seems very professional.
- How to enhance videos and work with them in different ways
- Special effects on the video
- The first day of the project we didn't really know what we were going to do. We were in between Photoshop and video editing. We obviously went with video editing. After we came up with what we were going to do, we had another problem. Which song were we going to do it with? After a lot of time of thinking we decided we were going to do it with "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift. Every five classes we worked on the project. Most of the work was reaching our goals for the day. After 4 classes, we finished the written part. We started working on the video. We got together about 3 times and every time, recorded. After we had recorded every part of the song, we started working on the effects and putting the song together with our lip singing. We had a lot of problems with the effects because we weren't being able to put them in the video. Obviously we weren't only working on the video special effects like changing the color of the video. We were also working on overlapping videos and pictures, having some parts with green screen, and cloning ourselves. It was very difficult to do that but we were able to finish it. Now we are ready to present it for next class!
Examples of "epic fails" along the way (places where you failed and learned from it)
- When we were recording and the other started laughing. We learned we couldn't look at the other person's eyes, or we'd start laughing.
- When we couldn't put the special effects in the video, we realized the video was already finalized so we couldn't edit it. We had to have permission to start editing it again. We learned that you save the video but don't finalize it or else we weren't going to be able to edit it.
- When we were doing green screen the image was very pix elated. We just had to have a picture with better resolution.
Examples of the work in progress (show us how you got to the final product...your steps or how you improved)
- Every scene was better than the last one.
- We improved in some different ways, like "acting", getting used to put the effects faster, and filming faster because we didn't even have much time.
- We were able to progress pretty quickly, since we had the instructions on our blogs, of how to put the effects.
List of tools you found helpful and descriptions of how they helped you
- Links for making special effects because it gave you every step clearly, and we were able to understand everything.
- Links for overlapping pictures and for cloning,. Like we said before everything was easy and clear to understand.
- When we saw the second video of green screen it was very useful because it didn't have a professional green screen. It showed us how to make one wight paper masking tape and a wall. It also showed us how to insert the image/videos so that it would look real.
List of tools that you felt were useless or not helpful and why you don't recommend them
- The link for helping us manipulate text on imovie. We learned about it but it was very difficult to understand. It had a lot of technological words we didn't even know existed. It could have been a lot more brief. It took like 15 minutes to say "put words in the little box."
- The first video we saw about green screen said we had to have a professional green screen to be able to work with it, so it was useless because we don't have one.
Final presentation of your project with web 2.0 tool
- sliderock is the link we used to make our presentation.
Shout out to any mentor or expert who helped you along the way (optional)
- We didn't use anyone's help, just the internet videos and ourselves.
Link to final presentation must be on a blog post with the label Google 20% and title FINAL PRESENTATION
Power Point:
http://portal.sliderocket.com/CXBUQ/9CC7CE27-DE4F-4F2D-83B0-172A266A054D
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTytzq5Vbc&feature=youtu.be
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