Emerging Technology Final Project

For my first interview I interviewed my grandma (moms mom).  To see the questions and answers to the interview, click here.

For my second interview I interviewed my grandma (dads mom).  To see the questions and answers to the interview, click here.

I wrote my persuasive letter/e-mail to my Grandma Penny.  To see my persuasive e-mail, click here.

On Family Echo I created a family tree.  To see my family tree, click here.

This is a Piktochart of my dads side of the family, the Elfstrands.  I am a very large percentage Hungarian. My ancestors came to Minnesota from Hungary.  There is a very large amount of people on this side of the family.  I also used the colors red, green, black, and white because they resemble the Hungarian flag colors.


This is a Prezi that shows part of my family from my moms side of the family.  In my Prezi I also used the colors red, green, white, and black again because they are the colors of the Italian flag.  My moms side of the family is mainly Italian.
 


My stop-motion animation film that I created spells out 'Mia Famiglia'.  That is Italian for 'My Family'.  I also colored it with green and red to show the Italian colors.  My stop-motion is saved in my student folder and is named Stop Motion Final Project.

Monday December 2

Right now on my project I am working on my Prezi and Infographic.  Over the break I collected interview question answers.  I interviewed both of my grandmas.  According to the checklist below I have completed the questions, persuasive email, and FamilyEcho.  I still need to finish the Prezi, Infographic, Five-Frame Storyboard, and Blog Post.  I just need to do the creative aspects to the project.  I think I am on track to have everything done on time.

• Interview #1 – 25 question transcript on Google Docs 
• Interview #2 – 25 question transcript on Google Docs (opposite side of family) 
• Persuasive Letter/Email – typed in Google Docs (sending is optional) 
• Simple FamilyEcho Family Tree Outline 
• Creative Prezi Family Tree – At least 15 family members, do NOT use a template 
• Infographic of your Family using Piktochart (or another tool you have discovered) 
• Five-Frame Storyboard OR Stop Motion Animation video
• Blog Post on Blogger for your entire project with all projects linked or embedded

Friday November 15

1. Zoe Krump

Zoe's video was markers spelling out the word love.  I thought that it was very creative and unique that she chose something to simple to do, yet people wouldnt think of doing.  I believe it is one of the best in the class because it has a unique different feel to it.  It was very artistic and different than others.

2. Dana Oudejans
Although post-it note videos are common for stop motion videos Dana executed it very well.  She made unique patterns with the post its and the video flowed very well.  It was a cool video to watch.

3. Kristen Sayegh
Kristen's video was of her writing her name out and coloring it in creatively.  I thought that again it was a simple idea, but her abilities made the video look very interesting.  The designs she chose and the was she wrote made it look very professionally done.

Wednesday November 13

My stop motion turned out ok.  I am not completely thrilled by it.  It took a lot of time to take the pictures and come up with an idea for it to just turn out how it did.  If I could grade it I would give myself a 60/60 because I did everything the rubric says and also I put quite a bit of effort into it.  I learned that it isn't as easy as it might seem.  Stop motion animation movies take a lot of time and persistence. 

Monday November 11

I have all of the pictures taken for my stop motion animation.  On Sunday my mom and I tried coming up with ideas of what to do and struggled.  We finally came up with something to do.  It ended up taking FOREVER to take pictures.  We started in the afternoon and it took a total of 5 hours.  I have all of my pictures and just need to upload and crop them on the computer.  I hope they turned out well.  It was a very long and stressful process.

Friday November 8

I am planning on doing an outdoor scene for stop-motion animation.  I am planning on doing it of my backyard and part of the sky.  The story I am going to tell is the day passing by and all of the things going on throughout nature during the day.  My video will be fun and different because I am going to take pictures from early on in the day up until very late when it becomes dark out.  I am going to be taking the photos by myself.  I am planning on taking the pictures tomorrow because I have soccer games on Sunday.

Monday November 4

So far I have used PicMonkey and PIXLR.  I like both of the used we have used so far.  I think PicMonkey is easier to use than PIXLR.  PicMonkey has everything that you can use labeled and easy to access.  When on PIXLR I was randomly clicking around trying to figure it out.  The good thing about PicMonkey is that it is very easy to use.  The bad thing about it is the fact that for certain more advanced features you need to pay for the program.  On PicMonkey you can edit peoples skin, eyes, hair, teeth, and much more.  You can also change the brightness, contrast, and coloring of the picture.  There are many effects to add to pictures as well.  Overall, I think PicMonkey is a good editing website.