LAST BLOG OF THE YEAR
The favorite part of ROGATE class this year was Google 20%. My favorite unit in ROGATE was Google 20% because it really got me out of my comfort zone. It helped me learned new ideas that I have never heard of before. Also, not only was it fun to do Google 20%, it was fun to watch the other presentations because there was such a variety. I think blogs can be used more effectively if we just blog every week about what were doing. Then, at the end of the year we can create a summary for the whole year for a grade to see what we learned through the year. Unfortunately, I will not be taking Gifted & Talented Seminar I. What I will miss most about middle school is all my new friends and I hope that I will have the same people in my classes next year. Some questions I have about high school are: Is there actually bullying? Also, are the teachers nice there? My plans for the summer are to play soccer, watch soccer, and have fun.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Kickstarter
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a form of crowdsourcing. Kickstarter is where if people want to start an idea, but they need money. They can borrow money from other people who will fund his/her project. In return, depending on how much the person funded his idea the person will get a reward in return.
Romo: The Smartphone Robot
Pledge $192. Reward: One limited edition Romo smartphone robot-- lasered engraved, numbered from 001-100 and will arrive in time for Christmas! Included in the package is our “I heart Robots” t-shirt and a thank you letter signed by the makers, Peter and Phu. This is a robot which can be controlled with a smart phone for many regular day needs. For exmaple, you can use it to get yourself a soda by controlling it with your ipod, or smartphone.
Laser AppTag:
Pledge $120. Reward:
Kickstarter is a form of crowdsourcing. Kickstarter is where if people want to start an idea, but they need money. They can borrow money from other people who will fund his/her project. In return, depending on how much the person funded his idea the person will get a reward in return.
Romo: The Smartphone Robot
Pledge $192. Reward: One limited edition Romo smartphone robot-- lasered engraved, numbered from 001-100 and will arrive in time for Christmas! Included in the package is our “I heart Robots” t-shirt and a thank you letter signed by the makers, Peter and Phu. This is a robot which can be controlled with a smart phone for many regular day needs. For exmaple, you can use it to get yourself a soda by controlling it with your ipod, or smartphone.
Laser AppTag:
Pledge $120. Reward:
Office Commando! There's 4 of you and it's time for a 4 player frag fest in the office or back yard. You get 4 AppTag LaserBlasters for a great price of $30 each. Outside of USA add $20
This is a laser gun which uses ur ipod, or iphone to use the gun. The ipod or iphone is docked on the gun and you get the app and play using the ipod to shoot people for fun.
Zombie Playgroud:
Pledge: $200 Reward:
This is a laser gun which uses ur ipod, or iphone to use the gun. The ipod or iphone is docked on the gun and you get the app and play using the ipod to shoot people for fun.
Zombie Playgroud:
Pledge: $200 Reward:
Get early access to the ZPG closed ALPHA! PLUS, your team will never lose track of you in the dark with your nifty in-game glow in the dark "Kickstarter" T-shirt! You will also get all of the previous rewards.
Zombie Playbround is a video game which is 3rd person video game that where school children kill zombies. It is mainly for entertaiment for children.
Zombie Playbround is a video game which is 3rd person video game that where school children kill zombies. It is mainly for entertaiment for children.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
An example of crowdsourcing is Pinterest. Pinterest is a pin-board in which people can put theme-based pictures, logos, and other pictures about hobbies, interests, events, and more. Then, people can take pictures from other peoples' boards and create their own pin-board to share their board. Also, if people think they can add to someones pin-board they can if it fits and makes sense depending on the ideas,hobbies, and interests on the person's pin-board. Therefore people can get new ideas, recipes for food, and create new inventions from the ideas you get. This is a good example of crowdsourcing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest
http://thedailydigi.com/pinterest-101-a-tutorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest
http://thedailydigi.com/pinterest-101-a-tutorial
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
20% Project
My project is about the brain and mental illnesses that occur in the brain. So far in the project we have found out about 5 major mental illnesses that effect the brain and we done research on them. Now we have to discover how the regular brain works and compare them to the other mental illnesses. So far so good.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Waste Land
Mrs. Mystrena first brought up the movie Waste Land I was thinking that it was going to a terrible movie, but I was wrong. I couldn't believe how inspiring the movie was. I was thinking that this movie was just going to show how the people feel in the landfill. It was much more than that. As I watched the movie my opinion changed. I thought these people were just worthless workers, but they were than that. They worked hard for their money, and they weren't garbage pickers they were
There were many ways Vik Muñiz helped the people of Jardim Gramacho. He gave them money by making paintings of them and auctioning them for money for the landfill. Also, he made them feel good about themselves. Vik told them that they weren't trash pickers they were helping the world, and they should be noticed. Finally, he told the trash pickers that they weren't worthless they should have a chance to express how they feel.
I personally agree that its better to have a honest job. Why would you be a drug dealer, or a prostitute? So, I would rather have a honest job. I wouldn't care what other people think of me. If I know I am doing the right thing I feel proud of myself
There were many ways Vik Muñiz helped the people of Jardim Gramacho. He gave them money by making paintings of them and auctioning them for money for the landfill. Also, he made them feel good about themselves. Vik told them that they weren't trash pickers they were helping the world, and they should be noticed. Finally, he told the trash pickers that they weren't worthless they should have a chance to express how they feel.
I personally agree that its better to have a honest job. Why would you be a drug dealer, or a prostitute? So, I would rather have a honest job. I wouldn't care what other people think of me. If I know I am doing the right thing I feel proud of myself
Monday, February 27, 2012
Google 20%
When you think of the children today, you think of not hard working lazy, and they hate school. I personally think they have a right to hate school. Just think about it every year you learn about the same things. I guarntee that more than half of the kids in our school will not have a job doing with math. Kids want to learn what they think is interesting because thats what they will want to be when they grow up. So, this google project is the perfect way to express your ideas. Kids can finally decide to learn something they want to major in. This is why Google 20% is the best thing to do.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Colors
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Womens World Cup
Of all he photo essays my favorite one is the Womens World Cup. It was a emotional rollercoaster for me. It makes me very happy to know that people all around the world love to play. The determination they have to win the world cup is tremendous. I was very happy to see USA advance in the world cup and reach the finals. In the photo essay the most dissapointing picture was Japan holding the trophy. I was very sad to see USA losing, but happy for Japan after all the bad things that happened like the earthquake and tsunami. I learned that photo essay capture those small moments that are very emotional and show many feelings. Photo essays capture the little, but important events to show tothe world.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Life In a Day
Recently our class watched a movie Life In A Day. The movie was about the day July 24th. Everybody around the world sent a video about a little part of their life, and submitted it to Youtube. Then, directors around the world toook the videos and made a movie to show everybody around the world how the world is in a day.
The scene that was most memorable to me was the scene with the kid with a laptop. It was very memorable for many reasons. Eventhough the kid has tough times and has to polish shoes to make money he was always happy because he had a loving da and a laptop. The kid finds joy and happiness in his laptop. He says the laptoop is the dictionary of the world. Thats what the most memeroble scene to me. This scene was also the most positive scene to me because the kid finds joy in what he has.
The scene that had a negative reaction was when people were fight at the love parade. How can people fight. We all live in the same world so we cannot fight. That creates war and people will die. We cannot afford human casualities in this world. That scene shows that the world is bad. Thats needs to go and we need to have world peace.
There were many patterns of humanity in the world. People were cleaning his teeth. People were crying, fighting, laughing. Also, their was sleeping. Finally, just leaving and breathing.
Juxatpositions occured in the world. It was form people laughing to crying. Happiness, to sadness. Also, dry places to wet places. Finally there was night from day.
I though Life in A Day was great movie to show people how the world is.
The scene that was most memorable to me was the scene with the kid with a laptop. It was very memorable for many reasons. Eventhough the kid has tough times and has to polish shoes to make money he was always happy because he had a loving da and a laptop. The kid finds joy and happiness in his laptop. He says the laptoop is the dictionary of the world. Thats what the most memeroble scene to me. This scene was also the most positive scene to me because the kid finds joy in what he has.
The scene that had a negative reaction was when people were fight at the love parade. How can people fight. We all live in the same world so we cannot fight. That creates war and people will die. We cannot afford human casualities in this world. That scene shows that the world is bad. Thats needs to go and we need to have world peace.
There were many patterns of humanity in the world. People were cleaning his teeth. People were crying, fighting, laughing. Also, their was sleeping. Finally, just leaving and breathing.
Juxatpositions occured in the world. It was form people laughing to crying. Happiness, to sadness. Also, dry places to wet places. Finally there was night from day.
I though Life in A Day was great movie to show people how the world is.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Times Influential People
Three People I find interesting are: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Lionel Messi, and Geoffery Canada.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: They say with a great leader you can accomplish anything. Dhoni the captain of the Indian Cricket team is not a very good player. Eventhough he isnt good he had the will to always win and never except defeat. He told his team that do your best never give up. India was losing in the finals, his team gave up, but he didn't. He played and got tremendous amount of points. With that will, his team believed in him and they didnt give up. They ended up winning. Dhoni has told everybody that if you have great leadership, and will you can do anything.
Lionel Messi: People say "Size doesn't matter." Lionel Messi proves that. As a 5 ft 4in player he has won the player of the year award back to back years. He has scored the most goals in two seasons. Lionel Messi has told the world that with will and dedication it doesnt matter how small you are you can accomplish anything if you try your best.
Geoffery Canada: Kids all over the world are poor and can't get an education. Geoffery Canada has helped kids all over the world by giving them a chance to make living, get an education, and be successful. Just because people are poor doens't mean they are dumb. He has created schools for poor kids to have an education. Geoffery Canada has given people a chance.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: They say with a great leader you can accomplish anything. Dhoni the captain of the Indian Cricket team is not a very good player. Eventhough he isnt good he had the will to always win and never except defeat. He told his team that do your best never give up. India was losing in the finals, his team gave up, but he didn't. He played and got tremendous amount of points. With that will, his team believed in him and they didnt give up. They ended up winning. Dhoni has told everybody that if you have great leadership, and will you can do anything.
Lionel Messi: People say "Size doesn't matter." Lionel Messi proves that. As a 5 ft 4in player he has won the player of the year award back to back years. He has scored the most goals in two seasons. Lionel Messi has told the world that with will and dedication it doesnt matter how small you are you can accomplish anything if you try your best.
Geoffery Canada: Kids all over the world are poor and can't get an education. Geoffery Canada has helped kids all over the world by giving them a chance to make living, get an education, and be successful. Just because people are poor doens't mean they are dumb. He has created schools for poor kids to have an education. Geoffery Canada has given people a chance.
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