Thursday, May 19, 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016
Monday, May 9, 2016
Warm Up
1. What is your favorite photo? Either describe it, or figure out a way to post it on your blog.
My favorite photo is the now where two guys were exploring an ice cave and the cave looked like it was glowing.
2. Does it seem like all of these images could have been taken with a phone?
No it looks like most of them were from a actual camera.
3. How much do you think the apps some of the photographers used impacted the image?
I think it impacted the photos a lot because it was so in detail and in focus.
4. List two tips you think might help your own photography with a phone.
Getting to the right place in the right time and making sure the lighting is perfect.
My favorite photo is the now where two guys were exploring an ice cave and the cave looked like it was glowing.
2. Does it seem like all of these images could have been taken with a phone?
No it looks like most of them were from a actual camera.
3. How much do you think the apps some of the photographers used impacted the image?
I think it impacted the photos a lot because it was so in detail and in focus.
4. List two tips you think might help your own photography with a phone.
Getting to the right place in the right time and making sure the lighting is perfect.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
SoM Peer Review
Blog: http://madisonwphotojblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/student-of-month-story.html
Paragraphs - 40 (Only have 7 paragraphs which is one away from what they need, but it is still not meeting the criteria.)
5 quotes - 25 (Has all the quotes needed, but they are not the best)
Inverted pyramid - 20 (Did something like the inverted pyramid, but wasn't in the correct order.)
Extra Credit? - 0
TOTAL = 85
Paragraphs - 40 (Only have 7 paragraphs which is one away from what they need, but it is still not meeting the criteria.)
5 quotes - 25 (Has all the quotes needed, but they are not the best)
Inverted pyramid - 20 (Did something like the inverted pyramid, but wasn't in the correct order.)
Extra Credit? - 0
TOTAL = 85
Friday, April 29, 2016
HDR photos
1. What manipulations to the camera will you need to make to create an HDR image?
You need to adjust the exposure of each photo
2. What equipment will we use to take this type of image?
you could use a tripod and HDR photo-bend software
3. What is the reason someone might take an HDR image?
They might take on to capture ethe detail of the setting and to really show how it looks because our eyes already see it in HDR
4. What can we expect to happen with the images once we merge them together, what will we see that we might not have seen with just one photo?
We will see a lot of light and more detail in the photos.
Final Exam Planning warm-up
1. When will you shoot this assignment?
Next weekend
2. Where will you shoot?
At my house or at some soccer fields
3. What will you be documenting or telling your "story" about?
I will be shooting my mom or dad cooking something, or I will be shooting frisbee
4. What equipment needs will you have to get this finished?
Cooking utensils and food, or a frisbee and some people
5. Make sure to describe the process, by this I mean, where will you use the video portion, where will you use still images, where will your narration be, etc?
For cooking plan on video tapping creating or pouring items in the pan and for the images i will use stirring, flipping, and chopping items. But for frisbee i will video a glow in the dark frisbee flying through the sky and for images I will capture people catching and throwing the frisbee.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
My Opinion Story
Through out Texas most students are in school for about 7 hours a day and in school 5 days a week, but to the school boards across the U.S. are pitching the idea of making the next upcoming school year days longer, which could be a very bad idea.
Because the normal school day goes form 9 to 4:20, students already don't have much time to do homework, relax, eat dinner, and do extracurricular activities. And a lot of students struggle already trying to do their obligations, but if school is extended then more students could start to fail.
But if the school board did extend the days then students could have more time to learn and teachers could go slower in teaching their lessons. But, while students could learn as a class their would be less people and time for students to go to tutoring.
Although if the school board were to extend the days then a lot of make up days from bad weather could be luckily avoided. But if you would ask the students about this, most of them would argue to make school days not as long because it would be even worse than making up a day.
So I think that schools would more greatly be affected or benefit if they keep the school days shorter so students could have more time to do outside activities like homework, tutoring, work, and extracurricular activities.
Another thing that the school board has talked about has been the removal of some of the students late start days which could possibly help with the problem of make up days.
And if the board were to get all of our late start taken away, then the possibility of adding hours to the day could maybe go away. But some students might not like this new rule i bet they would rather have no late starts and less hours at school than vice-versa
But there are solutions to the issue of makeup days that do not require late starts to be taken from the students.
And sadly students would spend about 4 more days of school and would spend an additional 224 hours at school. This means that the students would lose multiple days worth of time for homework, extra curricular activities, and some time for people who need to be tutored. You would also lose a lot of time to just relax and hang out with friends or go out to eat with your family.
So if the school days are made longer, then slot of students could start to get migraines or become very negative towards everything that they hear or do. And in conclusion school would become a lot worse and could cause a lot more problems then usual.
Words: 466
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
SNO online papers
Story 1: "The Struggle of Cliques"
1. Deatrik Bledsoe
2. The article was about how cliques in high schools are isolating people and discouraging them to make friends with different people
3. The author does not like the idea of cliques because he said,"trying to be with a group of people might sound fun, but by doing this you miss your chance of making friends outside of your group."
4. Kinda because he described what he thought others like about them
5. No he wasn't. He told us what he thought and gave details about his opinion.
6. Their are no quotes
6. Their are no quotes
7. 1st person.
Story 2: "Why We Should Get Rid of Standardized Testing"
1. Shajid Hasan
2. The story is about the cons to school administering standardized tests like the STAAR, or PSAT and how the tests do not display a student's abilities very accurately
3. "We should not be working towards a system that is as flawed as this.", "Standardized testing has major inherent flaws such as insufficient coursework and unhealthy competition, coupled with the fact that the benefits are almost always inconsistent, shows that there is no actual need for things like the STAAR."
4. They barely addressed the other side
5. They weren't very wishy washy with their opinions at all. They got the point across to the reader that they did not believe standardized tests were necessary or accurate and they stayed persistent on their side of the matter
6. There are no quotes
7. 3rd person
Story 3: "Is Uber really safe"
1. Blake Gomez
2. The story is about the safety with Uber drivers and if they can or can't be trusted
3. "It is perfectly okay to be use Uber ,but people should be wary of the high risk involved with using it."
4. Yes, he addressed both why people would and wouldn't use it
5. He was a kinda wishy-washy. He listed all the reasons why Uber was bad then made his opinion that you should use Ubers
6. Their are no quotes
7. 3rd and 2nd person
Friday, April 15, 2016
Story Rewrites
First Story
53 year old, California native, Janice Jones was shot in the leg by her dog ,at 10 pm on Wednesday, when the dog knocked a 9mm handgun off of a table, which discharged it.
She was taken to the hospital, and is expected to be alright, except she may end up bang charged for the incident.
The bullet hit her in the back of the leg and she was lucky because this very bad situation could have been a lot worse for her.
“It could have been worse,” California Highway Patrol liaison Tammy Rye said, “The bullet hit two inches away from the gas tank.”
A animal control officer filed an animal abuse file because her dog was found very malnourished and had fresh cigarette burns on its forehead.
“It could have done with a little less abuse and a little more of those pork chops.” Animal control officer, Janet Ngo said.
Jones has though about this in her time in the hospital, and has finally some to a conclusion.
“I guess this is a sign, i kinda deserved it.” Jones said.
Second Story
At 8:12 a.m. , in the San Fransisco bay, an area got struck by a powerful earthquake that destroyed many homes, and took many lives.
the earthquake shook up many people, and was very destructive. But those people plan to rebuild new homes and become stronger if another earth quake hits in the future.
The building of McHenry’s auto supply at 2342 Plum street partially collapsed, and sadly two people were killed, and six were also injured.
“Names of the dead are being withheld pending notifications of families,” Public information officer from the Hayward fire department Jennifer Vu said.
Hayward firefighters used ropes to stabilize the auto supply shop, conducting a search of the building and capped a gas line, after detecting a gas leak at the site of the collapse.
“I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling. I dove under that table just as soon as I heard an explosion outside and a chunk of cement flew through my kitchen window. That’s when the screaming started across the street,” Hayward resident, Mike Beamer said.
The epicenter of the earth quake was underneath the Hayward hills, and had a massive magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale.
“The quake was a strong one,” Scientist Penny Gurtz said, “It occurred on the fault, which runs under the hills.”
People as far south as Los Angeles, and as far north as Redding felt the quake.
Thursday, April 7, 2016
News Values
Title: Panama Papers Leak Casts Light on a Law Firm Founded on Secrecy
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/world/americas/panama-papers-leak-casts-light-on-a-law-firm-founded-on-secrecy.html?ref=wo
Proximity-This article is about US and India's agreement to strengthen their military agreements or ties with each other. This shows proximity because I live in the US and we are trading with others which are also kinda close, but mainly because I am in the country that is trading with others.
Title: US and India with eye on china agree to strengthen military ties
Prominence- This is an example of prominence because all of the presidential candidates are very important in the news, and almost anything they say or do is being reported on. Any time someone sees the name of a presidential candidate, they will probably want to know what the news is; this makes Hillary Clinton prominent.
Title: Hillary Clinton Again Looks Upstate for Win in New York
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-again-looks-upstate-for-win-in-new-york.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
Impact-- This article shows impact because it talks about how people have handled the terrorist attacks and bombings in Europe recently. It also talks about how this event had such a big impact on people and the country.
Title: How ISIS Built the Machinery of Terror Under Europe's Gaze
Conflict- This article shows Conflict because Boko Haram is turning female captives into terrorists. This is really bad because they turn from being citizen to a possible threat.
Title: Boko Haram Turns Female Captives into Terro
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/world/africa/boko-haram-suicide-bombristsers.html
Human Interest- Family memebers and friends of the murder victim are going through a huge emotional struggle with the loss of their family member. This is human interest because people are interested on what exactly happened to this student who was killed late at night.
Title: Homeless teen arrested in murder of university of Texas studenthttp://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/04/08/us/08reuters-texas-homicide.html
Novelty- This shows Novelty because of how people in china are starting to donate their organs for good and bad reasons. It is about how multiples of people in china are starting to donate organs due to family or friends that have died because of organ failure or because they just want to or feel like donating.
Title: Signing Up Organ Donors in China Can Be an Uphill Battle
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/world/asia/china-organ-donor.html?ref=world
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Student of the Month Finished Story
Madison Orr is one of the few students at Bowie High School who received the Student of the Month Award. She was announced the student of the Month for April, Because of her devotion to her classes and work. She works hard in class and tries her best to get the best grades as possible. Other than getting good grades, Madison loves to read and write.
Madison is 15 in 9th grade and her favorite class to be in is english. She is not active in any extracurricular activities, but loves to write and hang out with her friends in her free time.
Madison has been working very hard all year and has been an outstanding student to all of her teachers.
"I feel like I achieved student of the month because I work hard in all of my classes and I am a good role model for others," Madison said.
Madison never gives up no matter how hard the struggle or task is that faces her. She is encouraging, ambitious, and intelligent
"Madison is on of my smartest students She is always trying her best to get good grades ,and get better in anyway possible," Madisons english teacher said.
Although Madison has received this award, she plans to keep going strong for the rest of the year and do her best to improve her love of writing.
"When ever I see her or walk by her classroom she is always listening to what the teacher is saying and she always tries to get better from what I have seen," Principal Mr.Cane said.
Madison is really good at everything she does but sometimes she can get stressed out. And when Madison does she can easily coop with this stress.
"When ever Madison get stressed out she just relaxes and slows dawn a little to where she can get back into her groove," Madison's mother Rebecca said.
Madison is in a group of friends that are all outstanding students and are also trying to get Student of the Month. But Madison was the first of her friends to achieve this award.
"I am very proud of myself for conquering this award before my friends and all i can say to others is to work hard and keep up with your classes," Madison Orr said.
384 Words
Madison is 15 in 9th grade and her favorite class to be in is english. She is not active in any extracurricular activities, but loves to write and hang out with her friends in her free time.
Madison has been working very hard all year and has been an outstanding student to all of her teachers.
"I feel like I achieved student of the month because I work hard in all of my classes and I am a good role model for others," Madison said.
Madison never gives up no matter how hard the struggle or task is that faces her. She is encouraging, ambitious, and intelligent
"Madison is on of my smartest students She is always trying her best to get good grades ,and get better in anyway possible," Madisons english teacher said.
Although Madison has received this award, she plans to keep going strong for the rest of the year and do her best to improve her love of writing.
"When ever I see her or walk by her classroom she is always listening to what the teacher is saying and she always tries to get better from what I have seen," Principal Mr.Cane said.
Madison is really good at everything she does but sometimes she can get stressed out. And when Madison does she can easily coop with this stress.
"When ever Madison get stressed out she just relaxes and slows dawn a little to where she can get back into her groove," Madison's mother Rebecca said.
Madison is in a group of friends that are all outstanding students and are also trying to get Student of the Month. But Madison was the first of her friends to achieve this award.
"I am very proud of myself for conquering this award before my friends and all i can say to others is to work hard and keep up with your classes," Madison Orr said.
384 Words
Nut Graff
The Nut Graf tells the reader where the story is going and usually happens after the lead paragraph. It tells the reader why they should keep reading and explains the significance of the story. A good nut graf should help direct the reader's understanding for the theme of the story and is like a brief summary.
The Nut Graf should be quick and straight to the point. It can range from a single sentence to a paragraph. It is usually the second paragraph, though it sometimes appears third. It should elaborate on the lead of the story, and should cover the five Ws and the one H, if it was not covered in the lead. The Nut Graf is a crucial part of the story because it basically sums up what you are about to read.
The Nut Graf should be quick and straight to the point. It can range from a single sentence to a paragraph. It is usually the second paragraph, though it sometimes appears third. It should elaborate on the lead of the story, and should cover the five Ws and the one H, if it was not covered in the lead. The Nut Graf is a crucial part of the story because it basically sums up what you are about to read.
Nut Graf
Madison Orr is not active in any extracurricular activities, but loves to write and hang out with her friends in her free time. She is 15 in 9th grade and her favorite class to be in is english.
Student of the Month Story
Who - Madison Orr
What - Receiving Student of the Month
Where - James Bowie High School
When - Month of April
Why - To show that she is a good role model for what to do
How - Because she worked hard in class and got good grades
Madison Orr is one of the few students at Bowie High School who received the Student of the Month Award. She was announced the student of the Month for April, Because of her devotion to her classes and work. She works hard in class and tries her best to get the best grades as possible. Other than getting good grades, Madison loves to read and write.
What - Receiving Student of the Month
Where - James Bowie High School
When - Month of April
Why - To show that she is a good role model for what to do
How - Because she worked hard in class and got good grades
Madison Orr is one of the few students at Bowie High School who received the Student of the Month Award. She was announced the student of the Month for April, Because of her devotion to her classes and work. She works hard in class and tries her best to get the best grades as possible. Other than getting good grades, Madison loves to read and write.
Friday, April 1, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
student of the month
1. What is your name?
Madison Orr
2. How old are you?
15
3. What grade are you in?
9th
4. What is your favorite subject in school?
english
5. Why do you think you got picked as student of the month?
Because she gets good grades
6. Are you in any clubs? If so which ones?
yes I am in GSA
7. What do you want to be when you grow up?
She wants to be a writer
8. What is your biggest struggle?
Keeping up with school
9. Do you help people when they need help?
Yes
10. How would you describe yourself?
encouraging, ambitious, and intelligent
11. Are you socially involved with friends and strangers?
Yes, she likes to get to know others
12. What extra curricular activities are you in?
none
13. What do you like to do in your free time?
read, write, and interact with friends
14. How do you feel about winning student of the month?
It feels very well knowing that i am doing well in classes and that she's a good role model
15. What advice can you offer other students to follow for student of the month?
Keep up with lasses and ask for help if needed
16. Which class is your most challenging class?
spanish, because its hard to learn new languages
17. Why do you think you were chosen as the student of the month?
because she's a good role model to others and is a good person
18. What was your reaction when you achieved student of the month?
Her initial reaction was surprise but then pride and thankfulness
19. What is you favorite thing to do?
practice writing
20. Are you happy that you got student of the month?
yes she was very proud
Madison Orr
2. How old are you?
15
3. What grade are you in?
9th
4. What is your favorite subject in school?
english
5. Why do you think you got picked as student of the month?
Because she gets good grades
6. Are you in any clubs? If so which ones?
yes I am in GSA
7. What do you want to be when you grow up?
She wants to be a writer
8. What is your biggest struggle?
Keeping up with school
9. Do you help people when they need help?
Yes
10. How would you describe yourself?
encouraging, ambitious, and intelligent
11. Are you socially involved with friends and strangers?
Yes, she likes to get to know others
12. What extra curricular activities are you in?
none
13. What do you like to do in your free time?
read, write, and interact with friends
14. How do you feel about winning student of the month?
It feels very well knowing that i am doing well in classes and that she's a good role model
15. What advice can you offer other students to follow for student of the month?
Keep up with lasses and ask for help if needed
16. Which class is your most challenging class?
spanish, because its hard to learn new languages
17. Why do you think you were chosen as the student of the month?
because she's a good role model to others and is a good person
18. What was your reaction when you achieved student of the month?
Her initial reaction was surprise but then pride and thankfulness
19. What is you favorite thing to do?
practice writing
20. Are you happy that you got student of the month?
yes she was very proud
School dress code
Three good sources to interview could be a Teacher, Student, and Parent
Questions:
1. How do you feel about the new dress code.
2. Do you think it will help with any clothing problems.
3. Why do you think the school board did this.
4. Is this a good idea.
5. who's opinion do you think is most important.
6. who's opinion is least important.
7. Could this improve students behavior.
8. Is this a smart idea in your opinion.
9. Will their be more or less bullying now.
10. Do you think this could help with school grades.
11. Is this going to make parents mad.
12. How do you think this will effect students.
13. Why do you think students will or won't like this.
14. What are the upsides of this.
15. What are the downsides of this.
16. Will people join or leave the school.
17. Do you consider this school a private school now.
18. When do you think this will be implied.
19. How long do you think this will go on for.
20. Do you like how it looks.
Questions:
1. How do you feel about the new dress code.
2. Do you think it will help with any clothing problems.
3. Why do you think the school board did this.
4. Is this a good idea.
5. who's opinion do you think is most important.
6. who's opinion is least important.
7. Could this improve students behavior.
8. Is this a smart idea in your opinion.
9. Will their be more or less bullying now.
10. Do you think this could help with school grades.
11. Is this going to make parents mad.
12. How do you think this will effect students.
13. Why do you think students will or won't like this.
14. What are the upsides of this.
15. What are the downsides of this.
16. Will people join or leave the school.
17. Do you consider this school a private school now.
18. When do you think this will be implied.
19. How long do you think this will go on for.
20. Do you like how it looks.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Action Photos
Photo 2 -This is the photo of the subject running across the plane of the camera.
Photo 3 - This is the "Panning" photo - make sure you pick one that is blurry except where you caught the subject correctly in focus.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Strong National Museum of Play, USA
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Could not ring
2. When was it built? Opened in 1982
3. Where is it located? Rochester, New York
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a public building
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? No
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It is a museum for kids to run around and also learn at the same time.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building because the colors of it really popped out to me. The way all the colors inside and outside look are amazing. The structure of the building is also incredible because its not just a box it has tilted walls and it looks like a kid had placed building blocks in a pile.
Kansas City Public Library, United States
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Could not find
2. When was it built? Founded 1873
3. Where is it located? Kansas city, Missouri
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? Its a Public library
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? $200,000
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was built to help people learn from reading and to house books
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this building because i liked the way the outside of the building looked. The architect built it to look like books which was really cool in my opinion. Also the building had some modern items on it to.
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Charles Deaton
2. When was it built?1963
3. Where is it located? Genesee mountain
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a private place
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? Sold for 2.8 million
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Charles felt like the world was speaking to him when he was on that mountain.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this photo because of the shape and where it is located. It looks a lot like a UFO and it looks like it is in the perfect place to put a house. it has a lot of space outside and the view would be incredible.
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? John Rochen
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Piet Blom
2. When was it built? Opened 1977
3. Where is it located? Rotterdam
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a public place
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? No
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?The architect wanted you to feel living in a roof.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I like this building because its in the netherlands. I like how the houses are a cube in the air and that living in it is kinda cheap for each night you stay in it.
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Could not ring
2. When was it built? Opened in 1982
3. Where is it located? Rochester, New York
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a public building
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? No
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It is a museum for kids to run around and also learn at the same time.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building because the colors of it really popped out to me. The way all the colors inside and outside look are amazing. The structure of the building is also incredible because its not just a box it has tilted walls and it looks like a kid had placed building blocks in a pile.
Kansas City Public Library, United States
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Could not find
2. When was it built? Founded 1873
3. Where is it located? Kansas city, Missouri
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? Its a Public library
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? $200,000
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was built to help people learn from reading and to house books
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this building because i liked the way the outside of the building looked. The architect built it to look like books which was really cool in my opinion. Also the building had some modern items on it to.
Sculptured House, USA
2. When was it built?1963
3. Where is it located? Genesee mountain
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a private place
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? Sold for 2.8 million
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Charles felt like the world was speaking to him when he was on that mountain.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this photo because of the shape and where it is located. It looks a lot like a UFO and it looks like it is in the perfect place to put a house. it has a lot of space outside and the view would be incredible.
The Longaberger Company (The Basket Building), United States
2. When was it built? 1973
3. Where is it located? Dresden ,Ohio
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a private place
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? It was sold for 1million
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was built to create wooden baskets.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building becaseu it looks like a basket. The building was made to be basket company and it was made to also look like the baskets that they were making. It was a popular building because of the way that it looks.
3. Where is it located? Dresden ,Ohio
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a private place
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? It was sold for 1million
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was built to create wooden baskets.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building becaseu it looks like a basket. The building was made to be basket company and it was made to also look like the baskets that they were making. It was a popular building because of the way that it looks.
Cubic Houses, Netherlands
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Piet Blom
2. When was it built? Opened 1977
3. Where is it located? Rotterdam
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is a public place
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? No
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?The architect wanted you to feel living in a roof.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I like this building because its in the netherlands. I like how the houses are a cube in the air and that living in it is kinda cheap for each night you stay in it.
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