extra credit

Final Project - My Life

3. 
A) Identify the different music in your project. 

Hip hop.
B) Tell us what songs you used and... 

Time After Time by the Quiet Drive

Good Riddance by Green Day

We R Who We R by Ke$ha

One Day at a Time by Enrique Iglesias ft. Akon

Hanging By a Moment by Life House

Girls Do What They Want by The Maine

Blame It on the Pop by DJ Earworm

Please Don't Go

This Is the Way I Live by Baby Boii the Prince

Live Like You're Dying by Kris Allen

The Graduation Song by Vitamin C

C) Why you chose the different pieces.

Good Riddance, Hanging By a Moment because it brings back a lot of memories from friends. 

Live Like You're Dying because its a song that describes the time you have and what you're going to do with it.

The Graduation Song for the parts thats were part of my graduation and my eighth grade year at Holy Family School.

And the rest of the songs because I like the songs.
4.Describe how you went about finding your information, pictures, and songs:

A) What kinds of search terms/phrases did you use? (Give some examples.)

I would look up "average costs of 1995", "life generator", etc.B) What search engine(s) do you use most often?

I like to use Google Chrome.C) Did you find any unreliable websites or sources?

Yes, there are always unreliable sources.

5. What different kinds of technology did you use to compile your project? [Web tools, Mac tools, etc...]

I used iMovie, Zamzar to convert music and videos, Microsoft Powerpoint to put it all together.

6. What are you good at...what went well for you in this project?

The editing, and decorating. I like to make things more appealing to the eye and festive.

7. With what did you struggle on this project...what was difficult for you?

Putting the music together on Garage band, cutting and trimming the music.

8. 
A) Did you decide to use still slides? 

A few.
B) Why or why not?  [If not, how did you convey your information?]

So I could fit the text in and you could see the information easily.
C) Did you use a consistent theme throughout your movie?

Yes, I used the theme on the iMovie of the Scrapbook.
D) Why or why not?

It was given, and it made it look better.

9. Describe how you used video in your project.

M friends, Narria and Mary, made a video for me and we added it in a part where i had to trim the music so it would fit perfectly.

10. For what other classes, situations, uses could this type of project be adapted?

Any class really. It can be used to present information about a book in Literature, how cells work in Biology, and prejects about jobs and what they have to offer.

11. How did your project use the transformative property of borrowed images, music, and information to comply with the Copyright Law of 1976? [...not just that you cited the information - citing is not enough...tell me how you transformed what you've taken into something new, etc.,How did you transform the music, information, images, etc.?

I changed the music by ducking it so you could hear the video, make it louder or minimizing the sound. For the Information, For the images, I could change the hue to it in the iMovie settings that allowed me to do so.

12. Would you do another project like this on your own? Why? Why not?

Yes, I would like to make one for family occasions so there are things to remember and I could always looks back at the memories.

music genome

In the music genome, I learned many things. I learned how to add music into iMovie and how to trim it so it would fit into the time that I wanted it to be. I also learned new information about the classical Disney songs as well as other music genres by watching some of the other projects that people have done. I learned how to insert transitions between the photos. I also learned how to convert files from Youtube into something that i could put into the iMovie project. I found out how to export the project so I can share with other people.

iMovie storyboard

In this project, I learned how to use iMovie. I used the clip adjustment and time adjustment tools. I learned how to export the photos from the powerpoint onto imovie using the screenshot tool and dragging the photos into the movie. I learned how to add music to the movie and edit the length of the videos and interviews. I used the Ken Burns affects. I found out how to put the transitions into the slides as well. I learned how to crop the music so it would end when the interview started. I also used the enhanced features  to make the photos a different shade.

Podcast Review

1.  What tools and techniques did you use to create your podcast?
I used the tool to take screen shots. I learned how to use GarageBand. I used the jingles tools and the sounds to edit my voice recording and the volume level. I used IPhoto to upload the photos so it was easy to drag and drop the pictures into the podcast.

2.  How could you use a project like this in other classes?
I could use this in a Literature class to describe a book like the way I presented the movie I used for this tech apps project. This would be way more interesting than the unoriginal PowerPoint or poster.

3.  In the “real world”, how could podcast projects be used (In what careers/businesses, etc.)?
This could be useful for people that have new ideas to propose for their companies. It would be well thought out and organized so that the people that are watching this could understand it easily and it would be less questions for the person presenting.

4.  What part of the assignment was easy for you?   What was difficult?
The easy part of the assignment was adding items into the podcast. It was easy to do the citations but it was very time consuming. The difficult part was editing parts out that you didn't want and recording the summary. If you were to mess up, you had to redo it or edit it. Sometimes I would talk to fast or ran out of breath. 

5.  What part of the directions would you like to clarify?
The part of the directions that could have been more clear was to elaborate more on the instructions. How to send the podcast via iChat and how to export so it wouldn't be so much of a hassle when it comes time to collect the projects.

PND Soccer group project

This was the first time I have used PowerPoint and Keynote with the new MacBooks. I have found these very easy to use and display much information which anyone could put together quickly and easily. This was also the first group project in Tech Apps. We had to learn how to communicate and edit these all together. Therefore, we used Google documents to share the document with each other so we could all edit it. I also learned how to convert documents, such as a song or movie, to use in a slide show. It was s new and interesting project.

iPhoto slideshow review

This was a very fun and interesting project for me. I enjoyed sharing some things that I like to do and things about me to other people. I like using the iphoto application. Everybody uses it and applying it to a project makes it and entertaining and enjoyable thing to do. I learned how to make a slideshow from iphoto after all that was the point of this project. I learned how to change the transitions and slides. I applied my music from itunes into the slide. I learned how to pace the music so it fits the whole song. I used the some tools such as cropping and the red eye tool.

M&M review

In the M&M project, I learned how to use the ∑sum so it would be easier to add and calculate averages instead up doing it a different way and wasting energy. I learned how to make all different kinds of graphs but I mainly chose a pie graph. I learned how to change colors on the legend to match the color of the M&M. I learned how to use a spreadsheet and how easy it is to use. It is much more efficient doing it in excel rather than making a graph in Microsoft Word. The M&M idea was a good idea for this sort of thing. This is probably the first time I actually looked into M&Ms and realize how many there are and the averages in all M&M bags that are manufactured.

Charity Appeal Review

1. List the name of your business and its charity.
My charity that I am the representative is The Make-A-Wish-Foundation.

2. What skills did you use/learn in this project?
I learned how to use the mail merge. It was an interesting thing to know and would make writing aout letters much easier. The mail merge was confusing at first but as I asked for help, I learned how to do the mail merge. It is a very convenient tool to use. I learned how to use the Google Docs. I also helped other figure out how to use it. Now, I use Google Docs to share documents which is much easier.

3. What was the easiest part of this project? What was the most difficult part of this project?
The easiest part of this project was sharing the letter via Google Docs. It was a simple thing to learn. The most difficult part was the mail merge. It was a bit confusing. 

4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation other than writing a charity letter.
When I grow up, I could possibly be a part of a company that has to send out a lot of invitations and the mail merge would be the perfect tool to use. It would make my life a lot easier. Also, instead of going through other longer procedures, I could just share an attachment on Google Docs. 

5. Did you learn something new during this project that you did not know before?  If so, what? [Your response to this question can be related to the information, skills, or process of the project.] Once again, I learned how to use the mail merge and share Google Documents. These are ideas that I can easily use for future reference instead of using longer procedure and waste time.


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tech apps expectations

This year, in technology applications class, I expect to learn more about Imovie, Garage Band as well as other applications that would be more efficient to use. I am already really knowledgeable with computers but I would like to learn even more and be able to help others when they need. I would like to learn as much as possible to get the most out of the Macbook. I would like how to manage my time better instead of wasting it with pointless browsing through things just to go through trial and error. Hopefully, this class will teach me such things and even more.