Who do you think you are?

Hello, my name's Lucy Fletcher. I've always known about my family history but I can never remember it very clearly, so I started by asking my parents things about the history in my family interview. I then sent my aunt and uncle an email asking if they had any info or pictures. After gathering information from those, I put together a family tree with as many names as I could get. Although these were good resources, I made a Prezi to explain it all in a neater fashion. I didn't get to the piktochart, but I made a five frame storyboard.

5 Frame Storyboard

Monday, May 5

The guy seemed to be knowing what he was talking about, and for some people it was correct. I'll admit I'm on my phone a lot but I'm not sure I would ask someone for directions or something without it. And technology has connected many people and created relationships across the globe. I have friends in Australia, some in Canada, Minnesota, New York, California, and Washington. I've connected with my friends from England and Oklahoma on Facebook, but without technology I couldn't have done that. Although it harms some people (attention spans, patience, work ethics), it helps people too. I agree with what the guy was saying, but people seem to only focus on the negative effects of technology when there are plenty of positive things it's done too.

Wednesday, April 23

Read THIS blog post by a teacher. I mean actually read it. Take it in. Think about it. And then, write about it. What do you think about it? What is the teacher trying to say? In your own words explain what "the main event" is.

I think it's great, telling people not to give up just because of some troubles. Even if the troubles are bad, like someone in your family getting extremely sick, or depression, maybe relationship problems. I think "the main event" is just to keep trying and not give up, no matter how hard things get.

Monday, April 21

Blog Post of the Day: Reflect on your stop-motion animation project. How did it go? What worked? What didn't work? If you're not finished - why? If you are finished go in to detail about the project and what you learned. Give as much detail and information as possible.

The project went well, although it was tedious to go back and forth between the camera and puzzle. The tripod I had was a bit too wiggly so all the photos weren't from the same angle, which can be somewhat painful to watch constant jerky motions. My dad told me I shouldn't have used the flash on the camera, but I tried it later and it worked better than the lights. I tried too late, however, and didn't use the flash so the puzzle has glare. I learned I really should test things out before I just jump into things and take my time, using breaks so I don't start rushing. Also that I should leave these things with more time, because I ended up panicking and doing it last minute, which made it a lot worse than I wanted.

Wednesday, April 9

Blog Post of the Day: What is your idea for your stop-motion animation? Explain yourself. Have you started taking photos? If not, when do you plan to take your photos? What is your action plan for today? What is your plan to GET SOMETHING DONE?

My idea is to do a puzzle on a board and take a picture every time I put one or two pieces together/down. I took about half the photos last night, planning to take the rest either today or tomorrow. I'm going to combine what I have now to see what it looks like, if I want to redo it or something.

Monday, April 7

Blog Post of the Day: What is stop motion animation? If you don't know, look it up! Explain.

Stop motion animation is where you move things slightly and take a picture of it then combine those pictures into a movie, like Wallace and Gromit, to make the immobile objects seem like they're moving.