Music Genome

1. Upload your movie to your blog. [If you have trouble with this, check to see that you exported it in the correct format. You can also upload it to YouTube and embed it into your posting to save time.]

2. A) Identify your chosen musical genre & B) say why you chose it.

I chose Bluegrass, because it's a unique music style that would be easier to find information on.

3. Describe your process...how did you go about finding your songs and information?

I found all of my songs and information on the Internet.

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

I finished this project in iMovie.  I used transitions and different ways the words come in. 

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

The easiest part was putting the music on my presentation.

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

What I struggled the most with was inserting my video.
7. Did you decide to use still slides? Why or why not?  [If not, how did you convey your information?

I decided to use still slides, because they were easy to find (but I put one video in there).
8. For what other classes, situations, uses could this type of project be adapted?  

I could use this type of project to show people how important music is.

9. What new techniques or technology tools did you use in this project that you've never used before?  Be specific.

I learned how to use iMovie, and to add transitions and music.

10. 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, etc., but how did you transform the music, information, images, etc.?

I borrowed all of my images from Google and I got my information from different websites.  I changed the images by putting different ways of word entrances on them.

11. Would you do another project like this on your own? Why? Why not? 
I don't know if I would like to do another project like this on my own.

PND Culture Movie Project

A. To what degree did you work toward team goals? (Please explain your answer)
Superior, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Needs Improvement

I was fair, because I was too busy during each advisory to get an interview in.  I all could do was find pictures.

B. What specific tasks and duties did you perform as a member of this team?


I emailed pictures to my partners.

C. To what degree did you offer your gifts, talents, and time as a member of the team? (Please explain your answer) 
Superior, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Needs Improvement


Excellent, because I'm sure they all knew what they were doing.

D. To what degree did you take action as a member of the team? (Please explain your answer) 
Leader, Very Active, Somewhat Active, Had to Be Told What to Do


I would say somewhat active, because all I could do was email pictures.

E. What makes you most proud about your movie and why?


What makes me most proud of the movie is that it helps people find out more about the houses.

F. If you were going to make any changes to your movie, what would they be?


I wouldn't make any changes to the movie.

Movie Review Podcast

1. Upload your slideshow as a movie to your blog posting. [If you have trouble with this, check to see that you exported it in the correct format. If it is still too big, re-export in a smaller format. You may also choose to upload it to YouTube and embed it on your blog.]

2. What tools and techniques did you use to create your podcast?

I used sound effects and quotes from the movie.
3.  How could you use a project like this in other classes?

I could use a project like this when making a review about a story in Literature.
4.  In the “real world,” how could podcast projects be used (In what careers/businesses, etc.)? 

Podcasts could be used to make presentations about the importance of the world.
5.  In this project, what did you get good at doing?

Putting in pictures.

6. What was the most difficult part of the assignment?

Looking for the quotes from the movie.

7. 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 used the last quote to make it sound like Donkey wanted to see my podcast again.  "Wow!  Let's do that again!"

8.  Would you do a project like this on your own?

I think I would do a project like this on my own. 

9. If you were going to make any changes/improvements on your podcast what would it/they be?  ...and why?

I would try to make the movie quotes louder.

iPhoto Name

1. Upload your slideshow as a movie to your blog posting. [If you have trouble with this, check to see that you exported it in the correct format.]

2. List the search terms (words) that you used to find images (for the letters of your name and the images that describe you) and why?

Pictures that look like the letter n, pictures that look like the letter c, pictures that look like the letter k, pictures that look like the letter b, pictures that look like the letter r, pictures that look like the letter y, pictures that look like the letter a, pictures that look like the letter t, piano, trombone, algebra, television, cheese pizza, SpongeBob SquarePants, veterinarian, and roller coaster.

3. What skills did you use/learn in this project?

I learned how to export these slideshows.

4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.

I can use these skills to make slideshows about good things.

5. This was a more creative project than our first 2. Did you prefer it or the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel?

I prefer the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel.

6. 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 borrowed the images off of Google.  For those pictures, I used cropping.  For the pictures I took myself, I used red-eye reduction.

iPhoto Name

1. Upload your slideshow as a movie to your blog posting. [If you have trouble with this, check to see that you exported it in the correct format.]

2. List the search terms (words) that you used to find images (for the letters of your name and the images that describe you) and why?

Pictures that look like the letter n, pictures that look like the letter c, pictures that look like the letter k, pictures that look like the letter b, pictures that look like the letter r, pictures that look like the letter y, pictures that look like the letter a, pictures that look like the letter t, piano, trombone, algebra, television, cheese pizza, SpongeBob SquarePants, veterinarian, and roller coaster.

3. What skills did you use/learn in this project?

I learned how to export these slideshows.

4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.

I can use these skills to make slideshows about good things.

5. This was a more creative project than our first 2. Did you prefer it or the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel?

I prefer the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel.

6. 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 borrowed the images off of Google.  For those pictures, I used cropping.  For the pictures I took myself, I used red-eye reduction.

Charity Letter and Mail Merge

The name of the business was Interface Security Systems.  The charity was donating money to the poor. In the first paragraph, I told who I was writing to that if they come, they would have the time of their life.  I learned to use Mail Merge when I wrote this letter.  The easiest part of this project was making the Address Book.  The hardest part was the mail merge.  I can use mail merge to write other letters.  I learned something new when doing this project, the mail merge.

M&M Reflection

A template is anything that determines or serves as a pattern.  It came from dictionary.com.  One of the tools that I used is AutoSum, which is also one of the tools I learned to use.  I didn't add any extras to the spreadsheet.  Another uses I may have for a simple excel spreadsheet is counting how many days I've been doing something.