Reflection about technology

     I think the school does teach us about technology properly. An example of this is, using the computers for a productive way. Like using blogger or helping other people out in the Internet. Checking Moodle is a great way to keep up to the homework and school.They teach us useful things, we can make our on website and music. We have learn a lot of useful things, we now know how to make stop motion animations and more. I´m sure will find other cool stuff to learn in this year. Finally I think that we have learned all the basics for having and working with a computer.
     I don´t use Facebook. I really don´t like it, this is because I don´t like seen pictures of my self or other is just a waste of time for me. I think is counterproductive for me, but it may be great for others. I had Facebook but I realized that I wasn't using it and it was taken valuable time for me. I see people being on it for more that an hour every day and this seems a complete waste of time. However there´s people that like this because they can see pictures of other people.I think I will never use Facebook, I really don´t care that much of pictures and chating with other people. Besides this, it can be risky and dangerous having it because anybody can find you. Facebook is an easy way of finding people and locating them. In my opinion, Facebook is a waste of time for me.
    However, I have a cell phone that I use for more than an hour a day. In my Iphone I have all my games, music, images, and other things that are what make me. I usually play a lot of games in it, but I also use it productively. I can control my computer with it, so when I forget something from school I turn my computer on with my smart phone and send it to the teacher. It can come on really handy if you know how to use it properly. I also can use Skype on it to communicate with my family, like that it doesn't ´t cost as much. I can also have anything I want in it like watching TV or being on Internet. In conclusion, having a phone is a great way to keep in touch with everything.
    

Watercolor Painting ´´Speak´´

Ray Gibson
November 6 2010
Heneghan 8 English Literature
Watercolor assignment

Today we painted in English class threes struck by a lightning. This was new in English class; we do this kind of things in art and not in English. However, it was really fun and new. My drawing was really easy but I worked hard to make it. I also saw others paintings to see what they were making.

At the beginning of the class I wasn't sure what I was going to make, but when I grabbed the brush a lot of ideas came running to my head. My drawing had a picture of a three been struck by a lightning, and being on fire. Also, I drew other plants in the background like grass and bushes. Some of them were getting fire by the three. At the same time I drew I was thinking of the difficult it would be for Melinda to know what to draw. My drawing was just as the project was meant to be. Some of my friends were having trouble in thinking what to draw. Mateo drawing started simple, but he later added some cool things to it. I liked of his drawing how the wood was being burned by the fire. Alex also drew a nice drawing; my favorite part was the color of the three trunks being burned. It had a lot of colors, green, red, orange, and I think more.

I simply created a three being struck by a lightning and on fire. I also added some other plants surrounding it getting on fire by the three. I created this simply because it was the first idea that came to my mind. In addition to this, I wanted to forze myself to created something new. I could compare the three with human characteristics in that the three was in pain when being burned by the fire that came from the lightning.

When I finished my painting I said to myself that it wasn't that bad, I actually liked it. When we all finished I looked around on some other paintings. Finally, we took our paintings outside so they could dry and we cleaned the room. In conclusion this was a productive class for the beginning of the second quarter.

William Kentridge, Stop Motion, and Transformation

The work William Kentridge makes me feel nice. Is amazing believing all the things he did. It also involved a lot of politics and stuff he didn't like that much. It´s hard to believe all the things this person did for himself and other people. It would be hard to describe this work to people that are blind. I guess I could tell them about his chalk drawings in motion stop. Hopefully the person would get it.

In his process he might get a lot of ideas to draw. I´m sure that when he started drawing ideas came to his mind. He probably like to draw so the ideas of politics he had would be able to show other people what he thinks. This person is really inspiring for a lot of people and me. In conclusion, I´m glad this person did all this.


Stop motion is making a video with a lot of pictures. You can use any objects or just people, you do something and you take a picture then you do the same until you have what you wanted.
It gives amazement to a viewer, if done right you may think is just a normal video but it isn't. I'm sure ther are people making videos this way. It is fun, you can do thinks easier than using special effect. For some people it would be probably harder. Some steps of doing stop motion are that first you think of what you are going to do. Then you sort it out and think of the order is going to be. Finally just do one thing at the time while taking a picture of it

Mash-Up

Mash-Up are a combination of music into one. They have a melody or beat that goes through the whole song.Good mash-up have great melodies and famous people in it. Bad ones are people not talented and not a good combination. This website is good for learning how to do it better. I have only herd the ones the teacher made as hear. In conclusion this type of music is really cool.