5/21/15

1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dCs_sSLlYdWn6hMDWkRyBPcxBgoT2heKklhe8HP311E/edit
2. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14TJL7nXq9EtT9l3RhKohyWjy_hOfd6zja-B6m3tS97g/edit
3. http://www.familyecho.com/

4/28/2015

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 that this teacher is trying to stand up and tell his students the truth about what goes on and he wants them to improve at it. What I think the teacher is trying to say is that it is okay to make mistakes in your life because you will and you need to embrace it by trying your hardest and not giving up on it. He wants his students to be better students and focusing on what is important rather than not paying attention in class. The main event is to stay focus and get your work done.

4/17/2015

1. What was your stop motion animation about? Why did you choose your video to be about this? Was it because it was easy, because it would be fun, or it would be challenging? Explain your reasoning behind your project (and be honest). My stop motion animation was about making a bunch of designs using the scrabble board and the scrabble tiles. I chose scrabble to be about my video because at home I looked up multiple other stop motion animation videos and I stumbled across a scrabble one and what he/she did was really cool with the designs and that is why I chose it. I wanted to make as many designs as possible when I first picked scrabble but then as I watched more of these scrabble videos I came across one that made it look like you were playing a game and so that changed my thought later on when making the video.
2. If you could rate your stop motion on a 1-10 scale. 1 being low effort and no very good and 10 being out of this world/mindblowing, how would you rate your project? Explain why. I would rate my stop motion animation video an 8.5 out of 10 because overall I thought I did pretty good when taking the pictures in the first place but when I was adding them into movie maker the quality didn't look as good as I hoped but in the end I was proud of how the video became.
3. In hindsight, what would you do differently the second time around? Better lighting? Time management? Explain yourself. What I would do differently next time would be taking my pictures in better quality, lighting as well and try to get it done while it was still light out instead of  doing half at night.
4. Explain what makes your stop motion animation unique. How do you believe you thought "outside of the box" on this project? I would say what makes my video unique is what I did at the end of the video where I spelled out the word scrabble enlarged and one at a time. I never saw a scrabble video that did something like that and to me it felt like my idea as it came to my head.
5. What grade do you feel you deserve on this project? Explain your reasoning. I feel like my grade should be either a high B or a low A. My reasoning for this is that I had good ideas for each individual picture and that I didn't do continuous designs during the whole video; meaning I was trying to keep the viewers attention the whole time. I think I could have grabbed the viewers attention even more by doing something very unique. 

4/14/2015

3 day weekend... how was it? Give me a good story or something funny that happened this weekend. Go.

My weekend was pretty boring overall, I didn't have much going on except for a soccer game which at one point we were down 4-0 and came back to tie it 4-4. Other than that I was at home chilling out either watching Netflix or playing Xbox. It was nice having an extra day off of school; most of that Monday I was working on homework.

4/7/2015

Tell me ALL about what your idea is for your stop-motion animation. I need detail. Who is going to help you take photos? What props do you need? Where do you plan on shooting? EXPLAIN everything.

I am going to do something with a scrabble board; I am going to make a bunch of different words appear in weird ways and then towards the end try to stack them in some way. My mom and I are going to take the photos. I am just using a scrabble board as my prop. I am planning to shoot it at home. I am going to make it look like they just appeared out of no where making different designs like shapes, towers, buildings, etc.

4/6/2015

Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!

On Friday, I was hanging out with my cousin and friend. We pretty much just played board games but we also watched Netflix and played a little basketball outside. On Saturday, it was my birthday and I got to spend the morning working on biology homework. In the afternoon, I did many things to make up the time lost from homework and then I received some presents to make my birthday complete. Finally on Sunday, it was of course Easter and did some more homework for biology, until lunch we had a lot of good food like cheeseburgers, chips, pickles, tomatoes, etc. In the end, the weekend was pretty awesome being with my cousin, having my birthday, and then Easter Sunday to top it all off. 

5-frame Storyboard

4/2/2015

What do you love most about this time of year? Explain why you love it.

What I love most this time of the year is that the weather is nice and it is not too cold or too hot. I also love it because my birthday is coming up in two days and I am so happy that it is on a Saturday, so I can enjoy it without waiting till the school day is over. The next day after my birthday is Easter and it always fun to hunt for the Easter eggs that my parents hide from us, it is always a challenge to find the biggest items as they hide it in places that you never expect. This weekend is defiantly going to be the best so far this year!

Before and After Photos

               

3/30/2015

Did you complete the photo scavenger hunt? What kind of fun pictures were you able to capture? Did you do all your photos at school or did you do some at home over the weekend? Share one of your favorites.

I almost did. I took pictures like the fire alarm, a blue puzzle piece, Martin Luther King Jr., etc. I did some at school and some over the weekend.

   

3/27/2015

What do you know about photography and/or photo editing? Do you take photos? How do you take photos? Do you edit photos before posting them on social media? How do you edit them? Explain any background or knowledge you have about photography and photo editing. Do you like it? Do you have any interest?

I know that you have to shoot in thirds, the camera needs to be white balanced and cropping the access off the picture. Only when my we take family photos I sometimes take pictures then. I don't use social media so no. When I took broadcast the editing for me was boring and it took awhile to make it look better. I don't have any interest in taking any other classes that have to do with photography.

3/23/2015

Welcome back! Go ahead. Tell me all about your Spring Break. Include photos!

Over Spring Break I went to Jamaica, we were staying in an all inclusive resort by the ocean. The resort had lots of things to do that we didn't leave the whole we were there. It included a tennis court, basketball court, soccer field, mini-put course, archery, water sports, all you can eat buffets, and much much more. Most of the time that I spent at the resort was swimming in the ocean because the weather was hot and the ocean wasn't to rocky.

Russia - Ukraine Prezi

3/11/2015

What are you doing for Spring Break?

What I am doing for Spring Break is going to Jamaica. I am going to enjoy all the activities their like tennis, basketball, soccer, etc. The trip is all-inclusive so I can get as much food as I want and enjoy the nice weather. I will also enjoy the beach; relaxing and swimming. We don't have an itinerary so I can do whatever I want on the trip and I think it will be really fun as this will be the first time for me out of the country except for spending 2 hours in Mexico (cruise).

3/9/2015

Tell me about your weekend.

On Friday I went to relay-for-life and stayed up all night long and right when I got home from it I was exhausted and couldn't stay awake. On Saturday, it was around 2 when I was woken up because I had my first post-season rec game; which unfortunately we lost, but we fought till the end. Then on Sunday I had my first outdoor soccer game of the season, after moving up a division from last year; we dominated the game 7 - 0.

3/6/2015

If you were the Principal for a week at BVHS, what would that look like? What changes would you make? Why?

If I was a principle for a week at BVHS the first change I would make a no homework policy for the whole week so the kids could do whatever they wanted to until next week when I get fired. For the week I would have as principle at BVHS I would make it so that there would be no classes and all we would do is play sports, cards, etc. Basically the whole week would be a disaster and everything would turn into chaos; nothing would be done.

3/5/2015

List out 10 pieces of advice you would give someone on how to create an amazing presentation.

1. Make your transitions smooth; time it as perfectly so when you finish talking it goes onto the next slide
2. Include animations to make the presentation feel more alive, not boring
3. Adding color - add color to your presentation; add the colors that go along with what you are talking about
4. Information - make sure your information is accurate and cited at the end of the presentation
5. Pictures - by adding pictures it helps improve your presentation and it makes the reader understand better of what you are talking about
6. Background - the background should follow on what you are talking about making it the main idea but in picture form
7. Organization - make sure your presentation is organized that best suites you and your reader when reading it
8. Subheading - the subheading should be supporting the whole main idea but in more context
9. Rereading- by rereading you can make any changes that would make it even better
10. The most important thing is to make you feel like you put in your best effort and that your satisfied with the result

Ukraine-Russia Infographic

3/2/2015

Tell me about your weekend.

My weekend was pretty boring since it was too cold to go do anything outside; besides Sunday. On, Sunday I played my last regular season rec basketball game against the best team in the league; which unfortunately ended with us losing by 20. After the game I had invited everyone to come to my house  to hang out and eat pizza, play pig-pong, watch TV, shoot on the mini basketball hoop, and play video games. Sunday pretty much made up my whole weekend and I was glad to have so much fun that day.

2/24/2015

Use the internet to find an infographic about infographics. Place it in to your blog post. Read it and then give me the top 5 things you learned from it that will help you make a better infographic.

1.  The first thing that I learned from this infographic is the design, the theme color fonts need to be readable to the person who is reading it
2. The second thing that I learned about what makes a good infographic is the data, the sources need to be reliable, timely, and content
3. The third thing I learned is the story, it needs to have problem and a clever message for the solution to the problem
4. The fourth thing I learned about it is the shareability; the virality, location, and social
5. The last thing that I learned was what not to do in order to make a good infographic

2/23/2015

Tell me about your weekend. Give me a story, something funny that happened, an experiencing you had, the way you felt, etc. Include photos!

I played my rec basketball game last night and it was a very physical time. The other team would try and push us down every chance they got and sometimes the ref would see it and other times not. In the first half of the game only 8 minutes into it we were already in the double bonus, that is how much they fouled us. When the second half came they didn't commit the same mistake even though they still were down by 20. As the last couple minutes came by one of their guys; number 00, fouled our point guard hard and he fell hard to the ground coming up with a limp and the guy got an ejection and had to leave the building. The final score ended up with us on top 48 to 33. 

2/20/2015

 


The perfect curriculum or perfect set of classes to prepare me for the life I want to life would have to be science classes and computer classes. For the science classes it would Astronomy because I am very curious about the outside world (outside of earth) and other classes like it. For computer classes it would be a software computer class because I enjoy using the computer for assignments during school and I would like to learn more useful ways. I would spend my class time engaging and learning new things and knowing that this was for me. It would be different because I am currently in a honors biology class which is totally different compared to Astronomy.

2/19/2015

My favorite food: Mac-n-cheese
Foods I'd like to avoid: Meatloaf
My favorite things to learn: Science
My favorite color: Green
My best friends are: Spencer Norkey, Grant Boehringer and Nathan Maloch
My favorite games to play: Fifa
My favorite books: Don't have one
My favorite movies or TV shows: Arrow, Inception, Terminator, etc.
My favorite holiday: Easter and Christmas
Things I do well: Sports and School
Things I need to practice more: Soccer and Biology
My favorite place to go: Soccer fields
My favorite family activities: Family ping-pong
My favorite thing to do outside: Play sports
My favorite chore: I don't like doing chores
My least favorite chore: Once again I don't like chores
What I want to be when I grow up: Have a job in the Science department
A place I want to visit: Hawaii
My favorite part of the year: My Birthday
My favorite part of each day: When I get out of school

2/17/2015

Tell me what you believe this cartoon is trying to say. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Try and look at this from two different perspectives. What is your perspective? What would be an adult/teacher's perspective?


I believe that the cartoon is trying to say that China is a genius in math, India is a genius in Science and that the United States are slackers when it comes to learning. I disagree with what the cartoon is saying about the United States because I do not believe that is true at all, we may not be as smart as other countries but we do not deserve to be put in a cartoon making us look like we are the dumbest people on earth. My perspective on this issue is from the student point of view because I am a student and I don't not believe it is true,  many of my classmates are really smart and even some of them are taking courses way above there grade level. I  would say from a adult/teacher point of view they would be saying, we are trying our very best to get our/their kids the best education they can get and help them learn many things for the future.

2/10/2015

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work? I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?


What this means to me is if you do it right the first time (you are focused) then you don't need extra work or effort. I could apply this to my life in many different ways, like school, sports, life, etc., I could apply it to everything without thinking about it. I could apply this to my school work by studying everyday a little at a time instead of waiting till the last day and taking up the day doing just that. Yes, I think I would get more out of it if we had less homework because it gives you more time to spend on learning and understanding the meaning of the assignment.

2/9/2015

Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share.

Over the weekend on Saturday I played tennis for three hours with my mom because I am working on getting better so when tryouts come around I am prepared. When I came home from playing tennis, I was having a Nerf war with my brother, his girlfriend and her brothers. On Sunday I played tennis for an hour with my brother before having to play in a rec basketball game which sadly we lost. 

2/6/2015

Tell me about some interesting things you have learned about your global issue so far. What have you learned that you didn't know before? Include a couple images from the internet if possible. (Make sure to cite images that are not your own.)

I have learned that rebels in Ukraine have taken over the Eastern part of Ukraine and it is currently at a ceasefire with the government but the peace could end at anytime and the fighting could begin again. I have learned that most of the people who live in Crimea, Ukraine are of Russian ethnicity and that might be the main reason why they wanted to join Russia.

2/5/2015

You haven't had a chance to tell me about your Sweetheart weekend yet - tell me about it now! Include photos if you have them. Even if you just laid around on the couch and watched Netflix, tell me all about it.

During sweetheart week I played fifa on my Xbox 360 with my brother and friends. This was also the first week that I finally didn't have my soccer refereeing class that would start on Sundays from 8:00 am and end at 1 pm. One other thing that I remember from sweetheart week was playing basketball against my brother which was probably the highlight of that week. 

2/2/2015

What is email? When do you use email in your own personal life? List reasons and ways that people use email. What do you know about "email etiquette"? EXPLAIN.

Email is a system that is used to allow people to communicate to each other through the internet. I use email in my own personal life when I need to send home an assignment that is online or it helps me remind myself of what I need to get done. They use it for communicating, multitasking, sending attachments, working on projects, etc. Email etiquette is the process of communicating or working together online.

1/29/2015

Finish this sentence "10 years from now I will be...." (explain)

10 years from now I will be living on my own in a nice apartment making money by working somewhere in the science department. The reason why I want to do something in the science department is because it fascinates me with all the different things you can learn about. Science has endless possibilities to choose from, but the one that I am aiming at right now is Astronomy. I am so curious about what space holds and I want to find out more secretes of the universe that no one would have every dreamed of doing.

1/27/2015

Yesterday I had you choose a global issue and you wrote about it on your blog. Today on your blog I want you to tell me about two different perspectives of your global issue. Are there people for an against your issue? Do people disagree on your issue? Is it a topic that can cause controversy? Look at the issue for two different perspectives. Tell me about those perspectives.

Most Russian ethnics in Ukraine would support the conflict against Ukraine because they want Ukraine to become a part of the Russian Federation. The rest of Ukraine would not support the conflict because they are fighting Russia and they want to stay as a independent country. This topic does cause controversy because there are some people in Ukraine that want this country to become apart of the Russian Federation and there are others that want it to stay as is. Citizens in Crimea voted unanimously to become apart of Russia but since they are occupying the land the votes do not count. 

Western countries are not supporting the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. They believe that Ukraine deserves to be its own country and will not allow Russia to take control. Since Russia is occupying the southern part of Ukraine any vote of becoming apart of Russia is not allowed by the western countries. This topic is very controversial because it could become a all out war for more than just two countries.

Global Issue

Without doing any research, what background do you currently have on this issue?
What do you want to know about this issue?Why did you choose this issue? Had it effected your life? Is it something you are passionate about? Explain.

The background that I currently have on the Russian-Ukraine conflict is that Russia was invading southern Ukraine in a city called Crimea, but on March 16th residents of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol- the majority of whom are of Russian ethnicity- voted overwhelmingly that they wanted to join the Russian Federation. Western countries claimed that the balloting was illegitimate because it took place under Russian occupancy. I chose this issue because the conflict between Russia and Ukraine always interested me ever since this started and since I never got to learn about it in school, I want to understand the whole story now. It has affected my life knowing that if I lived in southern Ukraine and did not support Russia and they came an invaded, I wouldn't be sure what would happen to me. This is nothing I am passionate about any kind of war or conflict between countries is dangerous and you never know what the next move will be. 

1/26/2015

Last week I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.

I think you wanted us to have unique looking projects that would be different from others even if they had the same topic as others and you wanted it to be as close to professional as it could be. The point of a PSA is to inform or persuade people, for example: Smoking is a common PSA. The reason they do not use just bullets and headers is because it would make it look plain and simple and no one would listen to a PSA that was like that so you have to make it stand out, catch peoples attention and make them understand.

PSA

1/23/2015

These kids need to be taught in a orderly manner. They cant just be running around doing whatever they want. When they eat dinner they need to have there napkins in their laps at all times and they need to place their utensils in the right places. Why aren't they saying excuse me when trying to get around, what has happened to these kids? When will they have manner? What is happening to this society? Its going into total chaos!

1/22/2015

What is a public service announcement (PSA)? What do PSA's do? What makes a good PSA? How can you get someone to take action after watching a PSA? What is you PSA idea? Explain in detail.

A public service announcement is like taking a topic and explaining why we need to fix this and it is usually about smoking, tobacco, seat belt law, etc. They try to fix the problem by telling people what it has in the substance or how much risk you could be in if you don't do it. What makes a good PSA is one that states the problem, lists all the reasons why it's not a good choice and how to fix your mistake. You can get someone to take action after watching the PSA by telling them that this is all true and enforce it to them by saying that you will help them get through it and they wont have to worry about it. My PSA idea is about Texting and Driving and the causes of unsafe driving by being on your phone and not paying any attention to the road ahead of you.

1/20/2015

Tell me all about your 3 day weekend. Share photos!

Over the three day weekend I didn't do to much on Friday and Saturday because I was sick with a bad cold so I basically rested the whole time. On Sunday I had to get up at 7 because I had a all day referee course that I had to sit through until 1 and a couple hours later I had a basketball game that didn't go to well at the end. On Monday I did my homework and then had a friend over and we played basketball outside most of the time he was there. 

1/16/2015

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can.

My life so far at BVHS has been a good experience. It is totally different from middle school and I like it a lot better with all the new opportunities plus classes are more interesting to learn about. Well right now at the school I am doing preseason workouts with the Blue Valley tennis team. I am a freshman at Blue Valley High School. My favorite teacher is Ms.Weed which she teaches that happens to be my favorite class, Honors English Language Arts. What I am looking forward to the school year is playing tennis for the high school team.

Who Am I - Ross Hahn

1/15/2015

Accept your surroundings
Be careful
Consider others
Don't give up
Experience new things
Follow your gut
Give it your all
Have pride
I will
Jump up and down
Keep on going
Live your life to the fullest
Meet your goal(s)
Never back down
Open up
Put others first
Question your thoughts before following through
Read more
Swing for greatness
Tell yourself you can do it
U are awesome
View others as you would to yourself
Winning brings happiness
eXert your energy for good
Young is the best gift you can have
Zero is your hero

1/13/2015

What are your thoughts on this class so far? Easy? Hard? Informative? Frustrating? What have you learned so far? What do you want to learn? Explain yourself.

I think that this class so far is making me a little confused with all of what we had to do yesterday, I didn't understand what I was suppose to add on the layout and where to put it on the layout for this website. I would say that this class is informative. Learning on creating and using a blog that you post daily and editing your front page to customizing on what you want it to look like. What I want to learn in this class is something that would help me with homework, something that would make it easier to access it online.

1/12/2015

Tell me about your weekend. What did you do? Upload a photo to your Google Drive and then insert the photo (or photos!) to your blog post to show me what all you did.

Over the weekend I watched the KU game against Texas Tech; it was a 34 point blow out and KU was just dominating the court. With three minutes left on the clock, the reserves came on and the starters were having fun on the bench cheering and encouraging the reserves to score baskets. Also another thing I did over the weekend was play rec basketball with all my friends facing against a team call get rec'd when actually they got rec'd by us with a 11 point win.

January 9, 2015

Playing Sports: A

Listening to music: A

Watching Netflix: A

Playing video games: A

Playing board games: A

Going to the movies: A

Hanging out with friends: A

January 8, 2015

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

My thoughts on this news clipping, these were powerful words used by the Northland College principal for someone who has nothing and he wants those people to learn all they can and quit dreaming about someone else that will help them he wants you to help yourself. It makes me feel like there is a lot more hope in world for the poor and that they can do something and make a difference themselves without the abundance of money. I agree mostly with what he is saying I just think that he might of used his words a little to strongly towards the poor but he has a point and that point should make a difference especially to teenagers.