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Slide 2: For Quarter 1, we had to create a website to display our resumé, featured projects and contact information. It was designated for colleges and possible jobs to make it.

Slide 3: The overall vision for my website was to just create something visually appealing and calming. I didn’t want the website to be cramped or extremely bright colors. I just wanted it to be peaceful and simple.

Slide 4: This was successful because I just believe it did that. It looks calming because of the light blues and the images of the sky that I have taken with my phone. Nothing is cluttered and everything is easy to read.

Slide 5: For Quarter 2, I choose the image editing project. The reason why I chose this project is because I believe that image editing was an interesting topic and I was always messing with digital art from time to time.

Slide 6: The overall vision was for there suppose to be a message for true beauty for oneself. I wanted someone to see how I portrayed or most so viewed beauty in my eyes.

Slide 7: I think this project was successful, if not my most successful project that I did. The reason why is because I just believe that everything came well together with the images that I used and I just loved the end result.

Slide 8: For Quarter 3, I chose the video editing project because I wanted to try making a video based on time lapse with what artists have done.

Slide 9: The overall vision for this project was to make everything seem comfortable and almost easy going. With videos like this, you want it to be simple with very little transitions so they focus on the art.

Slide 10: I think this project was okay because I believe that I could have done better, but by the time I wanna to start over, it was too late. I would want to start this over completely too.

Slide 11: I chose to revise the Quarter 3 project. The only thing I wanted to change was a video in the project because I thought something else would look better.

Slide 12: I chose this project because I honestly thought this was the easiest thing to change compared to the others. I had to think about something to draw for the new image and then I recorded myself doing it.  

Slide 13: However, with the new video that I wanted to use, it made the video shorter. I wanted to have it to be longer than two minutes, not less.  So in all honest it just looks the same.

Slide 14:During this year, I think that my high point was the image editing project. The reason why is because I just really loved the outcome of the project because it was really my favorite project that I’ve done.

Slide 15:In area growth, I don’t think that I really grew in anything. I feel like I really didn’t improve that much at all. Maybe I improved a little in image editing but that’s it.

Slide 16:I could use image editing in a way to create digital for once. I could potentially make profit off of selling these art pieces for money that could benefit on the side for myself.

Slide 17:In all honesty, I thought of a project for image editing where you create an image that tells a story about yourself and the others have to guess whose it is.

Slide 18:Number one tip is to be on time for the checkpoints. If you don’t turn them in on time, your grade you gradually start to drop, so I would really stress about that to the next class.

Slide 19: Another tip would be to actually put some effort into their project because you can turn the checkpoint in on time but if your final project is trash, then don’t expect a perfect grade.

Slide 20: I honestly can’t think of another tip because I feel like the first one was the most important. I feel like that’s really the only thing that matters at this point so just follow the first tip.

• A description of the project you chose to revise, why you chose it, and the process you went through revising it

I chose to revise my CodeHS project.I chose this project because I knew that when I was doing this project before it was incomplete. The process I followed to revise it was to do level 11 which I did not complete. To complete level 11 I had to create If/else statements. An If/else statement is to do something if the condition is true or do something else if it is false.

• An overview of each of your project from each quarter including visuals

• The project type

• The overall vision and goal(s) of the project

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

In my Q 1 project I created a website that includes information about me, my accomplishments, and a resume. This project was successful except for my resume because I still need to build on that. My goals were to make anyone who is reading about me learn who I am in the shortest and the most easy time possible.

For my Q2 project I went on CodeHS and learned how to code. I went through different lessons that went the the foundations of coding. My goals was to finish all lessons but, only got to lesson 10. I feel as though the project was successful because I learned a ton but wasn't because I didn’t finish all the lessons.

For my Q3 project I created a game which I had to use the foundations of coding. My goal was to create a game and show people what I did and how to play it. This project was a failure because I hit the power cord and I lost everything and had to start all over. I didn’t have enough time to redo it and my game was incomplete.

For my revision project I had to make a revision on one of my projects and I chose codeHS. My goal was to complete lesson 11. It was a success because I did complete it. I had more than enough time to complete it which helped me get it done.

• My high point of the course was Coding. Using Codehs made it fun for me and made me interested in coding.

• My growth is from coding. Through coding there is many challenges you will encounter but there is a way around it. I learned that if I want it bad enough I can overcome anything.

• This helped me consider coding as a profession. It is a job demanding job. People want it and not a lot of people do it.

• Next year I would build something with code.

• Stay on top of your work

• Go to class

• Follow directions

Q1: For the very first project of this class we created our own websites.

Q2: My quarter 2 project was CodeHs which is a programming website. It has 15 lessons that you do and within the lessons you learn how to code and make Karel do different things.

Q3: For my Q3 project I choose to do a gameplay because i figured that it would an easy project to do.   My overall vision of this project was to share something i enjoy doing in my freetime with everyone else. Overall my project was a success, a failure i had was uploading it to youtube from my game system.

Revised benchmark: For my revised benchmark i decided to edit my Q2 benchmark because 1, I really enjoyed doing it and 2, I wasn’t able to complete all the lessons and move onto the challenges.

Course Growth: Throughout this course i had a lot of ups and downs especially when i first started the class. An area that i grew in was submitting the checkpoints on time and getting work done in class. During my time in this class i personally feel as though that i really didn’t learn nothing new but a way I could use some of the skills demonstrated inside of class, outside of class is by doing a website for a personal assignment. Three tips I would give someone taking this class next year would be: submit work on time, stay focused during the class period and be on time because that will eventually affect your grade.  

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Hi, my name is Cyrus. This is my project.

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This is my quarter 1 project that I used to create a website. This project was successful because because I was able to finish and I got a good grade and a successful start on a portfolio.

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This website was made to show who I am, my resume, and portfolio.

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There are many pages that can have much more added on to as I do more in life to be presented.

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This is my quarter 2 programming project

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My goal was to learn programming using this program names Karel.

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This project was successful because I finished everything correctly.

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My third project was basically programming.

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I used Notepad++ to code and make changes to the website.

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This was successful because I was able to make the website look more visually appealing.

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I chose to change the homepage to make it look better

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This was my last project which was basically revising a project I did in middle school. I thought there was more that could be changed so I did it.

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I made the home page look less hectic and I think it now looks better

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I think I learned the most when learning how to code using codeHS

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During this course I became better at coding

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I could use these skills if I ever decide to make my own website in the future

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Next year we should try to code our own website and learn how to code

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Tips: Do all of your checkpoints. If you miss them your grade will drop.

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Tip #2: Submit your work on time. Losing points for lateness is not worth it.

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Tip #3: Meet all of the requirements for your checkpoints

Darian Scudder 4/19/17

Project Script for Quarter #4

Included visual questions;

• The project type

• The overall vision and goals of the project

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

Quarter # 1 Part;

• The project type for quarter #1 was to create and design a website of your own choice using a website software  

• The overall vision of this project was to familiarize student with editing and designing a web page about them for other students to get to know them as part of the SLA community

• Yes as you can see from this slide presentation I’ve have made great progress. Was this project successful basically this project put students computer network skills to the test to basically to see what ideas they could come up with, to display information about their interest, accomplishments, and small bio about themselves within school and out.

Quarter # 2 Part;

• The project type for quarter #2 was to create and design a project video on a website of your own choice using a video creation website software

• The overall vision of the project was to also familiarize yourself with a video website for editing and designing  and videos something of your choice that was reasonable to show to the SLA  community to test your video creation editing skills

• Yes the video was great success I mean there were little up’s and down’s creating the video on the video website software because the website would freeze and shut down most times. But I made it work even though I wanted to give up and move on to the next best thing I stuck with the website and made it work.  

Quarter # 3 Part;

-The project type for quarter #3 was to create and design and sketch and digital 3D model representation of a real imagined of object or living thing

- The overall vision of this project was to create 3D model image and explore an digital website software and find out how it works.Using this website could help student’s within the future to later on in life to plan for architectural or building projects for working experiences.These websites can be a good display to show their representation of what they are planning to create and present to the world.

- Yes the project was successful, as you can see from looking at the slides in presentation it shows my full progress and what I have accomplished, why was the project successful for me I just pretty much spent my time trying doing my best putting my knowledge skills and my creative skills to the test. To sketch whatever image of a 3 dimensional object I could think to make and even though I was kind of having trouble a couple of times  with the tools and website. I was still able to manage and pull through to make what I wanted even though it was not exactly  where I wanted the creation of my project object to look like.

Quarter #4 part;

• why you chose this project and the process you went through revising it include a visual

I wanted to do my project revision from my quarter #2 video refection , my revision was focusing on fixing my on my website reflection because I wanted viewers to be able to see my reflection of my work of what I said on my website.  At first I wanted viewers to see my project reflection to my project progress through a google document link. The problem was the refection need to be visual on my website not a  displayed link that people had to copy and put it in the search link bar. So here are all the steps I went through to fixing my project reflection my website.

• First, I have opened up my website and google document

• Second, I went my website and went on to the project tab on my website

• Third, I went my website and deleted the link code of my google document with my video refection of quarter #2

• Four, I then went Inside my google document where I written my project reflection and copied all my sentences and words i’ve written down from my reflection

• Fifth, I went back to my website and  transfer all my project refection information into a textbox on my website

• Sixth, last but not least I republished my website with the edited changes and now you could see my project reflection underneath my project video

• Your high point of the course when it comes to your learning include a visual

I choose my course website as a highest point of learning because it was my first time ever creating a website that I though was one of greatest success of learning. In the past I have used website’s to build and create powerpoint’s also I have used websites to create and make videos for projects. But I have never made and create one which I enjoyed doing because now I have gain a part of learning that I can now used for the future references. When it comes time for me to show off a presentation or something of my interest that I want to show and want the world to know about.

• An area of growth for you include a visual

I choose my project revision from quater #2 as a sign of growth just to show that their was a part to one of my project’s that I did need to edit and fix up. I wanted to show this picture as part of my growth for my presentation because I wanted people to know not everything you do will be such a great success. Their will always be something that needs to rearrange and change around so people can see and clearly understand the point that you're trying to make.

• How you have used or could use a skill or technique you learned this year outside of this class include a visual

A skill and technique that I have learned and used throughout this whole project course was this motto this motto is what kept me going. There have been times where I always second guess myself, give up on things, or faced hard non-understandable problems that have slowed from down from my path to success. But I play this motto in my head almost everyday when I get to these kinds of breaking points I just “keep moving forward”.This motto gives me hope, strength and also comfort through the good and the bad times I go through.

• An idea you want to pitch for a project for next year's class include a visual

Next year’s project for video editing for other students make sure their are proper websites to use for video editing. Some websites can tend to freeze and stop working and shut down so next time just be on the lookout and heads up for better video editing websites for students.

• Tip #1 for anyone taking this class include a visual

I choose this image as part of my tip visual  for the next class for the future because in order for them to succeed and get good credit for the work they complete and try hard to do.They got to  try their best and don't give up the on their work or themselves if it is hard or difficult for them to understand. The future students must know and must understand that they  just got to do what you can do and what you know how to do. It’s better to have something out of nothing at the end of the day you can just say I put forth a good effort.

• Tip #2 for anyone taking this class include a visual

The reason I choose this image for my second visual because their will be thing’s that people might understand or may be difficult for them to figure it out whatever they are trying to do. Students must know when these difficult times appear  they need to come out, and reach out of their uncomfortable zone space and learn to ask for help from peers and teachers. Not everything is going to be understood or easy to go through their will be obstacles and problems always in the way. Students need to know they don't have to go them through alone there will always be help along the way.

• Tip #3 for anyone taking this class include a visual

The reason I choose this tip for my last visual because students need to know to believe in themselves what they are capable of doing. Not everything is going to come easy there will be battles to go through and fight with work. But students need to know trust in themselves and need to be able to pull through it will be a risky and hard path to cross with learning sometimes. As long as student hold themselves together they can and push themselves forward they can make it.

For my quarter one project I created my own website. With this project to start off the year I was able to create my own website the proper way. The goal of this project was to familiarize myself with website editing and design that would provide a place for me to showcase the work I did this year. I believe that this project was successful. Even though it was difficult at first it turned out to be great. I learn how important color schemes are for websites. Also, what to do and not to do on a website. So in the end it was very successful!  For my quarter two project I chose the image editing project. With this project I was able to learn how to edit images to create something new. The goals of this project was to give the image a voice in a way. Also, teach yourself how to edit images on your own. I believe this project was very successful. I wind up doing 3 images rather than 1. I learned how to use a different image editing called pixlar. Now i’m a pro at it! In addition to that, I received a passing grade and great feedback about my images. So with that being said it was a successful project. I learned so much!

For my quarter three project I chose to do the video project. I decided to stick with is a Hair and Skin video. From doing this project I hoped to learn more about editing and getting better with filming. Which I did learn after all! Before making my video I was gonna use Wevideo. But, since I was using an IPhone 6s plus to film my videos I used IMovie. I have never used IMovie before and I love it I picked it up really quick. I learned things like changing the colors of my video like making them brighter and cleaning the video a little more. The successes that I had was putting this video together at the last minute. The major failure that I had was the same as always is procrastination. I overcame my failure by pushing myself to do it. Getting my interim reports really pushed me t o this also knowing that grade close very soon helped as well. I learned that I procrastinate way too much. I always wait to the last minute. This happens with every project. I revised this image in my project because I thought that this image need more and it was too dull. So I sharpened and smoothed it out and changed the radius.

I think my high point of this course is the project statements because I was able to see where I need to focus and change throughout the course. Also, giving myself constructive criticism and explaining to other what i struggled with. In addition, readings other peer review about mines and gaining from their feedback. My growth throughout this whole course is video editing. It helped me so much! I knew a little about video editing from wevideo but i learned more by pushing my luck with imovie. I used my video editing skill to teach myself how to use Final Cut Pro X. Which can go a long way for me when I start my YouTube Channel. One project that I think that would help a lot of student’s next year is, learn how to use FInal Cut Pro X and teach how to use it next year. Tip 1 would be DON'T PROCRASTINATE! Tip 2 is Stay on top of checkpoints. Tip 3 is have fun and try your best.

Slide 1:Hello, my name is Autumn Richardson. I am in the eleventh grade at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber.  For my ignite presentation I will be talking about my Media and Design projects and some changes made to them. First stop will be my website.

Slide 2:For my website I decided to talk about my view of Philadelphia. I have never created a website before so this was definitely a first. The goal was to make an efficient website that included a project page, about me page, a resume page, and a welcome page. For my welcome page I included a brief description of what you would see if you visited my website.

Slide 3:Like I have said in the beginning the welcome page is one of the changes I have made in this project.  At first the welcome page was pretty dull and mediocre. I tried to use a live background but it was delayed and when the text moved and background moved it was too much and confusing.

Slide 4: So this project was not really successful because my goal was to make a better website that was more colorful and lively. That worked and attracted attention to those that visited my page. I wanted the website to look legit. Although I struggled with project one I did better with project 2.

Slide 5: This was my Quarter 2 project, this was the final project but I can reassure you that it didn’t look like that at first. It took much time to achieve this.

Slide 5:For quarter 2 the project I did was Graphic Design. The goal was to create a road sign that represents either a real or fictional situation or direction(s). Your sign should not contain words. Use images and symbols to convey your message.

Slide 6: Now, I had many complications with this project because at first I was using pixlr. Pixlr and I don’t get along. It would delete my work after I saved it, the over tools just sucked in general and this was my outcome using it. A hot mess, I couldn’t submit this and feel proud of it so I decided to use another website that could help me make a better picture while getting my point across.

Slide 7: This is a before and after as you can see using pixlr just really sucked so after using another webiste it got better and I submitted good work, or at least good to me.

Slide 8: The video can be a powerful messenger and a quick way to share a laugh, an idea or make a statement. The video was to be 1 to 3 minutes and follow the copyright laws.

Slide 9: At first I was confused I didn’t know what to do the video on. I like to draw, but I didn’t want to do that. I like to dance, but I didn’t want to do that either. I was pretty much lost up to the second checkpoint with no idea to create a video.

Slide 10: One day before class at lunchtime I was thinking what could I do because checkpoint three was due today. Then I had this idea what if I could do a news segment and it would be better if I worked with a partner. The video came out ok, but since it was so late and we started so late the quality wasn’t that good. I decided to edit the video over and make it better.

Slide 11: The picture you see before you is the a revision of the Website Project. The welcome page is one of the changes I have made in this project.  At first the welcome page was pretty dull and mediocre. I tried to use a live background but it was delayed and when the text moved and background moved it was too much and confusing.

Slide 12: I decided to make a new menu, change the background, changed the description, and color of font so that it could be more appealing to someone that visited my website. I chose to do this project over because I didn’t like the finished product. I also added another page to the website. This page is about the Video Project I did in Quarter 3.

Slide 13: So this is the before and after and there is an obvious change like I had explained previously. I feel more proud of this finished project because it looks more appealing than the last one. Also I corrected the things that brought down my grade.

Slide 14: My highpoint of the Media and Design class was creating a Graphic Design because in that project I reflected learned from my mistakes and fixed them. I received help from my peers that helped me make a better project and actually enjoyed making it.

Slide 15: An area of growth from the Media and Design class was making the video. I know which is ridiculous because in SLA we make videos for every class, but I struggled making the video and I still don’t know how to use the tools, but I did my best I wish I could have applied myself more and had the checkpoints turned in on time.

Slide 16: A skill or technique you learned this year that I could use outside of this class was being confident in what you present because if you’re not confident in what you have others won’t see it as good. Also I never knew how to make a website so if I ever have a business or some type of organization I can advertise it by making a website.

Slide 17: A project that you could have next year could be making a business and successfully advertising it, which may include graphic design, so like a sign, a website to advertise that business or item, and use the 3D printer to make a prototype of the item you will be selling.

Slide 18:Tip one stay on time, for class, for the checkpoint, and for the project. This is for all classes. Time management is extremely important.

Slide 19: Tip two think outside the box don’t trap yourself in anything the more you use your imagination the better the project will come out. Don’t limit yourself to what you're given, if you have the opportunity to do better do better.

Slide 20: Tip three remember what you are taught because you might have to use these tools later in life. Don’t forget what you learned in this class because something might be beneficial in the future, whether it was a project, a comment someone made, or even life lessons learned you learned in the class.

Wesley White

April 7, 2017

Reflection Document

Overview of Quarter 1 Project

The project type for the first quarter project was a website. The vision of this project was to show basic information about my life. This included personal things about me, projects I have completed in or out of school, and a resume that outlined anything I didn’t explain in previous website pages. The goal was to essentially give a portfolio of myself to the class so that they could learn a bit about my lifestyle and what I have accomplished. Some things about me are that I am involved in rowing, Bible Quiz, and Royal Rangers, a program I am involved with at my church. I do believe the project was successful because although it doesn’t tell everything about me, I did do a good job in highlighting some of the important things about me.

Overview of Quarter 2 Project

The project type for the second quarter was Computer Science. I had to code a specific program and do a narrative video while completing the final program. The goal of the project was to show me how to use certain functions and commands within the Karel program. This taught me a bit more about coding and gave me an understanding of how people program. I do believe the project was successful because I learned how to code and make a program do what I want it to do. It was also successful because I can use this skill outside of class if I want to make a game or build more complex things like computers or other technology.

Overview of Quarter 3 Project

The project type for the third and last project that I chose was the Image Editing Project. The vision of this project was to show that there are angels and demons in life. The person in the middle of the image represents all of humanity, and the angels represent all things good, and the demons, all things bad. Both the angels and the demons should motivate you. You should want to get as far from the demons as possible, and closer to the angels. I do believe the project was successful because the image shows my vision and fulfills my goals. I realized as I was doing the project that my demons were too dark. So, I changed the opacity to make them more transparent to look more ghostly. I also thought I was successful in making the angels look more a part of the image instead of add-ons.

Written Reflection of the Revised Project

For this image, all I did was blend in the lighting of the person running with the background. Previously, I had made another layer of the person, and it didn’t flow with the background. Another thing I did was adjust the brightness of the background so that the demons would blend in better as well. For the angels, I moved them around slightly and reoriented them so that they were easier to look at as part of the image as a whole. I also made the decision to make the angels slightly darker so that they wouldn’t stand out as much and would be a part of the message of the image.

A high point during this year when it comes to my learning was the Computer Science Project, and me learning how to code. The reason for this is because I had never coded before, and I really enjoyed doing it.

An area of growth for me was definitely working on the Image Editing Project. The reason for this is because although I had a goal in mind, and knew in general how to get there, I had to go through a lot of trial and error to get there. Shoutout to Ms. Hertz for helping me through my questions.

I could use coding to create a game or a program in college or beyond. I could also use image editing beyond high school if I wanted to merge two or more images together or make an image look prettier for advertisement.

An idea for next could be something built with legos. I don’t know what that object would be, but this is just an idea that Ms. Hertz could think through further.

Q1  project - My overall vision of my project was to make a site to inform people about me. My overall vision of my project was to have pictures to show off who I am and that went along with the pictures.   I feel the website was successful.  I think I had good pictures to represent what I had to say.  

Q2 project -  Image editing.  For my quarter two project I took a picture I drew and changed it around.  I wanted to make the pictures pop more than it did before to have a cooler effect when your looking at it.  If I had to change it I think I would be more organized with making it.  I had another idea before but changed it as I was struggling with it.  I would ask for more help this time.  

Q3 project - 3D modeling.  I used to use it at my old school and wanted to try it again.  I made insects out of it and wa going to print it out and give it to my sister as a gift.  If I had a chance to do this again I would do a much more detailed thing as I like exploring new forms of art.  I was not working to my potential I feel, but it was fun to make.  

Revised projects

For my website I felt like nothing needed to be edited.  I feel like everything that I wanted to add got put into the project.

For image editing I did not add any revisions.  In the future I would choose a different picture to edit and make it more unique to myself.

For 3D modeling I did revise the project.  I felt like I didn’t add enough so I added more to the design.  I added her name, and a few more bugs to the image.  

My high point of this course

My highpoint of this course was learning new techniques and skills I did not know about before.  Before the class I did not know about making my own website and I have never tried image editing.  The one thing I have done before is use tinkercad for 3D modeling, I did the project again because it has been a while since I did it.  

An area of growth

I feel an area of growth for me would be learning more about image editing.  The website I used confused me a bit so I didn’t add/change as much about the pic that I wanted.   

A skill I used outside of class

I used the skills I used from using Wix to make my biochem project this year.  It was really helpful to have already done it before and it was really fun.  

An idea I want to pitch for next year’s class

I want to see more creative film projects.  

Quarter 1 project type/ The overall vision and goals) of the project

• The purpose of this project was to create a website that showcases who I am. The project is supposed to include  3 pages. The pages you have to have on the website is an about me page. A page with your resume and a page project to show what you  completed inside or outside of school. For the process of this project we had to complete certain checkpoints throughout the quarter to check on what we have completed so far on the project. My overall vision for the project was to create a website that was simple and intriguing for people to look at. Also to make the website look somewhat professional for colleges to look at so they can learn about who I am.

Anaya Thomas-Gomez

• Slide One: My name is Anaya and I will presenting my projects for my media and design class. In this class I create different things using different media tools. The projects I did this quarter was I first created a website. After I created the website I used the 3D printer and created a name tag. The last project I did was I made a road sign.

• Slide Two: This is my webiste that I made in the beginning of the school year. These are screenshots of the main page of the website and the all about me page.

• Slide Three: For the first quarter I had to make a website. The website had to be about me. In this website I added things such as an “about me” page and a “project” page. The goal of this project was to make a website that we could use as a portfolio.

• Slide Four: During the process of this project I found that it was quite successful. I found it successful because I didn’t really run into any problems when creating the website. Also I used my class time wisely so anything I had a problem with I could communicate with my peers and teacher for help.

• Slide Five: These are photos of what I created on the 3D printer. The first image is a screenshot from the online software I used which was tinkercad. The second image is what I printed from the 3D printer.

• Slide Six: For this project, my main goal was to learn how to use the 3D printer. During the process I found out that the 3D printer is easy but the difficult part was creating the image on the online software. Since I was new to 3D imaging I decided to make something simple, I made a keychain.

• Slide Seven: This project ended up being successful. My project was successful because I followed all of the checkpoints. In the beginning of the project the checkpoints was to watch tutorials and practice them. This helped a lot.

• Slide Eight: This is an image that I created using the website pixlr.com.

• Slide Nine: For this project I was to make a road sign. I had to use  a graphic design browser. For my project I wanted my a sign that symbolized watching your mouth since a lot of people in our generation don’t do this.

• Slide Ten: This project ended not being successful in my eyes. I say this because it ended up not looking like a road sign and a poster instead. Also my project wasn’t visually appealing. Although I worked hard on this project the website that I chose to use wasn’t the easiest and didn’t have a lot of options.

• Slide Eleven: For my revisions I took out the downloaded documents and put in the text entry. I also added questions to my about me page that described me. Along with this I added a slide show for the project that included 1 or more pictures.

• Slide Twelve: I chose this project because this project is basically an online portfolio and I thought it was important to edit it. I chose to do the slide show because when I first did this project it was difficult to do so since I had more time I did it.

• Slide Thirteen: This is what it looked like after I made my revisions.

• Slide Fourteen:  When I started this class I was unsure on what to expected. I just wanted to know what exactly media and design was and I assumed it would help my technology skills.

• Slide Fifteen: An area where I showed growth was being able to follow directions. I say this because with most of the projects that I have done this quarter I was unfamiliar with and was able to do this projects with the specific directions from the checkpoint.

• Slide Sixteen: A skill that I used was tinkercad. In ninth grade I used tinkercad in one of my mini courses to build a desk. I was still unfamiliar with the tool so the project I did this year helped me with that tool.

• Slide Seventeen: An idea I want to do is the coding project. I want to try this project because coding is something you can use a lot, we live in a pretty advanced world.

• Slide Eighteen: A tip for someone who is taking this class is to not procrastinate. Procrastination will hold you back.

• Slide Nineteen: Another tip is to follow directions. Directions are pretty clear and will help you.

• Slide 1: Web design

• The overall vision and goal(s) of the project

• Slide 2:I wanted to make a website that highlighted my accomplishments and also told something about me.

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

• Slide3: I think the project was successful because I got to tell everything I wanted about me on the website, but it could still be better. I could have Included my family members, friends’ names, and more pictures of them both.

 Quarter 2

• Slide 1: Image Editing

• The overall vision and goal(s) of the project

• Slide 2: After seeing a cool movie in 2016, it’s theme stuck with me and I wanted to convey it in the image editing project. We had to create one image that encompasses a message and at least four images. There would have to be evidence that you used editing tools.

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

• Slide3: I think the project was successful because my vision was successfully met. I first found the images that I wanted and sometimes I found other images that changed how I wanted to show my final image. It was for the better and my final image turned out better than I thought.

 Quarter 3

• Slide 1: Graphic Design

• The overall vision and goal(s) of the project

• Slide 2: In this project, we were supposed to make a sign. I thought I could be realistic and make a street sign. I wanted it to be funny and a twist on what people usually think.

• Was the project successful? Why? Why not?

• Slide3: I think the project was a little successful. In the end I was still able to make the sign. But I was very limited to what I could make, probably because I didn't have much practice with the website. And the tool I was using wouldn’t let me do the things I wanted to, so I had to work around it.

Quarter 4

In this project I simply put a sign around the artwork I had done to make it more realistic and followed the directions of the project. I did this project because I felt I haven’t done as well on this project as the others. So wanted to improve my work.

Your high point of the course when it comes to your learning

In this class I think i have really good visions of what I want to create even before the next checkpoint would tell me to do so.

An area of growth for you

Although, my visions are great, my representation of them could be better. Due to me not fully realizing what I could do on a specific editing software, my ideas are limited because I can’t due much stuff on the editor, to knowledge.

How you have used or could use a skill or technique you learned this year outside of this class

A skill I’ve learned from this class in general is the idea of checkpoints. The thought of organizing on my own what I want to do would be great and the thought process will pay off in the end.

An idea you want to pitch for a project for next year's class

I think a good idea for next year could be making an animation skit or game.

3 tips for anyone taking this class

• Turn in checkpoints on time

• Even if it’s locked, still d the checkpoints (It’ll help with the thought process)

• Follow the basic/easy rules of the class

Q1 project Overview

The project that I did for the first quarter was a digital portfolio.The whole point of making a digital portfolio was for people to get to know more about our academic and social life.I think I was pretty successful in revising this project because when people will see it they won’t have to just read what I did with projects but will provide a visual as well. Even though the process was long and hard. At first I thought that making a website was going to be easy but there is actually a lot that comes with building a website. I was surprised at how well my website came out.

Q2 project Overview

Well for my revision I decided to do my 3D modelling project and in this project I fixed the shape because it is messed up and is irregular and also dis formed. Well I wanted to revise my 3D modelling project because the errors were obvious but small

Quarter 1: Website

• Overview

• Type: The project was to create a website using an online site builder, like for example, Weebly and Wix. I chose to use Weebly.

• The overall vision and goal(s): The goal, as mentioned above, is to create a website, but more specifically, a personal website with a resume, list of projects, and contact. A blog could be also included.
  My goal was to create just that, but with a very simplistic type of feel and very easy to navigate.

• Successes: I feel that I have created a good and nice website that anyone can visit and find out who I am. The goal for creating a simplistic website were fulfilled and I am soon planning to add a blog and some extras.

Quarter 2: Computer Science

• Overview

• Type: The type of project was a “code highschool” learning site to learn the basics of Javascript.

• The overall vision and goal(s): To learn and get general knowledge of Javascript, the language of the web. It was done via the way of Karel, a virtual dog who you controlled with Javascript.

• Successes: The project was quite fun all in all. To me, it was quite easy, considering that I already had a previous knowledge of programming. There were some problems with the logic of the situation and the commands, but I figured it out eventually

Quarter 3: 3-D Modeling

• Overview

• Type: The project was to create a 3-D model of something artistic or that can be used in something else. You also had to show the model being used somehow.

• The overall vision and goal(s): The goal like above was to create a model that can be used. For my model, I chose to create a player model for the game “Audiosurf 2”. It is a rhythm game where you control a character in a spaceship riding along a track made of the music you play, collecting blocks for score in time with the music.

• Successes: I feel that I made a good model of what I wanted to be in the game. I have also created a custom “skin” to match this space feel as well. Everything else just fell together well.

Quarter 4: Revision

• Overview

• I wanted to finalize the product of the Quarter 3 project to make it fit better in the game. Basically, add extra engines, make it colored to fit the theme I wanted and to tweak everything else.

Highlights:

• High Points

• A good high point was the ability to learn computer programming in a flexible and fun way.

• The best growth I had so far was the ability to get better in 3d modeling and some nice techniques.

• The JavaScript I have learned will help me create more dynamic websites with additional capability.

• Tips

• TIP #1: Don’t forget to ask your classmates, especially ones who are working on the same project, for help if you are stuck.

• Tip #2: The internet has more solutions than you think. Look something up to be sure.

• Tip #3: If you are working on JavaScript, DON’T forget the semicolon at the end of the line!

Q1- For this project, I had to create a website. The website had to be all about me. The goal of the project was to tell information on me so that people would know. I think this project was a failure. I say that because I didn’t achieve everything I wanted.

Q2- For this project, I had to learn codes and do them to solve puzzles. I then had to record a video of me doing the project. The goal of this project was to learn codes and solve puzzles. This project was much better than my first one. I achieved mostly everything I wanted to

Q3- For this project, I had to create 3D model (although I didn’t have to print it out). I decided to do a meme for this project. The meme was called it’s time to stop. I created it by creating a clock with a circle, an arrow, and inside of the clock, I wrote stop all around it. I then wrote over the clock “oh boy would you look at time?” The goal of this project was to create an image that could be 3D modeled. I feel like I did that and it was a good project.

The reason I chose to do this project is because I didn’t finish everything I needed for it. There were still levels that I needed to complete. One was the “For Loops” level. I wanted to particularly do this one because I felt like it was easy and I didn’t try hard enough on it. That’s why I wanted to do it.

Your high point of the course when it comes to your learning.

A high point of the course when it comes to learning is being able to hear directions once and then not need help for the majority of the class.

An area of growth for you.

An area of growth for me is being able to do my projects better. I went from a really bad 1st quarter project to a really good 3rd quarter project.

How you have used or could use a skill or technique you learned this year outside of this class.

I could use my knowledge of making a website to help people make a website if they want to make one or need to make one.

An idea you want to pitch for a project for next year's class.

A project I want to pitch for next year is creating a music video. I think this would be good because not only is it something fun, it will also help kids learn about technology.

3 tips for anyone taking this class.

Listen to the teacher and pay attention. If you don’t, you could miss something that will mess up your project or assignment.

Finish your work early. If you wait until the last minute to do it, you could mess up or not get everything you wanted.

Work your hardest. If you don’t, you won’t get a good enough grade.

Slide 1: My name is Rymir Vaughn and this is my Media Design Ignite presentation. I'm going to talk about my projects from this year as well as some tips.

Slide 2: My Q1 project was the website. I didn't have a lot of trouble, but I did have a problem with the site builder and I ended up switching from Wix to Weebly. To make it better I added pictures

Slide 3: The pictures made it more visually appealing and easier to look at. I didn't just do this for the grade, but for future applications. I'm hoping to stand out by submitting a website instead of a normal resume.

Slide 4: My project was successful because I think I got my point across and uploaded my best projects over the past couple years. My grade was also decent and I might keep adding to it.

Slide 5: My quarter 2 project was the computer science project, I enhanced the knowledge I already had of coding. At end I needed to apply my knowledge and complete an activity. I made a screen cast of that activity

Slide 6: My goal was to get better at coding. I learned more about coding and different ways to make it easier and faster. Especially, since I've done some before, but not a lot

Slide 7: It was a king of a success. In the video there were noises in the background and I didn't like that, but besides that it was good. Also during the coding I ran into a lot of problems

Slide 8: My quarter three project started off as an advanced coding project that we would be entered in the TEC COM, but it didn't work out, so I ended up just making edits to the project we were going to make the edits to.

Slide 9: The goal was to not only make it better, but have it correspond with a light system that'll tell you if it wrong or not.

just changing the game site.

Slide 10: It wasn't a success in my eyes because of the fact that we didn't go through with it completely. We ended up scraping it and really just making changes to the game site.

Slide 11: The project I decided to revise was my quarter 3 project. All I did was change the colors so it looked better. It looks more visually appealing now with more consistency and has a color scheme.

Slide 12: Cyrus shared the code with me and all I did was change the color scheme of the level.

Slide 13: As you can see the color scheme wasn’t bad, but I wanted to change it and make it better. So, I changed the colors from blue and yellow to blue and silver/grey.

Slide 14: I would have to say quarter 2’s project was the height for me. I learned a lot from the computer science project and I enhanced my skills as a coder and programmer.

Slide 15:Something I could have improved in is getting my checkpoints in on time because that killed my grade last quarter.

Slide 16: I could use the computer science. I say this because I could possibly enter a career in electrical engineering. So this could help me possibly later in life.

Slide 17: I would have liked to do image editing. There were just other things that I wanted to do that I was more interested in. I probably would've done it for Q4 if this wasn't the project we had to do.

Slide 18: I would say that the first thing is submit your assignments on time. My grade took a hit because of not submitting the assignment at all. So, if you want a good grade submit.

Slide 19: Don't be afraid to ask question. If you don't get something ask. This could also help in other classes.

Slide 20: If you do something you like doing you'll actually do it. Like if you do image editing, edit an image you like or make it like something you like. You're grade will reflect it.