This passion project was great fun. I’ve been taking videos and photos of things that I love doing. I took a clip of me on the trampoline, playing footy watching Richmond playing with my dog. I also took some photos of my house. I would’ve taken one of me surfing but the one time I went surfing the phone ran out of battery. Apart from this I’ve had a success (I hope) A challenge I faced was Adobe Premier, which just completely stopped working. This forced me to use Movie Maker, which is perfectly good, it’s just not as advanced as Premier and not as many techniques to learn. This has been a great terms passion project and has been really fun to enjoy doing all of the things that I love. gh v

What we were told to create was a double paged layout on a country of our choice. We had research some certain aspects of the country, it’s religion, the countries flag and some celebrations.

The country I chose was India, because I’ve been there and I wanted to learn more about their cultures

I drew the flag and researched that the beige stripe represents the strength and the courage of the land’s people. The white stripe represented the peace that the people want, and the green represented the faith that the people hold.

Some differences that our cultures have:

Our country has so much more room then them because they have over 1 billion people and we have under 25 million.

The food there is very different to ours. We eat all types of different foods, they mostly stick to curries and traditional food.

It is so much warmer there as it is up near the equator, and we’re much further south.

Although there are differences, there are also some similarities:

The casual clothing up there is very much similar to our clothing when we are in the summer.

Both countries consider cricket one of their biggest, and most loved sports.

If I lived in this culture I would find it reasonably difficult to eat some of their food as I’m not great with spice. I would find it very interesting to see all the markets and the transportation. I would love how everyone plays cricket and they take it very seriously.

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When your upside down                                            So far I’m going pretty well on my passion project (I think.)I’ve taken 4 or five clips of things I’m passionate about. And I’ve imported that footage onto my computer. I tried to put it all onto Adobe Premier but my computer wouldn’t let me access it. Instead I decided to settle with Movie Maker. I’ve added effects, transitions and music to the footage. My next step will be to take the rest of the footage, and then put it onto my computer. After that I’ll fiddle round a bit and see what I can do. So far I’ve only used the drone once but I plan to use it again. I’m using Movie Maker for one of the first times so I’ve figured out how that works….h

Today we had a clinic with Mr. G about Terraforming. We had to chose  planet/Moon/Asteroid/something in space from a list provided. We had to chose what sort of habitat it would be like. E.g. Underground, underwater etc.

Here’s a short vid on what I chose and why…

Today we watched a 10 minute film about digital citizenship. We learnt all about being safe online. We watched several short clips of different people who had a problem online. There was Kieran, who is addicted to gaming, Charlotte, who was spending way too much time on her phone and was very close to being a dangerous situation and Lucy, who got hacked into her email and phone by school bullies.

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Kieran spent too much time on video games. He played and played and played. He spent  up to 14 hours a day of staring at a screen holding a controller in his hands. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school. He wasn’t sleeping at night, instead he was gaming. His Dad threatened to take away his computer but he lied that he would cut down the hours. At the age of 16, he realised he needed help. He went to a trusted person to talk things over, his dad.

His life was changed. He didn’t sleep, he didn’t eat proper meals and he only came out when it was absolutely necessary. He changed not only his life but the lives of his family and friends. Dropping out of school was the worst decision he made. He never got the perfect education that he would have.

After spending years and years sitting on a chair staring at a screen, Kieran finally realised his mistakes. He noticed a huge change in his life, he couldn’t sleep, he didn’t eat, he didn’t go to school. He went to his Dad asking for help and after having a discussion

He could have lived a more healthy and balanced life, instead he decided to sit in his room playing video games. Getting outside and being active or playing with real mates would have been a much better decision.

The biggest take away/ message  that I took away from this was to live a balanced life and to know when you’ve got a problem. Kieran had an addiction to video games and it took 15 years to realise it.

For my passion project this term, I’ll be intending to create a Film/video. The film will consist of several short clips of me and the things I’m passionate about. Some of the clips will be taken with a drone that our family owns so that I can get the best angles. Every one will be a short video of something I love, I may or may not be in every clip. I might make a clip of me surfing, or me playing footy or jumping on a trampoline. I’m not 100% sure what every clip will be on but it be some but it will probably be some footage on what it is and what I’m doing.

What I’ll need to do is first of all take all of the footage. The drone has an inbuilt camera. This means that after taking the footage I am going to need to import some of the footage from the drone, onto a phone and then from the phone onto my computer.  I’m planning to use Adobe Premier to put all the footage together and add some music and a few voice-overs. If I’m wanting a challenge, I may not use Premier and instead use a more advanced film producing app. I am aiming this project for anyone who’ll listen really, to be honest it doesn’t really effect them unless they are wanting inspiration or ideas.

The thing I’m most looking forward to is taking all the footage (Some with the Drone). It’s such a good way to film things because it enables you to take the footage while moving without the video looking shocking. I’m also looking forward to seeing the final product and having it finished.

During this project, I did achieve what I set out for at the start of the term. I made a 2 minute video on what I made which was the ripsurf, a mix between a surfboard and a skateboard. how to use it and some footage of me using it. Parts of the board were preety hard to saw but I think I generally faced success. After importing some of the footage to my computer, I made a video of how I made it and what I used to make it. Some of the challenges I faced were not being able to saw to identical wedges to sit the wheels on. There wasn’t much I could do about this so I just had to keep trying until I got it right.

To be honest, I’m not sure if there is that much more to learn from this project. I could sort of figure/work out how the board works and why the wheels need to be on a 45o angle. This would probably be my next step after where I’m up to now. Here is a photo of the board after I painted it. There is a bit of newspaper stuck to it but I’ve painted over it now. 

First, with ‘Win At The Fair,’ we started by playing the original game board. (see above) After gathering the data, we realised that this game board isn’t profitable for the fair manager. We played 117 games of this board and the yet we had to give out $213.40. This meant that overall, once 117 games were played, the manager lost $96.40. That meant that if we wanted to gain money instead of lose it, we would need to change the board one way or another.

We were told to change the original game board so that the manager of the game/fair would make money. After 1000 games we hoped to make $300 profit. This meant that we had to create a new board so that we gain money, but also made it look enticing.

We created a creative board with whatever movements, prizes and tiles we wanted. In partner’s,  Sam and I created a creative board. (see below)  Our creative board involved black holes which end the game, Teleporters which teleport you to the other one. It also has different prize values and different moving directions. We were very successful with our board. We played 30 games, gave away $14.70. This means that we as the game creators made $15.30. This is a pretty decent price.

After that, we had to make another game board this time with rules and guidelines. Our game board was very successful. On average we made 35c which out of 100 games made u     us  $350 if we played 1000 games.

We made our board profitable because only 3 outcomes lost the participator money whereas 4 outcomes win the buyer money. What they don’t know is that those 4 possibilities are the 4 least likely to be landed on. This makes it more likely to lose money. This also made it very enticing . This was the end product

 

 

Today we watched a video about digital citizenship and it showed us how to be a good online citizenship.

Netiquette– Netiquette means almost the exact same thing as etiquette. The only difference between the two of them is that etiquette is just generally being a good person and following rules but netiquette is exactly that, just online.

Flamers/Flame Wars- A flamer or flame war is when two or more people have or are in the middle of an argument online and throw heated or rude words back and forth among each other.

Trolls- A troll is a weird ugly creature. Just kidding… A troll is actually a person who tries to start a flame war online by starting an argument.

anonymous- Anonymous means a person who doesn’t want or doesn’t have their name revealed to the public. They might make a statement or post something and it would say         By anonymous.

Communicating Clearly

1. 1)   Don’t use capitals as it may seem like you’re yelling.
   

2) Make your post clear and easy to understand.

3) Don’t abbreviate words or sentences because it can be hard to understand.

Permission- Giving permission to someone is like giving them your consent. It’s saying that you are ok for them to do something involving you.

When Tim sais ‘Once  your message is out, it’s out’ I think that this means that once you post something, there’s no getting it back so T  H  I  N  K  Before you post.