The Excitement of Digital Technologies

In DTE / Digital Technologies I have been doing various activities involving different digital aspects including making DLO's, piktocharts & playing games about cyber safety.

The first activity I did was make an infographic about ergonomics, here is mine:

The second activity I did was play a game called interland, here is the description I put on my site:

Here is a link to interland: https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland/

The third and most recent activity I did was on doing activities from a site called Digital Bytes:

To understand the task click this LINK then look through the site starting by clicking 'Creator' then clicking 'Is a remixed idea an original idea?' then look at the video and the three questions my answer to one is below:

Link to video

What part of this video struck you the most? Why?

The sueing part! I don’t want to get sued.

Next click continue, scroll down and watch video B Then you can look at the questions my answers below:

Link to video

1. If you had to sum up your initial reaction in one word after watching this video,what would it be?
   Why?

One word: What!!! I can’t believe you’ve done this Disney.😱

2. Are you surprised that Disney has recycled parts of old animated films for newones? Why, or why not? Does it change your opinion about Disney's creativity?

I am extremely surprised because they use so many animators. Now I wonder why Disney needs 76 main
animators.😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

3. How do you think they reused animated sequences like this? How do you think that process works? (Hint: Look up "rotoscoping" online.)

Rotoscoping, by tracing over motion picture footage so it can be used again.😏

4. How do you think the animators for Snow White (1937) would feel if they knew animators for Robin Hood (1973) copied their work?

I don't think they would care because Disney is copy & pasting every where.😶

5. Does the fact that these are traditional animations (drawn by hand versus animated on a computer) make you feel any differently about their being copied? Why, or why not?

Animating by computer is easier than if animated by hand. So do your own animating you lazy 76 animators.😤

6. Some of the dogs from Lady and the Tramp are featured briefly in 101 Dalmatians. Do you think these cameos are a form of copying? Or is Disney simply referencing its characters and movies again for fun? Is there a difference?

No I do not think it is copying I think it is just a reference to the lady and the tramp. There is a difference between referencing and copying.😑

Then I did activity B which is this:

In my opinion this was a lot of work but really fun and so worth it.


You can reach my site through this link.

Would you like to try digital technologies now? Tell me in the comments.

Koosh ball descriptive writing thing

shook ball
spherical, Cozy
exhilarating, Rubbery, flexible, elastic
addictive, enslaving, stretchy, toy ball
fresh rubber tire smelling
intoxicating, cushy feeling
koosh ball.

Amber Color Poem

In the hole in the ground far below, a piece of gem doth show, on closer look Amber it doth be. The glittering amber glimmered in the sun. Amber is a bright colour, amber is the colour of sunset. Amber is a colour that I always want to see just like the sun that shines in the sky. Amber is my Favorite colour, Amber is like the sun. When I look at you I see the sun, I see the flaming burning amber within you as it burns and withers. Amber is a colour that shall be, it glistens and glows in a underneath a patch of cracked stone. Amber is the jewel of love, You can see amber on the night sky. When I stare at the amber skies as the sun set, I think of love.

Abomination Novel Studies

For english we will be starting a novel study task on the story Abomination by Robert Swindells. But before we start the teacher asked us to answer some questions about the cover of the book.

here is the cover:



What do you think the story will be about?
A super human warrior fighting against gladiator and the lead up to it.

How do you think this story will be written?
In first person view.

Why do you think the story is entitled as it is?
Because it is about what I said earlier.

Where do you think the story will take place?
I think the story will take place in Rome.

What time period do you think the story is set in?
Roman gladiator times.

Critical Questioning Matrix

For English today we have to answer questions of our choice about a few things of our choice. Two ads or one short text and one music video. I has chosen to do the second choice one short text and one music video.

First the short text:

Why are you reading this text?
Because Patricia Grace is a great author and the text sounded interesting.

What does the author want us to know?
That things don't have to be spazzy and new to be cool.

What kind of language is used in the text?
The kind of language you would find in a professional book.

How does the text construct a version of reality?
The fact that it's like the real life of a normal couple of kids enjoying their Christmas present in the part at the end.

Here is a link to the story so you can read it yourself LINK.

Second the music video:

What do the words suggest?
That the guy didn't do much to please the girl so she left.

What is the video about, how do you know?
About being broken up with because he says a lot of things about losing someone.

What kinds of social realities does this video portray?
The fact that lots of people go through break up.

Who is the most likely audience of this video and why?
Others with girlfriends so they don't make the same mistake.

Here is a link to the video so you can watch it yourself LINK.

We are also finishing our crash course on critical literacy so we also have to do a reflection.

What do you think Critical Literacy is?

I think critical literacy is figuring out if something is real or fake and what the text means.

What did you learn during Critical Literacy?

Just because something sounds real doesn't mean it is.

What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy?

Finishing stuff.

How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life?

To figure out if something is real or not.

What are you looking forward to in English this year?

Novel study and creative writing

Science

What is a Scientist?

I think a scientist is a crazy lab coat wearing person that does stuff with stuff. I think their job is to find out stuff about what people call magics. They cover a lot of topics like health, biology, astronomy and geology.

Mr Google says that a scientist is a person that studies or has expert knowledge on natural or physical sciences.

An Egg sample of a scientist is Isaac Newton he found out about gravity and created the three laws of movement the most well known being the third law.

Critical Literacy Practice

For this task we had to look at a news article and try and figure out if it was real or not.



This was the article which is fake, rather than Germans it was in fact a picture of a large traffic jam in China from 2010. There was probably a reason they posted it like them being angry at rising fuel prices.