2/27/17 - Infographic Reflection

What have you learned about Infographics?  Did you enjoy creating your own? (please explain). When might you use an Infographic in your school work, personal life, or other?  Which Infographic site did you use?  Was the site easy to navigate? Would you use it again or look for another site?

I have learned that Infographics present information in a way that is visually appealing and easy to understand. They can be really long or they can be really short. Some infographics have a lot of words while some explain information more with pictures. I liked creating my own because I got to choose whatever I wanted and their was no limit, I struggled with how I wanted to organize mine because their were so many options. But I liked how personalized you could make it. Infographics can be very useful in school activities like when you have to present something but don't want to just read a powerpoint word for word. In someones job it can be useful because its a fun and different way of presenting. I thought the site was easy to navigate and everything was organized well. I would use that site again because I enjoyed working with it.




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Infographic 2/23/17

Today we will begin using online tools to create what is called an "Infographic".
Take your time & conduct some research on infographics.

• What is an infographic?
• What is the purpose of an infographic?
• What type of information is best displayed in an infographic?
• How can an infographic help convey your message to an audience?
• How might you use an infographic in your class assignments?

Find 2 examples of infographics that you think are very cool/useful to you.  Post the infographics on your blog & make sure to cite where you found them.

An infographic is an image used to represent information or data. I can often be a chart or diagram that helps convey the topic. Infographs take a sometimes boring or confusing topic and turn it into something interesting that everyone can understand. Infographs use less words so that it is easier to understand while still efficiently explaining the information. Any information can be in a infograph. The information is not limited and you can choose whatever you want infographs can have a wide range of information on it. Infographics can be useful in conveying a message because they are a lot more appealing looking than an article. Most people respond better to visual learning, so an infograph with a bunch of picture will be more appealing than an article with a bunch of words in it. In a class assignment if I needed to present a lot of information I could create a infograph and explain the topic to the class using the pictures instead of reading a paper. Infographs can also help teach difficult information that I might need in a class.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/interesting-infographics/
http://visual.ly/

2/21/17 Canva vs. Lucid Press

Now that you have been exposed to two online design programs, write a 5-10 sentence reflection on your thoughts on both of them.

• Which one was the easiest to join & use?
• Provide 2 pros/cons of using both Canva & Lucid Press
• In your opinion, which program created the nicest, trendiest documents?
• Which program provided the most "free" features?
• Overall, which one did you like the most? Explain...

Canva and Lucid were both easy design programs that I thought were easy to use. I thought Lucid was easier to join and use because I forgot my password and it was really easy to get a new one and the templates are really easy to use and I it was easy to start my account. I thought that Lucid organized their templates better because they gave you a bunch of different options on the right and you could find whatever one you wanted. I also liked how Canvas let you customize your own template, but the thing I didn't like about both of the websites was that they were both hard to figure out how to save it and be able to use it somewhere else. I think Canva provided more free features, I don't know for sure but to me it looked like it offered a lot more. I liked Lucid Press better because i liked how it was organized and I was able to customize it to look however I wanted it.

2/18 My Dream Business

Think of a business that you would love to start or run.  Tell me about your business idea, where you would locate your business, what goods or services you would provide, etc., etc....

If I could run a business I would choose to run an ice cream shop. I would make it in Florida by the beach so that I could be at the beach all day. I would sell all kinds of ice cream, ice cream sandwiches with homemade cookies, and I would also do that rolled ice cream that is done at Freezing Moo. I would call my business Maggie's Ice cream Place.

12/14/17 3 canvas

This is a post card and I could use this if I went on vacation and wanted to send people back in Kansas a card saying that me and my family were having a good time.

This is a thank you card and I could use it to send to people that might have gotten me a gift and I wanted to show my appreciation, or just sending out to people to say thank you.

This is a business card and I could use this for any kind of business that I wanted to start, if I wanted to start babysitting I could give these to people and it would have my phone number on it and all my important information.

2/13/17

Tell me about your Sweetheart weekend.  Did you attend the game at Southwest?   How about the dance?  If you didn't go to sweetheart, what did you do?  Please attach a picture or 2 from your phone that tells me about your weekend.

This weekend I went to sweetheart with some friends. I thought the dance was okay we didn't stay for long and after we went to a friends house and said hi for a while and then we went back to one of the girls in our group's house for the rest of the night. On Sunday I didn't really do anything in the morning. My sister made me chocolate chip pancakes and my parents bought a new coach for the patio. In the afternoon I went shopping with my friend and she got new shoes and a new shirt and I got a few new necklaces. 

2/10/17 - ET Course Reflection & Personal Report Card

Part 1: Open up Synergy & check your grades for this course.  Please use this time to reflect on your progress in Emerging Technology class so far:

1. Do you have all of your assignments turned in?  If no, what is your plan for completing them?
2. Are you receiving "5's" on all daily blog posts.  If no, what are you missing? (Fix what is missing & let me know when you would like me to re-grade your post)
3. Check your Current Event score.  Did you receive a 10/10.  If not, open up your Current Event & determine what you are missing.  Now, explain to me what you omitted & how you will ensure you receive full points on the next current event.
4. Overall, how do you feel you are doing in Emerging Technology class.  Is the class hard? easy? 
5. What have you learned so far this semester that you did not know prior to class?

All of my assignments are turned in. I am receiving all 5's on my blog posts. I received a 5/5 on my current event. I feel like I am doing well in emerging technology. I think it is a pretty easy class as long as you keep up with the work that is given, which is not that much. This semester I learned what social bookmarking was and how people use it. 

Part 2: Now, if you could make your own report card, what imaginary subjects would earn you an "A"?  In what subjects would you not do so well....

• Using Canva.com, create a free account & find a design to use for your report card 
• Come up with 5-7 items (or more) in which you will be graded on
• Post your completed report card graphic on your blog when you are finished!

2/10/17 current event

current event 

2/9/17 Kids these Days

Kids these days are always on their cell phone. I can not find one kid that doesn't have a cell phone in their hand, up to their ear, or in the pocket. Kids also are always inside, they never go outside to appreciate the outdoors and the fresh air. They also listen to weird music, people just talk and play music in the background and they are automatically a famous singer. Kids also don't have a clue how to talk to people, especially adults. I can't have a normal conversation with a kid unless I text them because they don't know how to talk to people in person without hiding behind their cell phone. I've also noticed that kids eat a lot of junk food, they don't try hard to eat healthy, kids are always at fast food restaurants of eating microwaved food.

2/6 Collaborating Remotely Reflection

Reflect on your experience completing this partner project.  Was it hard to work with your partner without talking?  Can you imagine conducting business in this way on a regular basis?  What did you learn from this experience?

I thought this project was very easy to do. Working with my partner was easy to do, with all the kinds of technology that we can use communicating with them was very simple and easy to do. I can see doing this on a regular basis for a job but I think it would start to get boring because you never really come into contact with people you're always behind and screen, which could get very boring. I learned that technology offers many different ways to communicate with people therefore making it very easy.




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2/2/17

In this picture I was going on a walk with my dog and it was fun because I didn't put her on a leash and just let her walk wherever she wanted and it was really nice outside.

This picture was from the summer and I was at the pool with my friends and I was just really happy because it was summer and I didn't have to stress about anything.

This is a picture of my sister cheering for her middle school and that was early in the school year so I didn't have a lot of homework and it was still warm outside and it was fun to watch her cheer for the football team.