~The Summer Learning Journey~

Last week we joined a summer blog competition, there are 2 starter activates that we can try out (registrations are open) 

The media I used to make the art: Click here!

I dont know if I will actually be posting over the summer (because I'm lazy) but that doesnt mean you shouldnt! 

I decided to use this painting because the others were either really hard or for some reason lagged when I tried painting it.

I chose these colours because they go in order from red to green, like a rainbow!

The bottom one is the original, the top one is the one I made :)

 

-School Advertisement-

 Last week, we got put into random groups. (I was with Harle and Deacon) The first we had to do is pick what our advertisement was about. Then we had to make a script and make the photos more brighter (I didn't get to that). After we had to upload the picture and videos we have, read out our script and narrate it. My group couldn't come up with a script so we are behind but im sure I can finish it later :)

We filmed it all on Wevideo (this is my second time using it). 

Our group didnt get any videos/clips so we used the ones Mr fourie got, I would like advice on how to change clips smoothly and how to make a 30 second video more cooler and fun.

Fake Or Real?

 Today we made DLOs (Digital Learning Objects) to prove to everyone, everythings not real.

I made a rainbow among us character, I took a screenshot of 1 among us character, imported it into remove.bg, downloaded it then pasted that 1 photo multiple times into a google drawing. Then cropped 6 photo all differently. Coloured them all different colours, lined them up with each other so it would look like 1 whole among us character, put a pet on top of its head and put a imposter background behind it.

Making this made me realise people could fake almost anything using any media. From this day on I am going to start look at pictures and things I think are fake very closely! (you should too) It wasnt easy making my DLO but I think it looked awesome in the end! If you looked at my fake media would you think its real and would you fall for it? (probably not.) 

⭐ - Twilight Gala - ⭐

Are you going to the Mangapapa Twilight Gala? Because you definitely should!

Last week we were making posters to promote our school gala.

We were using Pictochart to create our poster. If you want to make a poster click here

The easiest thing was getting use to this new media and how to use it.

The hardest thing was finding out where to import a png image (for the flowers)

I enjoyed using a new media and making a poster about our school gala!

Next time I would add more thing into my poster and make it look cooler and not so basic.

What is media?

          Have you ever thought about how much media you have consumed in the past 24 hours? 

Last week we were learning about media and the types of media.

Our challenge was to add all the medias we consumed in the past day, I didnt add everything but I added most of them. It was hard to find all the pictures in a time limit (we had to quickly finish it off last minute)

I still tried my hardest with the time we had! 

Have you consumed any media I have, if so how much?

 

🔮⚡My WeVideo magic show! ⚡🔮

Do you believe in magic?

Last week we were given a wero/challenge to make a 30 second WeVideo (for the first time) and show our definition of magic. It took me almost an hour to come up with an video idea, the only thing I could think of was transition. I used to do transitions a lot so I thought it would be a perfect video idea. I tried my hardest and my results weren't to bad.

How does your video show magic?

I think my video shows magic because it has my friends appear and reappear, shows my hoodie on and off and my hair in and out. It also shows other stuff like a lego box appearing on my hand. 

What are the video skills I am learning at the moment?

• To import words (like the start)
• To import audios.
• To import multiple videos.
• To cut the clips to the size I want.
• To make the words on the screen change size from little to big.

Do you have tips for other learners?

• I recommend adding audio, makes your video a lot more funner.
• Add words from google drawings as it gives a good effect.
• Don't waste all your time thinking of a video idea. (like me)
• Add as much cool features you can, the more cool features that more better.
• Try and add different clips in different places

I would like feedback on how I could make my video better and what I should improve next time I use Wevideo. My next step is to start using the transitions in WeVideo and use more clips. 

My scratch game! ~ Caring for your device

Last week we were given 3 choices to choose from, and make a scratch game about it. I chose caring about devices but I didn't get very far because this was my second post on scratch but I tried my hardest to use the knowledge that I have already have on scratch.

my next step is to finish the game, I only have 9 pieces of code so far so thats number 1 on my to do list. I would like to learn lots more new tricks to use while on scratch to make my games more unique. Im still learning how sprites work and how to add multiple in one screen so I would love to learn more about that.

Next time I wouldn't talk to my friends so much so I can actually get some work done, I'm not to sure what we will be learning about next thursday but i'm hoping its another scratch game so I can try use my new scratch tips. (if I remember them)