Creating Animations and Videos : Topic 6

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I chose to use Dvolver because it looked like it was something that was really simple and easy to use but also looked good as well. It was extremely easy to use and it's very easy to understand. Most anyone could use this site if they wanted too. If you plan an making a short clip using Dvolver then I recommend playing around with all your options and not writing a lot of stuff because it doesn't give much time for you to read and some people may not finish. I could use this if I wanted to get a point across fast on a presentation or speech in class.

Creating Your Own Images: Topic 5

1.

 I made this using Image Chef

2.

I made this using Big Huge Labs

3. These sites are great if you wanted to mess around with photos of you or your friends and you could put them on Facebook or Instagram as well. For school purposes you could use these sites to add a different dynamic to any pictures you use in a project and they could help make it look a lot better.

Photos, Images and Giving Credit: Topic 4

1. Why can't you copyright an idea?
Because the chances are, you were not the first person to have that idea and many stories follow the same idea but are entirely different.

2. How long does a copyright last?
Typically, under most circumstances, a copy right lasts for 70 years.


What is Creative Common licence and why is it important to us?

Creative Commons licenses help creators retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of their work, at least non-commercially. and it is important because it ensures licencors get the credit for their work they deserve.


Pictures:

1. I chose this picture of a question mark because Jonas, the main character, always asks question. I thought a question mark was appropriate to describe him.

Reynolds, Leo. "Question Mark." Flickr. Yahoo, 8 May 2014. Web. 17 Oct. 2104.  <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/14086297907/in/ photolist-uUA4G-93aPCq-ms42JJ-mtSxtz-7iyNYi-5Eijir-bP1BNF-ePtQit-mtUqUs-mtSwnB-5J E9tz-5gffTM-cQTdUj-aYFfb-67EwNQ-oqa96H-2sybx3-9UZjKr-2sxRNC-nsKXBi-hUhUHP-5fNwZF- eaJG5f-9Y7nrv-dxAMtQ-6wTMJ8-P4H72-74NAs5-aCtQ5A-9grzfE-bqqGr7-frG4RE-2Lf4Ha-bn327 A-7QtzER-aZnpux-7HFZFp-9Mu3Cr-8PfD3D-8PiJ7E-8PfD5k-8PiJ9A-csDxEY-csDyE5-axSgY6-of T83d-ofTJ3x-ox6Dig-oxnGDX-ofTEF2/>

2. I chose this picture of eyes because these are the things that really set Jonas apart from his peers. His unusual eyes, his ability to see things change in a way that he cannot explain.

Chispita_666. "Look into My Eyes and Tell Me What You See." Flickr. Yahoo, 26 Jan. 2007. Web. 20 Oct. 2014.  Jan. 2007. Web. 20 Oct. 2014. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/gusilu/ 2798744891/in/ photolist-5gjimg-RRSg2-4RD7yB-b6a8pB-7baLyL-fG43wa-pH81z-5yGEm1-7uQiaV-7931w5-b69 VpV-ftDwK-9vd9Zv-nApZo8-67Ad4o-6gyfcB-61E7Bj-oxTDub-6z8J6E-96EnLg-7ia7Cj-e3kaZE-7 GMn1L-8ydVRs-585zRR-8es2rr-hCCiC3-2bfY1U-4H8JKp-GEy6U-5tnwo6-4SNvB2-nyWYcS-9McYpk -eW1LLU-5hnUgs-h4zzcy-3rk9yk-qVzCc-5iq1v-8wUzMN-7d79LQ-a6X8qH-9H2C9o-owRfxW-ebBuC R-4Fu8Tc-4FCgb-7qEYGF-ni2m5e>

3. I those this image of "thought" because Jonas is always thinking and has an ability that no other person has and i feel like this picture describes him really well.

Giannicchi, John. "Thought Pattern." Britannica. ImageQuest, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2014. 

<http://quest.eb.com/#/search/thought/1/139_1890086/ Thought-Pattern>

Book Characters: Topic 3

Blogging can enhance learning in high schools because kids could share there ideas and finished works with all other classmates and teachers more efficiently and another thing is you can use blogs to make discussion boards for a subject. Another use for blogs is to challenge the author with questions which can not only get them thinking but anyone who reads the question.

Two characters that are in my book is Jonas and Asher. They are both boys how are friends in their mid teens (around 14 maybe) and it hasn't described what they look like yet but I see Jonas as a taller person with brown hair and is skinny but not too skinny and I see Asher as a shorter boy with black hair and just a little more mature than Jonas. Jonas has a very calm yet quizzical attitude where as Jonas has a very lackadaisical, "I'll do it later", kind of attitude. So far they don't have any problems because it is still very early in the book but in the future they seem very likely to run into many challenges throughout the entire book. If i saw these guy in real life I feel that we could get along with them very well and become friends with them pretty quickly.

The book (so far) takes place in a suburb like setting with a lot of families and people within the town. It takes place in present day but the people living in this world have rules that they need to follow. There is a part where Jonas is riding his bike to school but they have warnings over the speakers around the town and it said "you have to get into the nearest building" and in Jonas's case that was a house. That scene is what made me think that the book took place in the suburbs because he has been riding his bike through neighborhoods to get to school and it has that kind of feel.

Avatars: Topic 2

To make my avatar I used DoppelMe

In DoppelMe it is very simple to make an avatar. All I did was click create and it brought me to a bunch of different options for face, skin, hair, etc. and you click on what you want your avatar to look like and I made mine look similar to how I look in real life. I chose to make mine similar to how i look in real life because I want people to get a sense of what i look like but without actually seeing my face

Wimp Yourself is another cool avatar creator, you cant really customize it but there are a lot of options to click through.