November/December Reflection

My favorite project we did in November was Scratch. The projects we did required creativity and problem solving. Creativity was used when creating our interactive project to make it look interesting and have a fun concept. Getting the concept of the interactive projects to work was the problem solving because of having to combine actions and find similar actions to use when there wasn't the exact movement that was wanted.
I learned how to make an interactive game like thing with noise and all from this project. I am most I am most proud of my project's simpleness but interesting concept. I am happy with my work but wish I could've done more on my game if I could've thought of more.

October Reflection

My favorite assignment in October was Animoto. It used creativity when we had an emotion we had to portray with just images. Also it used technology operations and concepts since often we had to find images for our projects off the internet. When organizing the images and picking music, decision making is used so that it works together.
I learned how to work with Animoto and how to make a video run well. I am most proud of my emotions video. I am happy with most my work though some of it doesn't seem all that great.

Link to my Animoto

August/September Reflection

My favorite unit from August and September was working with Google SketchUp. It used creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making. Creativity and decision making were used when we had to decide on what to make for our own project and how it was going to look. Critical thinking and problem solving were used when we went to build the structure and when tools did not allow it to be built the way we intended. All of these were used as the structures came together and were added on to.
While working in this unit , I learned how to create things and add detail to things in Google SketchUp. I am most proud of the detail I got into a lot of projects I did. I am happy with most of my work but some did not come out how I would've liked.

Definitions of ELs

Creativity- being able to make something new, better, or interesting




Collaboration- working together with others to succeed at a shared goal

Group Presentation on Google Docs

Information Fluency- being able to understand information and computers and having critical thinking skills
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Critical Thinking- a thinking skill that allows the solving of unclear problems

Spanish Tour

Decision Making- coming to a conclusion on a choice or judgment




Digital Citizenship- the rules and behavior used with technology


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Technology Operations and Concepts- anything to do with technology that you

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