Week 13- Final Blog

It has been a great year. I am proud to say that we have succeeded doing our 20% project. Our project was to inspire people by taking pictures using a macro lens. From the past weeks, we really tried our best to take as much pictures as we possibly can. For my part, I think that I did what I possibly could, because I was always on top of my agenda. When my group partners were lacking, I was the one who did it for them. I was the one who lead my group. Last week, my groups and I presented. The night before, my group and I gathered together in Google Docs to make our script for our presentation. We did this because we wanted to be organized. I believe that we did good on our presentation, because my classmates cheered on us and my teacher told us that we did a good job. We made people laugh with our videos, and I hope I inspire my classmates with my penny speech. However, it saddens me that some of the groups chose to not do anything at all. There were some presentations that I enjoyed: Who's better? Guys or Girls, and the Letters To Our Troops. Looking back, I believe that our 20% project was a success. In the future, I would still want to continue this project. I want to continue inspiring people, and I want the whole world to know me through my pictures.

Week 12- Presentation in progress

This week, we have been working on our presentation. My two partners are working on the presentation, and i am working on the slideshow video. I never thought that making the video was going to be a challenge. Since all our pictures are squares which is made for instagram, i had to find a way to show the pictures in a full view. i dont know how to explain it, but you will see the picture on the bottom. Finally, my teacher told the class our dates for our presentation. Ours is on Friday. I think that's a good date so we have at least one more month to work on it. Moreover, i have to look for a background music for the video. My partner told me that I have to find a music that is emotional. Moreover, I really hope that we will have time to get together and practice for our presentation.

Week 11-Making the presentation

Last week, we have planned our presentation. This week I have been working on our presentation. Also, I have been looking for some apps that could help make make the video we will include in our presentation. Time passed by so fast, I didnt know we are going to present next week! I just hope that we finish making the presentation before it due. I think that we will do great on this presentation. I took this video on a spuder last week and I think that my classmates will like it when we present. My teacher said that we have to practice presenting without looking at the screen. Now that can be a challenge, but I think we will do good on that also. Anyways, I don't know what else to say so I will just ask you to follow our Instagram account and our Vine account @_macroworld. Even though the 20% project is ending soon, I still plan to continue to take and post them on our accounts, especially on Instagram.

Week 10- Plan Plan Plan

Time is running out! Theres is only about three weeks until we present our 20% project. Yesterday May 8, 2014, my partners and I talked about how our presentation is going to be. At first, we were all like, "I don't know." Deciding what we were going to do was tough. So we decided to throw out ideas and read them all off if they were a good one. Our plan is that we are going to make a presentation in Google Docs. We are going to talk about what we did and what we learned. Also, we are going to make a short slideshow to show at the end. Also, we decided to take as many pictures of peoples eyes as we can; I dont know what the point is, but i think it's going to be cool! I believe that we will be successful in this project, because this project is well planned. Hopefully we will present like a boss! 

Week 9- Panning our Presentation

This next few weeks is starting to be a little scary. My teacher said there is only six weeks left. I think that we have to start planning on how are we going to do our presentations. My plan is that we make a video, but we have to talk about what and how we are going to do it. Moreover, My partner went to the mountains and luckily she took 6 pictures; I'm not satisfied but it's OK. It's better that nothing. This week, I have the macro lens, and I will plan to take at least more than 20 pictures to add on our presentation. In the past few days, my group and I were trying our best to post as many pictures as we can. I can say that this is always the hard part because there are time when I run out of pictures, but I still manage to find one in my camera roll. What I also did last week is that I organized my pictures. I made an album called "macro" so that it is easy to look for pictures that I have taken in the past. Below is a picture that one of my partner took when she went to the mountains

Week 8- In Progress

There are 7 weeks left before the day of the presentation. Last week was a stressful week, because one of my partners had the whole spring break to take pictures, however he did not. I have reminded him many times, however it did not work. We have been doing good on our Instagram page @_macroworld. On our Vine account, I cant seem to remember what email I used. I do not think I can still log in to that account, but I am determined to make another account. This time I will record the email and the password I used. Today, one of my partners will camp on the mountains for the rest of the weekend, so I gave her the macro lens.I am counting on her to take a lot of pictures. I am hoping that she would capture small plants, insects, and all the things that nature can offer. This time, we are not doing weekly topic anymore, because we always had a hard time thinking for one. I can say that our lives got easier because we can just post pictures everyday. Below is an Ant. You will be reading 10 facts that you probably did not know about ants. Ants are as old as the dinosaurs. Ants have already survived a mass extinction event. Ants have conquered almost the entire globe. One group of ants conquered six continents. The total ant population makes our 7 billion look weak. Ants have a hive mind. In some regions of the world, ants can account for over a quarter of the animal biomass. Ants cooperate with other species. Last but not least, ants practice slavery.

 

Week 7- In Progress

Last week, my group and I talked about our plans until the day of the presentation. So far we have been doing great! The only problem is that we only have one macro lens. So every week, one person is only able to take pictures, while the two people are at least working on editing the pictures that they have taken before. Luckily, I had the macro lens. I took so many pictures, but I deleted most of them because they were not perfect. Also, I edited the pictures that I have taken and you will see one of the pictures below. Below is a cockroach laying an egg. Female cockroaches produce egg cases, known as oothecae. Oothecae contain many eggs and are enveloped by a protein substance that gradually hardens into a strong, protective casing. Some cockroach species drop the egg case, while other species carry it until the eggs are ready to hatch. Below is an American Cockroach. The American cockroach’s ootheca is dark brown in color and averages 8 mm in length. One female may create six to 90 oothecae in her lifetime. The female American cockroach carries the ootheca for a few hours to a few days, at which point she deposits the egg case in a safe, hidden location. The American cockroach ootheca contains approximately 15 embryos and remains in place through the use of the female’s saliva. Immature cockroaches will emerge from the ootheca within 24 to 38 days.