Academic career

My academic career started here in the American School since I was like 6 years old. Soon, I was taught how to use technology as a helping tool for school. Throught the years things got more complicated in terms of the usage of new programs but at the same time they serve as tools. Technology has been part of many of us since we were little. I had Mr. Davis for 2 years and he taught me how to use programs like Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

When I left the American School for 3 years, I had to use a laptop in my new school instead of books and notebooks. This was great in some ocasions because we get to use the computer not only as a search engine for school work and homework, but also as an organization tool which helped sometimes. Using technology had its pro's and con's but overall it was a good idea because sometime in the future Im pretty sure things would be more like that.

I remember having a project with Mr. Davis about creating a web pages that took weeks and weeks. He was teaching us the basics of Notepad but the majority of us weren't that good at building them. I think I might remember that project because I was not good at it. Teachers should integrate technology in their daily presentations because it gets the students attention and I think we were remember it easily.

Roto Ball Animation Projection

The Roto Ball Project was finally done and it turned out it wasn't that difficult as other animation projects we did in the past. I honestly thought this was going to be much harder than the first animation we handed in. The creation of the video was the fun part because we get to pick an action for 15 seconds and trace ourselves with Flash Media. The part i didnt like was the ball tracing because it needed to interact with the trace we did at first. Overall it was Ok and I'm pretty sure next year, the seniors will also enjoy this project.

Flash animation

My animation in flash was OK to be the first I did. There are many things I would like to improve in it but I think the final product is good. The flash program is difficult to use at first but once you get into it, things start to get easier. I was really frustatted at first when I saw all the things that we needed to include in the animation, but then it turned out, things werent that tough. The teacher help me alot with the project because I had many doubts.

In general, my final product was Ok because I knew how to insert music in the animation but I wanted to change some things. I would like to learn how to make the effect of something turning around, or an arm throughing a stick. I hope the next project is way easier than the last one because most of us were having trouble understanding flash.

I remember the time when we all gather to celebrate Christmas in Mexico city. It was one of the few times when my entire family got together for a holiday. My parents and my aunts and uncles, spent like an entire day making dinner while my brothers and I went to buy gifts for our cousins. It was nice day so we decided to go to most of the malls in the city to pick a present. My cousins were heading to Ireland and England two days after Christmas so they wanted to spend time with us. My mom and my aunts were placing all the dinner table but they were having a good time remembering things of the past.

I chose this tree because the image is high quality and it's big enough to work with the pictures. I think the tree image is helpful because it has certain elements like the light of the sun and the blue sky that make it cool to work with. The only thing I need to worry now is putting all the pictures in that tree.

Social Media

Social Media has been evolving in time since we first started worring of what happened in the world while we were in other places. People get involve in social media because they are interested in knowing things that happen to friends, family, etc. Users might want to meet you with random intentions so thats way you need to be prepared. Education towards the Internet media has to be in depth because you need know what and how are using in the Internet.

The interesting part of the internet is that you can interact with people,find accurate information and download movies and music. Internet has been the basic form of social media having people read the news in the internet rather than buying the newspaper. I think the fact that social media has been evolving in time is great for all of us who share or interact with others but it has many dangers too. People might wanna meet you in Facebook or other social media blog, and have bad intentions towards you meaning that they might share your information with others. There have been many cases that thanks to these kind of situations, people get kidnap. I am sure most of us wont share a thing with strangers but we just need to be informed.

In conclusion i think the evolution of social media is a great thing for society because although you can fall in the habit of checking your blog accounts instead of practicing some sport, this is definitely a good thing. People can intereact with others and also, mentioning the internet, it is safe to know the dangers and you might want to be well informed to prevent situations that can affect you.

Blogging

Blogging is a way of communicating with others by using posts and comments. I expect to comment on others' blog and write about the content in each blog.
Well, we started creating this blog last class on blogger. We added our personal information and chose a layout for the blog, as well as different characteristics. We all posted our mails on facebook and shared our addresses.