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Before and afters of pictures I took!

Some pictures I thought were cool:

What went well?
Our group worked really well together. We all did our share and kept our word during this project. There were no moments during the process where one person was holding the group up because of incomplete work. We all did research outside of class and we all produced quality work that resulted in a great poster.

What did not?
Honestly, I can not think of anything that did not go well. Although I ended up doing the actual construction of the poster visually, we all contributed and I did not mind to put in a little extra work out of class. We got our stuff done on time and did not have any issues.

What would you do differently next time?
Next time, I would spend more time trying to get the sizing of the text and pictures right. It was really difficult to visualize when putting together. Usually, an 8.5x11 piece of paper is simple to see printed because it is generally the size of our computer screen. When working with something feet long, it was much harder to actually think about how large each word would be. Next time, I would spend more time thinking about this so that it prints perfectly.

10 infographic tips
I think our group was very good at being concise; we spent a long time making sure our information was clear, to the point, and supported one idea the whole way through. As well as visual; we spent a long time making our chart visually appealing and using primary sources to make it further visual. We were different because we used a layout of a reactor and stars indicating faulty areas to represent what happened in the meltdown as well as using newspaper articles and comics from the time to help display the overall point. We were accurate by using all accurate information and using a layout of a reactor that has all to scale parts. This helped demonstrate how little or big each fault was to the machine. We were varied because we used a picture of the reactor as our background and used pictures and bubble to make it look interesting.
We could have worked harder at being 'smarter,' attractive, and creative because we used a lot of text in our infographic that could have been demonstrated in other ways. We also could have worked more at being transparent. Although we had many primary sources and took down all cites used, in the end we did not include this to our infographic because of lack of time to make proper citations.

What went well?

Our group was really easy to work with. Everyone was ready to take on the task. Everyone carried there weight.

What didn't go well?

​We had to start the project over because we didn't have the requirements for the infographic. I mean all the information I found is useful, but the we had to focus more on the government aspect and the aftermath. 

What would you do differently next time?

I would reread what the assignment again. My group went off track with what the Ms. Laufenburg asked of us. I would be more visual because I don't think we followed the directions still even though we started. 

Reflection:
a. During our project, we found an amazing site: Love Canal Database. In it, there were fantastic pictures. The majority of the pictures on our inforgraphic were from that site. We also learned a lot about this disaster and we were able to explain it extremely well.
b. The issue we had as a group was explaining the disaster in only pictures, it was challenging to organize an aesthetically pleasing poster while still completing all the components.
c. Next time, I'd take more time to organize the poster to explain the who, what, where, when and how with pictures.
d.
Be Concise- We used a lot of pictures to explain the background.
Be Visual- We used a lot of pictures, but we also used words.
Be Smarter- We were smarter considering that we were the ones that knew about he topic and were showing it to other people who'd never heard of it.
Be Transparent-Since I don't know what this means, we probably weren't.
Be Different-We weren't that different.
Be Accurate- We were accurate.
Be Attractive-It could have been more orderly.
Be Varied- We only used pictures. The only variety is the graphic demonstration Thea made.
Be Gracious- We treated this topic with respect and didn't present it as a joke.
Be Creative- We could have been more creative.

Sometimes, it's hard to consider all of these and still tell the story well enough. It's challenging finding the perfect pictures and the perfect spot for those pictures.

During this project, we researched the happenings and government’s response to the Tennessee Coal Ash Spill. What went well in our group’s project was our ability to work together with one another despite some group members being absent, our ability to convey the understanding of the project in one simple sheet and in terms that were relatively easy to understand and were relatable.

While we wanted to have some more graphic-oriented information about the spill, we did not want to copy the New York Times’ infographic about the spill. As a result, the scientific explanations were explained in words rather than visually.

In the future, I would be sure that the project had more concrete data that could be visually represented on the chart. For example, a better way of explaining the amount of sludge could have been to list dots for a certain amount of sludge, followed by boxing some areas with the respective sizes of buildings. 

Overall, I feel as though our group did well in the areas of being concise, transparent, accurate, attractive, gracious, and creative. The areas that could’ve been improved include being visual, different, and varied. These were the harder tips to incorporate due to the fact that very little numerical data (for the effects of the spill) were able to be found. In addition, since our team did not have access to many graphics-making software (such as OmniGraffle), we were not able to produce a graphic that was as visually appealing as we had originally planned.

A. Respuestas Breves

1)    ¿Qué pasa con Gómez?

2)    ¿Quién es Rachel?

3)    ¿Está interesado Martín en Hortensia?

4)    ¿Cocina bien Carmen?

5)    ¿Donde decide trabajar Carmen?

6)    ¿Qué noticias (news) tiene Yolanda?

7)    ¿Te gustó la película? ¿Por que sí? o ¿Por qué no?

B. Cierto o Falso

1)    Maribel y Andy se casan (get married).

2)    Carmen se va a Barcelona.

3)    Martin vende (sells) la casa para iniciar una nueva vida.

So I was at my house just relaxing and all of a sudden my internet goes out. I think its fine and then if i restart my router it'll work but i look at the wifi symbol and I isn't even on. Turns out my airport card crashed and I have to wait until monday to get it done. This is ridiculious. It is going to be extremely hard to work now period wih the 5 foot ethernet cable that I have. *sigh*

A. Respuestas Breves

1)    ¿Quién le escribe poemas a Leticia? (adivina quién es – guess who it is)

2)    ¿Dónde quiere vivir Carmen?

3)    ¿De dónde es Andy?

4)    ¿Está interesada Leticia en Orlando (el entrenedor de beísbol)?

B. Cierto o Falso

1)    A Martín le gusta correr.

2)    Orlando le escribió los poemas a Leticia.

Good begining, bad ending smh. I never do anything right :/

Sculpture:


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Copied Artwork from an Artist:
I copied a work from Mark Rothko 

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Bike Drawings

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Negative Space:


Shadow: 


Artists Statement: 

I think that this marking period was fun and challenging as far as the work we were assigned. The first two projects, which were the sculpture and the pictures, were the most fun and easy for me. For the sculpture I made beads out of paper and threaded them to make a necklace. I was inspired to do this by a project that I did in BuildOn were we made the same beads. I think its a good project because it is eco friendly, you are reusing the paper. The pictures that I used where taken when I was in the Dominican Republic. I think that the originals were cool but the editing added a different touch to them. The bicycle drawings were the hardest for me. They werent as free form as the others. At first I never thought I would be able to complete the bicycles because they seemed very taunting. I am proud that I was able to draw them and hope I continue to improve on my still life drawings. 

...The gate way to imagination...starts with one line...

i think that i just take up for myself and people arnt used to that .
plus with my vulgar mouth , it adds on .
o well , i know my heart.

Lamaya & Ashley

Presentation format: iweb + Spoken Word

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11766227/Mexican-American%20War/Mexican-American_War/War_Section.html

​"So yeah I am going there tomorrow and hopefully getting a application"
"...Your able to work?"
"Uh yea"
"Don't you have to be like a adult?"
"This places youngest age requirement is 16 and I am 18 remember? "
"Oh....yeah"

By far, I liked working with the sculpture this quarter. It showed me that I can make something with my hands that surprised and impressed people. Everyone thought it was glass when they looked at it the first time, when it was actually was melted plastic. When I started it I didn't know how it would go, but that's why I enjoyed it because of its unpredictability. 

Next, I took photos of the rose sculpture that I did. I was able to use a better camera and that really enhanced them. After that I edited them using photoshop and iPhoto. I thought they came out really cool.

The bikes were particularly hard. The line drawing came out well and I was happy with the details I included. The negative space was cool to do because I have never done anything like it before. I didn't get to the shading drawing for lack of time. 

I was able to finish my collection of pieces imitating Roy Lichtenstein. This one was much better, I was neater with the grid and the dots came out a lot better. 

Sculpture + Edited Photos

Famous Artist
"Oh Jeff....I Love You Too...But..."

Line Bike

Negative Space Bike 

Dear Alinafe and Sunganani,

I would like to thank you for the letter you sent to me and I am very proud because it shows that you still remembering me.

I hope everything is alright and according to myself am okay.  My friends are greeting you and these are William, Mavuto and Kondwani and also don't forget your friend who entertainment you such as Alda White, Magret Nkoma and those you know you. 

Finally I would also thank you once again for the love you showed to me. Please you have to still me message and I will also feed back to you. I wish I want to see you again but I can not manage to see you again but my dreams are always there. I have more words to say but I will you when I meet you and I am requesting you if it can be possible to come again.

I wish you all the best and may god bless you. I say good bye but not forever. I know that one day we shall meet again. Thank you very much.

Yours Abel

I took a 2 hour nap outside by a lake today. It was absolutely fabulous. The sun was hitting me and right as I started to become a little too warm a nice breeze would blow by. Mother earth loves me

Maybe Lehmann can create a school in Oklahoma or Chase can work on improving policy in rural US. Somebody needs to shed some light on the way education should look. This is not acceptable.

Online How-to Sculpture

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