Esta Vida Latina
Estudiantes en el grupo:
William Marsh
Martha Robles
Emma Hersh
AQUI
When starting this project I didn’t have a set idea on what I wanted to do. I never had a solid idea on how I wanted to make a project out of recycled material. At first I thought, wow a project made of recycled material this is a good idea. But I didn’t want to add none recycled material to it, I wanted to be made out of all recycled material. After thinking about a few ideas and sketching some ideas out I started coming up with some projects. I didn’t want the projects of projects just to do. I wanted them to be connected to me or relate to me somehow. What I had decided to do was paint over used cardboard boxes and cut and past letters and words from recycled magazines. After cutting out the letters and words I planned on making a poem about our environment and how recycling is a good idea. At first I didn’t have a poem on how to write it so I found a recycling poem that a 4th grader had made, cited it and used it as part of my project. The world’s greatest artwork wasn’t finished in a day, and neither was mine. But I plan to finish the poem idea and place it on the school wall so that every one can see it.
Another idea I had was similar to the artist we saw at the exhibit. Her name was Aurora Robson. She took her nightmares and made them into her own creations. She took plastic caps, bottles, and string. She cut them and made them look like jellyfish and flowers hanging from the ceiling. My idea was to make the bottle caps and bottles into a collected of flowers. In my head I thought of paining them a light color so the glossy effect from the bottle still showed. I just started this project a few weeks ago and it’s taking me some time to do this project. I hope to also complete this project for the second quarter benchmark as well.
These projects that we are doing is tying into a quote that we are all probably know. Someone else’s trash is another person treasure. The students of advanced art took this quote into consideration without even realizing it. We’re helping our community and giving the thrash/ recycled material a voice. A voice that hopefully will be heard.
The
idea behind this piece of art is the idea of life coming from the strangest of
places; this specific example being technology. It is meant to symbolize that I’ve noticed that even though
some people think that technology can bring about the demise & downfall of
society, it can also bring us life in various ways.
I
collected materials that I felt could represent technology: an extension cord,
dvds & cds, a mother board, a cd stand, glue, & wire. I glued each cd & dvd, stacking
them onto the cd stand. Then I cut
the extension cord, glued it to the cd stand, & wrapped it with the wire
tightly to make it stand up straight. I then glued the motherboard to the top,
to make the sculpture look like a flower in a pot.
The project was of importance to me, and using the recycled pieces of technology really made the project good for the environment. It also made sure I showed that life really can come out of the weirdest part of the world. This project showed me that simple things and simple people can make a difference in the world.
Name of Bill: Respect of Marriage Act
This is an interview between a man named Tom and a Bill. (:
The bill was introduced on September 15, 2009.
The process was stopped on October 19, 2009.
Bibliography
http://www.hrc.org/issues/13530.htm
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.03567:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3567
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3567/text
Sophia Henninger
Nick Manton
Tenzin Ngawang
The purpose of this project was to teach Noah some Spanish basics so he could survive on his travels in Spanish speaking countries. We had to incorporate some things we had learned like past and present tense verbs.
Though we did not break up the video in sections such as, "Past Tense Verbs", "Present Tense", "Greetings", etc. If you follow along it is easy to understand the conversation.
We used a interview format because this might actually be a situation he enters in another country. Interviews are also places where you are judged on the way you speak. We found that using a plausible example could improve the quality of the video
After watching our tutorial, you will be able to...Desireé Mack
Senior Art
This first quarter my senior art class we talked about recycling objects to make artwork. Looking at discarded things and seeing the beauty in them. I am inspired by nature and the changes that it goes through so I decided to create a piece with that in mind. Walking through the streets of Philadelphia trudging through the leaves I got my idea. The leaves sprout and are beautiful and through the year so many changes happen to them and then they fall from trees and die. At this point in my life I am going through so many changes, not all of them bring me happiness. With this piece of work I wanted to show that there is beauty in change even though you may not see it at first.
For this piece I gathered leaves from outside and sewed them together and with a needle and thread. At first I was going to create a blanket, then a bag but the leaves started to form a shape of their own so listened to what they wanted to be shaped into and made it so. The most important part of creating this piece was remembering to be delicate with the materials because they could crumble at any moment, just like the decisions we make in life.
A lot of artists say the best work is of a tortured artist. To me that means when you go through things in life that are not exactly the highlight of your life use it as inspiration to create something beautiful that allows you to release some of the stress and emotion you are feeling. That is what my work will start show in the future.
Title: Basic Knowledge of the Spanish Language
The purpose of this project is to teach those who are new to Spanish, some basic questions and how to conjugate verbs. To properly complete the original goals of our project, we first created our script to get an idea of the exact things that we were going to say. Then we revised and corrected all of our grammatical errors and perfect the script. From there we rehearsed and preformed the lines from our script. In our final product, we realized that we were most proud of our dedication and good use of class time, also the way that we stayed on task and completed all of our goals that we had set for ourselves.
Questions for Noah:
How has your Spanish progressed since you moved there?
Were our videos of any help to you?
What do you most understand or what was the easiest thing you have learned thus far?
Timothy Ubuntu came from a family of computer programmers, and it’s fair to say that he has loved computers since birth. On his 4th birthday he asked for his computer to be able to run emacs so he would be able to program like his dad. You see, his dad was a website developer and computer programmer, but his mom didn’t do anything that fancy; she repaired computers. However, she was damn good at repairing and you would never be able to see someone defrag a hard drive that fast. Back to Timothy, his family wasn’t exactly the wealthiest so they had dial up and every time they would get online to do something or show Timmy the beauty of the internet the series of high and low beeps of AOL ate away at him. When he was finally on it for the first time he was amazed at what he could see, what he could do, what he could have, and especially what he could give.
He loved music and games but didn’t have money to buy them so he would play online games. Free cheap ones because he couldn’t find the games he wanted online. Timmy eventually was overwhelmed by the lack of interesting games on the internet after he thought so highly of it and starting bawling.
“Why? Why can’t I find anything fun? I thought it was all supposed to be here?” Timmy cried. Shortly afterwards Timmy’s father walks into the room and says
“Timmy Why are you crying?”
“Because I can’t find anything online. I can’t find games or music and I hate it”
“Well son it pains me to see you like this so I will teach you the ways I get everything”.
From that moment on Timmy put all his effort into researching one man who his dad told him about, Sean Parker, the man who founded napster and broke the record companies.
Sean Parker showed that you will never be able to stop the free flow of information while there are people out there will to do the same things he did and napster allowed to upload and download music for free. He was sued for creating it and charged hundreds of thousands of dollars but that didn’t scare Timmy so he looked up ways to download programs where we wouldn’t get caught. He asked his-self what would the safest way be to get music and games, and that’s when his dad told him about torrent files. It is one of the biggest peer to peer sharing types imaginable and he noticed his dad already had a program called bittorrent on their computer and just like that he began. He started downloading torrent files and running them and the speed at which we would get files put him and shock.
“Its really free” Timmy asked.
“Yes Timmy it is free and it’s there”.
The only problem with this is that if the country cracks down they can still get your IP address and sue you like they did Sean Parker. They already sued one lady for uploading music to websites and was fined 220,000 dollars. Inconvenient as it may be, that day, December 4th is when the Prop-IP act was first introduced to congress. The Prop-IP act was to increase the penalties for trademark and copyright infringement. Timmy and his dad knew that if it got passed they could be made examples of and forced to be gross sums of money. Sadly in the next 5 months it would only get worse. It had traveled through the house and the senate so quickly and had an astonishing voter turnout. It got passed 410 to 11. 5 months after that it was passed, and on 10/13/2008 George Bush signed the bill and it was passed. Interestingly enough people who torrented files have not been caught and everyday Timmy wonders about how effective the bill was and will download more files for old times sake.
11/7/10
Kimberly
Yarnall
D Band
American
Government
Life for people with disabilities isn't
easy. They are stuck in a world with "normal" people.
"Normal" being defined as: people who aren't stuck to the confines of
a wheel chair, being able to care for them selves, and not being looked at
differently. Although people suffering from disabilities aren’t always looked
at differently then people without disabilities, it still happens. In 1990 was
when the Americans with Disabilities ACT passed. This made life for people with
disabilities a great deal easier because it opened up a lot of opportunities
for them. People with disabilities have a difficult time getting around if they
have problems with their legs or lower body. This could result to them in a
wheelchair. Other types of disabilities could make it hard to care for them
selves. Being someone with a disability makes it difficult for everyday living.
The
Americans with Disabilities ACT allows the people of America suffering a type
of disability the right to employment, state and local government programs and
services, and means of transportation. This makes life for someone with a
disability less complicated. People with disabilities don't want to be looked
at differently because they struggle more than others. There is a story about a
man who’s name was changed due to privacy, who was diagnosed with neurological
condition that is chronic, but controllable. All throughout his life he had
symptoms, but only became open about them later on in life. "Disability is
seen as a private matter, a personal problem that a disabled individual
struggles to negotiate in a world of 'normal' people, rather than a social or
political issue." This shows that some people feel like they have to hide
their disability so they aren't ridiculed by others. It isn't fair, and affects
the way they choose to live. This Act has made it so the people in America who
suffer with disorders and need the help from others are free to express
themselves.
Robert
Durgdorf drafted the first version if the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990. There was then numerous people that helped with the passing of the ADA.
Making a bill or a law takes a lot of time, and isn't easy. Their is various
people involved in the process and it can take awhile. I think that this Act is
so important because it is a serious matter. I'd like to know that if someone I
know, or if I ever suffer from a disability that there will be understanding
from others and ways to help me or someone else. This Act means that the people
with disabilities will be employed. They will have ways of transportation. If
they need the help of others, they'll receive it. It just gives people the
reassurance that it’ll be okay. This Act has had a positive influence on
America because it shows equality. It is equality between the people who move
around the streets without issues, and the people who need a little help.
Bibliography:
1. "Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act." US EEOC Home Page. 9 Sept. 2008. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html>.
2. Bruce, Drake. "The American Disabilities Act, and a Fall That Opened My Eyes." Politics News, Elections Coverage, Political Analysis and Opinion. Aug. 2010. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/08/01/the-american-disabilities-act-and-a-fall-that-opened-my-eyes/>.
3. "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,AS AMENDED with ADA Amendments Act of 2008." ADA Home Page - Ada.gov - Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. 15 June 2009. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm#12102>.
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