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Nitrogen - Sam

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Art - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 1:29 pm
My Print
My Print

​What is your element? Name and atomic number

Nitrogen, 7

 

Tell the reader about your element, history, function/use and so on.

In 1772, Daniel Rutherford sucked out the Oxygen and Co2 out of the air and examined what was left. It can be used in dyes, fertilizers, and as an explosive. Found in Ammonia, Cyanide, and Phosphazene.

 

How did you get the idea for the imagery you chose?

It’s most commonly a gas, so I drew a gas floating into the air in the shape of the atomic symbol and number. My favorite print was a little under-inked. I liked it because it looked more airy, and the blotches of ink only add to the effect.

 

What process did you go through to make this print?

I drew the design, traced it on to paper, etched the design into foam, rolled ink onto the foam and pressed that onto paper.

 

What would you do differently if you did this print a second time?

I accidentally etched the design forewards instead of backwards the first time and I had to re do it. I would make sure to do it right the first time if I did again.

 

What part of the project did you enjoy the most? Describe the step and what you liked so much about it.

 

Drawing the design. It was the most creative part, thus the most fun.


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Post #3 - The Video is Up - Sam Gualtieri

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in English 1 · Giknis · A Band on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 4:13 am

Hi, I’m Sam Gualtieri. For my first blog post, I discussed the concept of the technological singularity and how realistic it was. In my second blog post, I reviewed the interview I had just done and discussed the more realistic dangers of computer technology and what should be done to prevent them, as well as what the majority of people thought about the subject.


My subject is something that’s only beginning to show itself as a problem in our society. Many parents have started to find problems with how the internet interrupts their children's social interactions. This is true for basically all ages, and is far from the only problem that comes with computer technology, but it’s one of the most popular ones to be protested. However, there’s more to this story. Computers are an incredibly powerful tool, and many worry that one day they may become too smart and be beyond our control. However, as Mr. Kamal pointed out to me in my interview, the problem isn’t software (or other things) being too smart, but too stupid.


It’s a powerful tool, and has no foolproof way to stop itself from getting out of the hands of someone with dangerous intent. For my Agent of Change, I created an informational video and put it on youtube. The best way I can describe it is a Vox-style educational video. The video contains 6 recommended guidelines recommending questions to ask yourself before creating a new technology.  The goal is to share this out as far as possible and maybe make those guidelines mainstream. The questions are:



  1. How much will it cost to create and maintain?

    1. Are the materials too expensive for mass productions?

      1. On that note, would it be smart to use this material environmentally?

  2. Could my product be a danger to the user in any situation?

    1. Electric shock? Exploding? Sentiance?

  3. How could my product be used with negative intent and what can I do to  prevent this?

    1. How powerful is my tool?

    2. Could it be used to hurt people? (physically, online)

  4. How easy should my product be to acquire? (commercial or specific market)

    1. Should people be able to order it online, or should there be legal requirements involved?

  5. Would this product replace human jobs? How many?

    1. While maybe it could be convenient for companies, how many working class people would be let go?

  6. What are the benefits of my product? Does it justify these risks?

    1. What does my product do and how beneficial is it to the world?

    2. Have I found many problems looking through these past problems?

    3. Are they worth risking for the sake of the product?

 

Overall, I’m ok with my video. I hate everything I make, as do many content creators of any creative medium. The timing is weird in places, and it can be very dense, but it also looks really nice. Mr. Kamal had a lot of interesting things to say and it was difficult to try to cut it down. In the end I wish I could have made his part shorter, but there was just so much good stuff. I’m passionate about this subject, yet I learned that I don’t know as much as I thought I did, and compiling all that into a video is hard. There are plenty of things about this video that I wish I did differently. The transitions from The Singularity to general safety with technology isn’t really explained outside of Mr. Kamal sort of changing the subject. I still need to post this link on all my social media and try to get people to share it. Otherwise, I’m done.

 

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Book Club - Sam, Timothy, William, Elijah

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in English 1 · Giknis · A Band on Monday, June 5, 2017 at 10:57 pm
​Timothy Williams

William Flenner

Elijah Afrifa

Sam Gualtieri


Link to video


We made a trailer/documentary thing about Steve Martin's life and his relationship with his father. We split up the script into segments and alternated readers. Elijah was not available to record as he was absent on the last day of work.
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E1U6: Mike, Sam, Siarra, Kennedy

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:07 pm

https://sites.google.com/scienceleadership.org/campamentomike/hogar?authuser=1

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Technological Advancement - Results are in

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in English 1 · Giknis · A Band on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 8:06 pm

In my first Blog post, I did my best to inform you on what my topic was. I discussed the possible dangers in how technology has/will advance, the theories behind these dangers, and a proposal on how to delay/stop it. I looked at opinions from some of the world’s leading minds such as Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk. I looked into the way computers process information and how they could be integrated into technologies such as smart eye contacts. Since that post, I’ve sent out a survey with 41 responses (so far) and conducted an interview with SLA’s own Mr. Kamal. The interview was recorded on video and is planned to be integrated into a longer video in the future.



The Survey showed me a few things. While most people have computer technology heavily integrated into their lives, few of them feel an emotional connection to it. In my responses, I found a few incredibly in depth answers from people I could tell cared a lot about the subject.


Alright, so that last one was an example of something different. The mass amount of people who made jokes. I was not at all discouraged by these gags, though. They helped in showing me the number of people who didn’t take the subject seriously, or care enough to give a serious answer. This is important. Instead of directly asking about how much people cared, I got a more in depth view of how they felt about it. People aren’t worried about robots. “This is silly. This revolutionary walking robot looks like Uncle Jerald at 2 AM. How could that ever be a danger to us?” This argument is one that reflects how humans are built to deal with most of their problems. Neglect them until they’re already in effect. However, I’m not claiming that robots are our biggest problem. In my interview with Mr. Kamal, I asked him if he was concerned about a computer capable of human traits such as emotion, he responded that “the true intelligence and true meaning comes from synthesizing data into meaning, and [computer scientists] are very, very far from that. So I don’t worry about that.” I then asked if he thought it would be possible to safely regulate what’s being created, to which he immediately dismissed “No, technology works best when it’s unencumbered and people can develop it and figure out the great uses for it. And it doesn’t matter even if you try to control it. It’s not going to be controllable anyway, so screw that,” adding that “ethicists, educators and politicians need to be smart about what kind of common-sense limits we put on that and how to help educate people about the healthy use about technology.” The thing that’s more likely to be a problem is the lack of privacy and social communication that come with new computer technologies. My initial plan was to set what would be the equivalent of a “Comics Code” on active computer development companies, but those few sentences essentially dismantled it. All we can really do is be cautious, careful and smart. For my next slate post I’ll have to re-think my overall plan and figure out the best way to make people care.

Survey results
Mr. Kamal Interview
Annotated Bibliography

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Final Stamp Design - Sam Gualtieri

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Art - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on Friday, May 12, 2017 at 1:24 pm
My stamp is a silhouette of Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) With negative space where the brain is. The point of this is not to say that Calvin has no brain, the intention is that I can draw inside of this space to represent imagination. Calvin has a vivid imagination, as shown when he talks to his life size intelligent tiger friend. In a letter from my 7th grade teacher, I was compared to calvin for have a Calvin style of thinking. I have a pretty big imagination. I think of lots of things. I don't think of a lot of actually good things. However, I think of lots of things. I tried doing a compilation of all the things I enjoy, but that proved to be difficult since I couldn't overlap or show detail in anything through negative space. I needed something more simple. I ended up making this. It's important that the brain is in negative so that, as I said before, I can doodle inside of it every time it's stamped or printed. I didn't have a very hard time grasping the concept of negative space since it's pretty just what's there and what isn't there. The space around a person or object is negative. The person or object is positive. I learned that it can be used to incorporate details outside of just what's physically there, such as simple facial features or seams. Overall there weren't too many hurdles to jump, and it was fairly interesting. 
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Negative space reflection - Sam Gualtieri

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Art - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 1:20 pm
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Negative space is the part of a drawing or picture in which there is nothing. If there's a picture of a person's silhouette against a white background, the silhouette would be positive space, because there's something within that space (a person). And the background would be negative space because that part of the image is empty. In the picture I cut out, negative space is used a little more freely. Winged animals don't really have floating inner wings unconnected to an outline of their bodies. In this, negative space is used to represent detail in this image. On one side of the page, the bird is red and the background is purple, on the other  side, those colors switch. The positive space has been made negative and vice versa. It's helpful for artists to understand and see negative space because when using it correctly, they can put focus on the main elements by utilizing the negative space around them. Negative space doesn't enhance drawings but it helps clarify the focus points in messy and complex art.
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Technological Advancement and Our Journey Towards The Singularity - Y&TW - English 9 - Sam Gualtieri

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in English 1 · Giknis · A Band on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 9:49 pm
Singularity Chart - http://bit.ly/1zYQtbW
Singularity Chart - http://bit.ly/1zYQtbW

​Hi I'm Sam Gualtieri, I'm a freshman at Science Leadership academy and my topic for our You and The World Project is Technological advancement and the singularity. Technology is an incredibly powerful tool. It has become part of our lives, and yet most people don't know what's behind their screens.

The graph shown here represents the rate of advancement in computer technology since 1900 in comparison to human brain power. The rate consistently increases as time goes on. This consistency has lead many to expect that at some point in time not long from now, the line on the graph will be vertical. This point is most commonly known as the technological singularity. Many theories have arisen about the singularity on the graph, but the most popular and likely theory is that this is the point when computers will start building more computers, which will most likely not have an optimal outcome for humans. Scientists and engineers like Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk are among these theorists and have all expressed concern about this point in time


Computer technology is already faster and much better at retrieving information than humans are. The only thing preventing that from being a threat is that we command them what to search. But as the way computers process information becomes more and more like that of a human brain, it’s only a matter of time until a chip could be able to become aware of itself. And if that is to happen, it’s motives will be entirely up to it’s choosing. As a human would probably do if they physically could, these computers would likely start improving upon themselves. Faster processing times, faster computers, faster improvement, until robots build even more, even smarter robots in milliseconds. This sounds like pure science fiction, but humankind is alarmingly close to hitting this point. Elon Musk Said in a recent CNN report “AI is much more advanced than people realize, and the pace of progress is much greater that people realize.” He mentioned the dangers of Artificial intelligence “What’s not obvious [to detect] is a huge server bank in a dark vault somewhere with intelligence that’s potentially vastly greater that what a human mind can do.”


However, Artificial intelligence is the ultimate point at the end of a path with multiple dangerous lanes. Much technological improvement is in the name of what’s cool or marketable. Every day a new advancement is made to bring our smartphones closer and closer to us not only in lifestyle, but in physicalness. Places like Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology are working on modifications to access a mini computer through your eye contacts. Let’s cover one thing. That is super neat. And that seems to be the mass consensus amongst smartphone users around the globe. But while microscopic, less silly looking google glass does sound appealing, internet connection that’s attached to your face comes with multiple foreseeable problems. In the age of the internet, most of us know that what we do online is not private. Our search history is tracked by Google. Lot’s of our photos are stored on the cloud or an online drive. Search engines and websites track when and what we do on them. We have a severe lack of privacy online. All this information is being stored online, where a computer could easily reach it. One of the many paths on our journey towards the singularity. In the future of this project, I’m going to be going over future technological advancements, current problematic technologies, and all of their places on the path to the technological singularity. This is something I’ve discussed with my 7th grade English teacher time and time again. I’m fascinated by technological advancement and have been for a long time. Topics that will be covered include lack of privacy, the potential dangers of cellular data radiation, online storage, human workers being replaced with machines, and at the end of the road, Artificial intelligence. If you’re a frequent internet user, all these things affect you or will affect you soon. It's important that you are aware of your place in the world of technology, and how such an integral part of your life could be quite a bit more dangerous than you may have thought.


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Privacy Comic - http://bit.ly/2oXYa35
Privacy Comic - http://bit.ly/2oXYa35
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How printmaking revolutionized art - Sam Gualtieri

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Art - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on Friday, April 21, 2017 at 11:36 am

Printmaking originated in China in 105 AD. It was an efficient way to copy designs to be re-printed. Over the next 1912 years it massively increased in popularity. In the 1400’s Daniel Hopfer popularized the method of relief printing after using it to add designs and textures to armor. During the Han Dynasty, woodblock printing was popularized being used on silk. Printmaking is a unique art form because it has multiple mediums that all come out with products unlike any other art form. Such as using wood engraving, a letterpress, or woodcutting.

Printmaking revolutionized the way we copy artwork and literature as well as designing an entirely new artistic look. The image I've included was once being sold at https://www.etsy.com/listing/241668864/ but is no longer available. I'm a fan of this piece because I noticed way it depicts the light in the sky and how it hit's the building. I'm also a fan because it references a television show called Futurama which I am a fan of.
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Sam Gualtieri E1 U5 Mini Proyecto

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 12:42 pm

Mi nombre es Sam

Mi familia y yo somos de America

Yo soy muy artistico

Me gusta dibujar por mucho horas

Me gusta hacer películas también

Mi familia gustamos ver la tele

Gustamos comedia y drama, yo quiero hacer un película o programa de tele

Me gusta tocar la guitarra y ukelele

Tuvimos cuatro jerbos, pero ellas todo mueren

Mi nombre es Sam

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SLA! Sam, Kenzie, Mike Sarah, Donald

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 12:14 am

!Hola¡ Somos… (we all introduce ourselves). Somos del primer año en la escuela. SLA está en Filadelfia. Está cerca de Arch Gourmet, Franklin Institute, y Trader Joe’s. SLA es la escuela pequeña y brillante. Hay quinientos (500) estudiantes, treinta profesores, y hay cinco pisos. Nosotros tenemos Spirit Week, bailes de escuela, consejerías, y hay ultimate frisbee. Ofrecemos deportes, poetry club, cine, ingeniería, y comida deliciosa.

En la clases, nosotros aprendemos. Nosotros leemos, tomamos apuntes y prestamos atención. En SLA, tenemos muchas clases. Por ejemplo, inglés, historia, español, tecnología, ingeniería, arte, algebra/ geometria, bioquímica, consejería. Para tener éxito en esta clase, necesitamos hacer la tarea. Es importante tomar apuntes En la clases hacemos tarea con computadoras. La clase de inglés muy fácil.

¡En SLA las estudiantes están muy contentas! ¡Los profesores están muy inteligentes! ¡Los profesores les gustan los estudiantes mucho! Vamos a ver los estudiantes y profesores. (show teacher looks at kid and head explodes).

SLA es muy interesante. Me encanta bioquímica y ingeniería porque es fácil. Lo que más nos gusta de SLA es consejería. SLA es chévere, tranquilo, e inspirante. Para más información, ve a www.scienceleadership.org. !Ven a visitarnos!


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¡El Coma! -Sam, Rasa, Grahm

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Spanish 1 · Manuel · C Band on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 8:51 pm
​Meet Antonio! Antonio is an average guy living a happy life. The only problem is he has an arch nemesis (Máximo) who will stop at nothing to steal his life! 
Watch what happens when Antonio slips down the stairs only to wake up two years later from a coma! What happened during those 2 years of his life? What has his nemesis, Máximo, done? Find out in the gripping, edge of your seat, sweat inducing, incredibly enticing, poorly written telenovela: ¡EL COMA!

PERSONAJES:  
Sam como Antonio  
Grahm como Máximo  
Rasa como Maria
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Media Fluency (revised) -Sam Gualtieri

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d1 Band on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 6:54 pm
Media Fluency (1)

Based off of the critique I received on my initial slide, I made a lot of changes.

For my first change, I cut down on the textual notes a lot. I shortened the bullet points and got rid of the main point box. I then enlarged the text box so it was easy to read and filled up more of the space. Then I cropped the tri-pod off of the camera and enlarged that as well. I took the filmstrip texture and put it on both sides of the images, then put a black divider between the pictures. I switched the bottom two images because one of them didn’t match the color of the other two so it looked best to put it in the middle. I took the title of the presentation, made it a bit smaller and moved it to the right a little bit so it wasn’t so close to the edge. Through this I’ve learned that consistency is important and that size is an important factor in visual artwork.
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My Home Network

Posted by Thomas Gualtieri in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d1 Band on Monday, October 17, 2016 at 3:05 pm

This is my Local Area Network.

It starts with the World Wide Web and goes into a modem and a router. The Modem’s arrow got deleted but it It’s leading to the same place as the router. Connected are multiple Wifi devices. I learned about the difference between a router and a modem and I had an… ahem… and OMG moment-COUGH COUGH! I had an OMG moment when I found out that when your router is up high, your connection is better. If I was telling somebody something they need to know about getting an ISP/Home network, I would tell them to go to Ms. Hulls class first, so she can teach them how not to get screwed over by the man.

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