Today in Genius Hour... I did some more of the iPhone template by fixing the font, changing the background, and I found out how to make a speech bubble for the iPhone template. I would say that today was a pretty good day in Genius Hour. I just wish that I was a little more productive, but besides that I think I was pretty productive.
This quarter I started creating an app. I chose this because I didn't know what I was going to do and Mrs. Sayre gave me an idea of what I can do and she gave me this great idea that I could make an app. My steps in this process was 1. Make a sketch of what its gonna be 2.I found websites 3. Mrs. Sayre gave me an iPhone template and I created it on the iPhone. I gained support from Mrs. Sayre and Ms. Watz. I shared my Genius Hour project with the world by posting pictures on my blog. My successes in my project was when Mrs. Sayre gave me the iPhone template. Some of the problems/ obstacles was when some of the websites I needed were blocked.I learned by making sure that they are open ahead of time. Something I would do differently would be for all of the weeks I did nothing I would do some more research. I would like to write a book or continue with making this app.
Today, I researched the websites that I needed toe use because the website I was using got blocked. So Mrs. Sayre is trying to get unblocked for my use, but that is the MAJOR lose. A win was that I found 3 apps and I also found another a non-official website to make my app on. So today was a researching day in Genius Hour.
Today in Genius Hour was a pretty slow day! I didn't really know what to do. One big win was when I finished my sketch of my app and what it will look like when you click on the apps! I also did research on what I want the recording to look like! Even though I had a couple of wins I also had a few losses!! 1 major loss is that didn't know what to do after I sketched out the sketch!!!!
Today for my success criteria I sketched out more of my app. I also found a final picture for my icon. I researched about how to make an app after you sketch it out. Sadly, the website was using before got blocked. That was the one LOSE for me. Today, I had a really good day for genius hour. It could have been better, but I was very productive This is my final icon picture
Genius Hour update! My genius hour project was photography. I chose this because I always see really cool Tumblr pictures on the internet and I thought that it would be cool to recreate them myself. I also chose this because I want to make other people happy with my pictures. In the beginning I was confident on my project. I thought it was going to be kind of easy for my first genius hour project. First I researched on what things people liked. Secondly, I took some pictures outside ( Basketball court, Swings, etc.). Third, I found pictures on the internet that I thought would go good in the theme of the collage I was making. Fourth, I cut out the pictures and found a poster board that was a subtle color. Lastly, I will get the poster board glue on the pictures. I got from my friends, family, and most of all Ms. Watz, Mrs. Trabilsy, and Mrs. Sayer who answered all of my ridiculous questions I had. The end project ( I will have this done by 2/8/16) will be a collage of some of my favorite pictures some from the internet, because I didn’t take enough photos, and some of my pictures, because I wanted to use originality. I am sharing my project with the world by posting my pictures and end project on this blog. A success that I had in the process of my project was I had a lot of good experiences with photography. Another one of my successes is that I took really good pictures and last I got really good tips on how to take better pictures which helped me a lot and helped my pictures be way more professional. The biggest problem I had was finding an app that would work for what I need. It took a lot of time and effort. Another problem that I faced was that when we actually started our genius hour the weather was changing into winter which meant it would be hard to take pictures because it would be too cold, but I managed to get in some pretty good pictures. I wouldn’t change anything too big to my project, but if I were to change something it would be some of the weeks that I didn’t really know what to do. I would want to be more productive during those weeks. Even though I enjoyed this round’s topic I am most likely going to change my topic. I am thinking that for next Genius Hour I could do something with light coding or some type of coding. I really enjoy coding so I think it will be really really fun to do. Obviously, this is my first blog. I am really excited to start blogging my Genius Hour project. Blogging is so cool to me. I have always wanted to start my own blog. I think blogging is really important because we get to share our ideas with the world in ways we didn't think we could do.
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AuthorI'm a 6th grader in Ms. Watz's class at Goodrich school. This blog is going to be about my Genius Hour project. I like playing softball. ArchivesCategories |