In my grade we've been working on a program called Genius Hour. It's all about your passion. You get an hour a day (and free time to work during school, or you can work at home) to work on your passion. My passion is writing. I've always loved writing, and I had been working on a book series when we started. The Phoenix Files. I'd been working on the story for six months. I'd been fine-tuning the story, and I'd finally gotten it how I wanted it. I still have all the rejected half-finished books, or in some cases series, on my Google Drive, taking up space. I can't delete them, I've decided. I've come so far, I need a reminder.
The story is about Phoenix, an alien. Her planet is destroyed by the evil Rewconn, and she (along with Diamond and Emerald, from the neighboring planet that was also destroyed) escapes to Earth. There, they meet Vassilki, Evelyn, and Edward. They run ARDA, an organization devoted to studying and protecting the Earth from alien life. For a few weeks they live in peace, but soon the Rewconn find them. And the Rewconn are determined to take over the universe. But they aren't alone. A friend from Phoenix's past has turned against her. And the whole universe is at stake.
But the story wasn't the only thing I had to work on. I decided that to get my work out into the world I was going to have a website. At our school we all have Google accounts, so I turned to Google Sites.
I spent almost half of a day over the weekend figuring out how to use it. I had to delete at least one website, but it was worth it. Later on, I struggled with uploading files, and pictures, and videos. In the end, though, I figured it out. My website is now fully functional and I'm getting good at using Google Sites.
The last challenge I faced was getting my trailer on to the website. It took a lot of tweaking, but it's now on. I also managed to post it on Youtube. My channel is called Phoenix Files. I will be grateful if you could subscribe to me, or at least check it out. You can watch the trailer here:
The story is about Phoenix, an alien. Her planet is destroyed by the evil Rewconn, and she (along with Diamond and Emerald, from the neighboring planet that was also destroyed) escapes to Earth. There, they meet Vassilki, Evelyn, and Edward. They run ARDA, an organization devoted to studying and protecting the Earth from alien life. For a few weeks they live in peace, but soon the Rewconn find them. And the Rewconn are determined to take over the universe. But they aren't alone. A friend from Phoenix's past has turned against her. And the whole universe is at stake.
But the story wasn't the only thing I had to work on. I decided that to get my work out into the world I was going to have a website. At our school we all have Google accounts, so I turned to Google Sites.
I spent almost half of a day over the weekend figuring out how to use it. I had to delete at least one website, but it was worth it. Later on, I struggled with uploading files, and pictures, and videos. In the end, though, I figured it out. My website is now fully functional and I'm getting good at using Google Sites.
The last challenge I faced was getting my trailer on to the website. It took a lot of tweaking, but it's now on. I also managed to post it on Youtube. My channel is called Phoenix Files. I will be grateful if you could subscribe to me, or at least check it out. You can watch the trailer here:
My website will be up soon, and then you can check it out at: https://sites.google.com/a/stu.woodridge68.org/arda/home
I hope I'll see you there soon.
Until the next Post,
Miranda
I hope I'll see you there soon.
Until the next Post,
Miranda