2/27/17 - Infographic Reflection

I learned a lot about infographics. I now know that they are more appealing and easier for people to use. They use a lot of pictures and charts, but very little words. I had a lot of fun creating my own infographic. I liked making one over dance especially because I am very passionate about it. I could possibly use my newly founded infographic skills to make infographics for upcoming school projects. I have also been using these websites to help me with my honors biology research paper. I used Piktochart as my site to create my infographics. It was very easy to navigate and use. It was easy to create it the way I envisioned my project to be. I would definitely use this site again for other projects, but I'd like to explore some other infographic sites as well. 

2/23 My Infographic

My Infographic

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Dance Statistics Sources:
https://www.childrenscolorado.org/doctors-and-departments/departments/orthopedics/programs/sports-medicine-center/sports-injuries-we-treat/dance/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554026/
http://balletfocus.com/pointe-shoes-part/
http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=55774

2/23 Infographics

An infographic is very neat and interesting. It is a visual image that can be a chart, diagram, picture, graph, narrative, timeline, or checklist used to represent data in a fun and colorful way. The purpose of an infographic is to lessen the about of words being used in a story or poster. Instead of having to read paragraphs on top of paragraphs about statistics, it is easier and more appealing for the audience to read and look at visuals. They are more engaging and focus mostly on insights. It is important for an infographic to stay focused on the message rather than the artistic greatness of it. Any type of information can be displayed on an infographic ranging from medical statistics, to hobby news, and even to teaching some one a specific dance step. Infographics can help the audience really engage in what data is being presented. They are something that an audience would prefer to look at over the option of paragraphs. I could use infographics on my biology research paper this year, and even future assignments where I need to show visuals such as infographics. Personally, I think infographics are really fun and cool visuals to use!

Examples of Infographics:

Source link for infographics and many more examples

2/21/17 Canva vs. Lucid Press

I had a lot of fun using both of these design programs. I feel like Canva was very easy to join and use. It had a simple layout of options which was very nice. Some pros of Canva is they have easy accessibility for design options and the designs they have a very fun and neat. Some cons of Canva were some of the design options that looked cool costed many and there were many of those options too. Some pros of Lucid Press were they had specific templates already made for certain projects and it was fairly easy to use too. Lucid Press had some cons too. It costed money to have the pro version of Lucid Press and there weren't too many fonts to choose from. In my opinion, Canva created the nicest, trendiest documents because they had so many fun options to choose from and use. Canva probably provided the most free features, but there was still a lot to buy. Lucid Press did have many free features too,  but I think Canva had a larger variety. My favorite design program would probably have to be Canva. There were a lot of fun options, colors, and fonts to choose from. It was a very creative and fun site to use. 

2/16 My Dream Business

A business I would love to start and run would have to be a dance store for clothes and shoes. I'd want this to be one of the top dance wear stores in the United States. I would love to be able to run something like this because 1.) I love to dance and 2.) I love clothes, so why not put my two favorite things in one dream? I would love to have many store locations, but I'd love to have headquarters in New York City! I would provide online service and shopping, and I'd like my dance wear models to be actual dancers from studios all over the United States. I'd hire them and promote them to the world.I would also love to donate 30-50% of my proceeds to help girls and boys get started in dance and to support them through their dance careers. I'd love to use some of these kids as my models too. Along with headquarters in New York City, I'd love to have other major locations around to span out my business.

Business Card



Flyer

App

2/13/17 Canva Fun!

I could use these different templates and formats in many different ways. For Canva Project #1, I could use it as an inspirational post to put out on social media, or I could put it on a poster format to hang around the school to inspire others. For Canva Project #2, I could use this to make party invitations for a birthday party coming up soon. If it was a poster, but it didn't say "Happy Birthday" on it, I could use the poster format to put out information about a club at school or etc. Finally, for Canva Project #3, this form of a Power Point/Prezi could be used to make a project for any type of class that I need. It is very dandy to use for school projects. Overall, Canva is a very fun site to use for all types of things ranging from social media posts to school projects. I had a lot of fun working on Canva! I can't wait to use it again sometime soon. 

Canva Project #1:



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2/13/17 Sweetheart Weekend

My sweetheart weekend went very well. I was not able to go to the game at Southwest. However, I got to start off my day dancing. I was at my studio from 9:15-3:00 in rehearsals for my dances. After dance I went and got ready for the Sweetheart dance. Once I was ready, my group met at the Prairie Fire Museum to take pictures. Once pictures were finished we went to Izumi's for dinner. Unfortunately it was very busy and we didn't get seated till 7:51 (our reservations were at 7). We had fun there and then we went to the dance. Then we went to our friend's after party and had a blast. Then on the Sunday after Sweetheart, I had more dancing to do. My Sweetheart weekend was so much fun! I can't wait till the next one! 

2/5/2016 - ET Course Reflection & Personal Report Card

Part 1

In Emerging Technologies I have all of my assignments turned in. I have been receiving "5s" on all of my daily blog posts so far. I also did receive a 10/10 on my current event assignment from 1/26/17. I feel like I am doing very well in this class. I have been able to understand technology a whole lot better this year. I think I'm doing great on learning new things about technology this year. For me, Emerging Technologies is  a fairly easy class for me. I have been able to keep up with the workload and get my stuff done efficiently. I have learned about social bookmarking this year, applying technology to my life such as: blogs, canva, working with partners virtually, and etc., and learning about new technology coming out everyday that helps us expand with technology in the future. 

Part 2

I had fun making this project. I got to express what I love and do based on a report card grading. I get to show people a little bit of what my life looks like outside of school, and what I do with my free time. I also loved using Canva. It is a very fun site to use and organize my project on. It has so many fun templates I can use. I can even use Canva for other school projects and personal use later on down the road. 

Personal Report Card

2/10/2016 - Current Event

I had a lot of fun with this current events project. I found this awesome website that showed me the top 10 emerging technologies from 2016. A lot of these new emerging technologies is stuff I have never heard of before, and they are quite fascinating. They all promote good ideas and lifestyle for future generations to come. I am in awe at some of these things out now. I would have thought these would have been made later in the future, but I guess now is the future of technology.

Source Link

Current Event

2/9 - Kids These Days

I honestly don't understand kids these days. There is so much that they do that I never did when I was their age. They have all these "cool" and "high tech" technology. If you ask me, it's a bunch of bogus. I understand that the phones are cool and easy to talk to people far away, and they make it easier to reach out to people, but it seems everyone has forgotten their conversation skills. When I was a teenager, I was force to actually talk to people in person! I will admit that all the technology out now is really cool and innovating, but we are so engrossed in it we forget how to have real relationships with people. Hopefully that can change pretty soon.
Yours truly,
80-year-old Sydney

2/6 "Collaborating Remotely" Reflection

It wasn't incredibly hard to work with a partner without talking to them. With technology these days we can communicate easily with others so we can work on projects like this one. I could imagine conducting business this way on a regular basis in the near future. A lot of people do it in the business world now, so I can still see this type of work in the future. I learned how to work together as a team, collaborate on what you both want, and respecting what your partner wants to do. Overall I had a lot of fun working on this project!

Partner Presentation 

2/2/2017 Pictures

PCDF Dance Camp

This was the fourth year I went to Pacific Coast Dance Fest. This is a picture of my new friends at dance camp. We were playing capture the flag/ dodge ball. Everyone gets into it at dance camp.

 Louisburg Cider Mill

I went to the Louisburg Cider Mill in October this year. That is the infamous Louisburg apple cider doughnut. They are really good.

 Disney World

I got to dance in Disney in late October. We were able to perform at Downtown Disney. This is me and some of my friends in Magic Kingdom the day after we performed. 

 Revolution Dance Competition

This was the first time competing this solo last year at Revolution Dance Competition. It was to the song "Circus" by Britney Spears. I had a lot of fun competing this solo.

1/30 Ted Talk Reflection:

 I somewhat agree with the Ted Talk. I think technology is a great innovation of our day. However, Sherry Turkle made some excellent points as to why technology is breaking our relationships with people. She made points such as: people talking to each other less, losing conversation skills, growing in companionship with technology, and feeling alone. after listening to this Ted Talk I plan on changing how I use technology, and try to grow in my conversation skills. I think the digital age will have a huge impact on people in the future. Technology is growing today, and it's going to grow even more in the future. If we can work on being more connected to people now, we can certainly prevent technology from taking over our relationships with people.

 Connected, but alone?
Connected, but alone questions answered