Imagine

Nervous ‘O’Meter Glassses
This movis is about the nervous o meter glasses. These glasses help you when your nervous by seeing everybody in diapers. By: Emily L. Katrina C. Liz G. Andy O. and Johanna G. Period 5

Katie A.
10/18/11
Pr.4

Working together for our project was a wondrous experience. My teammates and I laughed our lungs out when we were just coming up with half-brained, often hilariously silly, ideas for an invention. Sierra and Kelly were the ones who came up with it, the simple pencil-drawings that led to our entire project. Hsiao-mei and I produced our script, along with props and ideas (again, most of them ridiculous) whilst the others wrote each and every thing down. A project pulled out of the pure effort of teamwork, we knew our labor would not be wasted, that our idea would unanonymously be rewarded with no less then the best of them.

Our glorified inventions are the Undo Button and Sun-in-a-bottle. Spouted out of pure lunacy, the Sun-in-a-bottle has an unusual creation. We were contemplating Sierra’s exquisite tan, when it was suggested that we should make something that would give people her ability to be tan both where and whenever they pleased. As such, Sun-in-a-bottle was created to not only give others sun-kissed skin, but to also give them an artificial sun of sorts during winter and rainy seasons. I mused it would be vastly popular in Seattle. The Undo Button was a fail-safe of sorts. For separate price it was determined that it would be sold with the Sun-in-a-bottle. The object of such an invention was so that if you got a sun-burn from the former, it would be cleared away as you were sent back in time to redo the moment. It works for other things as well. Such as: if you were mugged, you could go back in time and stop that, or an accident of some other sorts. These two seemingly harmless products work together to defy the laws of nature.

Creating a thumbnail for our project was relatively simple. After all, all we had to do was take a glimpse in the crack of the hard shell that held the utter chaos and possibly lewd turmoil that is a teenage girl’s mind. We made it just as we made our inventions; out of jokes and humor. Designing our poster was the same, we spent our time smiling and joking in mild banter as we moved our pencils, markers, and crayons to form large, brightly coloured bubble letters. Our actual drawings may not have been that great, but thinking of all the hard work and laughing that went into it, it was, to us, the best in the room.

Our script was interesting to make. We merely wrote down each and every thing that we thought we should say. It was a group experience, although being made by teenagers of the feminine variety, it sounded a bit…odd at the beginning. The script itself was not made to be taken seriously at all. However, we weren’t joking when it came to the matter of rehearsing the script. All previous giggles came to halt, with only a small lingering trace of a smile in our eyes giving hint that there had been any at all. Now let’s get on to the script itself. The plot of story was about our protagonist, Kelly, going to the grocery. When she exits shop, she runs into a mysterious stranger (Sierra) in the alley. Upon meeting the stranger, she is given a bag for free. Kelly takes the bag and runs off into the sunset. She wakes up the next day sun-burnt from the Sun-in-a-bottle (Which, along with the Undo Button, was inside the bag.) The stranger from the alley pops up behind her from the bathroom, telling her she messed up, what gave her sunburn, and what else was in the bag. Kelly then fainted. A Sun-in-a-bottle representative pops up and explains the products. The end. As for the shots, we used almost all of them, except for the extreme close up. The only problem we encountered when filming our videos was when the bell rang and we had to stop production in order to not get any kids in the shot. To edit our video, we put it on Windows Movie Maker. We then cut out and added bits and pieces and music to our film, and it was ready. Once that was done, we uploaded it to our class’s blog. Working as a team, we were extremely efficient. We got the job done faster. We did not encounter any problems aside from the occasional panting of air whenever we got breathless from laughing. Which was often. In conclusion, I learned how to work better in a group, which to me is a huge lesson.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

Our invention is the sun in the bottle and undo button . The sun in the bottle is artificial sun and to make it work you open the bottle . The undo button undoes things , your mistakes really . This is by Sierra A. Katie A. Kelly C. Hsiaomei C. period 4 .

The Rocket Shoes 36.5
The Rocket Shoes were made by Grace P. and Maggie W.The video is about how Grace walks up and sees me sitting with my shoes. She got so excited and walked over to talk to me. I explained were she could get them and how much they were. Then she went off to buy them. Then the end is how Maggie flys.

Demonstrating the Cyber Eye. Brittney M., Jose M., Natalie L. Period 3

The Markler
Our video was about two girls trying to draw. The video was by Veronica M, Aloyson S, Sristina B, Sydney B, and Ray S. P.3

Peter T.
10/18/11
Period 4

Final Exam Essay

In class we did an invention project. My invention for the invention project is the Bacon Blaster. We came up with this invention when my group and I were all hungry waiting for lunch as we were thinking of ideas. Then we went off topic and started talking about our favorite food; we all agreed that bacon was our favorite food and that everything should be bacon. Thus the Bacon Blaster was made.

After we had out invention made up in our minds it was time for us to make a poster for our invention to be hanged in the classroom. First we made a sketch of what the Bacon Blaster what looked like on a piece of paper. Once we all agreed on a design; we then made the poster on a bigger piece of paper also on the paper we put a price, what the invention did and how it worked and why someone should buy it, and a big title of the invention.

After we made the poster for the invention we made a script. The script was a pain to make because we all couldn’t agree on a layout for the script and once we had one. One of the people who had to play a certain role in the script didn’t want to. Anyways when we finally finished the script and got everyone’s role and lines set together. We had to go record it with the camera provided to us from the teacher. We had many problems with the recording. First we had someone in the background of the sound yelling random words and phrases. Then we had a problem with some people’s roles and lines and had to rewrite the script. Once that was settled we had to go take different camera angles when video taping which was even more of a pain because of other people continuously getting in the way of the camera. However some of the shots we took while taking the video was an extreme close up, pan in, and tilt. Some of the shots we will do differently will be to have a less crowded place to take the video. Finally after many tries we got all the shots we needed with the camera.

After we got all the video footage we needed we had to edit it all together. We had to mute the sound in one clip because of someone yelling that we picked up in the background. Then we had to add in some sound into the clip that we muted because it sounded weird without any sound. After the video was all done being edited we posted it on the classroom blog.

In general, my group worked great as a team; everyone did their part. Some of the benefits of working as a team are that we had to do less work as a single person, but as a whole group we did the same amount of work. Some of the problems we had working as a team is communication problems. To fix this we yelled at each other. The thing I enjoyed the much during this project is that we got to make a poster. What went well with this project was the poster because we had very few dilemmas with it. From doing this project I learned that working as a team is fun but harder then working alone. When you are alone you know the whole layout and everything you’re going to be doing; however while in a group you have to explain to different people your ideas and thoughts and have to fight over with them on who is right and who’s idea the group will be doing.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

The Holophone
A girl has a bad phone until she buys the Holophone. Watch our video to see how our invention helped. By: Elizabeth R., Karina P. and Greta D., p2

My team and I had a bit of trouble creating an idea. We finally all agreed on rocket shoes. We named it Air-Force 2. I started to sketch a drawing of my shoe, which is actually how we got the idea of rocket shoes. The names of the shoes I own are Air-Force 1. This made us realize the name has to do with flying so we decided to make rocket shoes to with the name Air-force 2. The sketch came out great and then I redrew the shoe on to the poster and the rest of my team colored it in red and white.

Air-Force 2 cost $259.99 the reason for buying the shoes were that man can finally fly without a plane. For our script we decided to make it like an infomercial and spoke really fast giving facts about the shoes. We had a problem when filming because we ran out of film. Other than that we had no problems we just got a new sd card. Then we edited a picture of me flying across our schools courtyard where we also filmed.

I filmed Silvia, David, Lucy, and Dylan cheering me on while I was flying. Then Mr.Goldstein helped our group edit a photo of me doing a Superman pose with rockets and then made it so that I look like I am flying across the school courtyard.

It was difficult working as a group, we all debated on what to film or what parts not to film. The biggest problem was when we had to film me jumping like super man, I wasn’t allowed to jump so that’s were the animation came in. Other than that we had fun and got along.

Technology 1st Final Exam – Essay

Imagine the future as a ball of clay, and imagine making something from it. Well, it’s only nine weeks into school and kids are already molding the future. In Mr. Goldstein’s technology class (period 2) kids are putting their hands down and creating inventions that no one ever thought possible. Everyone in the class broke into groups and started brainstorming their hardest. When everyone was done brainstorming, they would then draw the thumbnail, draw the poster, film the movie, and upload it onto the computer (Windows Movie Maker and the class blog). Our class is quite a bunch!

For starters, everyone was in groups of four or five except my group. My group of people consists of only me and Gillian, we were slower than all the other groups but our ideas were amazing (courtesy our imagination). Together we decided on the Zapper 5001. The Zapper 5001 is a little camera that can zap you into any video game on your computer and even your television. Gillian and I came up with the invention by stating the first thing that came to our minds; we would then write it down in our notebooks then when we started drawing, we chose what to put on our thumbnails. When it came time for our poster, we started drawing pretty fast but we soon fell behind because of the half days and religious holidays. Our poster was filled with color; you could look at it and never see a white spot. We wrote a lot about the invention too; we wrote how the invention could help you, how it could make life easier and how much it cost ($5000.01!!!). We would state how pressing buttons were boring, how all you have to do was press a button and you could get in the game, and on and on and on. I honestly think that the poster was the hardest part. And that was only the beginning!

Secondly, we began to write our script and draw our storyboards. Our script was hilarious but we had errors in the process so we rewrote it in a calmer version. It was about how a girl (Gillian) was tired of play the same old video game and that she wanted to actually be in the game; and then I come in and say that she can with the Zapper 5001. She would then change into a Harry Potter outfit and go outside and say that she was in a Harry Potter game. Finally the script will end with everyone saying how much they liked the invention. After we wrote the script, we drew a quick (but messy) storyboard with stick figures jumping in the air or wearing little hats. We thought about making the Harry Potter scene outside and the Zapper 5001 advertisement inside. This was one of the hardest parts because we encountered so many errors. This step was probably longer than the first step.

Third, Gillian and I had to memorize all our lines and shoot the video. We had so many difficulties. Some of them were that I lost my props or that the background sounds were so noisy. The camera also never turned in on the right time so we had to time the video correctly. And the most annoying perk was that no one could hold the cameras for us so we had to take the videos separately with only one person in the video at a time. We tried moving away to avoid the sounds, we did time the camera correctly, but we just couldn’t get two people in the video at once so we just made do with what we had. The next time we ever have a project like this, I will make sure that our group has at least three people and that we stay out of noisy places. Who knew just one simple video could cause so much trouble!

Lastly, we edited, shared, and worked together. When we edited our video we first uploaded the videos and photos to the computer and then put it on Windows Movie Maker and put them in order. Then we added titles and credits. After adding titles and credits; we made transitions and that is where the errors happened. When we added the transitions, the transition cut part of our movie off so we decided not to have any on the important spots. When our video was perfect, we shared it by posting it onto our classroom blog. We went on to the website (http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrgolstein) and then posted it on. Gillian and I worked pretty well as a team because it’s not easy to do a giant project with only two people. We had some ups and downs though; like, when Gillian was absent I had to do the poster all by myself which slowed us down. Another one was that I lost my props so we didn’t have all the humor we wanted to be in the video. But we went on as fast as we could and we edited our scripts so that the missing props won’t cause a problem. The ups were that we could work two times as fast as one person could and that we had a good process going (I would come up with the ideas and Gillian would write it down or vice versa). I really enjoyed being with my best friend, Gillian; and expressing my creativity. I thought that the poster look magnificent, all the details were perfect, the words were spelled correctly, and that was the only thing that we didn’t have errors on. The ending took a lot of work, but it was worth it, everything turned our perfect.

To sum it all up, Gillian and I made a project called the Zapper 5001. We went throught so many processes to make this successful. We made thumbnails, drew a poster, wrote scripts, and filmed movies. I learned to not underestimate things on how easy they look or sound and that success comes out of time and hard work. Now all we have to do is let this masterpiece dry and make its way into the world just like the future that our minds just molded.

TECHNOLOGY FINAL EXAM BY: JOSHUA R.

My name is Josh R. for my invention project I invented Horcrux Hunt. Horcrux Hunt is a board game. In Horcrux Hunt you get transported in the world of Harry Potter. In this game you have to search for Voldemorts 7 Horcruxs to destroy and kill him. The definition for a Horcrux – Dark Magic which is injected into objects which you hide, to separate your soul into seven pieces. Here are some of the reasons of how are Harry Potter fan group created this awesome invention/Board Game.

In our group we all liked Harry Potter so we all thought it would be an amazing idea to make an Invention involving Harry Potter. At first we couldn’t think of any ideas but then we thought wouldn’t it be a spectacular idea to create a board game that transports you into the world of Harry Potter. In my group we all knew how Harry Potter killed Voldemort so we thought why dont we make a game that you actually get to kill Voldemort yourself instead of Harry Potter getting all the kudos.

In our script we made it a message from yours truly Harry Potter in which he shows up in a crystal ball from the human world and sends a message for all muggles. In this game the muggles can feel the power to be a potentially powerful wizard who gets the opportunity in the virtual world to kill Voldemort. In our script we liked the way we worded it because we tried to make a mix of human words and words from the world of wizardry. This was so muggles can comprehend with such words.

We all had a very long complicated story board for this invention. This was very complicated for our group because we all had a very complex invention which non Harry Potter fans/ muggles wouldn’t understand. Our story board had 5 to 6 slides. The story board took us a half an hour to forty five minutes.

When our group shot our video we kept having to restart because there was too much background noise. On top of all this shenanigans I kept laughing. Our camera person kept going off into space and wandering off. We all mostly had trouble getting it so I could see the script without it hitting the lens of the camera when we were recording our video.

To stop these problems we kept waiting for everybody else to finish so there was the least bit of background noise. After that we also waited till we were calmed down and serious so we wouldn’t keep ruining the video by laughing.

When we edited our video we took our time. This process took either one or two days I don’t remember. I picked out our groups music because we couldn’t find Hedwigs theme on royalty free music so we had to improvise..

When we designed our script it went well because it took us five minutes and it came out great. When are group was writing the script we thought of using Harry Potter because he is the main actor in the Harry Potter movie series. We didn’t add Ron or Hermione because it was to much to do and we would have to buy more costumes so we decided just to do Harry Potter.

The best part of the project was by far are group. In our group we worked together because it was a girl who I know from the temple and soccer and the other girl is in three of my classes. I actually really enjoyed this project and I hope that we do this project again if i’m in technology.

Music: Kevin MacLeod