Monday, September 26, 2011

Project One-creativity and innovation, basic operations and concepts, critical thinking


I created a Techno track for my project.

I used Audiotool to do this.

I think I met all the requirements for the project.

It took Creativity and Innovation to think of melodies for the music.

I used basic operations and concepts to watch tutorials and do other necessary tasks.

I used critical thinking to overcome obstacles when using the program. Its not an easy program to figure out.

I learned how to use audiotool a whole lot better and how to transition into new tracks easier.

I'm most proud of of how some of the tracks come together to make a sweet beat.

The project needs to be a lot shorter. I didn't realize it was seven minutes long. I also need to use more effects and tuning to improve the sound grain of the music.

//audiotool.com/track/cruisin-rnbtay/



Friday, September 9, 2011

Essential Learnings

Basic Operations and Concepts
I will learn how to use my computer and its programs efficiently. I will use these programs to create my projects.
Digital Citizenship
As a Student i won't abuse my computer privileges and will use my computer in a safe manner. I won't hack or steal people's identities, and i will protect myself from these things. I will follow the guidelines and acceptable use policy.
Creativity and Innovation
I will use the tools on my computer and on the internet to create original and innovative projects.
Communication and Collaboration
I will be able to use g-mail and blogger to communicate with people.
Research and Information Fluency
I will learn to search efficiently to find information. Quality before quantity. Logic will be needed to find the right information to fit the project i am working on.
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Learn to teach myself how to do things on the computer. work through problems to achieve victory? Make the right decisions to get where i need to go.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Learning

Do I think I can teach myself anything?
No. I think there are some thing i would just be incapable of learning. Like Spanish. Cannot do it for some reason. But I'm sure if i put my mind to it i could learn just about anything. There is some hard stuff created by some smart people out there though. I don't think i could learn everything they did. So my answer is definitely no.

The hole in the wall
This experiment was done to test weather or not kids would learn if he put a computer in a wall with educational programs on it. The experiment showed that the people were interested in the computer and used it a lot. Because of this many learned some stuff.

Text to speech
The next experiment Sugata tried was putting a text to speech program on the computers of some kids who spoke English badly. After a two month period, the kids spoke great English that sounded like the voice of the computer.

Biotechnology for 11-12 year old kids
The next experiment done was putting biotechnology programs on computers with 11-12 year olds. After two months, the kids had a decent grasp of the concepts.

Google
He had the kids take a test using Google. He then after two months had the kids take the same test and they scored the same.

The granny cloud
Using Skype, the kids got instructed by nannys from Europe.Italy

Italy
Sugata tested how well the kids could find things on Google. It was fast.