Visual Literacy

In art class, we were recently finishing up a project called the Book folding project. The book folding project was about waving a formatted print out of a word and folding the pages to make that word. The way to do that is that your paper with the word will have black and gray lines, then you'd need to fold your page to a certain point a certain way. A well known Book Artist, Isaac G. Salazar, really enhanced this skill and really became one of the best to do it. He also really loves trees which explains his passion for Book Folding. Isaac Salazar is always with the idea of recycling and saving trees and he enjoys  book folding because he gets a part in recycling and reusing magazines, books, etc. Visual Literacy, the key to this entire project, is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and define the meaning of the use of this image or word that was chosen.

My Book Folding project is a word, one of my favorite words, Wave. The reason why I chose this word is because I really enjoy going to the beach if it's just doing stuff like Fishing, Diving, Swimming, or even Body Boarding. My word, font, and my book relate because first of all, my word, "Wave", is just like the font," Lobster ", because at the beginning of almost all my four letters, there is a curve in the letter that looks like a wave forming, also my book has an ocean cover and my guess is that it's about the ocean mostly.My inspiration to get into book folding was because of my 7th Pd. teacher, Mrs.Sanderl . She is a very good art teacher and when she showed us some of her examples and taught us how to fold the pages, I was blown away! Although I folded about 200 pages, I forgot to count so my rough guess is about 200 to 250 pages.

When I finished my word, I thought it turned out pretty well because I wouldn't want doubt in my mind because I finished it the day before it was due and I was kind of in a rush but it paid of pretty well. If I had more time, I would've counted my pages and made the folds more neat and used time more wisely. If I would do this project again, I'd choose to make the word " Hunt " with a book about the forest or a Cabelas catalog because I really like to hunt and I think that since I shared one of my two favorite things, that I should choose a topic about the other one.

Proactive or Procrastination

Am I a Proactive or a Procrastinator? I believe that I am both types of people but mostly Proactive because if I come across a difficult situation, I plan it out, I plot every route and road to go down and then I find the smartest way to go down that road. I believe that I'm less a Procrastinator because only in times of really needing help, I postpone whats ever Im doing a stop my self from possibly messing up even more than I already have.

I can pretty much see what I am going to do with a particular amount of time and what my rate of productivity is, for example, making a poster on recycling would take about 2.5 to 3 days.  If I could do that with 3 days of free time and no distraction, I'd get it done in about 1.5 days which is a big affect of productivity.

Now, about my work habits, I would change any distractions and I'd find a place that is quiet,  and calm to work better, faster, and harder. Some of my other habits would be playing games so in the future I would separate my phone and I pod from myself. I also have a habit of reading something then getting distracted and restarted even though I've done so much.

Lessons Learned

In our project, we have a lot of interesting parts. The most exciting part is not only getting to work and use a camera, but to actually participate in editing the video. We all got to at least edit a part, some of us more than others.

Our teams roadblocks sometimes would be the schedule. One of us would try and check out a camera when all the others are busy or just simply don't want to go with the one checking out the camera. Also, if our interviewee says that one day an on-camera interview would be fine, but on the day of the interview, our interviewee might say, " Oh I'm sorry, I can't make it for your guys' interview".

A very important part of the project is to make sure that the camera is actually rolling, making sure that it level, making sure there's good audio and that the mic is hidden as much as possible, and that the camera is focused as possible. A tip to people with interviewee's with collared shirt, those shirt are great for mic clips, if interviewee has a normal T-shirt, than ask the interviewee to clip the mic under their shirt.

Back To School!

Over the summer I’ve had a lot of favorite moments but my most favorite kind of moments is spending the day at the beach for Paddling, Birthday and Parties.

The biggest challenge I’ve had is just to get used to the 8th grade level, because after 7th grade, there is no 8th grade preparations, also right after 7th grade is summer so it's even more difficult.

Last Year, I had a bad habit of turning assignments in late. So this year, I'm gonna try and get all assignments turned in on time.