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STN Competitions!!

10/31/2013

Hello Everyone! (As you might have noticed, I have switched from Edublogs to Weebly!) Every year, CKTV takes a trip to compete at a convention for S.T.N., or the Student Television Network. Well this year, the media class will be taking a trip to Flordia. Well anyways, for this weeks blog, we are supposed to write about the STN competition we would like to be apart of. Some of these categories consist of anchor team, PSA, movie trailer, spot feature, commercial, and music video. As I am a new student to the media class, I had no idea of what these were, so I asked my partner. I had to think a lot about this because there are just so many to choose from. After thinking about it a lot, I came to a conclusion. I'd like to do either the Spot Feature or Movie Trailer.

I'd to like to do the Spot Feature because I'd like to know about another person's life. It also seems like an cool category to begin with. I actually watched last year's team spot feature video, it was very interesting and I thought they did a good job. I think it would be a good experience for me to try it out.

Another reason why I would like to do the Spot feature is because I like filming interviews and I like to be behind the camera. I'd like to learn more about filming and I want to improve my filming/camera skills. This is mostly because I can't act and I am very shy, well, for the most part.

I'd like to do the Movie Trailer because I think of it as a 'fun' category. I've seen a bunch of movie trailers, in my 11 years of breathing and it tries and convinces you or pursade you to want to watch the movie when it comes out. Or a movie trailer is like a sneak peak or a preview of the movie. Some movies I couldn't care less about because the movie trailer didn't catch my eye or it wasn't exciting or interesting to me. But, then there are those others that make me impatient and excited for the movie! Some of them include voice overs, or music to set the mood and kind of guide the storyline. I want to learn how to do these kinds of stuff when editing.

In conclusion, I would like to do either the Spot Feature or the Movie trailer is because I would like to improve my filming and camera skills and I would like to learn how to do cool things when editing. S.T.N. and the trip is a lot to think about.

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Pen Pals!!

10/30/2013

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Hello Everyone! A few weeks ago, Mr.M announced that we would be receiving email's from our Pen Pals from a media class in a school in California called, Castaic Middle School. My pen pal is in 8th grade and is really nice. We email each other often. I really like having pen pals, I always have but having a pen pal in a media class is cool because you can relate to each other easier. I wonder how many of you guys got your pen pals yet?! I know some people didn't get their pen pals, and others who did. I hope you all get your pen pals soon. Well, anyways Byee!!

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Feedback...

10/10/2013

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In class, we
have been providing feedback to our classmates on their 1st Quarter Project. As
we looked at the videos, with the help from our partner and our group, we picked
the best one that would match on the criteria sheets. We also had to provide our
opinions and thoughts. It is important to be honest. It is not meant to get your
feelings hurt. I thought it was really helpful, although we didn't evaluate our
video. So the topic for this weekly blog is on how feedback is important.

Feedback is a
person's suggestion or reaction to help you improve on your work. Or it could be
how someone feels toward it. It helps you get better by using the feedback from
a person or a teacher and taking it to fix a mistake you have made. Feedback is
important because it helps you learn from your mistakes. It also makes you pay
attention to your work...and do it with quality the first time.

When giving feedback to another person or group, it is important to be
honest. Just because it's your friend your evaluating, doesn't mean it's right
to give them a really high or good score. However, that doesn't mean you need to
be very harsh or mean. Same goes the other way around- if it's someone who gave
you a bad score or someone you genuinely don't like. It's important to be honest
and true when giving feedback.

Feedback is helpful in anything-everything. For example, in my English class
my teacher, Mrs.Souza always gives me feedback in little comments or notes.
Another example is in my Kajikembo class. The instructor provides feedback to
help us advance in learning and fix our mistakes.

Feedback is an important thing in life. It helps us avoid mistakes in the
future and learn from them. But it is important to be honest. Well anyways
Byee!!

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The Future...

10/10/2013

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This week's assigned blog topic is about my future after high school. There
will only be 1 blog this week. Honestly, I really don't know what kind of job I
would like to have or what I'd like to take up in college-or what kind of
college I'd go to. After a lot of thinking, here's my 3 things I'd like to do
after i finish high school.

I'd like to be a robotic engineer or a mechanical engineer. The reason why is
because I always wanted to be an engineer and I love robotics. The thing that
inspired me was that my moms boss was diagnosed with cancer D:. That's when
mechanical engineering came into hand. They created robots that were programmed
to see what's happening inside his body.

I would go to Cal poly tech, San Luis Obispo in California. There, I would
take up mechanical engineering or computer science. Cal Poly tech San Luis
obispo is a good technology and engineering college. They also have a robotics
club and laboratory which is a plus.

One thing I'd like to do after I graduate high school or even college is to
travel to a place I have never been before. I've always liked to travel, so
traveling by myself will be fun and interesting.

Growing up, the teacher or your parents always asks you "what do you want to
be when you grow up?". But I never actually took it seriously or thought hard
about it. The life after high school will be a big step and a big change. It
will be challenging but interesting. Although I say what I want to be or where I
would like to go, it could always change. But for now, this is the end of my
blog. Byee!! 😊

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iOs 7

10/10/2013

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Hello! It's Alaysia back with another blog. In this blog I will be telling
you about the iOS 7. Well, in this new update, apple designed a whole new layout
interface, you could say. They changed the icon pictures for the mandatory
apps. They also changed the design of the app and the iDevice it's self.
The home screen is still the same, however, there is a pop-up settings, called
"Control Center" which you can access anytime on your mobile apple product. It
allows you to switch from airplane mode to wifi, alter your brightness; and it
includes a camera, calculator, flashlight, the "Do Not Disturb", music and
many more. Instead of going to your settings to do so, you can activate "Control
Center" by swiping up from the bottom portion of your Device. Speaking of
the camera, apple also changed that up too. The camera app allows the
photographer to choose from 4 kinds of shooting; video and photo as you all are
farmiliar with, and they added pano (for panoramas) and square, (for all you
instagrammers). And even MORE goodies pertaining to the camera app, apple
added "Instagram-Style" filters for those cool, funky, retro effects. With these
new features and effects of the camera, we can use them to do future Advisory
games, to make the shots look cool and neat. Corasponding to the Camera is
the Photos. It automatically organizes your photos into "collections",
which are sorted by date AND Location! Some minor details have been changed,
like the Search Bar. Instead of the swipe all the way to the left kind of thing,
Apple decided to make it convenient, so they made it so you just swipe down from
the bottom of the screen. Just a few more things guies! One thing is the
itunes Radio, which features stations chosen by you. Another thing that I
thought was Awesome was the Automatic App Updating. All the iOS apps will be
automatically updated to the newest version. Although, If you prefer to update
them manually, you can disable this feature. I personally think this is good
because keeping iOS apps up to date are fairly annoying and tedious.
Although this is not the last feature, or the most interesting, I thought I
would just squeeze this in. Apple added in some cool Wallpapers. I actually
changed my lock screen wallpaper to one of the backrounds Apple made, because it
looked neat, and it also moves when you would tilt or move the iPad a certain
way. Isn't that cool?! Or is it just me? I'm a bit weird like that....Oh well.
That's basically MY overview of the iOS 7. Well....this is the end I guesh.
Byee!

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Some News and Stuff...

10/9/2013

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Hey guies! So report Cards or progress reports got out today!! I was pretty
excited but nervous at the same time. I was really worried about my media and
science grade. But I was really worried for nothing because when I was given my
report card, I had got all A's! I was really happy and excited.
Moving on to
a new quarter...we started our 2nd Quarter Projects! My partner, Lilly and I are
doing another news feature story on "Bathroom Fees in Kilauea". A restaurant
named, "Lighthouse Bistro" in Kong Lung Market is charging people to use the
bathrooms. This was because non-customers had been just using the bathroom-and
not buying anything. So, them owner of the market and the owner of the store had
came up with a price-$10 for non-customers, $8 for a person with a recipt from
another shop in the market, and Free for customers. So far we have been
researching and just calling people. Well, Byee!!

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Punctuality...

10/2/2013

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Have you ever been left waiting and not knowing how long you'll be there? How
did it make you feel? Well, this week's assigned blog topic is on
Punctuality- whether or not being on
time is important. To begin with, I do think that being on time is
EXTREMELY important, whether it's a project, or just everyday life
(Doctor or Dentist Appointments, School, Work, meetings, flights,
etc.). Being punctual shows that you respect other peoples time. Once
that time is lost, you can not get it back. Time is one of few things which can
not be bought. Being punctual is a reflection on ones character; how one views
you as a person. It shows responsibility. Being punctual allows us to have the
most effective use of our time, because when your punctual, your
prepared, organized, and calm. In this blog, I will be telling you about why
being punctual is an important trait to have.

The first reason being punctual is an important trait to have is because it
shows responsibility. When you are punctual, you get things done, and you avoid
procrastination and having to stress out. I think this is because you are more
organized and prepared.

The second reason being punctual is important is because it shows respect for
yourself and others. If you are on time to an event or meeting, it shows you
respect the other person's time and schedule. However, if your late, it shows
that your lazy, not responsible, and that you don't respect the other person's
time. Being punctual allows the stress off of you and the other person to go
away.

The final reason to explain why being punctual is important is because it
shows your true character, the real person you are on the inside, when no
one is watching. As you just read in the paragraph above this
one, if you don't respect other peoples time, you end up showing and
proving that you are a lazy, not responsible person.

In Conclusion, Being a punctual person is important, it helps to be
organized and responsible. One person I consider punctual is Mr. M. He
starts the meeting at the exact time he says the meeting will be held at and
same goes for everything else in the class. I should really start trying to be
punctual, because I often procrastinate and end up stressing out towards the end
of the deadline. Well....that's it for this blog I guesh. Byee!

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STN Competitions!!

Pen Pals!!

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iOs 7

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