Can you spot the difference?

 Today was my last session manaiakalani, ever! During this session we had to complete an unrealistic drawing. Helping me accomplishment this task, I used an online colouring booklet. You can make your own on your computer just go to this website https://artsandculture.google.com/. Just click your on the picture you want to draw and start. 

Unfortunately, I couldn't pick between two so here they both are. I like the green one against the purple because it contrasts well. Though I also like the pink one because it is different and that fits the brief better. Personally, the sky is my favorite because it helps the storm feel along with the big waves.

Which one do you like more and why? The blue and white (bottom one) one is the original (not mine.) Can you spot the difference? 

Do You Know This?

 During Manaiakalani, my classmates and I moved onto Smart Media for this term. Smart Media is the last step for us this year. To me smart media means three things news media, print media, and broadcast media. Broadcast media is sound such as radios and tv shows. Whereas print media is physical, this includes newspaper and magazines. Lastly, news media is basically the news such as online websites and the news show.

 For this project we used google drawing to create what ''media'' means to us. After I add the text I had to think about what each one was. I hope you learn something from this post. You can create your own poster on google drawing. Personally, I think google drawing is a good tool to use because you can work collaboratively with other people unlike canva and poster my wall. 

What does media mean to you?

Underwater Challenge!

Kia ora, this is my game. Our class has been going to Tonui Colab for 4 weeks. There we learnt new concepts, game development, and learnt about makecode arcade all in a collaborative environment. There we were split into 2 groups; rotating between 2 rooms. With the time split in half we spent 1 hour each week doing challenges and the other hour coding our games. 

On scratch we made our games. Designing the background and the player, I struggled to find a player relative to the game. Finally, after that and many other steps including coding on scratch, we ended with a completed game. I learnt a lot of new things doing this exercise. Unfortunately, we only had four sessions to build our games, they could have been better.

The concept of my game is set under water. On the top of my game there is bubbles; at the bottom is seaweed. With black ”rocks”  you have to jump on you have on to complete the game, collecting the little fish on the way.

What would you do if you made your game? What colour would your background be?

I hope you enjoy my game, click the link below to play -

Click here-https://makecode.com/_A67MTKAVaLf5

Can You Win?

In class, we were learning about making a game to teach younger kids about maori. Enjoying doing this activity, I thought it was a cool opportunity to teach other students something. This post and game was aimed at younger kids. Unfortunately, you might not learn as much because it is at an easier level.

Sarah and I created the game on scratch, using lots of different blocks to code. Finding it easy to find music to put in the background when you get it right or wrong. With pixel I created the bird and Sarah created the butterfly. In a process, we upload pictures then put colour on top of the original colour to make it look better. After that we made the images png. Finally, after a few more steps we had completed our game. I hope you enjoy it, Good Luck!

Copyright!

In class during minakalani, we were learning the rules and regulations around copyright. There are a lot of rules around this topic, but these are in place to protect people's work. Mr Fourie taught us majority of these rules such as taking someone else's work you need to say were you got it from or the persons name.
We made this task to practice to remember putting people's names on their work. Using a template we had to fill the squares. In the squares there were requirements like how old we are or what's our favorite food.





Though I found it easy to decide what I was putting in the squares. Though I found it hard to say where the pictures came from.I really enjoyed finding the pictures.
I hope you enjoy my post -

Blue Bird!

In class during manaiakalani, we started designing a character for our game. We created these characters on app called piskel. This bird is blue, white, and yellow with a black outline. Struggling to make the outline a bird shape, I spent more time trying. After many tries this was the best outcome. I hope you can branch of my idea. 

Unicorn!

Today in class, we started using piskel. Piskel is an online app that you can use  create characters like mine or moving images for free. Using this app we had to design a character for a later project. My idea was a unicorn that pink, white, and grey. I hope you can branch of my ideas to create your own.  

Under the Sea with Hannah and Georgia!

During minakalani in class today, we had to make a video using some maori words. We used an app that changes our voice recording to sound like were under water. What maori do you know?

Colourful Canvus

Today for Manaiakalani we had to create a background related to the theme ANZAC. We had to create it on the app Canvas. Unfortunately I had uploading problems when I was adding it to my blog so I put it on a slide. I really liked the idea behind my picture. It is about how so many soldiers died alone during the war. I wanted to simberlise that they are not forgotten and we still remember that the gave their lives so we could have one better than theirs.

My About Me 2020!

We were learning about how to make a good looking, quality, and information filled blog post. I found it easy to to make it look nice. I found it hard to make the writing curved. I really enjoyed making making the picture. Next time I need to make sure my GIF works. 

Cyber Combat

Today in Manaiakalani we were learning what to do if we are being Cyber Bullied. I enjoyed making our online poster. I found it challenging to complete the poster within our time frame. My digital learning object shows the 5 steps you should take when you are being Cyber Bullied. I hope you enjoy my post.

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