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My favorite part of Rogate was making all of the videos. I really liked making everyone laugh and I thought my videos were pretty humorous. My favorite lesson was the Google 20% project because my project subject was up to me. Blogs can be more effectivley used in my future Gifted and talented class if we just use them more and have fun with it, I mean it is my blog. I will miss my friends from middle school because I'm going to a different highschool. Is there as much drama in high school as there is in middle school. My plans for my summer are to go have fun with my old friends and practice basketball. I want to make the school team next year! WISH ME LUCK!

Kickstarter

If I had 500 dollars to spare and I could only buy 3 items on kickstarter.com,  I would buy these three things. The first thing I would buy is the Remee - The REM enhancing Lucid Dreaming Mask  , for 140 dollars which lets me customize the look of it. The Remee is a night mask you where that gives you Lucid Dreams. It's awesome. That leaves me with 360 dollars. The next thing I would buy is Laser AppTag for iPhone, iPod, Android. Real Shooter Gaming! for 120 dollars, I get 4 of them! It's a real life RPG and you can play with your friends. That leaves me with 240 dollars left. the last thing I would buy is the Ramos alarm clock which cost 220 dollars. I get the product before anyone else and shipping is free. Now I have 20 bucks to spare!

Crowdsourcing

I went to Dictionary.com and searched up the definition of crowdsourcing. It said, to utilize (labor, information, etc.) contributed by the general public to (a project), often via the Internet and without compensation. I went to a website about the snacks on Wikipedia and read about Walker Crisps flavor competitions. This is crowdsourcing because the public gets to submit ideas in on what new flavor they should come out with. On http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/903478/Builders-Breakfast-crisps-wins-Walkers-flavour-competition/ I read that the winner of the contest was called Builders Breakfast. This flavor tastes of eggs and beans. I also some that had the flavors of German Brotwurst, American Cheesburger, and many more; all in one chip. Amazing!

The Google 20% Time

The Google 20% Time is a great idea. It's freedom, fun, and it is a AWESOME way of learning. What the Google 20% Time is, is a way of learning where you spend 20% of your school week, which is a day, and you work on what you want to pursue as your career. This will make you learn things that you need to know rather then what is required. For example, why learn calculus if you are going to be a Writer. You don't need to learn formulas if you don’t need to know them. Schools limit this because we don’t have the freedom to do what we want to do. As you can see, the Google 20% Time idea is a very efficient and creative way of schooling.

Waste Land

         When I watched Waste Land I felt sad and happy at the same time. I was sad during the begining because the people who worked at the dump had terrible lives. They had little money to support themselves and their voices weren't heard. While watching the movie I began to feel happy because Vik Muñiz really changed these peoples' lives. They got to participate in art and they would make tons of money too.
         Vik helped because he gave the people confidence which led to money, which helped the peoples' voices be heard.
         I think it is better to have a honest job instead of a dishonest job because your life could get screwed up very easily if they went the dishonest route. I think if you work hard at your job it doesn't matter what people think, you're doing what you can.
         When I watched the film I was amazed at how much garbage is produced daily and how weird people are. People throw away the weirdest things, and the sadest. In the movie the garbage pickers found a dead baby in the trash. I am going to try to recycle and save material for something better because I realized what these people went through.
         I think some other areas Vik Muñiz can cover are fast food debris, broken glass, and pollution in the sea.

Texture

I thought the smile and the Afro gave enough feeling

Looking In

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