Test video #2

A vehicle moving test. I made this to test how a vehicle can move fast. I did this by moving objects in the background, instead of making the vehicle actually move.

Test video #1

I made this test video for ICT, were I was asked to make a stop frame animation video. This is my first test video, and I'm sure it needs lots of improvement, including video and audio quality. I will include my storyboard for the real video, my evaluation and test video #2 in my next posts.

Animation

I made this animation with a few other people. It was made on my Mac. I improvised my main role during the animation making; observing my teammates and checking if everyone got something to do. The main thing my teammates did was discussing the camera point of view and who should move what. After a while of participating in this chaos, I decided to step back, make mental notes and make a strong argument later on. I didn't get into view at all, except for my hand when someone turned the camera while i was moving a chair. My role after the animating was to distribute this thing to everyone in the group, which was difficult due to oversized files. At the end one of my group members gave me an USB.
My group could have improved a lot by not trying to convince each other of their own individual ideas at the same time and even though I'm not a fan of this technique, have one leader with a final word and if necessary the authority to temporarily exclude misbehaving or distracting members and to make comments on individuals.

Bad Blogs

Blogging is a good way of sharing your knowledge with the world. But it can also go wrong. Lots of people got fired from their job because of their blogs. Which is why I want to share my knowledge about those blogs.

Most of those people blogged about their job or their social life. The mistakes you can get fired for are the mistakes most easily made. Calling people you like or really dislike certain names for example. Or blogging about your company's policies or products. Anything that can make the company look bad, even if not intended to be seen in that way, can get you and/or other persons fired. Posting pictures of yourself in uniform or people at work can also get you fired. People may put these pictures or posts on their blogs without thinking about the different perspectives of people. A picture or word can easily be misunderstood by blog readers. There are also a lot of mean people on the net, looking to hurt you just because they do not like the design of your blog.

Even though there are certain dangers in blogging, it is also a good way of sharing your personal view with the world. Good bloggers can change the way people think and help them solve problems they couldn't have solved on their own. Blogging is fun, but be cautious and careful with what you type and post!

5 search tips

Google is a very powerful tool that almost everybody knows of and uses. However, it also a very difficult to use efficiently, which is a continual pain for people all over the world when they search for something and get dozens of results linking to sites completely different. Because of this, I put the 5 best search tips for using Google more efficient. For more tips, type Search Help in Google Search.

Tip 1: Use a - sign to alert Google NOT to include the word(s) with the - in front of it. The same can be done with a + sign (Google will then include the words or synonyms of the words that have a + in front of them)

Tip 2: Google is always case insensitive. Writing 'Eragon by Christopher Paolini' would give the same results as 'eragon by christopher paolini'.

Tip 3: Search for words that are likely to be on the website you are looking for. This cuts out unwanted results and shows websites with the phrases.

Tip 4: Keep the search simple. The fewer words, the easier to find the result you are looking for. With each word the search becomes more unreliable, but if you cut your search too much, you will miss results. Keep adding and taking words may give you the perfect result you want, but may also take a lot of time.

Tip 5: A more advanced method: Put double quotes ("") around a set words make Google search for sites with exactly the same phrase on them as you put in double quotes. Google already uses the order of words to get better results, and if you use the double quotes, Google will not use this feature.

Mi routina diaria

As a Spanish practicing exercise, I had to blog about my daily routine in Spanish.

¡Hola!

Por la manana, me despierto a las 6:30. Me levanto, me lavo los dientes, me ducho y me visto. Normalmente yo como desayuno. Normalmente desayuno un bocadillo de queso. Bebo agua. Voy al instituto a las 7:50 con el autobus de instituto. En el instituto, yo juego futbol con mis amigos. ¡Me encanta al futbol! Normalmente en el almuerzo tengo tres bocadillos. Bebo agua. Por la tarde en mi casa, yo juego con mi ordernador y hago mis deberes. Bebo Coca-Cola. Ceno a las 6:00 - 6:30. Bebo agua. Hago mis deberes. ¡Odio mis deberes! Veo las television. Me gusta Top Gear. Me lavo los dientes. Me acuesto a las 10:00.

Science Fitness and health

For Science, I had to blog about 1) What I eat, 2) Which foods are healthy in my daily diet and 3) Things I do for general fitness on a daily basis.

For breakfast I normally eat one sandwich (roasted white) with peanut butter. For lunch I normally eat three sandwiches (Two to three are brown bread, sometimes the third one is white) and some candy like skittles or a cookie. I share my candy with my friends. In the second break I always eat apple with cinnamon on it. I share the candy that is left with my friends. When I get home I eat some candy like M&M's. For dinner I normally eat vegetables with meat with rice or potatoes and a sauce. With Breakfast, in the breaks at school and at dinner I drink water. When I get back from school I drink something like Coca Cola or 7-up.

I think my breakfast good because it gives me enough energy to operate until the lunch break. I think my lunch is very healthy because I always have cheese and meat on at least 2 of the sandwiches and I drink water with it. I need the energy of the candy to keep me active. I think apples are good for you because it is fruit and the cinnamon is only there for the taste. I don't think that the drinks I drink after school are very healthy because they have a lot of sugar in them. The candy isn't very healthy either but I think I can let myself get some of it because I just came back of a busy school day. I also think that my dinner is normally very healthy because I always eat vegetables and meat. Except in the weekends, when I may go out eating in a restaurant.

I play football every day when it isn't raining or I have drama group. On Monday's I  play tennis from 6 until 7 o'clock. On Tuesday's I go sailing/kayaking as an activity of my school. On Wednesday's and Thursday's I have PE at school. On Friday's I normally invite a friend to come over and we play sports, video games and walk around. In the weekends I stay inside and make my homework. This normally takes up one day (Saturday OR Sunday). On the day left my family and I normally go around in the city,  shopping (Mum likes that) or go to a friend.

How to ask ANY teacher for extra help

I made this document last year as a handout to other students so they can gain more confidence and overcome their shyness with teachers. I thought it would be a good post because there are students all over the world that think that their teacher is some kind of monster that's going to eat you when you ask something (which they of course aren't).

The Periodic Table

I put this video in because it gives you some great information about the elements. The song will help you remember the elements from the Periodic Table better and gives examples of the uses of different elements.

Welcome

Welcome to Casper's school blog. On this blog, I'll be storing my opinions and information about school subjects, like ICT, English and Art etc. In the first few months I will be editing a lot on this website, mainly putting youtube videos on and off. With this blog I want to gather more knowledge about the World Wide Web and help students around the globe. I hope you will enjoy this blog.

Casper