Sunday 30 March 2014

Informercial Hour With Mia!

Have you ever felt like some school rules can be boring and unnecessary? 
Like perhaps your not allowed to be inside unless it's raining?
Or seniors aren't allowed to play with juniors because they need to find friends their age?
Or no talking in class?
Well what if there's a really cold wind and you just have to stand outside shivering because your teacher locked you out?
Or what if your just helping one of the little kids find a friend or playing with them because they're lonely?
 And what if your just leaning over to ask for a pencil or something else work-related?
The point is, is that some school rules seem like they're unnecessary but they're really there for the greater good. Like teachers don't want you inside if it's a lovely sunny day, or some kids become too attached to their big friends that they don't even bother to find friends of their own, and nobody likes working in a class room that sounds like an elephant on steroids!
Well that's what we did for our brain booster today, the perspective key. It was all about school rules the ones we like the ones we don't and the ones we would like to change. Most people talked about school uniforms and how they're not allowed to wear coloured jewelry or how the uniforms are too dark and on hot days you just sweat and sweat like anything and others said that they were just plain boring. If they were Principal you would be allowed to wear whatever you wanted as long as you wore something!
By Mia

Sunday 16 March 2014

now you see it now you don't

Now you see it now you don't.
thats the case with the brand new app we used today, Aurasma .
For those of you that don't know what Aurasma is, its an app that turns a ordinary picture into a interactive video clip!
If you've seen any of the Harry Potter films you would have notice how all the photos move thats a lot like Aurasma. There are certain images that will work so you can't just take a random photo and scan it. Her's how to create your own Aura. 
So first you take a video on your camera (make sure its saved). Then go onto Aurasma and click on the little triangle 'A'. 
Then a little new page on top of the Aurasma page should appear. Press the plus button down the bottom which will take you to a different page again. This time in the top left hand corner there will be white '+' in a purple square click on it and select camera roll. Choose what video you want to use and give it a name.  Last step, take a photo preferably one of something that will stay like that  FOREVER and take a pic. Then you just need to name it again and load it and your good as gold. The only thing you must be careful of is if you make it public anyone in the world can see it whereas if its private only your device can access it!
Have fun making lots of different videos!