Jacob

Hello again! Yes, my comments are still broken, but I have arranged with Mr Riceman to hopefully get it fixed very soon. We think it must have broke when I redesigned my blog. So, just beware, it might end up going a bit funny over the weekend while it gets fixed.  Anyway, that isn't what I'm meant to dedicate this blog post to. So, over the last 3 weeks, Te Waka Ako has been doing a technology rotation. Firstly (these are in the same order as the title), we did Circuits (or Papertronics) in Manukau. For that we made a circuit (mine was a switch) out of a button battery, LED, tinfoil, and spilt pins. Then, it was Geoboards, where we nailed (what else?) nails into a piece of wood we sawed ourselves, so we could thread rubber bands on it. Lastly, it was the Technology/BP challenge, where me made a structure that could hold a marble out from a table. Which is not nearly as easy as it sounds. We did it to "use trial and error on ideas", "develop perseverance"

Hello! Recently (so, just let me check, today, and the 3rd of August) we made stop motion movies, using an app that has been on our Chromebooks for a long time (since about 9:15 the first day we got them, which was, let me check Thursday the 2nd 2017), Stop Motion Animator. No, the capital letters aren't meant to glorify it, it's just that the actual name is Capitalized. Anyway, each time we did it (twice) I made two movies. On the 3rd, I made Tower and Paperclip Heart, and today I made Red and Blue (one, not two. I know it looks like two) and Crush + Twirl. On Thursday we used Lego (The word is trademarked, and the bricks are patented, although I think the ones we used might have been cheap rip-offs or something) and today we used Playdough (the word is probably trademarked, and, believe it or not, so is the smell). Enough with the salad dressing (it's a metaphor), and here they are. First is Tower (oooh), then Paperclip Heart. Made today are (in order) Red and Blue, then