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Tuesday, 23 May 2017

WEB QUEST


Nuclear power was to the twentieth century what steam power had been to the nineteenth: a game changer.
State why Nuclear power was better than steam power?  It did not pollute it was efficient and it was practically unlimited.
What are the downsides to nuclear power? It can threaten human survival.
Give an example where there has been a chemical plant explosion and when?  It was in Chernobyl 1986.


Find a picture of it and put it here….
Who invented the Apple and when? 3 men invented apple and they are Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak and in 1 April 1976.


Name some of the many things that computers so for us to make our lives easier? Message instantly track of our finances, write books, design logos and sell real estate, social media and games, online shopping.


What is the computer replacing? They are replacing the stereo and typewriters and tv.


Find a picture of the first apple computer and the latest apple computer/laptop now.


What ways do we use planes other than for travel? Crop dusting and fighting forest fires to overnight delivery of packages and chasing hurricanes and war stuff.


Find a picture of the first air NZ passenger plane and the latest air NZ passenger plane. What technologies have improved in that time...what has improved? They have improved by technology to fly them and repair and more seats and room for passengers.


What did cars replace? Hore carrigaes and bikes and walking.
Henry Ford’s assembly-line production style made the automobile affordable and accessible to the average person (before Ford’s Model T was introduced in 1908 only the fabulously wealthy could afford a car). The automobile gave everyone a degree of mobility and personal freedom our forefathers could only dream of, and turned entire generations of teenagers into raging revheads.
Find an image of Henry Ford’s first automobile and an image of the latest electric car, and explain how we have come with cars. They have gotten more advanced technology and they have gotten faster and more agile with better wheels and better engines.


Fill in the table using the website and others
Positives of Rockets
Negatives of rockets
We can go up into space
Make Wars
we can use them for gps
Make them bigger and powerful and deadly
Predict the weather
Making them controllable
Make international calls and use cell phones all the time
Expensive to make and build


Who invented the first submarine and when. Find an example where submarines were usd in WWII. Find an image and put it here…. Cornelis Drebbel created the first submarine and was made in 1880.  The CSS Hunley during the Civil War
Who invented Antibiotics and when? How did this change health care forever? Alex Fleming created antibiotics and it was made in 1928 and it has changed by death has decreased.

TV's Then Image result for first tv ever Now Image result for flat screen tv curved
Positive: Television can teach kids important values and life lessons.
Negative: Spend too much time watching tv can effect eyesight and it can effect your eating and you don't exercise.

What did people do before the internet was invented?. They would have to go to the library to get books out instead of looking online they would go outside and go do something


Explain 10 ways in which you use the internet for your education and learning.
List here…

1. Better simulations and models
2. Global Learning
3. E-books
4. Search things up instead of going to the library
5. Extended Classroom Communications
6. Intercative textbooks
7. Comunication Evalution
8. Expanding Audience
9. Presentations
10. Sharing your work around the world


How was the radio crucial in WW2?. Communicating to family

How does the radio work?. Image result for how does a radio work diagram

How has the internet impacted the radio?. It has taken over by the technology evolving.



Friday, 19 May 2017

English Film Shots


Technique
Definition
Example
Establishing Shot
An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot.

Extreme Long Shot
view of a scene that is shot from a considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes
Long Shot
shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.
Mid Shot
a shot taken at a medium distance.
Close up
a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object
Extreme Close Up
The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen.
POV Shot
First-person shot or a subjective camera) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera).
Over The Shoulder Shot
an over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, ab tu, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person.
Bird’s Eye View
A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird
Low Angle
a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject's feet.
High Angle
A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up." High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects.
Tracking
A tracking shot is any shot where the camera moves alongside the object(s) it is recording.
Panning
One of the simplest and most common movements is to turn, or pan (from the word panorama), the camera horizontally so that it sweeps around the scene. It can also be tilted up or down in a vertical panning shot or in a diagonal pan,
Zoom
Zooming in filmmaking and television production refers to the technique of changing the focal length of a zoom lens
Fade
A film transition is a technique used in the post-production process of film editing and video editing by which scenes or shots are combined.
Wipe
A wipe is a type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.

MATHS BLOG


Mine, Jamie's and Sahil's Geometry Angle SlideShow
 https://docs.google.com/a/hornby.school.nz/presentation/d/1qqqNsFhypLamBx5VMMyhFLOUXO7F_WIAdPIr5B1Jmso/edit?usp=sharing


1. I learnt how to use geogabra and how to use angle properly
2. i do not have any more questions because you have answered all of them already.
3. geogabra and reflex and the history about geogabra
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