What I found impressive is that they can do this coding so easily and their codes can even change the world. No one understands how big an impact coding could be in a good way. It can even save lives. There’s a coding app that helps people give birth to babies. This is how coding saves lives.
For programming 201 I finished the first three levels and what I like is that each coding is different and it is really fun. What I don’t like is sometimes I have technology issues trying to do Tynker. The character’s I used were the ninja’s.
I liked the project a lot because it made me feel more connected to Tynker then I have ever felt towards Tynker. What I liked about the animation is that you can make the characters in your video. What I liked ab out the sounds track is that there is well over 50 to close from.
I was very interested in Poly Vore because it includes everything that everyone likes. It includes fashion, and shopping (Etc). If I made this company I would feel very successful.
I can’t believe Capstone flew by so quickly. This project was the best project I’ve had in my life because I got to interview new people and even doing research was fun. Everything for capstone was fun. I did an adobe spark video because out of all the video options it’s the best. The reason for this is because it has the most fun and challenging options to use.
When I was recording the whole time in the background I would hear people screaming. It was soooo annoying because it took at least 10 tries for each slide until they were quiet. This annoyed me greatly because it took so long. When I was searching for pictures and put them in they were very fuzzy so I had to search for so many photos till it was perfect.
I am looking forward to sharing my final product because it took me a long time to finish it and I want people to know what I did.
All throughout my project I was thinking don’t mess up don’t mess up and it worked. My project was very fluid and very fun. I wish I could do Capstone again in 6th grade.
When I heard we had to interview people I was confused because all the doctors are very busy so I thought “Who can I interview?” I asked my mom and she said I could interview some people that she works with. The people that I interviewed were Geoff Rohem and Jonathan Harber.
Mr. Roehm is the Executive Director of Launch a charter Middle School in Queens. He thinks things are going to go back to normal after next year.
Mr. Harbor is an entrepreneur, which is someone who starts a business. He was CEO and co-founder of Schoolnet but then later sold it to Pearson. He continues to work in the education technology industry. He thinks teachers will work from home and only the students that need a physical place to be can go to school. He also thinks there will be high-quality online schools developed as a result of current events that students and families who are looking for more flexibility may be interested in.
Below are the interview questions I created for each interview.
My questions for Geoff were:
My questions for Jonathan were:
In school we are having the biggest project of the year and I’m really excited. It’s called Capstone and my project is about the impact of COVID 19 on education. My main inquiry question is “How Is COVID-19 Projected To Affect Education?” After we find our main inquiry question we have to come up with 5 sub-questions.
What was helpful when choosing my main inquiry question was that there are so many articles to get information about it because it’s impacting everyone’s life right now and will for some time. Another thing that was helpful was that my mom and teacher helped me with my main inquiry question.
What was challenging about finding my main inquiry question was I narrowed my topic down to COVID-19 and its impact on education and it was hard to develop a main inquiry question about that. But I got through and I’m completely fine. Honestly, I think coming up with the main inquiry question may be one of the hardest parts about Capstone.
What I learned about myself as a learner is that I like to work at my own pace. On important projects like these, I don’t rush ahead because I want to get all the little details right.
On Monday January 20th, one of the most famous speakers has his birthday. Martin Luther King Junior. He is a very famous person because of his ability to speak. One of his most famous speeches was “I Have A Dream.” We learned a lot about him. One way we researched him was we made a timeline about his most famous 15 events that happened in his life. I think the most famous event that happened to him was making many people believe that segregation should be ended.
This is the timeline that I made
1944 September 20 King Begins Freshman Year
1948 June 8 King receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from More house College.
1951 September 13 King begins his graduate studies in systematic theology at Boston University.
1953 June 18 King and Coretta Scott are married at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.
1955 June 5th King is awarded his doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University.
1956 January 30th At 9:15 p.m., while King speaks at a mass meeting, his home is bombed. His wife and daughter are not injured. Later King addresses an angry crowd that gathers outside the house, pleading for nonviolence.
1957 February 18 King appears on the cover of Time magazine
1958 September 17 King’s first book Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published
1959 February 3 King embarks on a month-long visit to India where he meets with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and many of Gandhi’s followers.
1961 January 31Dexter Scott, King’s third child, is born.
1962 July 10 King is arrested at an Albany, Georgia prayer vigil and jailed. After spending two weeks in jail, King is released.
1963 March 28 Bernice Albertine, King’s fourth child, is born.
1964 January 3 King is named “Man of the Year” by Time Magazine.
1964 June King’s book Why We Can’t Wait is published.
1968 April 4 King is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
If Martin Luther King was never born than there would still be wars over segregation. Blacks and whites would have to go to different restaurants water fountains and so on. This would not be fair because the whites would get a better education. This makes the whites earn more money and have a more successful life. Meanwhile the blacks will be poor and have an unsuccessful life and die quickly.
We all need to thank Martin Luther King because without him we would still have segregation. All of his speeches helped America become a better country.
What stood out about our second rocket launch is it went SO HIGH! Also what stood out is that the nose cone was tilted again. What stood out about the classes launch is that all of the launches went so much higher than the first launch. My job for the 2nd rocket launch was pumper. I didn’t really like this job because it was boring. Personally I think it is the worst job. This time the colominating was fun because I got to clonominate a groups rocket that went really high. I think this launch was a lot higher than the first launch but when we graphed it we only got 3 feet higher on our second launch.
Our rocket went 36.5 meters and 121 feet. For our next rocket we are going to change our nose cone to a lot taller. We are going to keep the body, and fins the same because we can only change one thing. We are changing the nose cone because the group that won had a taller nose cone.
During the launch we were speaking nicely. We were not screaming and saying “you messed it up”, why did you do that.” Because we spoke respectively nothing got messed up and our rocket went really high. Our goal for the next rocket launch is to get 150 feet or higher. I really liked rocket launch 2.
What stood out about our second rocket launch is it went SO HIGH! Also what stood out is that the nose cone was tilted again. What stood out about the classes launch is that all of the launches went so much higher than the first launch. My job for the 2nd rocket launch was pumper. I didn’t really like this job because it was boring. Personally I think it is the worst job. This time the colominating was fun because I got to clonominate a groups rocket that went really high. I think this launch was a lot higher than the first launch but when we graphed it we only got 3 feet higher on our second launch.
Our rocket went 36.5 meters and 121 feet. For our next rocket we are going to change our nose cone to a lot taller. We are going to keep the body, and fins the same because we can only change one thing. We are changing the nose cone because the group that won had a taller nose cone.
During the launch we were speaking nicely. We were not screaming and saying “you messed it up”, why did you do that.” Because we spoke respectively nothing got messed up and our rocket went really high. Our goal for the next rocket launch is to get 150 feet or higher. I really liked rocket launch 2.