End Result

This is my end result of the collage of the deforestation in the Amazon and where the deforestation takes place on the map of the Amazon. I have also include who deforestation affects. The blue is to indicate where the Amazon river flows.
If I had more time I would have tried to get the colour and space right in the collage to suite the map of the Amazon better. 

Design Brief for my collage

I have decide to make my collage on the on the habitat loss, illegal animal poaching and deforestation that takes place the Amazon Forest. I chose to make my collage mainly about these problems as I am interested in the Amazon and I want to create an awareness about these problems.



I will be using pictures to create the shape of the amazon jungle and I may try to get the right colours in the right places. For example picture that are blue or brown for the Amazon river  and light brown pictures for the places where the deforestation takes place. Finally I will use pictures that consist of the colours green to make up the remaining parts of the Amazon.    



To answer the unit question. technology has influenced the way we look at problems as it help us spread an awareness around in a variety of ways and places.

Unit 4 - Collages

Unit Question:
How has technology influenced the way we see the world around us?
Area of Interaction:
Environments

                                                       

Collages are a group of pictures that make up one big picture. They don't have to make up a big picture. the smaller pictures that create the big picture usually tell or show a story based on the bigger picture. They can be made up of glass, paper, cloth, tin foil and wood which can come in a variety of colours. These items can be stuck on, stapled on or sewn on to a base. Collages began as a few scraps of paper glued on a bigger piece of paper. As technology began to influence our lives the methods of making collages changes and became less time consuming and easier. They can be used to capture memories, send a message and present a cause or problem.

                                        

For my collage I plan to present the problems of habitat loss in the Amazon jungle of South America. To make my collage I would need pictures of cut down trees and animals in distress. For the shape which is created by smaller pictures I will focus on making it in the shape of the amazon map. The problems this collage represents are deforestation, habitat loss, illegal animal poaching and land expansion.
Over the last few years  deforestation in the amazon basin increased by 28%. Even though it is not the most threatening amount they have seen it is still a negative impact on the land.




http://arthistory.about.com/od/glossary_c/a/c_collage.htm    accessed on the 14th of May at 7:06pm
http://edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_42_164.html    accessed on the 14th of May at 7:12pm
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-24950487    accessed on the 15th of May at 9:48am

New Unit - Using Dreamweaver

MYP Unit Question:
How can I share information with a wider audience?

In this unit we will be using Dreamweaver which is a software that allows you to create a website that could be used to share information.

What have I learned

• how to add pictures - save the image of your choice and then on Dreamweaver click on Insert and choose image. Select image from folder and it will appear where you want it to be.  
• how to change the format.
• how to change the colour of the font. 

Reflection:

What all I have done to my webpage was done using basic skills. For me to have gotten a high level for my work I needed to include hyperlinks and video as that would have been a challenge for me.

Process of the Project

We started off optimistic as we aimed to create a fully completed PC first person shooter game using Unity 3D. We were able to create the sky using a sky - box and then we had to add in some objects and obstacles which needed to be downloaded in first. Since our game was a first person shooter game we needed a character to be our base of the game but in Unity there was only one main character and his profile didn't seem to be a very convincing shooter/soldier as he was an engineer. So we then had to research a bit more on how to get a good character for a FPS game. Soon we found a website where we could get a more convincing looking character and some scripts that will help us control him. We then decided to use this site for our game therefore we downloaded the character and we placed the camera in a third person position so that we would be able to see if the character moves smoothly and realistically.we then began to get the scripts done. After that we decided to test the character but it wouldn't allow us to because there were a few errors in the script, so we fixed it according to what we thought that it would be. We were then able to play and soon fixed his movement. We then placed the camera in a position that will allow us to play the game in a FPS perspective. After doing the same for some other scripts we got stuck as we were not able to fix the mistakes found. So we then decided to delete the character and all the scripts.We then used the engineer and decided to make a random game. After that we added some cool effects to the ground and then when we tried to play the game the engineer would not be movable. This forced us to abandon the project as we had run out of time.

          This is something like what our project looked like during the process. We could not take pictures of our work while going through the process as the print screen button would not work.

Idea Pt.2

We have now got a clearer image of what we will be doing. we have planned to use Unity 3D to create a game for the Tech Fair. Unity is a game creation software that can be used to create a high quality gaming experience.
This is the link to the Official website:
 https://unity3d.com/#made-with-unity

We have not yet decided what genre of game we will be creating. We may use Cryengine or Unity 3D depending on our limitations, as we may not have the right graphic card.

Idea Pt. 1

Previously we have researched about three tech fair project ideas (me and my partner researched three each). We have now decided to steer away from our ideas and work on a software. Currently we have not decided on what exactly we are doing. We will be researching a few ideas for software projects that would interest us and that hopefully will be or tech fair project for this year.