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COL 10 Hunger Games AI video (Brayden and Daqi)

 

Reflection

This is an assignment for the COL 10 course, where me and my

group needed to create an AI generated video on a district from the

book The Hunger Games. Me and my group selected district 11

which is the district for agriculture, and since agriculture means

growing foods like grains, apples and other fresh produce, and

orchards like flowers, me and my group decided to make the

AI video based on things like grains, fruit trees and produce. Since

my group was a 2-person group, we split the project into half for

each of us (5 clips each) and made the clips with the planification

sheet ourselves, and while he used canva for all the AI videos

(because he has enough credits due to his free trial with Canva

premium) I used multiple resources like HailuoAI to make images

into videos and LeonardoAI to generate images for getting the job

done.

 

Collaborating:

 

The group I was in was a 2 person group with me and brayden, so it

was a pretty smooth operation between us with little arguments.

We decided to split up the work, with each of us doing 5 of the 10

clips needed for the assignment. I did the clip planning (the

drawings), which included pictures of things agriculture related like

grains and produce, while brayden did the research on district 11, its

geographical location and what it would most likely resemble and

like this, we finished the project collectively as a group, each of us

having contributed the same amount of work consecutively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COL 10 Elemental pokemon card

1: Ability Explanation:

Images:

Plumbtox is a little lead creature with toxic features at the back to represent the poison from lead.

Phosphoreon is a fox/horse-like creature that glows because phosphorus can glow.

Abilities for Plumbtox:

“lead poisoning”

this ability was based off the fact that lead has very high and deadly amounts of poison in it even in very small amounts. The number associated with the ability is 3.5µg because that’s the amount of lead needed to poison someone

“gatling gun”

This ability was based off the fact that bullets in guns are made of lead. The number associated with the ability is 80% because these days, 80% of this world’s bullets are made of lead.

Abilities for Phosphoreon:

“Chemiluminescence”

This ability was based off the fact that phosphorus can light up if a chemical reaction happens with phosphorus. The number associated with the ability is 6+ because the phosphorus stays lit for 6-24 hours.

“Tough-Inner-phosphorus”

This ability was based off the fact that phosphorus working alongside calcium makes your bones stronger. The number associated with the ability is 4000mg because a person cannot have more than 4000 mg of phosphorus intake or else it would be bad for you.

Weakness for Plumbtox:

The weakness for Plumbtox I chose is nature because lead can be easily worn down by sun exposure rain exposure etc.

Weakness for Phosphoreon:

The weakness for Phosphoreon I chose is calcium because too much calcium can hinder/stop phosphorus from getting absorbed.

 

2: AI image generator prompts:

 

It took me around 3 tries to get a lead pokemon, and only 1 try for a phosphorus pokemon.

lead pokemon:

1st try: give me a lead pokemon

2nd try: give me a lead element pokemon

3rd try: give me a lead element pokemon with subtle toxic features

Phosphorus pokemon:

1st try: make a phosphorus element pokemon

 

3: Information fluency reflection:

ask:

The main questions I asked myself were how I can get more info on the elements I was assigned, then put the info I think are suitable into the moves/ description. For example I asked questions for the elements like “what can phosphorus be used for?” “does it do unique things and does it have unique properties to it?” Then, I tally up the information I think is interesting about these elements and put it on the card as moves or descriptions.

Acquire:

The main tool I used for searching and finding info was Google. My searches lead me to websites like Wikipedia, where I could find out lots of info about my elements, how they are used, and facts and unique features about them.  The AI overview also helped, as it gathered information quickly and accurately, with broken down steps and a summary, making it very clear.

Analyze:

The main tool I used for making sure that my searches were correct was checking other sources if they had the same or very similar information. For example, if I got a new piece of info on lead, I would take note of it and look at other sources to make sure they had the same info so I know that the info is true and accurate.

Assess:

I think my cards are laid out accurately and authentically. They had the same theme and feel as some real pokemon cards. The design of the pokemon looks nice, and the text style is somewhat convincing, and I think if Mr. Cornwall pulled it out of a booster pack, It would take him a few seconds to realize that they are fake pokemon cards.

COL 10 electric house project

Group:

I was in a group of 2 with Anaya

Define:

The house I made was pretty solid in my opinion. There were 4 rooms that were pretty easy to recognise, each with some furniture. It was also pretty hard to break. however, my house lacked 2 very important features: stairs and windows. At the end, Me and anaya decided to make stairs by designing it on tinkercad, then 3D printing it.

Dream:

My first thought on stairs is that I would need to design it straight to the point, but then I remembered that I needed to screenchot each step, so I decided to go with something basic at first, then gradually evolve the design by adding more things to make it more and more complex until im satisfied with it. Like this, the stairs will be consistent and accurate. Also, I made a 14×14.5 rectangle that’s transparent, and I built my stairs in the shape. that way, my stairs won’t be too small or big.

Step by step design:

First step:

second step:

Third step:

finished product:

Deliver:

I think the stairs I made were pretty decent. They were simple in design, yet were pretty symmetrical and effective and they also fitted nicely into my house. If I could do something differently with this project, I would definitely add more detail to the stairs. making it wider the stairs and platform shorter, adding railings making multiple different pieces of the stairs, then, gluing it all together are all nice examples and I would do them all if I had the opportunity to redo this assignment.

Debrief:

One thing I really enjoyed about this assignment was the designing part. I liked using Tinkercad to design something; I thought it was really fun and letting me be creative with my work. This also let me strategize how I was going to design things or how I could let it fit into my house, which really used my brain. The biggest obstacle for me was that my partner didn’t do much work for this project, so I needed to do most of the assignment by myself, which puts a lot of pressure and work onto me as I needed to do a lot. Also, sometimes the 3D printers were all in use and I needed to wait some time to get my print going into the printer.

 

 

 

Indigenous Exploration Podcast – Dietary problems in Indigenous communities

your experiences creating this assignment

I think this assignment was pretty intriuging, because we needed to make a podcast about indigenous people in a group. We needed to do some teamwork to hold the podcast together, and even though this wasn’t my favorite assignment, I still think it was interesting.

your group’s path in researching the topic.

what we did was we found some websites with good information, and we put these sites on a Word document so all of us could access it. We then each contributed to the script by getting info from all the websites we have.

obstacles or items we learned in recording

We had a lot of obstacles. for example, when someone messed up on a part that they were recording, they needed to redo that part, which takes time and is annoying. Also, sometimes if there were too much background noise, we needed to redo the recording as well. Piecing the recording together was a little tricky as well.

What are some ways that you use to communicate your learning?

I can communicate my learning by saying the things I learned into the podcast by putting the learned info into the facts/ sentences of the podcast. By saying the things I learned into a project, I am communicating.