So....

My progress, well you see, it's getting me frustrated. Not only is my computer acting up and not saving stuff right, I can't seem to get a good grip on how to end my presentation. I have a couple pictures with labels, and I want to see what my critique is tomorrow, I'm actually excited. I know I might end up crying or getting really frustrated, I'm just an emotional person, it's who I am. But, I do get easily nervous with public speaking so we're just going to have to stick this one out.

So, we'll see what happens.....

Alice Chasing a non-exsisting White Rabbit

I don't really know what the title means, it just sounds cool. I do know that I am having some problems with my Presentation only because I don't really know WHERE to go with it. I did another edit of my paper because I like tweaking it making sure it's just right. I also am working on my Electronic Portfolio and I need to talk to Mr. Mays but he isn't here. So that will wait.

I also need to get the pictures off of Virginia but other than that it's all just putting everything into place. I know this is a shorter post but that's pretty much where I'm at.

Update

Well, I don't know who all reads this anymore if anyone, but I felt the need to update this. It has been quite a while since I last posted and I suppose a lot happened.

I am currently working on my Electronic Portfolio since my self edit and peer edit (x2) is done.

My codes are giving me a real hard time but I'm going to have to keep fixing that. I don't like Dream Weaver so don't ask me to do it in there; it won't happen.

My action plan is well under way and I am getting great results from it. I have tried two different times of getting people to look at them and with in an hour of work, I have gotten at least 40 people each time. Some people even came back. I will be doing this on Open House / Parent Teacher Conference to see how that goes too.

That's about it, seems short but it was a lot of work.

Action Plan

So, I'm starring to figure out my Action Plan. I gave Ms. Savido my Autostereograms to print out in color and got them back. I have 4 now that I am going to test run and show different people. If it goes out well, I can decide if I'm going to make more that way there is no real standing around waiting. I'm not sure yet however, this is a lot of progress.

I have done a rough draft and edited my paper. Will get it peer edited tomorrow. Just, it's going very smooth for now.

And the Angels Sang!

MUHAHAHHAHA!

I saw my first Autostereogram today. I'm very excited. It was called "Vanishing Panda" from the book "Endangered Species in 5-D Stereograms"

The difference between his book and regular Autostereograms is he takes the Wall Paper method and combines it with Random Dot Images. Basically he is layering the image you are supposed to see instead of just random dots.

I was very proud of myself and need to keep looking through this book to see.

Cross-Eyed and All Screwed Up

So, I've been going over in detail, a lot of my papers so I can get quotes and more scientific terms of my project. I've found a lot of the autostereograms are used more so in a cross-eyed fashion then in a parrallel. It isn't such a bad thing but I've noticced it's a lot harder for me to see cross-eyed because my eyes don't stay cross-eyed then in a regular fashion. Granted, I could never see them in the first place but you know... Ha.

Anyway, a lot of my time has actually been defining words becuase this is a very scientific paper. It is a good thing but it makes me... confused at times on what is really going on. But, after re-reading it and defining the words on Google, I've gotten the gist of it.

As for my Lit. Review, well, it's getting there. I have about a page typed, single spaced but I"m going to spend more time going through that and making sure I have it. I'm a person that edits as they go rather than edit at the end. So that's where that's going.

My Goals:

╚ §╚ Finish Draft of Lit. Review
╚ §╚Work on Electronic Portfolio
╚ §╚ Finish getting quotes and infomation
╚ §╚More infomation on F.A.Q's

Road Block

Oh boy well, after talking with Ms. Savido and sadly coming to the realization my project is not going to work, I tried to fix it. I talked with Mike Parrish from last year and he suggested changing it to something with eyes in general. That would be a lot more work so I don't want to do it. I was looking into a little bit more about visual training and what not and thought maybe use what autostereograms can do for us? For example, they can help us know if we have stereo vision problems, or other vision problems that can commonly be detected. Plus, they are a lot of fun.

So yes, I'm spending time writing this blog and taking a break because I"m going to explode if I don't. That and this is easier for teachers to talk / comment with. So maybe change the project a little to "What can autostereograms do for us?" instead of focusing on one big thing or "Why are autostereograms important?"