My Name Is Brandon Murray

Hello.  This is my final project for this year.  It is all about my family history  I have a very interesting family full of a lot of interesting people.

First I interviewed my parents.  Which I learned a lot from that interview.  Then I emailed my Grandpa.  On my Dads father.  He also gave me a lot of interesting information.  After that I added some family members onto my family echo which is filled with a lot of my family members.

Then I did a prezi which is posted below which included 15 of my family members.  Later on I did an infographic, which included a lot of information (statistics) about my family.  Last but not least I did a five frame storyboard.

Monday, May 5

I agree that people are spending way to much time looking at their phones, computers, etc. instead of communicating.  And it is really bad for us.  But some people meet their wife online and that is how that life takes off.  I think that we use our phones to much, but the phone has become an important part of our society today and that we shouldn't worry about the cell phone use as much.

Wednesday, April 23

Read THIS blog post by a teacher. I mean actually read it. Take it in. Think about it. And then, write about it. What do you think about it? What is the teacher trying to say? In your own words explain what "the main event" is.

I think that this teacher did a great job of trying to get his students to understand that he cares about them and school is not as hard as the real world.  School is just training you to be successful in the real world.  I think the main event is what you do after school in the real world.  The main event is also never quitting and also fighting for yourself and what is right.

Monday, April 21

Reflect on your stop-motion animation project. How did it go? What worked? What didn't work? If you're not finished - why? If you are finished go in to detail about the project and what you learned. Give as much detail and information as possible.


My stop motion video went really well.  It looked really well when I played it.  I think some of the pictures could have been taken more clearly.  But that is not a problem for me, It still looks good.  I am finished.  I learned how to make a stop motion video.  My project was me roaming around the school in a swivel chair. Which was very fun.

Wednesday, April 9

What is your idea for your stop-motion animation? Explain yourself. Have you started taking photos? If not, when do you plan to take your photos? What is your action plan for today? What is your plan to GET SOMETHING DONE?

My idea for my stop motion is a tour of Blue Valley high school given by yours truly.  I have not started taking photos but my plan is to get them done today.  My plan is to walk all over the school and give you a tour of the school.  I will have somebody take my pictures for me.

Monday, April 7

What is stop motion animation? If you don't know, look it up! Explain.

Stop motion animation is when you take a bunch of pictures and then you put them all together so that it almost look like a video.  I think that it is very cool.  I have done some before and it takes a lot of work.

Friday, April 4

Friday, April 4

Tell me about your 5 frame storyboard. What did you like about the project? What did you dislike? Was it hard to fit a story in to 5 images? Do you think you tell a clear story? What would you do differently if you could? Explain.

My five frame storyboard is my evening.  It is me doing my homework, eating dinner, watching TV, brushing my teeth, and sleeping.  I like that I got a bunch of good and accurate pictures that tell my story really well.  I like everything about my project.  Yes it was hard to fit my story into 5 images.  I think that I told my story really well.  I would make it be more than just a five frame storyboard.

Tuesday, April 1 2014

What is a storyboard? If you don't know, what do you think it is? How are storyboards used? What are some different ways that storyboards can be made?

I do not know what a storyboard is but I think that it involves a picture and/or a story.  It may also be sort of like a comic.  They are used to give readers a visual on what is going on in a story.  i do not know about the different ways that a storyboard can be made.

Wednesday, March 26

Did you get your pictures taken yesterday? Did you enjoy going on the photo scavenger hunt? Why do you think I had you take those types of pictures?

I did take the pictures.  It was fun to go around the school and take pictures.  I think that you made us take those pictures, so when we come in class today that we can edit the photos.  And we might be going into a photo editing and photography unit.

Tuesday, March 25

What do you know about photography? When you take pictures what kind of camera do you use? Do you use your cell phone? Do you own a digital camera that is not your cell phone? Explain.

I don't know a lot about photography.  All I know is that photography is taking pictures.  I usually use my phone when I am taking pictures.  I do own a digital camera put I do not use it very much because I find it easier using my cell phone to take pictures.

Monday, March 24

Monday, March 24

Welcome back! How was your Spring Break? Tell me all about it. You've been out of school for 10 days so I know you will have plenty to share. Make it good!

My Spring Break was fun.  My cousins from Tennessee came here.  So we hung out with them.  We went to the Brook side Parade with them.  Which was very fun.  Later I went to Science City with my other cousins who are very small.  Most of my Spring Break was watching and playing basketball with my family.  Which is always fun.  So my Spring Break was pretty great.

Wednesday, March 5 2013

Wednesday, March 5 2014

Prepare yourself... I want you to really THINK about this blog post. I mean really use your brain. What is the significance of an infographic? What is the point of pairing graphics and information together? What impact can this have on a reader or viewer. EXPLAIN.

The significance of an infographic is that it is almost a paper and a picture put together.  It gives you the ability to visualize like a picture.  But it has some writing and information on it too, like a paper does.  The point of pairing graphics and information together is that it interest the reader with the pictures while it teaches them things with the words and graphs so in other words if you make an infographic, you are getting the best of both worlds.

Tuesday, March 3

If you had the option of writing a 3 page paper or creating an infographic - which one would you choose? Explain yourself.

I would much rather create an infographic instead of a 3 page paper.  Infographics are more fun to create and use more creativity.  Also it is more fun to look view/read an infographic instead of reading a paper.  Therefore it will make your piece look better.

Friday, February 28

How far along are you on your infographic? Will you be finished and ready to embed on to your blog by the end of the hour today? Do you think you've used your time wisely in class? Explain yourself.

I am about 70% to 80% done with my infographic.  It is coming along really nicely.  I could probably be ready to embed my infographic at the end of the hour, if I work hard during class.  I used my time wisely in class because I got a lot done and made my infographic looks really good.

Wednesday, February 26

Why do I have you brainstorm and collect your information in a Google Doc before putting in to final draft? Explain.

You have to brainstorm and collect your information on a Google Doc before putting it into a final draft so that you know what information to put in it.  If you didn't know what information to put into it than your project.  If you didn't brainstorm than your project wouldn't be as good.

Tuesday, February 25

Yesterday I introduced you to infographics... tell me again what they are and how they are used? What is the benefit of an infographic? What goes into an infogrpahic?

Infographics are used to visually display information.  It makes it easy and more fun for the viewer to get all of the information.  A infographic draws more interest to your project, paper, etc.  Many images go into a infographic.  Also many facts and statistics go into it to make whatever they are talking about look bad or good.  Depending on the purpose of their paper, project, etc.






Infographic Link

Monday, February 24

My paper is about the Death Penalty.  It is all about how the Death Penalty is wrong.  And how we can make it illegal, not just in a couple states, not in most of the states but the whole entire united states.  If we did that then the world would be a much better place.



Global Issue Paper

Tuesday, February 18

Where are you at with your 5 paragraph essay so far? How is it coming? Is it easy to write? Difficult to write? Is it helpful that you created an outline first? Explain.

I am halfway though my third paragraph.  It is going well.  It is easy to write because of the outline I made. Yes since I made the outline everything began to flow even more than it usually would.  I am very happy that I made the outline first.

Monday, February 3

Tell me about your Sweetheart weekend. If you didn't go to Sweetheart, what did you do? I want details! I went to sweetheart it was fun. I enjoyed it. I spent the rest of the weekend with the most handsome, sweet, incredible, baller ever, me. I went to my brothers basketball game. And my own where we beat 'Merica by 25. I also watched the Super Bowl. Even though the game wasn't great but it was still football. And that's good enough for me.

Friday, January 31

Who do you look up to in life? Why? What have they done to help you or guide you?


I look up to my Grandpa Helm.  I look up to him because he is a great man and can talk and be nice to anyone and everyone.  He always know hows to make me laugh.  He was successful at his job.  He coached for the BYU Cougars, The Kansas City Chiefs, and scouted for the Toronto Argonauts.  He has dealed with a lot in his life.  And is the nicest person I know.  That is why I look up to him.

Wednesday, January 29

Tell me about the global issue you selected yesterday.Briefly restate your paragraph from yesterday.

For my Global I chose the death penalty.  I chose it because I don't know a lot about and it seemed interesting.  I want to learn all about the different methods that they used and have used.  I also really want to know why people are arguing so much about it.

Texting And Driving

Monday, January 27

If you could pick one issue in the world to fix or change what would it be and why?

I would fix homelessness.  I would fix it because everybody in the world deserves a home.  And everybody who doesn't have a home right now is probably starving.  They can go days without any food and I can barley go one hour without food.  Which is also a major problem.  They would also be more probable of becoming sick and dying.  Homelessness is a huge problem and we need to fix it.

Wednesday, January 22

What is a Public Service Announcement? If you don't know what it is, Google it. In your own words, now tell me what it is? What are they used for? Can you recall an example of a PSA you've seen before?


A public service announcement is a announcement or statement made by someone.  It is usually made by the government or someone of high importance.  And it is a statement or announcement that has interest to the people.  And it usually is about a certain issue at the time like bullying or immigration.  An example would be when a police officer came out and gave us a lot of the information on the Sandy Hook shooting that happened last year.

Tuesday, January 21

Tell me about your three day weekend. How was it? What did you do? Elaborate! On Saturday I went to my brothers basketball game. After that I watched the KU basketball game and went to my grandparents house.  On Sunday I went woke up, and watched some football. After that I went to my basketball game we won 41-37. Then my team celebrated at one of the players house's.  On Sunday I went to Red Robin and then to a friends house.

Tuesday, January 21

Wednesday January 15

What have you learned about Google Drive and Google Presentation so far? What do you like about it? What problems have you run in to? Is it better than PowerPoint?Explain. I have found that Google Drive and Google Presentation have been really helpful. I like Google Drive because it helps me find all of the projects that I have used. I have learned about both of them like how to use them, and where to find them. I like that Google Drive is very organized. I like Google Presentation because it is very interesting and it saves right away so that you don't lose any of your information. It has been much better than PowerPoint because there are different things to use and it saves right away.

"Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted I should be able to use it."

Yes and no.  Yes because you put it you put it on the internet.  Also if anybody can view it there isn't really a big difference if they use it for a project.  No because you did the work, you went out there and took the picture.  And if somebody else wants that picture then they can take it themselves.  I am leaning a little more towards yes though.  Because if you didn't want anybody to use it then you shouldn't have put it on the internet in the first place.

Friday, January 10

What do you want to learn in the class the semester? What information do you want to walk away with that you didn't know before? Elaborate!


I want to learn about technology more.  I want to learn more about how to blog.  I also want to know which websites, search engines, etc. are the best for me to use.  I do not know how to blog at the moment but by the end of this class I want to be able to know that kind of stuff.  I used to just look on the most known websites and search engines like Internet Explorer, Google, Bing, and places like that.  But I want to know which websites are the best, easiest to use, and fastest.  By the end of this class I want to be an computer master and use the computer easily.