We have had our iPads for a couple of weeks now and we’ve had some time to play around with it. I found out about a new trick where you can put your apps in alphabetical order! I’m not a big fan of having my apps in folders but, we have so many apps on our iPads! So now with them in alphabetical order they will be easier to find. To make them in alphabetical order, go into settings and then general. Next, go into reset (don’t worry, it won’t reset your whole iPad!) and choose ” Reset Home Screen Layout”. It will ask you if you want to reset or cancel so press reset. It will then put all the default apps like the camera, contacts, iTunes, messages, etc. first and then it will set the rest of your apps in alphabetical order. So I think this is great if you have lots of apps and don’t like to use folders. It’s another way to keep your apps organized, so go ahead and give it a try!

A new year has begun and that means we have started our 1st quarter projects! As a project update I would say that my partner Taylynn and I are on the right track so far! We have gotten two interviews, we started looking for 5 good sound bites, and we are working together great.

Taylynn and I got an interview with Sue Kanoho who works at the Kauai Visitors Bureau and Kalani Vierra who works at the Ocean Safety Bureau. In our interview with Sue Kanoho, she is very dark from the lighting, it did not look bad on the camera but, I guess you can’t always trust the camera screen. We still need one more interview with Shelbi who works at Expedia which is a concierge service that sells activities but they also inform visitors about the dangers of the ocean. We have called her twice and even left her a message, and we have also emailed her. If she doesn’t reply this weekend I will go to her office and ask her if she or somebody else would like to be interviewed.

We have finished transcribing both of our interviews. I transcribed Sue Kanoho’s. And then I showed Taylynn how to do it so she could be able to transcribe Kalani Vierra’s. She catches on very quickly and was even able to finish it last class! So now we are trying to find the five best sound bites out of what they say. The five sound bites is the base of the story and how it’s being told. So they have to be important bites!

And lastly, Taylynn and I are working great together. She’s a seventh grader but she is brand new to media so I’m teaching her everything I can. So far I’ve taught her how to call and talk to people on the phone to set up interviews, ask questions at an interview, import clips, transcribe, and so much more! As I said before she catches on pretty quickly and is able to finish things on her own. Although I haven’t taught her everything there is to know about making a news story, I look forward to teaching her more!

In conclusion, our first quarter project is going well. We do need one more interview but ,we already have two interviews that are already transcribed. We started looking for 5 great sound bites, and Taylynn and I are working together great! Hopefully we will be able to create a quality project on time!

Hey everyone! I’m Leanna Thesken and this is my media blog where I will post 2 blogs a week, one that is an assigned topic, and one that we can write about anything and everything we want! You might be wondering what grade I’m in (or maybe not) well, I am in 8th grade and this is my third year in media! It seems like it was just yesterday when I was a little sixth grader new to media barely having a clue on what I was doing. This year, it’s different because all of us 8th graders are the leaders. So this year I look forward to competing at STN! STN stands for student television network where students from all over the country compete. This year STN is in Orlando, Florida! That’s like 5000 miles away from Kauai! I’m excited for STN because as 8th graders we get to be the “head editors”, we get to choose the topic we want to do for sweet 16, and we get learn lots of new things! As you can tell, I’m very excited for this year! I’m not only thrilled for STN but, I’m looking forward to everything else in this school year  .