Who Do You Think You Are

• This is the interview I did with my mom, Alyson Burnett-Rawitch, over her side of our family and her childhood. Click here to see what she has to say!

• This is my interview with my dad, Bruce Rawitch, over the information he has over his side of the family and his life. Click here to see what he has to say!

• I wrote this email to my only living grandparents, Pat and Allen Rawitch, asking for more information on our family. My family knows the least about my grandparents extended family and I thought it'd be interesting to see if I could learn any more from them. Click here to see the email.

• I completed my family tree through Family Echo. I put together all of the family that I could link to one another on this site. I have not been able to trace my family extremely far back on my own and used all the information that I knew by myself to put together this family tree. Click here to see my family tree!

• This is the Prezi I made over 15 members of my family. While I didn't have plenty of pictures available of older family members that are no longer living, I did manage to find a few interesting pictures. This includes some interesting information on 15 members of my family.

• This is my infographic I made about my family. I used several different facts I knew about my immediate and extended family to create a visually pleasing presentation about the Rawitch and Burnett families. I used information such as where my family lives now, where we originated, family disease history, and more.

• I made this five-frame storyboard over my dad, Bruce Rawitch. His hobby is fighting in armor (interesting, I know) and his day job is working at a software company. I showed him transforming from his day job to his hobby. Bruce calls it  "Corporate Warrior". Click here to see the story!

Monday, December 2nd

Journal - Where are you right now on your "Who Do You Think You Are" project? What did you do over the break for the project? Did you interview anyone? Use the checklist below to figure out what you have finished, what you are still working on and what you still have to do.

At the moment, I'm on track. I have my email done and part of my interviews. I've also finished up my familyecho, I just need to add a few more details to it. Additionally, I have begun work on my prezi and am coming up with ideas to do for the story board or stop-motion animation video. I plan to start my infographic soon as well. 

Stop Motion Animation Ratings

#1: Ian Whelan.
 Idea: Space Legos
Reason: I thought his video was very well done and was easy to follow. The camera was steady for most of the time and it followed a story line.

#2: James Metcalf
Idea: Beads
Reason: I thought that James' video was extremely creative. I saw no other videos like it and it was very well put together. It captured the watchers eye.

#3: Abigail Krump
Idea: Rock-climbing
Reason: I thought that her video showed that she put in a lot of work into the project and I saw no others similar to it. Additionally, it was very well put together and not at all jumbled up.

Wednesday, November 13th

Journal - How did you stop motion animation turn out? If you could give it a grade, what would you give it out of 60 points? What did you learn from creating this video?

I think that my stop motion animation turned out quite entertaining. It was a very interesting project. If I could give myself a grade out of 60, I would give myself around a 56 because I didn't use a tripod and that would've helped quite a bit. I learned from creating this video that a tripod is quite important while taking pictures for stop motion animation. 

Monday, November 11th

Journal - How far along are you on your stop motion animation? What did you do over the weekend to work on you stop motion animation? Do you have all your pictures today? Will you have all your pictures by the end of the hour? Give me a detailed updated.

I have taken all of the pictures for my stop motion animation and just need to put together the video to finish the whole project up. Over the weekend, I turned into an adult officially! On Sunday, I turned 18 and went out to dinner with family. On Saturday night I hung out with a group of my friends and we did lots of adventurous things, such as setting drum sticks on fire and eating wonderful pizza, and it was a wonderful time. 

Friday, November 8th

Journal - What are you planning on doing for your stop-motion animation video? What story are you going to tell? How will your video be fun and different? Who is taking your photos? When are you taking your photos?

Well, for my stop-motion animation video, I'm taking pictures of Christine Flaspohler dancing on pointe. If you wanted to make a story out of it, you could say that it's a ballet dancer dancing at the ballet. Mine will be super fun and different because not a lot of people do dance at the level of Christine, so she's quite good and impressive. Also, she has the tutu and the whole nine yards. I took my own photos on Thursday after school already. 

Wednesday, November 6th

Journal - What story will your storyboard tell? Explain in detail.

Well, my storyboard tells the story of dat dance life. Basically, it shares my night of going to dance from putting hair into a bun, picking out stuff to wear, driving to dance, dancing, and then coming home and sleeping because I'm exhausted. Essentially the best storyboard you'll ever see.