Learning Reflections week 9

 

1. Planning

Our Project Planner (Milestone 1) - link or embed the doc

Looking back at the planning we did at the start, I think… It was a bit slow but at the end of it we were good at planning

Having had the experience of this project, if I was planning another project I would… Make sure my Main Question is very good, to make my working much easier

2. Process

Links to our Group Planners:

• Week 5

• Week 6

• Week 7

• Week 8

• Week 9

Time management and workflow

Looking back at how well we planned and then recorded each week's and day's work and managed our time, I think…. I think we were given enough time to finish all of our work, and i did get it finished to a good standard

Another time, I would I think there was enough time to get our work done and not a lot of spare time making the class boring, i would also use my time more wisely

Collaborative skills

Considering how our group managed our relationships, discussions, decisions, and the way we shared out and contributed to the work, I think… at the start there were 3 of us but towards the end of our work there was only 2 of us left

In future, I would, Elecate jobs for every person evenly

3. Research

Our Research Process (Milestone 2) - link or embed the doc

Looking at our research and comparing it to what other groups did, I think…

I think we did a fair amount of work for the amount of people in our group

Another time, I would…

ask a lot more schools abour their power bill and what they use their power on.

4. Planning and Preparing our Presentation

Our Presentation Ideas (Milestone 3)  - link or embed the doc

Looking back now at how we planned and prepared our presentation, I think…

we did a very good job of it

Another time, I would…

Have planned the Presenting more

5. Showcase Day

Our Presentation (Final Product/s)

Embed or link all the slideshows and docs you created - your finished products.

Include photos or videos.

Include a photo of your display board or your display at the Showcase Day.

Looking back on Showcase Day, you might want to consider some of the following questions:

What worked well for Showcase Day, and why? Our presentating because we are good communicating What didn't work well and why? We had no flaws apart from Our QR code not working at the start Did you vote on the projects? YES Why or why not? I did because i am egare to win Did you have a team member with your display at all times? yes we had two Why or why not? to attract people to our project Did you stay and talk about your project? YES Why/Why not? to attract people to our project Were you able to answer visitor questions? YES we were able

My positives for Showcase Day were…. All of the teachers coming to look at our project and being suprised. because…. we did not expect the teachers to like our project that much

Another time, I would…

Plan my Speach and make sure everything is working like our QR code and it is very intriguing

a) What skills did you use, learn or develop during this project which will be helpful in your life beyond school? Communication Collaboration Thinking outside the box

b) Would you like to do more of this kind of learning next year?

7/10

c) What did you learn from this process that will help with future projects?

That buying Solar Panels will help you save money in the future

d) What advice would you give to the teachers if they are running this or something similar in the future? to get the kids on presentation day that arent presentating or looking at others work to leave and go to class cause there were a lot of Kids being loud and mucking around on stage

Learning Reflections Week 8

 

1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? a lot of things about electricity and that Otaki College uses less power than an average household per year

2. How effectively have you used your time this week? 7/10

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress? 8/10

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project: Getting our questions and answers done

5. Grows: Something you need to work on: Collaboration

6. Where could you get help with this?  Within ourselves/our group

7. What are the next steps for your project? Practice our presentation

Learning Reflections Week 7

 1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? it is hard to find information about my question

2. How effectively have you used your time this week? 4/10

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress? 8/10

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project: Communication

5. Grows: Something you need to work on: Focusing on work and getting our set work done

6. Where could you get help with this?  Within our group 7. What are the next steps for your project? Presentation Ideas

Learning Reflection Week 6

I WAS AWAY

Learning Reflection week 5

Me, Potiki and Louis are in a group together, our question is Which place in Otaki uses the most and least power in Otaki, and which buildings use the most power and why the buildings use the most power

1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? we have come up with our question/questions, we have completed our proposal, and now we are starting our Project

2. How effectively have you used your time this week? 7 out of 10

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress? I did our groups Proposal, and helped with the Week 5 Group Planner

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project: We are Finishing our tasks on time

5. Grows: Something you need to work on: Team Work, Communication, Collaboration

6. Where could you get help with this? Ourselves

7. What are the next steps for your project? Research, Getting our Slides near Completion

'Night' Essay

In the Holocaust memoir 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, three events that impacted me emotionally were when Moishe the Beedle comes back to town to tell people about what happened and no one believed him, When Elie was split from his family and Elie's Fathers Death, While the Holocaust is something that was familiar to me, the writer of 'Night' brought the reality of the suffering and brutality to life for me. It was really sad and made me realise how lucky I am not to live in a world like that. Elie Wiesel uses a range of language features including Imagery, Metaphors, and Simile to describe his experience during the war and his life in the concentration camps.

There was visual imagery used when a lady in the same cattle cart as Elie was having visions of fire, flames, and the smoke which I think was used to symbolise death, and then when the Jews arrive to the camp they see the smoke billowing out of the crematorium and realising that the people waiting and lined up towards the crematorium are heading towards their death the majority being elderly and young children. which made me feel very sad and fearful for the Jews.

There were many similes used in this novel such as when Moishe the beadle says "'They think I'm mad' he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes." He returned after being captured by the Gestapo with a wounded leg and telling the other Jews in his village what was happening, such as babies being thrown in the air for target practice, and no one believed him. They thought he was acting or lying for gold or money as well. which makes me very frustrated because if they just listened to him none of these horrible things would've happened to them.

When Elie states "This is what the antechamber of hell must look like, so many crazed men, so much shouting, so much brutality" this is when he has just arrived in the barracks in Auschwitz. he is comparing the camp to hell is a common metaphor used in the book. another metaphor used is when one of the guards tells prisoners "Ahead of you lies a long road paved with suffering", the road is not literally paved with suffering but this describes what their time in the camp will be like. This made me feel angry for how the Gestapo and the Nazis treated the Jews as if they were inhuman, this was also highlighted when the Nazis separated the Jewish families when they arrived at the camp.

The use of the Language Techniques in this book by Elie Wiesel really brings the book to life as if I was really there. It was almost like I could smell, see, and hear what was happening in the book. The author's ability to paint a picture using words was what generated such strong emotions when I read this book. Even though there was so much death there was also a thread of hope knowing that he survived to write the book. One of the parts of the book that impacted me the most was when Elie was split from his Mother and his younger Sister Tzipora at the gates at Auschwitz knowing that they were headed towards the Crematorium lined up just waiting to die, "I didn't know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever" Elie Quoted in the Novel with the use of the first person narration pronoun I.

Another part in the book that really impacted me was when Elie was told by a "Blockalteste" the leader of Elie's barrack not to give his ration of food to his dad and that Elie should be the one getting his father's ration of food instead, "Because in this camp it's every person for them-self" because his Father was going to die soon anyway. his father later died and Elie woke up and his dad wasn't there and a new person was lying in his father's bunk this made me feel really sorrowful knowing that if my dad died I would feel very downhearted especially if I didn't get to say Goodbye or something to him at all before he died. This highlighted how brutal the camps were and with his father's death soon after this. This isn't a book I would choose to read but I am glad I did read it because it has made me more aware of the human suffering during the Holocaust.