Wk 9 power to the people final blog post

 

Final Learning Reflection

1. Planning

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

Looking back at the planning we did at the start, I think that the way we planned in the beginning helped us achieve our project in a way that I was proud of. The planning was our first step to creating our project and it was a great help.

Having had the experience of this project, if I was planning another project I would focus on using a wider range of resources and finding a way to give everyone something to do so they can equally contribute to the group.

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 we managed our time extremely well finishing our research and the main area of our project early giving us the time to experiment different ways to present and show how our idea can work.

Another time, I would use the spare time we had to expand the range of research we had using different resources and skills.

Collaborative skills

Considering how our group managed our relationships, discussions, decisions, and the way we shared out and contributed to the work, I think this was a thing that worked well in our group aside from not having our entire group here most days we found a way to let all members of the group contribute. Being a close knit group of friends we worked well to communicate and discuss our project in a calm and effective way.

In future, I would hope to continue working with my friend to create more projects lime this one as I believe we worked well together throughout the many weeks this has been going on .

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 all the different ways people researched and taking a look at their planning helped me and my group build a bigger and more detailed research which ended in a very well thought out project.

everyone used their research in different ways and they all turned out for the better

Another time, I would take more time on the project to attract more people to read and discover about it and engage in our planning.

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 although my presentation plan was short it gave you the idea of what we were thinking. While preparing our project for presentation we looked at how we can make it more appealing in our planner and changed it for the better.

Another time, I would make my plan more in depth and more detailed so you can know exactly how it would turn out.

5. Showcase Day

Our Presentation (Final Product/s)

Include photos or videos.

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

What worked well for Showcase Day, and why? What didn't work well and why? Did you vote on the projects? Why or why not? Did you have a team member with your display at all times? Why or why not? Did you stay and talk about your project? Why/Why not? Were you able to answer visitor questions?

My positives for Showcase Day were the way people reacted to our research and the way it was presented made a positive impact on a number of students,staff and member of the public.

Another time, I would attempt to get more people to read our presentation and to invest themselves in it.

6. Reflection on the Project

a) What skills did you use, learn or develop during this project which will be helpful in your life beyond school? I used thorough planning skills and learnt about hydropower and using sustainable energy

b) Would you like to do more of this kind of learning next year? I thoroughly enjoyed working with my friends and completing our project although the topic of our presentation did not interest me which gave me a lack of motivation. The project also put a lot of pressure on the teachers which resulted in them having a short fuse on the students.

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

that you have to invest time and spend a lot of your time researching and planning. this will have me prepared for future projects.

d) What advice would you give to the teachers if they are running this or something similar in the future? to take a second to calm down and not yell at the students. And use good language even when the students are making it difficult.

Week 8 Power to the people

1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post?

This week we got all the supplies to make a mini water generator. Mr Georgetti helped us with all the things we needed to make it work.

we tested it out on the taps at a high pressure measuring the volts and pressure then used the power it created to light up a small led light.

We took a video of it working and then uploaded it onto our slide

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

we have worked very effectively to complete our project

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

I have contributed by recording and summarising Information

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

We are working as a team and splitting the workload

5. Grows: Something you need to work on:

keeping motivated and setting goals

6. Where could you get help with this? 

We can achieve this on our own with their right motivation

7. What are the next steps for your project?

we are polishing off the slides and then printing it out as a last step to finishing our project

week 7 power to the people

 This week we got all the supplies to make a mini water generator. Mr Georgetti helped us with all the things we needed to make it work.

we tested it out on the taps at a high pressure measuring the volts and pressure then used the power it created to light up a small led light.

We took a video of it working and then uploaded it onto our slide

Week 6 Power to the people

 This week what we did.

This week our group went to the mill down Mill Road. Preslee and I had to go on a journey into the stream to test the water. We realised that the stream was to slow to generate power.

some of our results from the water testing 

Clarity was 30cm of visibility 

The stream bed was made up of rocks, mud, weeds and rubbish

the flow was slow taking 2.20 minutes travelling 3 meters.

The water temp was 16.6 degrees 

we also talked to Mr Thorn 

Power to the people

For the past few weeks we have been learning about sustainable power and how it can be used. Our plan is to make energy using the Otaki waterways. Me and my groups question is 'How can we use hydro power to create energy' We are currently planning how to build a water generator model.

 1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post? So far I have learnt about how hydro-power works and the different ways it can produce power. We also watched some videos and read some books form the library about water mills and how they can create sustainable power.

2. How effectively have you used your time this week? I have managed my time well this week finishing our proposal and starting on our research.

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress? I have collectively worked well with my group and we have all been sharing the load.

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project: What is working well most is our collaboration and knowing what jobs need to be done.

5. Grows: Something you need to work on: Staying on task and finding motivation to make our model.

6. Where could you get help with this?  teachers keeping us on task

7. What are the next steps for your project? Figure out how to make our model, with help from the woodwork teachers and the science teachers.

Night Essay

 

Describe at least one important technique used in the text. Explain how the technique created an emotional response in you.



In the holocaust memoir 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, three events that impacted me emotionally were Elie being split by his family ,his first night in camp and his fathers death. The writer uses a range of language features including metaphors, repetition and hyperbole



Another incident was when Elie watched his family split up and knew he would never see them again.

"this was the moment in time that I knew I would never see my mother and Tzipora again" using the language feature first person narration.

This sentence made me think about just how many people lost their families and friends knowing that they were walking to their death and that they couldn't do anything about it. It made me appreciate the family I do have. The feeling of losing one family member let alone numerous family members would be a hurt to great to deal with. I believe this proved a great deal of bravery that Elie shows throughout the months he endured the torture and malnourishment.



One incident that really affected me emotionally was when Elie Wiesel wrote the prose poem with the repeated line

' Never shall I forget' about his first night in the concentration camp Auschwitz. As well as the repetition he used listing of all the things he wouldn't forget such as

'Never shall I forget that smoke.

Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky' These lines in particular was the first time in the book made me feel like I knew what he was going through. It made me realise just how cruel he and others were treated. The repetition of the poem embedded the deep affect the Nazis had on the the Jews.



Another emotionally difficult read was when Elie mentioned the death of his father.



"I did not weep and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience I might have found something like free at last" the writer uses a very short sentence which make a big impact because if someone was to lose a father they would be expected to cry but in this situation he was so desensitised by the hundreds of deaths he witnessed.



While reading this sentence I felt the pain Elie had while experiencing this, losing your father is an Intolerable level of hardship let alone unwillingly feeling free from his death. although Elie deeply loved his father he had to let him die so he could tell his story... And so he did.



before reading 'Night' I was not aware of the hardship and inhumane punishment the Jews endured. This book made me realise just how appalling and hateful the Nazis were towards the Jewish religion. I gained some insight as to the fear and pain he and many others went through. Using the technique first person narration, prose poem repetition and short sentences Elie Wiesel uses these language features in a way that entirely describes the time he spent in Auschwitz camp

Blog post 2 Elie Wiesel, Author of Night, Aged 12

Our English class is studying the memoir Night, by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. 

I worked in a group with Pearl and Preslee to create an Empathy Map for Elie at this age.

Elie has a very religious life. He loved to learn about the kabbalah and the Talmud [The Jewish bible]

His father did not allow him to learn it as he must be thirty before learning the kabbalah . Elie would spend his days learning the Talmud and at night he would run to the synagogue and spend his nights there. Elie had a very strong and loving relationship with his family.

 

sad joke on a marae response

 this poem was  about a Maori man who grew up not learning anything about his language. he went to a marae and shouted tihei mauri ora as that was the only sentence he knew in Te reo Maori. He talked to the taniwha about his sins and the feelings he felt; anger, envy, sadness, shame, desperation and fear.

this is my understanding of Tu begging with all his feeling surrounding him.