What did your group gain from this peer review process?

We realized that we did not complete the bibliography properly. We do have a resource list added to the mind node, but this wasn't enough.

In addition to that, we have too many words in our project and we might have to cut down some. Group activities were not added because Ms Suzy did not say anything about that.

What were the strengths and areas for development of your project?

Strength- good evidence, appendix

Weakness- too many words, no bibliography.

How will your group move forward now?

We will be discussing with ms suzy for further details about the individual element.

Writing challenge (Shark)

Starting Challenge (We will do similar exercises often as the way to become a better writer is to practise regularly, then reflect and identify steps for improvement)

In your learning blog, improve the story below. You have exactly:

• 5 minutes for planning
• 10 minutes for writing
• 3 minutes for proofreading

The focus is on quality, not quantity!

There was a shark swimming around me. I was in danger but I got away.

Planning

There was a shark swimming around me- i was in danger but i got away.

1) What am i doing?- friend drowning, save her

2) What happen? The engine broke down, we're stuck

3) What did my senses tell me? (throw a fridge with meat down)

4) Someone with a jet boat came and help us.

5) I was in danger, but i got away.

Writing.

The sky was dark and the wind was blowing furiously at the speed boat. My friend, Stephanie and I was going to go shark hunting. On the way there, Stephanie toppled over and fell of the boat into the vast ocean. Surprisingly she couldn't swim, and was trying her hardest to stay alive. I noticed she had a deep cut on her right hand. I knew that she had to get out of the water in time before the sharks came, so I jumped down and save her. Stephanie managed to get out of the water with the help of the boat driver. At a distant, I saw something swimming fast towards us and realized it was the sharks. I quickly tried to climb up to the boat, but I failed.

Sharks came swimming as fast as lightning towards me. It's teeth were as sharp as japanese knives and they have the size of a mini to a medium boat. They look like gangsters, but in an animal form. The next thing I knew, there was a shark swimming around me. I tried not to move, but it didn't work. My heart was beating continuously and I was running out of breath. I had nothing to do but wait. Wait for a miracle to happen. Any minute now the shark will come and attack me.

Smart Researching

Boolean Research

Use :

• AND
• OR
• NOT

You can narrow your researches by implementing these three things, instead of receiving ten and thousands of given websites.

LI: to be able to apply these methods into your research

Reflection

This week we've covered group reflection and self reflection. We are about to do our real group project.

• Danial made a google docs for us to tick if we've done our reflection. *ticks*
• gantt chart's still undergoing process..
• We kinda argued about sebastian the crab being a lobster
• I've got stomach cramp so i didnt really did my fullest
  
• decided to use yam

1) what have i contributed to the group project?

- I've gave ideas and suggestion and tried to make dead line

2) what would i do differently next time? Why?

I will try not to do my work last minute. I'll do extra research that will benefit the group

3) What have i learnt about working together?

I've learnt that it's not about what you think, but also what other people think. Working together can be hard, but in the end we had fun and co-operate nicely.

4) What has been good/challenging about working as part of a group?

Meeting datelines is the most challenging one we had. We had no problem listening to each other, but meeting datelines was hard. Sometimes it was hard to make people do their work fully so we had to keep reminding each other.

What have i learnt?

1) I've learnt more about my teammates, and their speciality and what they are skilled at. And when i'm sick, i dont think i can contribute as much as I did before i was sick. And sometimes we went off topic, but we got back in the end. I've also learnt that some people wouldn't finish off their work on time, and it held us back a little.

a) Deciding and planning the project was considered ok. We co-operate on what's going to happen next and so on. But sometimes deciding can be hard and planning can be out of hands, but we manage to do it anyway.

b)planning and producing- Datelines was hard

c) reading and presenting my ideas- We took turn to present/ say our ideas out.

d) time management- dateline was hard to keep and getting people to finish off work at a certain date is hard. Some people did not meet the datelines and it pulled us back alittle.

3) I gave some ideas that might help the group, did alittle bit more extra research.

4) What are the most valuable points i have learnt? why? - I've learnt that sometimes it's hard to work in a group because one person may be pushy, some other person may not contribute ideas at all. But in the end the result was worth it as we have reached an outcome/plans.

Gp reflection on gantt chart

Learning how to use a gantt chart is kind of easy but applying it to our project is kinda hard. We had troubles putting in our datelines and allocating task for team members to do. Currently we need to find a dateline to what we are doing : recycling bins, booth and proposals.

We found out that we had limitations for our "teaching project" and happily agreed to put that aside for awhile. Our limitations to teaching:

• might be collaborating with class time which will affect our studies
• we cannot clash with primary school students study timetables.
• we do not know when we are allow to teach

LI: To evaluate different outcomes and relate to your own learning.

Change4life

Main Issue: Health- children's health

Topic relating to my gp project: ----

Focussing on:

Health and disease

How we can improve your lifestyle

One of the issue is how obesity affecting people
What do i like:
The animation they used.
What can we use from this idea?
Animation to captivate primary students

Jamie Oliver

Main issue: Healthy school food

Topic relating to my gp project: ---

Focussing on:
Health and disease
What do i like:
Well formatted

What can we use from this idea?

Creating a website/campaign

Kanye west:

Main Issue: Humans and other species, slavery,

Topic relating to my gp project:---

Focussing on:
Slavery, illegal trading

What do i like:
Video- serious issue, colour

short and sharp

captivating, feel

What can we use from this idea?
Movie, inspiring, music video, singing

Nuclear plant as an alternative resouces

• Engage primary students
• make sure they understand how does nuclear plant work
• Spread awareness of oil depletion
• the usage, importance and dangers of nuclear plants- case studies of the dangers, accidents

How do we do it?

- By making a model of nuclear plant, students can be engaged

- By showing a video of how a nuclear plant work, this should be easier to understand

- by asking question at the end of the presentation

- Maybe labeling the diagrams

- colouring

Why are we doing this?

- To educate the students about the uses of nuclear plant

- We would make sure it isn't too complicated for the students

-raise awareness

Presentation style:

Videos

talking

keynote

Reflection

I think our group cooperation went well.

We know what we're doing, and how we're going to do it. We made it easier for everyone to read by writing in the whiteboard.

We summarised our work, and watch our videos together and wrote on the fish bone diagram.

It would have been so much better

• if some of our group members summarize some of the website that was given and not waste their time.
• It would also be better if we cooperate and share ideas rather than sitting down.

We worked together and covered up alot of area in one day and began with the fish bone diagram. I think it was really good.

This is what i am.

My top is : Implementer-40

2nd: Coordinator-13

3rd- Monitor evaluator-6

my face right after i've got myresult.. :|

I think these 3 are my personalities because I have to finish my work and I am usually motivated. If i don't finish my task on time, i will feel uneasy and i can't sleep.

I dont mind if i get work, or even more task. I don't usually show that i'm scared or worried. I keep it to myself.Sometimes i prefer to do things alone- sometimes leading to me doing everything. I react strong to both praise and criticism.

What did we learn about the apprentice

We learnt to listened to other people's ideas other than yours.

We need good leaders( if we have one)

Set multiple tasks

Never have 2 people doing the same thing- Waste ones effort.

conflicts can happen between team members.

Team Work

What makes a good teamwork?

1) Communication

2) Agreement

3) Setting task

4) Responsibilities

5) Same conclusions- Listening to each other

6) Help each other

7) Listen to each other

8) Giving Opinions

9) Working together

Teams

Expectations:

Timing

Deadlines

Responsibilities

Sets Achievement and Goals

My weakness in the team:

a) Be too harsh

My strengths in the team:

a) Research

b) Summarising Ideas

c) Meeting datelines.

I think that meeting datelines, organising and getting people to do work might be an issue. I think i can develop this area by communicating with them every day.

Working as a team:

Aim and achievements:

1) To perform the projects successfully

2) Make sure everyone get equal parts

3) No slacking

4) Listen to everyone opinion- especially during brainstorming

Roles and Responsibility

a) Equality among the people in the group

b) Researches, organisers, quality checker, Video maker/recorder

We will not have a team leader since the team is so small. We are comrades and believe in communism, therefore a napoleon would ruin the whole thing.

Keep track of what our team is doing:

a) We can achieve by creating a time sheet/google calendar for this particular project

Strict dateline rule

No procrastination

Punishments are needed.

Modern day slavery

What is human trafficking?

Illegal trade of human beings: prostitution, force labour or a modern day form of slavery.

This includes, men, women and children. Everyone is a victim of this illegal trade.

Main reason for human trafficking?

• Poor family.
• need money
• family trading in for money.
• Trafficking can work like : It is a common practice to persuade a young woman to leave home and to move to a wealthier neighbouring country where she can work in domestic service, child, or adult care, waitress, restaurant or at a bar.
• poverty

International, Regional and National anti trafficking laws and conventions that define outlaw and punish trafficking

What makes someone human.

wWe are Homo Sapiens. We have religion. The ability to know what is right and wrong; the ability to communicate in a whole new level. The ability to create. Great understanding.

Evolution, natural selections are what make us humans today. The language.

The ability to reason better than most creatures makes us human.

Human evolution is the origin and evolution of Homo Sapiens- hominids, great apes and mammals.

We also have a unique identity and are marked with something supernatural deep within us- a never ending spirit- an immortal soul. It is that soul that directs out feelings, thoughts and will. Even more unique than animals, plants, insects.

reflection

I've learnt how the court works, and arranged from witness,cross examiner, researchers, chief executives to the juries. I developed my research and understanding skills.

I find finding information very easy, i think this is because i'm always doing this at home. I find cross examining hard because you need to ask questions and so on.

We constantly cross examine the witnesses. And the researches gather up information that is relevant/related to the topic. The chief executers were making sure everyone did their work. We are organized and prepare for the court case.

We had alot of teamwork during the court case. From the chief executers-> to researches- witness and cross examiners on the bench. We know what we're going to say, i think we can predict what our opposing team might say. We're confident in our evidence.

I think i did the researching really well, passing notes, searching more information in the court.

I think the target would be : More time to conduct the court case. Make the question clear and understandable.

I would practice my presentation skills at home and prepare notes and researches before hand

Against death penalty

The question is, does death penalty actually save lives?

If your family/friends are killed, you would want to get revenge right?

lets say its a married man who killed your family/friends and you kill them back/is sent to death penalty, wouldn't his family want revenge too?

This is like a cycle..

they kill, you kill, they kill, you kill

Theres no stopping this cycle if the death penalty isn't abolish

According to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives/ For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3- 18 murders are prevented...

so.. lets say.. if the man is dead, and you recently found out that he is innocent. Theres nothing you can do about IT.

Reasons to GO AGAINST DEATH PENALTY:

1) executions cost more than life in prison

2) the innocent may be wrongly executed

3)crime rates have not gone down

4)killing is wrong

5) life in prison is already enough

6) why kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong- yes we want to make sure that there is accountability for crime and an effective deterrent in place; however, the death penalty has message of " you killed on of us, so we'll kill you". The state is actually using a murder to punish someone who committed murder. Does that make sense?

7) financial cost to taxpayers of capital punishment-most people don't realise that carrying out one death sentence cost 2-5 times more than keeping them in prison

8) it is barbaric and violates the "cruel and unusual" clause in the Bill of rights- Whether is electric chair or gas chamber or lethal injection or hanging, it is barbaric to allow this kind of death to be made.

For Death Penalty

For death Penalty

Most countries have abolished the death penalty. But I am going for Death Penalty. Why? because for example, if your best friend/parents/siblings got murdered. What will you do? You would want them dead right? Lets say if the Amnesty abolish the death penalty, What will happen? You can't do anything right?

If the death penalty is abolished , crime rate will rise. Unless the enforcement rate goes up, then it will be fine, but we can't 100% say it will go up will it?

AND ALSO

Its better to just kill the person then just keep them in a prison cell. It's so much cheaper. There is also a high chance that the prisoner might escape from prison and that leads to chaos. Facts and evidence supporting the abolishment of the death penalty are often exaggerated. A consequence for committing the crimes are necessary

For eg, Guantanamo Bay.

They torture you, but they wouldn't let you die.

Lets say the death penalty is abolish, would you want to suffer before death?

Reasons:

1) death penalty gives closure to the victim's families who have suffered so much- SOme family members of crime victims may take years or decades to recover from the shock and loss of a loved one. One thing that helps hasten this recovery is to achieve some kind of closure. Life if prison just means the criminal is still around to haunt the victim. A death sentence brings finality to a horrible chapter in the lives of these family members.

2) it creates another form of crime deterrent - crime would run rampant as never before if there wasn't some way to deter people from committing acts. Prison time is an effective deterrent, but with some people, more is needed.

3) justice is better served- punishment should fit the crime. When someone plans to murder another person, doesn't it make sense that the punishment for the perpetrator also be death?

4) it contributes to the problem of overpopulation in the prison system- too many prisoners(causing overcrowding). Not enough resources, not enough space. When you eliminate the death penalty as an option, it means that prisoner must be housed for life.

Against or FOR death penalty

I would go for Death penalty.

Cyberbullying

* Defamation – harm done to a person’s reputation, and slander (spoken) versus libel (written)- I think this would cause the person a mental breakdown

* Whether a statement is seen or heard by a third party or parties

* Whether the identity of the target is clear

* Anonymity – does it make the perpetrator more or less responsible?

* Harassment – what does it involve?

* Duty to provide a safe work or study environment – what roles do schools and teachers play?- I think the school would have to take actions if it's causing the person pain and misery to he/her life.

* Right to freedom of expression – what limits should be placed on it?- too much freedom is not good because you might be doing something out of the ordinary.

* Right to security of person – should people be protected from written or verbal attacks?- I think everyone deserve to suffer in life even it means ONCE or TWICE. No one is meant to be protected everyday, every hour of their lifetime

* Defences and confounding factors – what makes a possibly libellous statement okay?

* Truth – when the statement is accurate

* Fair comment - a legitimate journalistic intent

* “The reasonable person” - how offensive does something have to be before it becomes libellous?