Egyptian City - Mini Research

 After doing the weekly quiz yesterday we had to create a DLO (Digital Learning Object) from one of the answers. I chose to do a 'lost' city that was found buried under the sands near Luxor in Egypt. I enjoyed getting to research this amazing city. I found it challenging to make the DLO because I didn't know what to make. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could make the DLO longer and add more detail.

Digital Dig

 Our teacher, Mrs. Gibson, does the DFI every Wednesday. One of the activities she had to do was the digital dig. When she came back to school we had to complete the same digital dig. This took us about 2 hours spread over two weeks. If you are unsure what the random drawing is I'll explain: We had to create a drawing showing something we are looking forward to learning this year. I'm looking forward to learning more about school. I enjoyed getting to create the drawing. I found it challenging to create a poster for the last thing. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could make my poster more detailed.

Morse code facts

 

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For our ANZAC research, one of the activities was to share one fact you found out about morse code in morse code. Instead of doing one fact, I did two. After you look at the facts you can see the English version. This is so you can understand what I wrote without spending hours decoding it. I enjoyed getting to write in morse code because I've never done it before. I found it challenging to pick what fact to do. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could make it look nicer.

How Tokelau gets their energy

 For T-shaped literacy, we had to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) explaining how Tokelau made their energy. Before making the DLO we had to read three articles (One Two Three). I enjoyed reading the articles because they were very informative and I learned things I hadn't known before. I found it challenging to explain why the Tokelauan council decided to change to solar energy. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could add more colour. (Miro's idea)

Solar Energy Ideas For Paroa School

 For our T-shaped literacy, we had to create a model of a part in our school and then add ways we could use solar energy to improve our chosen area. Miro H and I chose the pool/changing room area. Our ideas were black paint, solar panels, and solar tubes. Creating our model was hard but we both agree it looks great! I enjoyed getting to make the model. I found it challenging to work out what the price would be. To be BTB (Better Than Before) we could make the video longer and add more reasons why we should get solar panels/tubes.

Solar Energy

 At school, we had to brainstorm how the wind and sun affect us in our daily lives. I had a lot less time than other students because I had to go to a bus monitor meeting. After we had done that we had to watch a short video that was in Maori. The video was about Tawhirimatea (Maori god of wind) and what he did with the wind. I enjoyed getting the write my ideas down because I had a lot of ideas. I found it challenging to write about the sun because I had fewer ideas for that half. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could have added some more ideas like wind helps with sailing, birds, and destroys umbrellas.

LM - Tidy Drive

Since I had done the post we needed to do, I had to complete one of the cyber smart challenges. I picked the one titled 'Tidy drive'. You had to sort the fake drive before sorting your personal drive. I enjoyed getting to tidy MY drive because it was already tidy. I found it challenging with some of the fake drive because I didn't know what went in writing and what went in reading with things like 'Book review'. To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could put some of my folders into other folders.