Journal

22 March 2010

I wasn't very satisified with the amount of work I did on my WISE project this week. This is because I was too busy studying and revising for tests, resulting in no time to stop and think about my project. However, I have been starting to write my planner which is due on Wednesday. My goal for next week would be to think deeply on my WISE project and to try to create more inventive ideas that would suit it. Since Term 1 finishes this Friday I would have more spare time and would need to contribute more time in doing my WISE project. Hopefully by the next time I write my reflection I would have thought of some new inspiring ideas.

Journal

14 March 2010

During this week I tried to build on my "Lost Instruments of the World" idea. I came up with quite a few different inspirations. The best one I thought of was having a world map as the first page and marking off the places I talk about. For example: if I write about an african instrument I could put a little cross where the unique instrument is found. This would give the readers a sense of direction so they know where they "visited". My goals for next week would be to start filling out the planner sheet on my WISE project so I can hand it to the teacher in week 9. Another goal would be to expand on my ideas otherwise my project could turn out too "straight" and a bit boring.

Journal

8 March 2010

After I changed my topic from animal cruelty to lost musical instruments of the world, I have started to brainstorm about how I should present my WISE project. Eventually, I decided to design and write a book. Every few pages I could "travel" from one country to another, talking about their unique instruments that many people did not know of and introduce the readers to them. That was all I could think of this week. I hope that by next week I would be able to invent more creative ideas about my chosen topic. I am really glad for having a whole term to refine our ideas because it gives us more time to deeply think about what topic we should choose to do our project on.

Journal

28 February 2010

During our last WISE lesson the teacher made us do some brainstorming. We had to list ten interests/hobbies and write at least three ideas about each of them. After that lesson I started to question myself about which topic I should do. In the end I decided to change my topic. I am now going to do my WISE project on lost musical instruments of the world. This idea randomly popped up to me yesterday and I thought that it was fantastic and that it would be better than my previous topic on animal cruelty. I hope that by next week I could have thought about some ways I could present my idea in whether it is a music video, book etc.

Journal

21 February 2010

Since the last time I did my first reflection I still haven't changed my mind about the topic "animal cruelty". Instead, I have been thinking about how I could present my project. For example: would I create a video, book or an activity for the other students to participate in (like the Big Sister project)? So far, I think I would design a book about animal cruelty to raise awareness of this subject. But like last week, I am still not sure, since this is only the brainstorming stage of the whole project. Hopefully by next week, I would be able to finally decide what my project is about or something. I look forward in starting my project in term 2.

Journal

14 February 2010

After our last WISE lesson I have been trying to plan what I want my project to be about. The only topic I feel like I'm the most interested in is information about animal cruelty. But I'm not exactly sure yet. I will have to think about my decision some more before I actually decide. Anyways, the date where we have to tell the teacher what topic we are going to do is still a long time away (at the end of this term to be exact) so I still have plenty of time. I think I will probably stick to the topic of animal cruelty though because I like animals and pets a lot. I would like to own a dog but my mum doesn't allow me because she believes that it is too much trouble and that it will make me unfocused on my school work. Even though that is true it doesn't mean I don't like animals as much as I used to. This is why I think that animal cruelty would be the best subject for my WISE project.