During this week I have successfully finished researching about the African instruments and have started decorating my book. This means that I have caught up to my timeline for last fortnight. However, there is still one job I have yet to do which is to start researching about the instruments in Asia. In order to catch up to the timeline completely, I would need to start researching in week 7. The only problem with this is that I have many tests to study for and assignments to finish so I don't think I would have much time. But I will try my best and hopefully I would manage my time well to work on my WISE project.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Journal
17 May 2010
From the last time I updated my blog until now, I have continued researching about the instruments from Asia. However, due to my term 2 timeline I believe that I am still not quite up to date with my WISE project. I have not yet started decorating my book and have not completed the title page or the first page (which is the world map). My goal for next week would be to catch up to my timeline so that I would be able to finish my WISE project in time.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Journal
15 May 2010
During this week I haven't been working much on my WISE project because of all the assignments and tests from school. I also have a scholarship interview and piano exam next Saturday so I would imagine that I would not have enough time to work on it. However, I have finished researching for the musical instruments in Africa which is a start. During this hectic term, I plan to just work on the WISE project as much as I can. But if I go along at this rate, I predict that I would not be able to get everything done in time. Therefore, I would need to work on my project during the holidays. My goal for next week would be to start decorating the "Lost Instruments in the World" book and to research the instruments from the next continent.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Planning My Work for Term 3
Planning:
Term 3:
Week 2 - Finish researching about the Australian instruments, start researching about the European instruments and continue decorating the book that is going to be my end product
Week 4 - Finish researching about the European instruments, start researching about the instruments from North America and start drafting everything I've done
Week 6 - Finish researching the instruments from North America, start researching about the instruments from South America and continue the drafting process
Week 8 - Write a bibliography on all the sources I used to find my information and create the quiz that is supposed to be the last page of my book which tests the reader on their knowledge they learnt from reading my book
Week 10 - Make sure everything is done and well decorated and find a place to donate my book (for example: the Broadbeach Library)
Monday, May 3, 2010
Journal
3 May 2010
Last lesson I have been completing a timeline that shows how I am going to manage my time this term. So far, I believe I am not up to date on what I should have completed in week 4. I have started researching about the instruments in Africa and am pretty well into it. But I haven't started decorating the book yet. To try and catch up, I will start decorating the book tomorrow and continue doing so during the week, as well as researching about more instruments. My goal for next time would be to not fall behind on my schedule and to manage my time properly.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Planning My Work for Term 2
Planning:
Term 2:
Week 2 - Have started researching about the musical instruments in Africa and collected some useful information that is suitable for my WISE project
Week 4 - Start to compose the book "Lost Instruments of the World" (for example: select a notebook to complete my project in, begin decorating the title page and the world map) and continue researching about Africa
Week 6 - Finalise the information about the African instruments, start researching about the Asian musical instruments and continue decorating my book for the project
Week 8 - Continue researching about the Asian instruments and finish decorating the title page
Week 10 - Finish researching about the musicals instruments from Asia and start researching about the instruments in Australia
*Any work that has not been completed throughout the term would have been caught up during the holidays.
If all of the above has been completed then I have done half of the hours I needed to dedicate to the WISE project :).
Term 2:
Week 2 - Have started researching about the musical instruments in Africa and collected some useful information that is suitable for my WISE project
Week 4 - Start to compose the book "Lost Instruments of the World" (for example: select a notebook to complete my project in, begin decorating the title page and the world map) and continue researching about Africa
Week 6 - Finalise the information about the African instruments, start researching about the Asian musical instruments and continue decorating my book for the project
Week 8 - Continue researching about the Asian instruments and finish decorating the title page
Week 10 - Finish researching about the musicals instruments from Asia and start researching about the instruments in Australia
*Any work that has not been completed throughout the term would have been caught up during the holidays.
If all of the above has been completed then I have done half of the hours I needed to dedicate to the WISE project :).
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Journal
14 April 2010
Term 2 has just started and I'm excited to start my WISE project. I haven't had any new ideas since the last time I posted but I have completed the planner which was handed to the teacher last term. The planner is as follows:
Title: "Lost Instruments of the World"
Goal: To educate everyone (especially musicians or students that are interested in music) about unique instruments from different countries
Relevant Curriculum Framework Dimensions:
- Reflective Thinking
- Stewardship to the Community
Final Product: The final WISE project would be a book that provides information and interesting facts on many different instruments around the world (which the majority of people would not know about as they are not well known). The target audience would be made aware of the book through emails that would be sent to the students. A quiz would also be attached to the back of the book to assess the knowledge the readers gained from reading and provide corrective feedback on whether or not the book was found interesting and informative at the same time, depending on how much the readers get right on the quiz.
Habits / Skills:
- Organisation
- Time management
- Internet and library research
- Referencing (how to create a bibliography correctly)
- Book design
- Self analysis of thinking skills and learning habits
20-30 Hours:
- 4 hours of research on the musical instruments in Africa
- 4 hours of research on the musical instruments in Asia
- 2 hours of research on the musical instruments in Australia
- 3 hours of research on the musical instruments in Europe
- 2 hours of research on the musical instruments in North America
- 2 hours of research on the musical instruments in South America
- 1 hour of book design
- 2 hours of drafting the whole project
- 1 hour on quiz
Goal: To educate everyone (especially musicians or students that are interested in music) about unique instruments from different countries
Relevant Curriculum Framework Dimensions:
- Reflective Thinking
- Stewardship to the Community
Final Product: The final WISE project would be a book that provides information and interesting facts on many different instruments around the world (which the majority of people would not know about as they are not well known). The target audience would be made aware of the book through emails that would be sent to the students. A quiz would also be attached to the back of the book to assess the knowledge the readers gained from reading and provide corrective feedback on whether or not the book was found interesting and informative at the same time, depending on how much the readers get right on the quiz.
Habits / Skills:
- Organisation
- Time management
- Internet and library research
- Referencing (how to create a bibliography correctly)
- Book design
- Self analysis of thinking skills and learning habits
20-30 Hours:
- 4 hours of research on the musical instruments in Africa
- 4 hours of research on the musical instruments in Asia
- 2 hours of research on the musical instruments in Australia
- 3 hours of research on the musical instruments in Europe
- 2 hours of research on the musical instruments in North America
- 2 hours of research on the musical instruments in South America
- 1 hour of book design
- 2 hours of drafting the whole project
- 1 hour on quiz
My goal in term 2 would be to maintain organised so that I would not panic when the WISE project is due at the end of term 3. I would like to keep working on my project every week except in the weeks I would need to be revising for all the tests and doing my assignments so that I would not have to do my whole project in a couple of days. If I am behind in my WISE project I would just finish the work during the 3 week holidays. Hopefully my strategy would work out and I would be able to keep up to my "schedule" and improve my organisation skills.
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