Journal

18 August 2010

Now that the english test and UNSW maths competition is over, I now have more time to work on my WISE project. However, this week we also have to write up an EEI prac report. But it is due on Friday which means that even if I don't have enough time to do any work on my WISE project, I still have the whole weekend to continue working on my book. My goal for next week would be to finish researching about the North American instruments as well as the musical instruments from South America. After this I could use the last week and/or the holidays to scan my whole book and to find a place to donate the book to.

Journal

15 August 2010

During this week, I have not been working on my WISE project as much as I should be. My goal was to finish it off this weekend but I did not achieve this goal in the end. This is because I have an english test on Monday and Tuesday so I needed to work on my english essay and plan my feature article. Because of this, I did not spend much time my WISE project. Therefore, I am behind in my WISE timeline. About half a week behind to be exact. But I should be able to catch up by next week, right after the english test is over.

Journal

4 August 2010

During this week I have continued to work on my WISE project. The work I have done so far is successful and I have already drafted/edited them all. I am glad that I have maintained my progress even though I was actually quite busy last week. In fact, last week I had three tests from my tutoring classes and we also had the ACER japanese competition. I am proud of myself for being able to fit in time to work on my WISE project.

The number of musical instruments which I have researched and completed a document about is twenty. I only have ten more instruments to do research on. I am getting closer and closer to finishing my WISE project. My goal for next week would be to follow the timeline and complete all the requirements I set for myself.

Journal

29 July 2010

During this week I have tried to catch up to my timeline and have succeeded. Therefore, I am all up to date with my WISE project and if I keep up my efforts I'm sure that I would be able to finish my book on time. My goal would be to finish my WISE project before the holidays ended so that I can donate my book to either a library or a music conservortarium (if they accept me). I would like to donate my project to a well known place where everyone would be able to read about the mysterious instruments that have been created in our world (i.e. the music conservortarium in Brisbane). However, I'm not sure if they would accept such an offer which means that I would need to investigate. If they reject my project then I'm going to donate it to the Broadbeach library which is near my house. By next week I hope to have continued working on my WISE project, keeping on time with my timeline.

Journal

23 July 2010

During this week I did not complete as much work as I planned to. This was due to the fact that I had to memorise my japanese speech for the Griffith Competition which took up the time I usually work on my WISE project. However, I already researched about the instruments in that continent so I am not that far behind and catching up should not be a big problem. During the weekend (starting from today), my goal is to finish researching and start typing/editing the reports I am going to write. Hopefully if I complete all that work then I could continue decorating my book and making it look more colourful.

Journal

15 July 2010

School has officially started again. So far, I have been progressing well through my WISE project and have been up to date with all of my work. During the holidays I did a bit more research and came up with a list of all the instruments I'm going to include in my final product (a book). The list is as follows:

Africa:
- Gankogui
- Udu
- Ngoma drums
- Shekere
- Kalimbas

Australia:
- Gum leaf (Folded leaf whistle)
- Bullroarer
- Seed rattles
- Clapsticks
- Didgeridoo

Asia:
- Guqin
- Sanshin
- Erhu
- Bianzhong
- Jew’s harp

Europe:
- Balalaika
- Flageolet
- Gemshorn
- Gudok
- Lute-harpsichord (lautenwerck)

North America:
- Appalachian dulcimer
- Bata drums
- Deer Hoof Rattle
- Courting Flute
- Water drum

South America:
- Siku
- Rainstick
- (Hammered) Dulcimer
- Ocarina
- Cajon

On the holidays I have started decorating my book as well and have began putting my research together. Overall, I believe that I have worked well and am definitely up to date =).

Journal

20 June 2010

The holidays have officially started which means that I will have more time to work on my WISE project. I have been up to date with the researching component but I haven't done much decorating. So my goal during the holidays would be to work on the decorating side of my book. During the beginning of the holidays I have thought about my project in detail and thought that I should provide information about 5 different instruments in each continent. Beside the information, I would then draw an enlarged picture of the actual instrument so that the reader could see what it looks like. Also, I have decided to make North America and South America into one category. In other words, I would not research about North America and South America separately. I believe that this will be more efficient and easier for other people to understand. Hopefully by the end of the holidays I would have done enough work to start fresh next term!