Week 7

	Week 7- Synthesis  May 16th- 20th	Teacher Notes
Completed Task	Create an information report that shows the environment effects on photograph (i.e. before and after photos). I  will explain in  my re.port how different environmental elements can damage a good photo. I will also identify ways that you can improve a photo using different computer programs.	I look forward to reading your brochure.
Resources	The Internet
To Do List	Start researching and taking a few photos of my own that I can use in my Information Report and I will digitally change them step by step and record this in my report.	I look forward to seeing your photography and you report due on Thursday.

Interview With Ms Dianne

I think if I could choose my topic again, I would choose a different topic. It turns out that my topic is not that interesting as I thought it would be. I would choose an easier topic because I had a personal project to finish  too. I don’t mean that my ESL project is not important, but it’s wasn't easy for me to manage my time efficiently. I would choose a more exciting topic like cooking or something I am familiar with. I would re-do the oral assignment because I lost my video that I made and so it was the deadline. I have to make something to get a mark, so I decided to make a recording because it’s faster and due to the projects and personal project exhibition that I had to prepare for it’s so much faster to make. So, if I could re-do the oral assignment, it would be better. The topic is harder than I expected it to be. I though it’s just comparing  photographs but it turns out that there are a lot of things that I didn’t know about photography. Therefore, I should have chosen an easier topic to work on that required less research and planning. 

I will prepare these questions for my interview on Friday by firstly, writing them on cue cards and secondly practice in front of the mirror and finally I will record myself using photobooth in practice for the interview. My predicted grade is 7.

Analysis

A

B

Photo A
is NOT affected by the weather. It will look exactly the same whether it's summer, spring, foggy, etc because the photograph is taken indoor. Usually, the photograph that are taken inside is not affected by the weather.




Photo B
is affected by the weather. The photograph shows how the wind can add depth to the photograph as the trees sway in the wind creating a chilly atmosphere supported by the black and white frame. The photograph that are taken outdoor is usually affected by the weather.

week 3

Week 3: Knowledge- April 18th- 22nd
Teacher Notes
Activities

* Start to find, list and describe information related to your project from a variety of sources, one of which must be print.
* Approaches to Learning
* Choose possible AOI and ATL to focus on


Standard and Criterion Met Here I wrote a post about making Ice cream and I used new Vocabulary like the word whisk and more. This is an example of criterion C
Bloom’s Taxonomy knowledge- find, describe and relate your article to your guiding question
Approaches to Learning
Areas of Interaction Human ingenuity
Completed Task Summary
completed the matrix
blooms vocabulary
Resources article one, articletwo
To Do List
weekly reflection on blog: write a summary describing the topic

Reflection on Bloom’s Project

Knowledge

What you have learnt about?

How photographs are affected by the weather

What have you learnt about how you learn?

I started an Internet search on how to take a photograph in different weathers. I used one article and it said that to take a good weather photographs, we can use either a professional camera or just a normal digital camera. We don’t need expensive equipment. To take good photographs, we need to do a lot of practice. Then, I looked back to the photographs I took and analyze it how the weather affected the photographs.

How do different weathers affect a photograph?

I found that I am a visual learner and the print is more interesting when there is pictures cues that help me understand what I am reading

Comprehension

How can I analyze the photographs that are affected by weather?

I will form some questions related to photograph and weather

Application

I collected photographs I took before and posted it on my edublog. Then, from 30 photographs, I chose 6 photographs only to analyze.

Reflection On Weeks 1-5

During the past 5 weeks I have created 2 tasks on my topic photography and the environment

First I researched using the net and found an article that provided background information to help my understanding of the issues related to environment and also photography

With this information I created a summary on the topic and posted this on my blog page. This helped my understanding and provided me with more information to move to the next stage on the blooms

During the "comprehension" stage, I created my second task, posting photographs to my blog to show the audience my understanding of the topic. We were asked to record our summaries as a video and embed the file into out blog page to demonstrate our oral language skills and ability to master intonation and expression. I found this difficult to do at first but Bibil was able to assist us and I was pleased with the final product

Now I am preparing for the next stage of Blooms "Application" and I'm deciding how I will design my next task that could include: an interview, a simulation, a presentation using IT tools and illustration.

It's time for me now to plan my next task so please check my blog on Friday and post a comment

The Chosen Photographs

The first photo I took when I was walking with my dogs. It was around 4 and 5pm.

It was almost raining and there was a lot of wind. The photograph shows that the clouds are almost covering the sun. 

The photograph shows how the sunset can add colors to the sky and make it beautiful

The photograph shows that the fog makes the photo blurry and unclear

The photographs shows how the afternoon sun make the reflection of the buildings

The photograph shows how the wind can add depth to the photograph as the trees sway in the wind creating a chilly atmosphere supported by the black and white frame.

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