Learning blog

What did we do?

Today we looked at who did our blog posts and compared them to our past work. We also talked about good collaboration and talked about the Christmas concert. We also watched two videos of past Christmas concerts (of you go on YouTube and search up fraser heights secondary you will find videos) After we marked our chapter 7-9 vocab on the outsiders.

Why did we do it?

  We looked at and compared our recent and past learning blogs so we could see how much we improved and look at how much more effort we put in now then before.

We talked about collaboration and talked about the Christmas concert. We need more collaboration because we don't have enough contact with our class mates (we don't talk much) and because of that we get confused about things like the learning blogs. We watched the Christmas concert videos to see how everyone in the audience and stage collaborates. If your wondering how they have collaboration they have collaboration by working together. The people on the stage work together by going on the stage and cooperating with each other, you work together and cooperate by watching each other and fixing others mistakes on the spot to make it not look like a mistake. The audience is collaborating with each other in the applause, if someone on the stage does something funny some people will laugh and after more people will laugh, or if the performance ends people will start screaming and clapping; everyone is working together to make the performance seem better and they're having fun.

   We marked our 7-9 vocab to see what we got right and wrong, and to correct and understand the novel more.

  

Connections

  Learning good collaboration can help us if we have any group projectsin or out of school.

Homework/Reminders

Our homework is to finish all the chapter questions in the outsiders 

Come to flex tomorrow if you haven't finished the outsiders or HACE.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandala      ​​​Nelson (Rolihlahla) Mandela was born on July 18 1918. He was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, philanthropist who was the president of South Africa from 1994 until 1999. He was born in an royal family and studied law in university. While working as a lawyer he was arrested many times for his connections with anti-colonial politics. In 1962 he was arrested of conscript to overthrow the apartheid government in South Africa. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He served 27 years in prison on Robben Island, Polls Moor prison, and Victor Vestor prison. Finally he was released in 1990 after an international campaign fought for his release.

 

​After his release he joined negotiations with the president at the time to get rid of the apartheid government and establish multi racial elections in 1994. He won the elections and became South Africans first black president. He spent the rest of his life fighting for human rights amongst all people, fighting poverty, and hiv/aids and countless other deeds in which he received more than 250 honors for.

What do y'all get for the adopt a family? Did anybody being any cars or toys? 

Connections between me + Nelson Mandela

It was hard to imagine any sort of connection between myself and an amazingly selfless person such as Nelson Mandela, but then I remembered... He was a person just like me. He didn't have any advantages in fact he had so many disadvantages. Nelson didn't conjure up an idea of being a worldly leader in fact what Nelson did was completely rational.  

Nelson knew that all he could do was move forward things couldn't really be worse.the way I connect to Nelson is through optimism. Nelson was always optimistic through every struggle and obstacle. Although my optimism isn't as prominent as Nelson's I have always tried to look on the bright side in tough times!

Motivation + Mandela

Motivation

You get motivated when you have an urge to complete something. Setting goals or getting rewards is a way to help us get more motivated. To get people motivated in doing work, businesses give out promotions, mainly money. The video we watched in class told us that people with promotions do worse than people without. I think it's like this because once you get a promotion you no longer have any motivation to do any better, because your already at the top. I think companies should give out monthly promotions to whoever worked hardest last month. This way even people that already have a promotion can still be motivated to do better so they won't lose the promotion. If companies do this I think they will have better work and more motivated workers. In order for anyone to get motivated in anything I think it's best we always have goals.

Mandela

Mandela's life taught me to never give up on what you think is best. Even in the most hardest times things could still come out for the best.

MOTIVATION

                 Motivation


 What motivates you to do what you're doing? Is it the money or reward that you will be awarded? Or, do you motivate yourself because you really enjoy doing the sport, game, job, or anything else you might be doing?
  
  Most people get motivated to do something because they want to receive the money, reward, fame, because that's what they think is best for them. However, through the video we watched today we learned the surprising truth of what motivates us.
 
  In the video,students were tested to do challenges and were rewarded with 3 different kinds of rewards. Challenges that were done mechanically, the students showed their best performance and took the best rewards. However, when the students had to use rudimentary cognitive skills which is skills that uses the brain; they all showed such poor performance that even though the reward got bigger they couldn't complete it. This was tested in different areas where there was more poverty and more money needed. Still, the results didn't change and the people showed very poor performance. This theory or test shows us that motivation does not come from how much the reward or the money you get. Instead, it tells us that you motivate yourself and do well when you do a task that you really enjoy to do.
    
  A very good example of motivation would be Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela only did what he desired to do. Mandela didn't care at all about rewards or money. He just motivated himself to do what he enjoyed even though the task made him end up in the jail. When he came out of jail he still didn't stop and consisted on the job to make South Africa a better country. We can learn and be inspired by Nelson Mandela.
   I also think that I motivate myself to play soccer. At this age you wouldn't get paid to play soccer. Instead, people usually pay to play soccer. I don't think that I would pay to play soccer if I didn't any attention or love for soccer. However, to me soccer is something that motivates me.
  
  In brief, I think this is another good example that money shouldn't motivate you. Instead, people should motivate themselves by doing what they really desire or enjoy to do.  

Learning Blog


Today in class we talked about the adopt a family and how we were going to help them. We talked about the list of things that were chosen to be on the board and tried to bring them in.

We also watched a video on how to be motivated. He was saying that if you're an athlete or something else, then what motivates you to do something you love? You only do your sport because you love it not for the money.


We also watched a video on kid president and he explained how not to be a bully. He also mentioned that life is school with history, science etc.. He's pretty much explaining what do you wanna teach the world?


Reminders


Don't forget to bring your $10 in for adopt a family!!

Who is Nelson Mandela?+10 fun facts

Rolihlahla Mandela or as the world knows      

Him today Nelson was a man dedicated to bringing peace throughout segregation in South Africa. 

 Nelson Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in Mvezo,Transkei on July 18 1918. 

  Having had his father die at an young age Nelson had to take on more responsibility then the average kid.

  Nelson completed his basic schooling and then went on to college, but he was expelled for participating in a student protest. However he manged to get his   BA from the university of South Africa.

 A few years later a racially based, government fueled group apartheid started to become more dominant. 

This group was trying to take away the rights of those who were truly African rather than Caucasian.

 Nelson was the head of a large group of non-violent protestors.

 During a raid by apartheid with dozens of casualties, Nelson was imprisoned for 38 years until he was released to become the South African president.

10 fun facts about Nelson Mandela:

-Nelson was married twice (1944-1958) and (1944 to present)

- During his imprisonment his mother and son died, he was not allowed to attend their funerals 

-Nelson had 4 children 

(two are deceased)

-Nelson one a Nobel Prize in 1994

-Nelson has more than 50 honorary degrees form universities

- He was given the name Nelson by his primary school teacher because all school children had christian names

-Nelson studied to become a lawyer

-Nelson was the first black president of Africa 

- Nelson had his own law firm designed for Africans who were not provide the same rights as Caucasians

-Nelson Mandela retired from public life in 1999 

Nelson will be greatly missed because of his peaceful and selfless acts to help make South Africa and the world a better place!

FACTS ABOUT NELSON MANDELA

Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first black president.

Nelson Mandela went to prison for 27 years.

In his youth he enjoyed boxing and long-distance running.  Even during the   27 years he spent in prison, he exercised every morning.

Nelson was not Mandela`s original name.  His real first name is Rolihlahla.  When Nelson was nine years old his Methodist primary teacher who taught him in Qunu, South Africa gave him an English name, Nelson.  It was the custom to give all school children Christian names.


Nelson Mandala was on a terror watch list in the USA until 2008.


He owned his own law firm but it took him years to get a law degree.


He dressed up as a chauffeur to escape police.


When Mandela was released from prison he forgot his glasses.


In prison, he was a master at secretly passing notes.


He was the first person in his family to attend school.

Learning blogs

What did we do?

Today we looked at all our blog posts and Ms. Lees told us what was right and wrong about it. Then we did chapter 7,8 test. We also watched a video called kid president's pep talk to kids and teachers.

Why did we do it?

  We looked at our learning blogs so we could learn what's right or wrong about them and how to improve them.

   We did the chapter 7,8 test so we can review the chapters, and we can understand the book more.

  We watched the video so we can know that everyone can make a difference in the world.

  

Connections

 Watching the video can inspire us to do more things for the world in both the present and future.

Homework/Reminders

Our homework is to look up Nelson Mandela and find ten reasons why we celebrate Nelson Mandela 

bring $10 for our adoptive family

R. I. P. Nelson Mandela <3

Nelson Mandela a wonderful man. He lived from July 18 1918 to December 5. His background was South African and he was President of South Afria. He was South Africa's first black chief executive and his government focused mainly on racism, poverty and inequality. Mandela served over 27 years in prison starting in 1962 and ending in 1990. One interesting this is that his born name was Rolihlahla meaning in his language "troublemaker". On his very first day of school his teacher have each of the students a English name and his happened to be nelson although he is not sure why. 

The reason we celebrate his day is because he made such a great impact on the world today. He taught us not to be racist to share to learn and to treat people properly. I think that he was a very wise and brae man and he will be deeply missed. 

R. I. P <3

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Collaboration

Collaboration is working together to expand on others ideas. In order to collaborate we need a good relationship with our classmates, the better our collaboration, the better our ideas. Collaboration is a great way to come up with new and unique ideas; it is also a great way to improve already created ideas, like the shopping cart in the video we watched. The video told us that we can't have ranks if we want good collaboration. With ranks some of the ideas and opinions won't be heard; People will feel sad and disappointed with the way the product turned out, and they will feel angry that no one will listen to their ideas because of their rank. It would be good if we can create a good relationship in our class so we can have better collaboration.

Nelson Mandela

-he was born in July,18,1918 at Mveso, Transkei, South Africa

http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017

- "For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies."

http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017

- the name Nelson Mandela got at birth was Rolihlahla. That name meant troublemaker in his tribe

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/06/world/africa/nelson-mandela-surprising-facts/?hpt=hp_t2

- the name Nelson was given to Nelson Mandela by a elementary school teacher

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/06/world/africa/nelson-mandela-surprising-facts/?hpt=hp_t2

- "[Nelson] Mandela was elected the first black president."

http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/12/nelson-mandela-dies-dead-rip-bio-facts/

- "he had 3 wives and 6 children."

http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/12/nelson-mandela-dies-dead-rip-bio-facts/

- "Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 and in 1964 was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy to overthrow the state."

http://www.ask.com/question/why-was-nelson-mandela-put-in-jail-for-27-years

-"Mandela served over 27 years in prison and was released in 1990, during a time of escalating civil strife."

http://www.ask.com/question/why-was-nelson-mandela-put-in-jail-for-27-years

- In 2009, Mandela's birthday (July 18) was declared "Mandela Day" to promote global peace and celebrate the South African leader's legacy. 

http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017

- Nelson Mandela died at age 95, in December,5,2013; his place of death is Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017

Learning Blogs


What did we do?

We got into our groups for our learning blogs and discussed who was going to post on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.. We made a plan by writing our ideas on paper and we all agreed on when we were supposed to do our homework. Once we had talked over and discussed the dates we went back to our desks and watched the video called IDEO.


What was it about?

The video was about a group of adults coming up with a plan to invent or reinvent a shopping cart. They came up with some pretty good ideas. One idea was you could talk to the front desk if you couldn't find what you were looking for in the aisles. Two, was they could scan any grocery item and it would already be paid for. Three, you were able to hang your grocery bags on hooks instead of just putting them inside the cart. They wouldn't have been able to do any of this if they didn't work together as a group and talk to each other about their own ideas.


Connections:

Whatever you do in life remember to always try your best and if you fail on a test say, it will motivate you to do better! I believe if you try your best in school, physical activities and everything else you do, you are going in the right direction!


Homework/Reminders

Post 10 facts about Nelson Mandela. DUE TOMORROW!! (Wednesday)


Don't forget to bring $10 for the adopt a family!

NELSON MANDELA

                                  Nelson Mendela

- Nelson Mendela was born on  July, 18th, 1918 

- Nelson Mendela died on December, 5th, 2013

- Nelson was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election 

- Nelson was a African nationalist, democratic socialist, and he served as President of the National African Congress.

   
- Nelson Mendela and his government tried to do their best to dismantle the legacy of apartheid by trying to stop racism, poverty, and inequality  

   
- Mandela attended the Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand
   
- In 1962 Nelson Mandela was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state, and sentenced to spend his life in prison

 
 - Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtatu, then a part of   South Africa's Cape Province.

   
- Nelson achieved 250 honors, including the Noble Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal Of Freedom, the Soviet Order of Lenin, and the Bharat Ratna
 
 - Nelson Mendela is usually described and known as the "father of the nation".

Good Collaboration Skills

If you want to have good collaboration skills you have to work together and listen to other people's ideas.

Another idea would be if the people in the group didn't  want to be the leader of the group you could volunteer to be the leader.

We also watched a video called IDEO and it was about a group of adults working together to make or innovate a new item. They worked together and came up with a shopping cart that could hang your bags on hooks, call the front desk if you couldn't find a grocery and you could scan your grocery with the automatic scanner.

Calaboration

Good colaboration means working well with other and communicating with others nicely. In our class somtimes we don't talk as much as we should or help eachither as we should. In good colaboration you make sure that everybody has something that everybody can do and understand. Good Calaboration means. When having good colaboration or having a group conversation the whole group or class should be involved. 

Good collaboration

What is good collaboration?! Good collaboration is being able to work well with others. Some key factors to good collaboration are acceptance, trust, and responsibility. Acceptance is very valuable because with acceptance you feel more open to sharing your ideas. Acceptance is important because sometimes the craziest ideas are the most revolutionary ones, lift example could you imagine if Copernicus hadn't shared his seemingly crazy idea we might still believe the earth is flat! Trust is the next step after acceptance, trust others to live up to to the expectations set by the group. Trusting others is very important for example, we trust our lives with pilots even though there are no guarantees in life. With trust comes responsibility. Learn to complete tasks and act within the expectations that have been set by the group. Understanding that when you have a situation eg. A chore to complete , and you neglect it there will be consequences. Working with others is tough but it is a skill we must all acquire so hopefully this gave you some ideas on how to make it slightly easier and more effective to work with others.

Learning blog

What did we do?

Firstly we got to class and discussed the progress of our learning blogs, unfortunately the progress wasn't very good! Afterwards we met in our blog groups to assign the dates on which we would post this sort of blog. Once we had everything organized we went back to our desks and re-watched the innovation video which had been previously shown on a different date. We discussed the collaboration in the video and what makes good collaboration.

Why did we do it?

We discussed the progress of our learning blogs so that we could come to the realization that more effort should be put into them.Then we got in our groups so that everything would be organized efficiently. Lastly we discussed good collaboration so that we could be more productive in group settings

Connections:

Learning to put in a good amount of effort in everything as well as adapting good collaboration skills can help us in future employment and schooling.

 

Homework/Reminders 

 

Homework: write a paragraph about what you have evaluated from watching the video what some methods are for good collaboration 

 

Reminders: Bring $10 in for the adopt a family program!

GOOD COLLABORATION SKILLS

    

From the IDEO video we watched today. I learned several ideas to to make good collaboration skills. First, we should never shut down our group member's idea, always listening and adding on to the idea. We should also help each other. For example, when we don't know or don't have time to do our daily learning blog because the person has a sport practice, dance, overload of homework. We should help them out and maybe do it for them. I think we should also work together as a group, commenting on people's blog giving thoughts and what you think about their post. Our group should also never criticize people if they answer a question wrong on the blog or forget to do the post.... Finally, our class should all help each other out, listen to different ideas, and not be lazy to do the posts. - ANDY AHN

I DID MY HOMEWORK! ..