Te Oro Reflection

IALT: Write about my Te Oro experience.

Here in this DLO I have written about my Te Oro experience. It was amazing that I got to perform in front of my own school peers but as you know, everything doesn't always go according to plan. 

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KiwiSport Reflection

WALT: Write about our last KiwiSport session for this term.

Today we had our last KiwiSport session, the sport we did was Skateboarding. During this last session I both amazed and shocked, not only was this the last session for this term but most of the people in our class had a competition on who could complete the course in the fastest time, it turned out that only 10-14 people contributed but in the time most of them completed it in under 1 minute to me is a very good try. 

The fastest time in our class was Matthew, who completed the course in the 30 seconds, and his cousin Sifa coming in 2nd place with 31 seconds. I myself, didn't want to try because I'm good at doing things under pressure, but it was amazing to see how many people wanted to try and beat Matthew's time. 

At first I thought Matthew wouldn't get beaten, it was his time to reign until one of the instructors decided to give it a ago, he was ultra fast and beat Matthew's time by 2 seconds. I looked at Matthew's face and I knew that he didn't like being beaten so he wanted to have another go, I was getting a little bit annoyed with his trying, so I just wanted to go for a little rounds.   

When I was skating I felt, like I was racing the wind, I felt like I was running on water, but no I was just riding a Skateboard. For me I think that it's a shame we couldn't have another 3 more sessions of Skateboarding. But at the same time it is the last week of school.

I'm going to miss Skateboarding and the instructors but in their time here I've learnt that I can keep trying and achieve. 
Something that I have enjoyed during the time I have contributed in with Martin and Luke, was being able to learn and now able to master skateboarding. A challenge I found was my first time trying, I didn't achieve it but in the end I never gave up. 

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Digital Dig

WALT learn shortcuts to make our learning easier.

For this Cybersmarts session I had the opportunity to finish this DLO with my good friend Metui, which made both of our learning much easier. We completed something called a Digital Dig, it's where we had to find the shortcuts to make our learning more easier and fun to do. While working on this DLO I found that most of the shortcuts that we had to find out, I already knew the answer to! Well, me and Metui, because we have had our netbooks for over 2 years. 

Something that I enjoyed while doing this task was that I was able to complete this task with one of my fellow peers. Also I didn't find that much of these shortcuts were challenging to find. A challenge I found was finding the shortcuts I didn't know.

I love learning more things about Cybersmarts because it can help me later on in life when I have my own things like bank accounts and many more.

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Reusing and Attributing Images

WALT: Reuse and Attribute an image without breaking the law.

Yesterday we had another Cybersmarts session with Mrs Shearing. But today for this weeks session we were taught about images and how to use free images and not break the law by using images that aren't allowed to be used for free. At first I thought all the images were free on the internet because I use images for my education all the time! When Mrs Shearing told us about how we could use free images without breaking the law , she taught us how to use a tool on Google Images to pick a free image without being guilty of breaking the law. Mrs Shearing also showed us how to see the details of the image, for eg. The Author's name, the date it was put on the internet, and the license type. 

It was amazing to hear that there was a tool on the internet that I didn't know of/heard of. The tool is being able to have the ability to see free images with 2 clicks of your mouse. Mrs Shearing also said the word 'CopyRight' I have heard this word before in movies, songs and images! If an image is copyright you are not allowed to use that image to get money, or any other stupid image. If you use an image that is Copyrighted and use the image to get money the owner will think that you are using their image for something and the image isn't actually theirs! 

When Mrs Shearing was talking all I could think about was the fact that all this time I have been using images for 3 years and in that amount of time I didn't know that I was breaking the law most of the time. But at least I wasn't using the images to earn money or something, but we were also told that we have to acknowledge the owner of an image if we use it without permission! 

It's either paying or not using the image. I'm sure everyone would go with not using the image. 

This week's Cybersmart session is probably one of the most interesting Cybersmart sessions I've ever contributed in! Our task was to pick four images and find the author, license type and the image title. I completed the task in about 7 - 10 minutes. 

At first I found keeping up with Mrs Shearing a challenge because I wasn't on the same website as her in order to collect all the information. I enjoyed learning a new tool and finding out some information about images because it was my first time learning about this new trick. 

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Buddy Time with Garth (Salamander)

WALT: Write down some information about the amphibian we call the 'Salamander' 

Today, my buddy along with the rest of Room 3 came up again to finish up on the work we started yesterday, as you all know I have blogged that work and now I had the ability to choose a different animal. I decided to choose the Salamander, it's a very unique animal with it's skin being reflectable.

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Estuary Summary :)

WALT: Write down the key points on an article called 'The secret life of Estuaries'

Here is my brief summary based on an article about something called an Estuary, do you know what an Estuary is? Well, luckily for you I have read an article based on Estuaries and know I can look at ideas in a new and different way. At first, I thought an Estuary was just a word, with no meaning but after reading this article I have learnt what it is... An Estuary is a much needed process located in many different water parts. An Estuary is when fresh water coming in from land connects with salt water but before meeting the salt water, the fresh water carries nutrients and that nutrients becomes absorbed when going through a mush (also called an Estuary) 

Now I have a better understanding on what this spectacular water process is. Overall, I felt that this activity would be hard but I read the article more than twice! This activity has helped me to develop information on what an Estuary is. I hope that one day I can see a Estuary with my own two eyes and ponder on why it's such important in the water. I enjoyed reading about Estuaries as I have never read and hear about this special process. A challenge I came upon was trying to get why it is needed and how it helps young organisms in the water thrive to reach maturity. 

Do you know what an Estaury is?

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Buddy Time (EELS)

Today I , Gary, Siale and our Room 3 buddy Garth, we were searching for some facts and information about the cold blooded animal... THE EEL!

Here is a DLO my two buddies , Siale and Year 3 Gath, and I have worked on, the animal that my teacher chose us to search up on was the EEL! Did you know that out of all the species of Eel 2 originate  from New Zealand? The Long Finned Eel and the Short Finned Eel. Then we were all asked a question... What is an amphibian? At first I was lost, but then I remembered an amphibian is a cold blooded creature and an Eel is a cold blooded creature meaning I was searching up facts on an AMPHIBIAN! Sounds like a very hard word. After completing every slide my buddy created his own Eel, it was great to see my buddy getting some early tips on how to use a Chromebook. 

Overall, I thought that this time helped me, Siale and Garth create stronger bonds between each other, I hope some time soon I can continue to create bonds with Garth as it is my last year here at Tamaki, and I want him to look up to me as a Student Leader. :) He is a very funny young man with the ability to stand up for himself... 

What do you know about EELS?

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