Technology Reflection

IALT: Write about what I learnt and completed during Technology for this week.

Today in Technology, it was our last week in our class for our group. My group has been with Mrs Ferguson for the past 9 or so weeks, and during that time I've been working hard, and putting in hard effort to complete my creation. The first time I walked into the room, I thought it was going to be boring because of what we learnt last year, but I regret thinking negatively to Mrs Ferguson's teachings because now I loved it, and wished we worked on something else. I must say, I've been through hard challenges but I was supported by both Mrs Ferguson and my peers. 

This week, I was extremely proud of myself because Mrs Ferguson told me that she show cased my clock to other staff because she took it to a meeting, where all the teachers had to showcase what they were teaching their students, at the time I was the only one finished. Mrs Ferguson said, that the people fiddled with it , and were amazed at how I came up with my idea, and why. 

I didn't do much this week, but help others finish theirs. I really felt like our class worked really hard because in the end everyone managed to finish and then get a photo taken with their creation. Here is mine :

 The quality of my Chromebook camera isn't good, but I used Red and White to paint my clock, both colours stand out. Then I went over the edges with permanent marker. A challenge that I faced was when I had to draw my designs, I didn't know what to draw. But in the end I decided to choose a Shield. 

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Technology Reflection!

IALT: Write about what I did and learnt during Technology for this week. 

This week, Technology was the same. Working on our creations, others continuing on to decorate their work. While some just started painting. This week I FINISHED my shield , I was extremely proud of myself because I worked hard and put in effort to finish my clock to a high standard. For those who don't know I formed my clock in the shape of a shield, and I used the colours Red and White. The reason for this is because it stands out and they are both bright colours. I didn't want to take my clock home because I wanted to take it home with the rest of my class, we worked together and we finish together.

For me personally, I think that this session really challenged my class to get a move on if they were really behind because as year 7 and 8 students we have to be responsible for our own learning. I worked hard for the past weeks to finish my Shield because I wanted to showcase what I had learnt and created while in Mrs Ferguson's class. At first I thought it was going to be boring, but going step by step, week by week I started to enjoy what I was learning about. 

Now that I have finished, all I need to do is stick on my numbers so that I can actually tell the time, there isn't a point of having a clock without any numbers right? Once again, I am extremely proud by the way I utilised my time wisely, I was distracted at times but I was determined to finish what I started. A challenge I found was first outlining my shape because I would go off point and make crooked lines. I enjoyed painting it because, it was a way to get my mind of thinking too hard.

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Technology Reflection

IALT: Write about what I am doing during Technology.

Today for Technology I am still working on completing my painting job. I started painting my shield last week, meaning I didn't have much to do. So now I am letting it dry and utilising my time wisely by blogging , because I am not up to date with my blog posts. To be honest I wasn't really looking forward to finishing off my work because I wanted to move on, but Mrs Ferguson said that we must not rush and make our work look like it took a lot of time to finish when really it was only worth two days or so. 

Here is my creation, I decided to go over the lettering on the top and use permanent marker, because it will stand out more and it will look like someone really famous created it. The cross in the middle represent the love I have for Jesus Christ, and the waves that create the border represent my Pacific Island heritages, the waves that everyone in the islands go to for different reasons like, Searching for Food, Going for a Swim or even Sunbathing.

Next week I hope I can move on and go over the lines in black pen to make it stand out. A challenge I found was when I had to paint because I sometimes went over the line , but I didn't worry to much.

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Technology Reflection

IALT: Talk about what I did during Technology.

Today for Technology I started paint my design, which was a relief as I wanted to move on like about 3 weeks ago. But the thing that made me really happy was the fact that I didn't waste any time painting because I wanted it to shown as one of the best things I have created in my life so far. For those who forgot what I my class is creating, we are creating a clock for anyone we wish to do it for. I have chosen to do it for myself because I didn't want to make it look like a three year old made it. When really it was a 13 year old student. 

I didn't quite go according to my draft because when I really thought about it, it looked like it didn't suit so instead I just chose to use 2 colours, red and white. Which surprisingly went really good, but I sometimes went over the line which made my work look like I used too much paint and I wasn't too careful while painting. Something that really challenged me was not using too much paint. Like Mrs Ferguson said, too much paint would make our work look terrible. 

I didn't quite finish the whole of my art but at least there's always a next time. I can't wait until I finish my design because I know it will be a fantastic piece of work and something that I will always remember, the teacher who taught me and the friends who helped me. Next week I hope that I can finish of my work and insert the clock mechanism.

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Technology Reflection T3W1

IALT: Write about what I learnt and completed for Technology this week.

This week was our first week back to Technology for this term. It had been a  long 3 weeks since I last saw Mrs Ferguson so this week it was great to see our normal teacher once again. On the last week of Term 2 we had a different teacher, because Mrs Ferguson was away, it felt different because she didn't know what to do and we just ended up putting in more detail to our designs. 

Anyways this week I was extremely proud of myself for finally getting the oppurtunity to bring my design to life, meaning Mrs Ferguson scanned my work and had already made the pieces that I needed for my clock. I can't wait to start putting designs on my shield because I reckon my designs represent who I am as a person, a Maroon Loves, A believer in God, and a proud pacific islander. 

Working throughout the 2 hours I felt like I was way ahead of the others because well I utilised my time wisely and I didn't waste my time to talk to my friends, well only when they needed help and myself. Mrs Ferguson this week was very helping because she had time for everyone and she was well managed by creating a timetable that had the names of everyone in my group. 

Overall, I thought that this week's session was amazing and I can't wait to start painting  on my design. Something challenging I found was when I had to work on my design and add in more because I didn't want it to be a plain brown color.

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