Today I am going to talk about how my project is going so far. I havent really started it yet but I have started my miletone on the steps to success. I haven't completed alot but I am getting to the point where I am almost done my safety data sheets that I have to get done in order to start working with all of the big machines to star my dog house. There are a coupl o things that I am stuck on like getting the materials and where to get the tools specifically for this project but I know my class mates will help me out a little bit. Some ideas I have to move forward is just looking at my milestone and going down the list of what needs to happen and when it has to happen. My future plans for my project is to get it done by he end of decemeber when we come back from Christmas break.
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For my project I am going to change up my project due to the time crunch that I have for making it. Instead I will be making a speacilized dog house for my puppy that has all of my art projects on it instead. Including a memory foam bed inside for him to be comfortable in while he is inside. I'm at the point where I am figuring out the measurements of the sides four sides of the dog house and deciding on why kind of art I would like to put onto the outsides and the inside. I haven't yet accomplished a lot of my project yet due to changing up the whole idea of what I am going to do but I will be accomplishing more in the next weeks blog post. I have been so excited to see the finished project so that I can take it home to my puppy Ollie for him to sleep in during the day, and also when it gets way to hot outside in the summer he will have somewhere to laze around in.
Yesterday the propel students did a research activity that was sort of like a competition between groups about knowledge and researching of course. we had to do things like tying a jig line on a fishing rod, speaking different languages and having to go say something to another teacher who could understand it, things about information and even tuning a guitar for a specific song. The group with the most completed categories won a prize which were Tim-bits from Tim Horton's.
Researching how to do things that I couldn't do from my own knowledge helped me to better understand how much easier it will be for me when I do my independent project when researching and when I need help with measurements and how many materials I need for it. An idea I have for my first project is building a playhouse where I can paint and doodle inside and out of it, where I can express all my ideas onto a playhouse wall. kind of like my own little art studio where I can go when I have the urge to just doodle anywhere I want. During this whole classroom building process I have learned alot of different ways of painting like "cutting in" with a paint brush and communicating with different store locations like Ikea, Shewin-Williams Paint, and Jysk. I also have learned alot about classoom communication with all of my classmates during the classroom building because this project involves alot of talking and solving proplems together even though not all of us are in the same groups.
Tips for the students coming into the Propel program next semester about buildng the classroom is communicating and alyas knowing there will be a new mistake everyday that will need to be fixed at the end of the day, if it is paint getting on the white board or on the ceiling. Anywhere paint cant get off easy will most likely be a problem to evenually solve. Today the class did an activity about the Syrian Refugees. We were split in 6 groups of 3 to discuss statements relating to the refugees. the 6 teams had to write down 3 statements that they thought they agreed and disagreed on. My teams statement was about how canadian, UK, and USA countrys are wealthy but not taking as many refugees as Germany, because Germany is closer to Syria they should be taking them in more not the wealthier countrys due to the expences the country will give for the immigrants to travel to Canada, UK, and the USA. One thing i found interesting is that its more work to immigrate refugees into canada then it is to just send them to Germany. We cant take in as many as Germany, but we should definatly try to help more in other areas. Something that i will remember about this current event is that taking more refugees will inspire economic growth in the long run.
Today my group started to paint the walls with purple paint. What I am doing well is painting the walls straight and making sure the white that was already on the wall is not showing. something better I could be doing is not putting paint on the ceiling and having little bits of paint on the wall. I am for sure looking forward to the finished product of everyone's jobs like decorations and the posters that will be posted up.
Propel is a new program made up by teachers around our school division, it is a new way of learning for students. Propel is about creating things and learning different ways of building projects.at first I had no idea what proepl even was.
I walked into the program blind sided about what I was getting into until I got a better understanding from my teachers and class mates 2 weeks into the program. The students had to present a digital "show and tell" to the whole class about their lives and what they are interested in. |
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