Super Mega Final Blog

Middle Ages. I learned a lot about the Middle Ages from Father John because he talked a lot about the crusades and more precise stuff. I learnt a lot about normal day life from the activities online, like the jobs they performed and how they lived. I didn't learn much from the infomercial, but it was a fun way of doing it. And even though Father John's presentation taught me the most, it would be boring to do that everyday. Renaissance. I didn't really like the video because it was annoyingly catchy, but it did list some good people from the Renaissance. The Vook taught me a lot more and its format was really good too, but I feel like the assignment was a little rushed. Class Review. This class was very different from the other classes I have experienced. It was more laid back and gave us more options on how to do assignments. There were a few bumps in the road, but, overall, I think it's been a good semester.

RAFT

I thought the RAFT was better than our Ancient Civilization project because it gave us more space creatively. Some of the presentations were kinda boring, though. They could've used more . . . well, I don't know how to put it. The intangible. I think I'm just sick of the "stand-up-present-and-have-a-power-point" presentation. I liked Carlie's format because it was different from the status quo. It was also very informative. The overall concept of RAFT, though, I didn't quite understand. It just seemed like doing a presentation with a different name on it. It didn't really help. I think the subject matter could have been controlled a bit more, because a lot of people did fashion, and there were so many things we could've covered. Anyway, this wasn't the worst presentation we've had, but it could've been better.

Games In Education

I didn't play the game, but from what I heard, it wasn't fun. Games are good in education, though, because they are informing and they get kids involved. So. . . more games.

Ancient Civilization

Through this project, I learnt some stuff about the Aztecs. Some not really important, other stuff I'll forget pretty soon. Either way, this was a good project because it taught me how to edit, how to film, how to judge due dates properly, and how to work with others. The actual things I learnt about the Aztecs, though, were trivial. Overall, I didn't learn a lot through this project, but it was ok.

Kony 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc <--- Kony 2012 video

The video is very touching, but stuff like this has been happening for decades. It is really sad that this stuff is happening, and I would like to stop it, but I think our money could be going towards our Own countries problems such as poverty and child hunger. We have a great life in Canada, but I think people think it's better than it really is. We should solve our own problems beofre we solve other's problems. We still should donate some money to the cause to find Kony, but we shouldn't send any troops there and we should be more concious of our own problems.

Assignments

There currently has been a lot of controversy over the number of assignments, and even though I do not completely agree with my class mates, I do believe there are too many assignments. The excuses some of my classmates are making sound a little atrocious. Either way, I think we should have less assignments with greater marks. We have too many sites and it has become confusing. Also, while I am on this topic, I think Mr. Vendramin doesn't have complete control of the class and that is a HUGE problem. The whole thing is partially to blame the teacher, for too many assignments, and for the students, for being too lazy and then making up excuses when they don't have the work done. It's outrageous! The class is becoming confusing and the students are getting out of control; and it's not good that this is happening the first day the interns are here.

DHMO

Everything I found on the site I knew already, because DHMO is water. It's a big hoax.