Ice Cream | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 4, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, I had to make a copy of a slide deck and work way through those slides. Next, I had to create a Google Drawing to show some of the vocabularies that I've learnt in the slides. Then, search the web through Google Drawing to find images to put in the drawing. Lastly, share our work on my blog.

Reflection:

What I Learnt:

Māori words and sentences. 

• tiakarete - chocolate
• panana - banana
• rōpere - strawberry
• tāra - dollar
• hēneti - cents
• Kia pai te rā - Have a good day
• Ka kite anō - See you later

What Was Fun:

• Making the drawing

What Was Challenging:

• Nothing - everything was fun and easy

Which Face is Real? | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. This activity is called, 'Which Face is Real?' For this activity, I had to first go on, Which Face is Real? and test by guessing ten of these. Then write my answer below. Next, I had to take a screen shot of the choices you made, then, insert it into Google Draw and use arrows and text to point out how you knew one was fake and the other was real. 

Left Image:

This image is fake and does not exist because this image has water-splotches and a weird ear captured. 

Right Image:

This image is real because it includes real-life objects, such as balloons, a person in the background and a tree as well. Those are clues to justify that the image on the right is real.

Ngā Mihi O Te Tau Hou | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, we had to first read Happy New Year in different languages, then, create a poster to share at least five ways of saying Happy New Year in different languages. Lastly, share our work on our blog.

Camping Sites | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, I had to make a copy of this slide deck and complete the activities. Next, I had to click on a slide with a toilet block and the campsite that would make the most money and download the slide to share on our blog. Lastly, upload our images and slide deck on our blog and write a reflection on our blog.

Reflection

What I've Learnt

Nothing, but fun doing the maths equations.

What Was Fun

Doing the maths equations and colouring the tent sites.

What Was Challenging

Trying to fit more tents in the tent sites.

Camping Sites | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another task for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. This activity is called, 'Camping Sites'. For this activity, I had to make a copy of a slide deck and complete the activities. Next, click on the slide with the campsite that would make you the most money and download the slide to share on my blog. Lastly, upload your Campsite PNG to your blog, embed your slide deck on your blog and write a reflection on the activity.

Reflection

What I've Learnt

Nothing, but it was fun doing the activities.

What Was Fun

Doing the activities - colouring in the tents and solving the questions.

What Was Challenging

Trying to make more than 30 tents in a campsite.

Tastes of Summer | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, open our copy of the Google Draw Collage I created for Activity 1: Kick Start, then, add different callouts using another colour and write in callouts why we like particular foods. Lastly, share our work on our blog.

Tastes of Summer | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. This activity is called, 'Tastes of Summer'. For this activity, I had to create a collage of foods using Google Draw and describe at least three of our foods using adjectives. Lastly, post our work on our blog.

Three Descriptions:

1. Fresh Mango 
2. Rich Ice Cream
3. Cooling Ice Shave 

Ultraviolet | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, design a wearable UV device with a Kiwiana theme. We had to apply a few things to keep in mind to complete the activity, such as keeping it a Kiwiana theme, think where it can be worn on the body, how it will show that the UV level has changed. Lastly, share our work on our blog.

Ultraviolet | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, we had to design and make a UV indicator for our house. We had to follow some expectations to think about when making the UV indicator. Lastly, share our design on our blog.

It's Cool To Be Kind | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 3, Activity 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. This activity is called, 'It's Cool To Be Kind'. For this activity, I had to reply to a kind comment who has left on my blog. Then, reply to the comment and screenshot the two comments and put it on a Google Drawing and share it on my blog.

Haiku Poem | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 1, Activity 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another task for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, I had to create a Slidedeck with at least 3 of our own images of summer using a Slide Template. Next was to, create a Screencastify of us reading your Haiku from the slidedeck. Lastly, post it on my blog.

Sadly, my Screencastify does not work, so I cannot make a video. But, I added the slide which was needed to do the activity.

Haiku Poem | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 1, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, I had to create a Summer Haiku using a template. After writing the haiku poem, I had to post it on my blog. Here is my poem. 

The Treasure Code | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 2, Activity 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. I'm doing the second activity of 'The Treasure Code'. First, I had to watch four videos about different types of codes (ciphers), Pigpen cipher, Caesar cipher, Playfair cipher, and Atbush cipher. Then, I had to make a copy of the slide deck given and complete the activities.  

Sadly, my Screencastify does not work, so I cannot make a video. But, I added the slide which was needed to do the activity.

Hana Kōkō | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 2, Activity 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. First, we had to read the story about the Santa who visits the market just before Christmas. Then, we have to create a summer costume for Santa using Google Drawing. Lastly, share our work on our blog. 

Te Huarere | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 2, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. For this activity, we had to make a copy of a slide deck and then read & listen to the kupu/vocab on this slide deck. Then, we had to create our own sentences on slides 4 and 5. Lastly, share our Google Slides onto our blog. 

The Treasure Code | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 2, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another task for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. This activity is called, 'The Treasure Code'. We were given videos to watch about the Pigpen Cipher and then complete the activities from the slide deck given. We had to use Pigpen to create a cipher clue of our favourite beach in Google Draw. Lastly, share your Google Draw cipher clue on your blog and to describe what I've learnt, what was fun and what was challenging.

Below is my Pigpen Cipher that I've created using Google Draw. You can use the Pigpen Cipher chart to decode my code!

Pigpen Cipher Code - Try to decode it!

 

Which One Doesn't Belong? | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 1, Activity 1 & 2

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity from the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. This activity is called 'Which One Doesn't Belong?'. We had given a slide deck with various kinds of images and we had to write which one doesn't belong. But, there was a catch, not just one thing didn't belong. I had justify a number of reasons why each one doesn’t belong. On the last slide, I had to design my own 'Which One Doesn’t Belong?' on the final slide to challenge others. Then lastly, I had to blog about my work.

Te Reo Māori - What are you doing today? | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 1, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. Today, I completed another activity for the Summer Learning Journey 2020-21. This activity was about Te Reo Māori. I first had to make a copy of the slide deck given, complete the activities on the first six slides and practise your pronunciation with a video. Next, draw a picture of our whānau doing one of the activities on slide 5. Label it with the sentence that tells people what you are doing. Then lastly, share our slide deck and a screenshot of our picture on our blog. Share our slide deck on our blog. Remember to describe what you learnt, what was fun and what was challenging. 

What I've Learnt

• How to say “What are you doing today?” in Māori. - Kei te aha koe i tēnei rā?
• How to reply to the answer in Māori. - Kei te haere au ki te chosen option.
• Basketball in Māori is 'tākaro poitūkohu'.
• Touch Rugby in Māori is 'tākaro pā whutupōro'.
• Netball in Māori is 'tākaro netipōro'.
• Swimming in Māori is 'kaukau'.
• Beach in Māori is 'tātahi'.
• Playground in Māori is 'papa tākaro'.

What is fun?

Making the image below the slide deck. It took time, but, it was fun to make the image. 

What was challenging?

Nothing, it was easy to complete.

 

Fishy False Teeth | Summer Learning Journey 2020-21 | Week 1, Activity 1

Welcome to another post on my blog. This year, I've again decided to participate in the Summer Learning Journey for 2020-21. For the first activity for this journey, we had to read an article about the Fishy False Teeth and using the slides given, complete the activity. We had to watch a video and then create our own comic using the Google Slide template. Lastly, we had to share our comic on your blog by taking a screen shot of the slide and uploading it to our blog.

Copyright Act 1994

• What is copyright? 

  It is incredibly important that we consider any copyright issues when using computers - people who create content invest time and energy in their work, so it is only fair and reasonable that they have this work acknowledged and are able to earn a living from it if they want.  It should also be remembered that Copyright protection applies automatically to original works - owners don't have to register their work, put a copyright notice on it or do anything for their work to be protected.  Click on the links below for some useful information on what copyright actually is:

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    What is copyright web site.

  • CopyrightURL

    Rules of copyright website.

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  • Copyright guidelines enable us to access and share published material in a fair and acceptable way.  In many ways computers have made it easier for content to be shared, downloaded - so we need to make sure we are not breaching any copyright laws when we do this.  For example, you may find a picture from an artist's webpage which you like and decide to use on your Facebook profile - you may think this is harmless but you have in fact used the picture without permission, you have violated copyright law.  Not only is this illegal, it is unethical, as you are benefiting from something you did not pay for.  It also breaches the terms and conditions of most social networking sites. 

    Computer users do need to be aware of copyright issues at all times, but it doesn't have to be hard.  In many cases all you need to do is acknowledge the source of the content you have used.  And remember, there are plenty of copyright free images available to use freely, you can even search for images which are free to share and use - just use the advanced image search option on Google and search by usage rights, or use the copyright license filter built into the Bing image search. 

    Try it 

    Click on following link which will take you to the Bing Images site:

  • BingURL

    Bing search - Images

  • Type "cat" in the search box and then click on the search button.  Click on the License drop-down menu then select "public domain"

    
    

    The resultant images are free to use. This is because the term "public domain" refers to material where the copyright owner has waived their exclusive rights, or the copyright has expired.  For an explanation on the different types of licenses click on the following link:

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    Filter images by license type.

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  • Copyright and Plagiarism

    Copyright and plagiarism are interrelated concepts.  Organisations and individuals that do not obtain permission for using someone else's work are infringing copyright.   Plagiarism is when a person uses the ideas or words without acknowledging the source.  When doing research and creating your own work it can be very tempting to copy and paste something that expresses exactly what you want to say, sometimes so close in fact that even if you summarized it in your own words you can't think of any other way to say it. However, if you do not reference the original author or creator then you are at risk of violating copyright laws.  Take a look at the Lynda.com presentation below for more information on plagiarism and copyright.

  • So you do need to be careful when submitting work, in today's computer age it is very easy for institutions to check for originality.  For example "Turnitin" is a feature included in Moodle and anything you submit to the Moodle Site will be automatically run through it.   

    https://turnitin.com/static/resources/documentation/turnitin/sales/Answers_to_Questions_Students_Ask.pdf

  • Copyright and Fair use when writing blogs

    The following tutorial from GCF Learn has some useful advice when it comes to work posted online.  Although the laws discussed in this tutorial are based on United States laws, the principles are still relevant in a New Zealand context.

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    GCF LearnFree tutorial on copyright and fair use when writing blogs

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  • What are the penalties for copyright infringement?

    If copyright is infringed the owner can take legal action to recover any damages or profits made.  If a criminal offence can be proved (usually where someone makes, imports, sells, hires or distributes illegal copies) then fines of up to $150,000 and imprisonment for up to 5 years could be given out.  So the consequences of intentionally  breaching copyright can be severe.  But even if the infringement was unintentional and/or cases are eventually dropped, the resultant publicity can have a negative impact on organisations. The following articles provide examples of organisations that have been accused of breaching copyright.

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    Jeanswest NZ fined for copyright breach.

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    Cotton On sued by US artist over 'knock off' claims.

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    Eminem sues National over election ad