Why are Blogs Important?

 Hello Guys and Gals! Today I just learned about what blogs are for, so in the lesson they told me to make a comic strip. And so that what I exactly did! 

If there is any information I missed out on, feel free to tell me. Or if there are any errors.

Link(s): Flaticon.com ~ Lesson Today

Reflection:

It was pretty easy, I did all of the activities correctly (I hope). And the people that were here last week had a head start, but I finished it faster. 

Questions: Thoughts on my comic strip? Did you learn something from my comic strip? 

Kawa of Care

 Heyo! 2021 has come, and more school work along with it.

Anyways, today Room 5 and 6 (Year 7 & 8's) learned about the Kawa of Care. So, of course we all had to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object). It's about a set of rules and routines when you have a device.

Alrighty! So wanna learn about the Kawa of Care, take a look! Scroll down.

Links:

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Reflection:

Uhm, very quick session? Like we I made this on the day we learned about it. And I also made blogged this on the very same day. Sooooo, yeah very quick.

Questions: Did you sign the Kawa of Care?

My Very Own Kowhaiwhai Pattern!

 Buenos Dias or Tardes Guys and Gals! So after I finished my insect art, I reload the page and a new activate came up! So I thought just do it, before you'll procrastinate. I made this Kowhaiwhai about my family, I have done this before with my Friday teacher Mrs. Sumpter, so I thought this would be easy if I just did the same thing. I did, make a video about explaining what I'm doing and such n' such. So watch the video to find out!

If there are any errors or mistakes please let me know in the comments, if your comment actually gets through. But hopefully you'll enjoy this post of my Summer Learning Journey.

 Link(s): Lesson for the Day | Summer Learning Journey Blog.

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My Kowhaiwhai Journey

Final Product

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Reflection: 

This was quite easy peasy since I have done the exact same thing before. I did rush it a tinsy tiny bit, but a least I got it done and finished! Doing it on a Tablet with a digital pen is way easier. Trust me but of you aren't used to it then maybe not. Overall fun and easy and I would do this again!

Questions: Did you register for the Summer Learning Journey? Have you done a Kowhaiwahi before?

 

My Insect Art - Summer Learning Journey!

 Hey, Guys and Gals! So as I said in the Digital Colouring Book post, I joined the Summer Learning Journey. Pretty cool huh? Hopefully you guys Registered too so you can follow along with me! 

Anyways for today's activities I just did an Insect drawing! But there is a twist of course, we had to make it out of stuff from nature in our homes! My little companion and I chose that we'd make a lady bug or bird. I recorded some of the stuff that happened from my Tablet, and so if the graphics are cheesy it's my Tablets fault. I will  be going through the photos and recordings in text.

This took way too long, and I hope you enjoyed this post. Sorry if I missed some activities and comment if there is any errors or mistakes. If your comment get through. 

Link(s): Lesson of Day | Summer Learning Journey Blog

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Introduction

So in this recording is about Denzel (my little compainion ) and I were collecting sticks from the front yard. At the very start of the recording tho, I did introduced what me and Denzel were doing.

Shape/Outline

So this is just a picture of the outline of the lady bird/bug. So we used the sticks we got in the first recording, and made the outline. I did have to get more sticks and snap some. But I liked the outcome of the shape.

We Moved Places

What happened in this video is that instead of working on the trampoline we moved to the ground. Why? Because every time we got in and out of the trampoline the Lady bug/bird would get messed up. Of course I had to restart because we had to move to the ground!

Finished Product!

So is a google drawing actually of my Finished Product, and I labeled the Lady bird/bug so you know what is what. And it was really sunny so I don't know if you can see much.

Destruction

What else are you gonna do with a project? Well since we made it on a pathway in our backyard, we still had to get rid of it. So Denzel destroyed it, (I told him to do it by the way) and all the remaining bit we put it back.

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Reflection: I enjoyed doing this, I would do it again. And it was a lot of fun, and it's even more fun if someone helps you. The recordings took a long time to upload. But it was still a lot of fun.

Digital Colouring Book

 Hey Guys and Girls, today I joined Summer Learning Journey, and last year I got second place. I really enjoyed doing it, so I figure i'd do it again this year. 

Back to what i'm posting, so I made a colouring-thing and I really like it. I've got a link so you guys can try it too. I started of with... *Instense thinking*.. OH! Uhm, Kick Start yeah. Mrs Clifford said we could do this soo. YEH! If there are any mistakes feel free to tell me in the comments.

Links: Blog for SLJ + the activites | Digital Colouring Book

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I enjoyed doing this, it was quite easy too do. Not sure if i'd done it properly, but still i've done it. I honestly thing that the world would look a bit like that if they didn't take care of it.

Question(s): Have you done colouring digitally and did you enjoy it?

Digital Technology

 Hey Guys and Girls, for a couple of weeks we have been learning about CODING! We used websites like GameFroot and Code.Org. I used scratch because I was experienced at it, and it's also a bit easier for me.

I am not finished but I was trying to make an adventure game, because I would have more fun in adventure games.

I'm not sure how to link my work but here are some screenshots.

Links: Code.Org ~ GameFroot ~ Scratch

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Overall Reflection:

I loved the session! I like playing video-games a lot and making them was quite a challenge. But I did get through it. This was very educational, and I'm basically just looking behind the scenes of video-games.

GameFroot hasn't been the best at the moment it's been very laggy. But I would recommend Scratch and Code.Org.

Questions: Have you ever used these websites/apps? Do you like playing video games?  

Toolkit

 Hey Guys and Girls! So today I attend Toolkit. It's when the school's from our cluster, go onto a Google Meet and learn about websites and apps. We have 4 sessions in total and each session is 20mins.

Today, I'm just going to talk about one session and it was about removing backgrounds on videos, gifs and pictures. I think the two background websites we used were : Unscreen (For videos) and Remove.bg (For pictures).

It was very helpful, although one thing they could work on was speaking more clearer. But it was very helpful I might use this a lot.

I will insert the slideshow with instructions about the background removing websites, so if you get stuck you could look at them. 

Links Unscreen, Remove.bg, Uru Mankua Student Summit Workshops.

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Reflection Overall: If I'm being honest, I kinda enjoyed it. I got to see and hear different school in our cluster. I also learn't a couple of things from each session. Keep in mind all sessions were hosted by students, and the teachers were just there to answer questions in the chat, help the person that's speaking and they were their recording everything too.

The were a couple silly pupils, but it was all taken care of. I wouldn't mind doing this again.

Happy Fathers Day, Ma! #MothersdayPart2

 Hey Guys and Girls! For a few days I've been working on writing, and it's about Fathers Day. The one thing that I can't write about. But I usually just write stuff for my Mother.

Just because I don't have a dad doesn't mean I don't participate, in fathers day. According to the school.

Don't get me wrong I love my Mother, shes the only parent I've got, and I love her with all my heart. So for Fathers Day I made a description about my Mother. I made a book for it too!

When you click this link, click onto the link above. (If you get a Redirect Notice) If it doesn't work then too bad.

My Mother Rose.

This is what the cover looks like:

Reflection

I enjoyed making this a lot. Because it has 2 of my favorite things, My mom and using book creator. Although I don't have a dad and I'm breaking the Fathers part, I'm just going to re-name it #MothersdayPart2 use this Hashtag if you have a single mom too.

Questions:

What are you doing for Father's Day? 

Have a Lovely day.  #MothersdayPart2  

Spammers.

Hey Guys and Girls! For a couple of weeks now, I've been learning about Spam and having a good online conversation with others. 

So I know that spammers are people or bots that go unknowingly to your blog then contentiously comment on your blog. 

Having a good online conversation you need to ask questions and fix up the mistakes they spotted. After you have fixed the mistakes then comment on their comment saying that you fixed it and ask a question too. They come back check your post check your post and answer your question. 

Then it just goes on and on.

I also used Book Creator and made a book about spamming. Although this is for students, teachers and parents. It might be complicated if you don't have a library to make books in.  

This is also a lesson we have been learning about in cybersmart. Here is the link for the instructions I had to follow. Lesson Three Smart Relation Ships.

Click here to view my Book

This is what the cover looks like. Note I accidentally deleted the cover of mine permanently. Soo yeah. 

I also didn't finish I mean the information and illustrations are done but I want to record my voice so I can read the book to you.

Reflection.

So I knew what spamming was before this lesson. But I didn't know how to identify them. So that's onw thing I learn this lesson. Using book creator was hard at first because it kept on glitching, but it got fixed. Later on it started to become more easier using Book Creator.

Have you ever made a digital book? Did you enjoy reading my book? Are their any mistakes in the book I made?

Blog Commenting.

 Blog Commenting. Now blog commenting is when there is a post, and you have the choice to make a comment. In this comment you can add something to help improve that post, or just saying the key points you like.

Now blog comments has to be very descriptive, so the person that reads it understands. If you explain the topic they will understand more of what your talking about. 

It can help you with your writing, grammer and spelling!

If you would like to do the BEST, DESCRIPTIVE comment you must add these:

Must be polite for example, greet them and introduce yourself! You must put the key thing that you liked in he/she's post. After you wrote the first two, maybe add in something that they could improve on (like errors). Also it is your choice to add questions about the post.

Last week we learned how to put a link into a Comment. 

<a href="insert URL here">Insert display text here</a>

Where it says "insert URL here", delete that and add in the link and another word for links is URL.

Also where it says Insert display text here, you delete that and add in what you want the Link/URL to say, Example Click here to listen/Click here to find my comment. Just leave the rest alone you don't need to delete/replace it.

Why don't you try it out? Add a linked comment!

Improving Comments and How to improve them.

Manganda Umaga or Hapon Guys and Girls! Today in Cyber Smart we learned how to improve comments, We had to Pair up with a Buddy and my Buddy was Marciah. 
Here is how to improve your comment:

First you need to of course write your comment, then look for spelling errors and your full stops and Capital letters, Make sure you write something kind, detailed and helpful. And feel free to write a question or two.

My Improved Comment.

Links : Uru Manuka Site | Marciah's Blog | Google Slides | Neena's Blog | Tevini's Blog | Sarah's Blog | Marwah's Blog

I liked this session it really helped me to write a helpful and kind comment. This session also helped me improve my English, and grammar. And I got to work with someone instead of working independently. This is fairly easy and if your working with someone is much more easier.

Questions:

Do you check your posts and comments before posting them? And How is your day today? 

Self Portrait but with a Twist..

Hey Guys and Girls! So I made a Self Portrait of myself but the twist was. I had to do that in Google drawings. So I didn't actually draw with pencil and paper.

So I had to grab a picture of myself and trace it without Polyline, because it wouldn't look good so I used Curve. Then I downloaded an app called Colour Picker to get right colour, so I could color the shapes. 

This took me days to make, but I think it's not really that great of a Portrait. 

The braids were the hardest part to do so I went lazy.

Here's the tutorial : Link

This Portrait was complicated to make and I didn't really like mine. But it was hard to do so I didn't really like it. But I still did it, hopefully the next time I do this I could do better. 

But it was really a frustrating experience. 

If you tested this how did it go? Did you like yours? What was the hardest part?

Resources: Google Drawing and Colour Picker

PRIVATE INFORMATION

Hey Guys and Girls! Today I made a DLO about Private Information and what to share and not share online. Special Thanks to The Uru Mankua Crew and to Stanely for helping with this DLO.
Do you think that everything on this slide is true? Comment if there is any errors.
Stay Safe and be nice to others.

Mass Migration

Heya Guys and Girls! In Cyber smart we are seeing if we can do one of the activities in twenty minutes. I sort of completed it but I did went over the timer. This is about Donald Trump asking you if you want to build a wall, in between America and Mexico. Put your opinion in the comments.

Matching Computer Chips

In room four we are Matching Computer Chips. Basically we are learning parts of a computer/laptop. This is my slideshow and I hoped you learned something. Have a good day Guys and Girls.

Bob and Jennifer Self Portrait Collage.

Walt: Make a collage other something and for colors. Niamh and I made Bob and Jennifer, our snails. For the colors we had to go on explore, and search (color) texture. Do you like snails?

Tracing

Hello Guys and Girls!
In cybersmart we have been learning how to trace. We learned this so that we can use our own drawings. This is my example which is an Angel or ME. Vote down below ME or PRO. PLEASE VOTE BUSTER!!

My Very 1st Venngage!!

Hey guys and girls!
Today we are learning how to use Venngage. Me and my class made a poster of "How to be a good person online" and I made one and I might be adding more.. Tell me what you think in the comments.

Just a Quick Little Shoutout!!

Hey Guy and Girls!!
Today me and my class is learning about Screencastify and it was lots of fun!!! Before you press play you need a quiet place or you have to lean on a wall for background noises, and by the way this was my first time using Screencastify. This is for my Mom =) !!

Want I learn in the 21.05.2019

WALT: To make a new all about me for visual learners!! it was really fun because we had you use a website, called unsplash!! It's a website that has free photo's and you won't get copyrighted. This is what I did hope you like it!!