Miles Renkema

Since Last Update:

Since our last progress report we have made a fair bit of progress. We have done more research into the long term effects 9/11 has had on the world and more specifically how it has mentally affected the citizens of the United States. We also have completed a setup plan for how our booth will look on the day when we will present our work and made final decisions on the sources we will use in this project.

Setup plan:

We have decided that our setup will include a model of the twin towers displaying information on where the planes hit, a PowerPoint giving people information on the terrorists behind the attacks aswell as the ongoing damage caused by the attacks and also a big card background that will display information on how the attack went down and all the short term affects.

Capabilities:

Since our project is on a sensitive subject that requires a lot of work we have had to use certain capabilities to help ourselves out. These include:

• Ethical
• Collaboration
• Organisation

Ethical

Throughout the process of making our project we have faced many dilemmas where we have not been sure if the ideas we have come up with would be suitable to share to a wider audience due to the sensitive nature of our topic. Though using our ethical capabilities we have created a plan that will keep our project respectful and make sure no one gets offended.

Collaboration

Since this project is a group effort collaboration is key to success. Our group has gone to great lengths to make sure we are constantly giving feedback to each other and most importantly splitting the work evenly so that each member can be happy with who did what in the project allowing for a much more enjoyable group atmosphere.

Organisation

Due to this task having a quickly approaching deadline it has been crucial to make sure we stay organised at all times to make sure we don’t fall behind and in the end have to present a rushed product. We have done this by creating a timeline of what should be done by certain dates to ensure that in the unlikely chance that we fall behind we know what needs to be done to catch up.

As part of our Year 10 humanities course we are able to research a project of our own choice and to create an outcome to showcase at a final exhibition in Term 4. The topic we have chosen to research, is what are the effects of 9/11 now and then? We chose this topic because this year is the 20^th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and my partner and I have both found it interesting how the world has changed and adapted since the terrible event.

So far we have chosen, referenced and summarised the sources, that will give us relevant and valued information to our project. We have also identified the capabilities that we need to use for this project.

• Ethical: We identified our need to be ethical because we want to make sure that we don’t offend anyone with our 9/11 project.
• Organisation: We wanted to maintain an organised work routine to make sure that we stay on schedule and don’t leave any parts of the project to the last minute.
• Collaboration: Collaboration was another key capability we want to use to make sure we keep each other updated on our progress and ideas while splitting the work equally to ensure everything is done without double up and missing parts.

Our plan for continuing our project includes collecting all the necessary information we can gather from our research into one place. Then, based on our research, start planning out the construction of our 9/11 model, making sure that anything we plan to do is will be ethically acceptable. Also to construct our presentation on the effects of 9/11 from then to now.

Organisation: Throughout the project I feel like a was fairly organised as I was always on top of my work and the rare times I wasn’t I worked my way back and completed the task at hand. I also feel like I completed all of my work to a high standard and I am happy with the work I put in. At this current moment I am done with everything and I just need to finish painting.

Inquisitive: During this task I have managed to learn many new skills. Some of these skills include learning how to improve my drawing by doing training activities. I also learnt how to create egg tempura paint by separating the egg yolk from the egg white. Then by adding a little bit of water and coloured pigment. Though this took a while to get right I finally got the hang of it and now find it easy.

Problem solving: During the process of creating my art work many things didn’t go to plan like when the fridge that was holding our egg tempura was turned off and all of the egg tempura had to get thrown out and I had to go and make a brand new batch of egg tempura. Though I had many issues I managed to push through and find a solution to all of them.

Creative: This task has needed a lot of creativity which I have used. Though my painting is not done yet it will soon be done after a bit more painting.

Art (WIP):

During maths at the end of the year Pacome and I made a sustainability project that aims to display the affect that biofuel could have on Australia in a positive way. During this project we learnt how much of a positive impact biofuel could make and why it isn’t more widely used. Some things we did well with this project is that we split up work that was needed for the presentation well. A few things we can improve on is perhaps to use our class time more effectively and not leaving it till the last minute. We also could have added more graphs and data to the presentation to make it more engaging. By Miles

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This E-portfolio post will be based on my recent camp experience at Kalbarri this year and all the leadership and teamwork skills I used over the full week. Leadership and teamwork are two important skills that help you to become cohesive and efficient in group activities which makes them very useful over the course of life. The example of leadership and teamwork that I used during this camp experience was the time we went and abseiled down into the gorge then climbed back out. During our time on camp in Kalbarri, we went on an expedition abseiling into the gorge and then climbing out with my group and some leaders. As we arrived at the ledge where we to abseil off I was feeling incredibly nervous as this was the first-time abseiling for me and some of my group mates. My nervousness was elevated by my fear of heights, but I ended up pushing through though I was terrified as I laid back into my harness and took the first few steps down the cliff face. After I had completed the daunting task it was my turn to reassure the others abseiling down trying to keep them calm. After 10 minutes everyone had completed the task without any injuries or casualties due to the efficiency of our group. I was then faced with leading the group on a walk through the gorge to a beautiful place called placid pool. The walk was around 20 minutes of clambering over rocks and avoiding spider webs. When we arrived at the destination it was the group’s job to get lunch sorted. We started by taking all the food and equipment out of the hiking bags we had evenly distributed between us and preparing the wraps. On cleanup duty was James Kemble, Oliver McNamee and I. The cleanup was quick and easy as we set aside certain items to clean for each other and also so we could capitalize on the time we had there. To get back up to our campsite we needed to exit the gorge and we did this by harnessing ourselves to a rope and climbing out. To complete this we would need two be-layers which my friend Oliver McNamee and I volunteered to do. After the both of us climbed up we went to be-lay which is the task of pulling rope through a device to make sure there was no slack on the rope. This task was very quickly completed and we were soon able to go back to camp due to thanks to everyone chipping in by all choosing a separate job to be as efficient and safe as possible. The day going so smoothly was a result of everyone in our group giving help when needed and not being afraid to volunteer as there was not a time when there were no volunteers. This shows that leadership and teamwork are very important skills and how our group effectively used them to succeed during camp.