Living Timeline Project
LEARNING REFLECTION
Name: Priscilla Chang
Date: Monday, January 28th, 2013
Unit of study: South America
Project/Activity name: Living Timeline Project
What did I learn?
3 things you learned:
Three things that I learned were collaborating with people who I haven't been close to or haven't worked together before, more about Augusto Pinochet, and methods of entertaining people. I don't have friends who are quiet and very calm like Genesis; most of my friends and who I like to cooperate with are talkative and active people. However, while doing this project, I realized that collaborating with calm and quiet people are good to; in fact, very effective because you can stay on task instead of fool around, which is more efficient. Also, I learned more about Augusto Pinochet. At first, I didn't know who Augusto Pinochet and Salvador Allende were. They were just some random people to me. However, as I started researching about them, I learned that Augusto Pinochet was a bad man who tried to rule Chile in a dictatorial way after assassinating Salvador Allende even though Salvador Allende placed Augusto Pinochet on a high military position after he became the president of Chile. The last thing that I learned was methods of entertaining people. Part of our assignment was to have a little short activity that would entertain the audience. Since we were supposed to have little kids, I thought of an activity that was drawing and creating a trophy or a medal of your own, and explaining why you deserved that trophy or medal. Although the little kids didn't come for our class, we had an opportunity to look around and watch other people's posters and activities. By watching, I realized that having some kind of treat like candy or pencils make the audience want to be more engaged in the activities because they want the prize, and therefore, having a prize was the most effective way of getting everyone's undivided attention, and getting everyone engaged in the activity.
2 things that were difficult:
Two things that were difficult were completing the project on time and presenting. Just like the Media Project, this project was due in 4 days; in other words, we technically had about only 3 days to meet with our partners at school and work on it together. However, Ms. Effinger's class got way more than two weeks, so their presentations and posters were way more better than our class'. The Media Project was quite a small one, and it was an individual project, so I could do everything and do whatever I wanted, but for this project, since we were in a group, we had to discuss about things, which made it harder for us to proceed, for we didn't have much time. Also, the day of the presentation was a disastrous and chaotic day too because I had a percussion concert practice going on, which meant that we had to miss part of the social studies time to go and practice with the band. Because I left early, and because Genesis couldn't present herself, she had to stop presenting after a few times and just watch other people perform.
1 question you still have:
One question that I still have is why Mr. Gibault gave us the idea of destroying the posters. Usually, most teachers don't allow the destruction of projects or posters in front of them or at school because they think it's a waste of time and money, making the poster and destroying it afterwords. However, since Mr. Gibault told everyone that it was alright to destroy the posters, everyone took the poster apart so that the poster boards would be available for next year. Because I thought it was a waste of time, hard work, and money, I am curious about why Mr. Gibault even mentioned taking the poster apart.
What good is this information or skill?
Explain at least 1 real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information?
One real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information is if we happen to visit Chile, and go to some kind of historical museum. We will already know about Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet so that the information that we come across wouldn't be brand new.
What would be a better way than this activity for you to show what you learned in this unit?
A better way than this activity for me to show what I learned in this unit is a test on the different historical leaders. Mr. Gibault can give us worksheets and presentations or lectures for us to take notes on and learn from. Then, after we fully understand the topic and done studying, we could take a test to see what I learned in this unit.
What did I find interesting in this unit?
I found the mini-debate portion of this project interesting. That part, where we had to write a script and talk about ourselves while "debating," was fun to write and present. It was the only part where we could be casual, ask some questions, etc. Also, the mini-debate was the part where the majority of the audience learned all of the key facts about the two historical figures, for people tend to want to listen to presentations that are more engaging and sound interesting.
Name: Priscilla Chang
Date: Monday, January 28th, 2013
Unit of study: South America
Project/Activity name: Living Timeline Project
What did I learn?
3 things you learned:
Three things that I learned were collaborating with people who I haven't been close to or haven't worked together before, more about Augusto Pinochet, and methods of entertaining people. I don't have friends who are quiet and very calm like Genesis; most of my friends and who I like to cooperate with are talkative and active people. However, while doing this project, I realized that collaborating with calm and quiet people are good to; in fact, very effective because you can stay on task instead of fool around, which is more efficient. Also, I learned more about Augusto Pinochet. At first, I didn't know who Augusto Pinochet and Salvador Allende were. They were just some random people to me. However, as I started researching about them, I learned that Augusto Pinochet was a bad man who tried to rule Chile in a dictatorial way after assassinating Salvador Allende even though Salvador Allende placed Augusto Pinochet on a high military position after he became the president of Chile. The last thing that I learned was methods of entertaining people. Part of our assignment was to have a little short activity that would entertain the audience. Since we were supposed to have little kids, I thought of an activity that was drawing and creating a trophy or a medal of your own, and explaining why you deserved that trophy or medal. Although the little kids didn't come for our class, we had an opportunity to look around and watch other people's posters and activities. By watching, I realized that having some kind of treat like candy or pencils make the audience want to be more engaged in the activities because they want the prize, and therefore, having a prize was the most effective way of getting everyone's undivided attention, and getting everyone engaged in the activity.
2 things that were difficult:
Two things that were difficult were completing the project on time and presenting. Just like the Media Project, this project was due in 4 days; in other words, we technically had about only 3 days to meet with our partners at school and work on it together. However, Ms. Effinger's class got way more than two weeks, so their presentations and posters were way more better than our class'. The Media Project was quite a small one, and it was an individual project, so I could do everything and do whatever I wanted, but for this project, since we were in a group, we had to discuss about things, which made it harder for us to proceed, for we didn't have much time. Also, the day of the presentation was a disastrous and chaotic day too because I had a percussion concert practice going on, which meant that we had to miss part of the social studies time to go and practice with the band. Because I left early, and because Genesis couldn't present herself, she had to stop presenting after a few times and just watch other people perform.
1 question you still have:
One question that I still have is why Mr. Gibault gave us the idea of destroying the posters. Usually, most teachers don't allow the destruction of projects or posters in front of them or at school because they think it's a waste of time and money, making the poster and destroying it afterwords. However, since Mr. Gibault told everyone that it was alright to destroy the posters, everyone took the poster apart so that the poster boards would be available for next year. Because I thought it was a waste of time, hard work, and money, I am curious about why Mr. Gibault even mentioned taking the poster apart.
What good is this information or skill?
Explain at least 1 real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information?
One real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information is if we happen to visit Chile, and go to some kind of historical museum. We will already know about Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet so that the information that we come across wouldn't be brand new.
What would be a better way than this activity for you to show what you learned in this unit?
A better way than this activity for me to show what I learned in this unit is a test on the different historical leaders. Mr. Gibault can give us worksheets and presentations or lectures for us to take notes on and learn from. Then, after we fully understand the topic and done studying, we could take a test to see what I learned in this unit.
What did I find interesting in this unit?
I found the mini-debate portion of this project interesting. That part, where we had to write a script and talk about ourselves while "debating," was fun to write and present. It was the only part where we could be casual, ask some questions, etc. Also, the mini-debate was the part where the majority of the audience learned all of the key facts about the two historical figures, for people tend to want to listen to presentations that are more engaging and sound interesting.