Growing NZ Innovation Challenge

   Hi everyone! For the past 5 weeks of term three, we have been working on this project. In this blog, I am going to share my experience with developing and understanding the issues and effects of growing an industry. The class was split into six groups and those groups contained 3-4 people. There are Wardah, Ofa, Roanne and me in the group. Each group needs to take a challenge with a problem and will make a solution about it. Our group have chosen the topic 'Careers and Capabilities', the problem was 'The primary sector is struggling to seek for young people to reach capability requirements to ensure that agri-science and business industry remain sustainable and productive' and our group challenge was to develop a solution for what the primary sector needs to do attract more youth to the agri-science and business industries. Then a solution came up with the group, and it is to use big data and virtual reality to publicize and nurture agri-science and business industries.

DLO -Digital Learning Object

   A presentation that was made by our group about the topic 'Careers and Capabilites'.

Reflection

   As we do this project, I can say that we really worked hard for it, because each of every members laid their time and efforts in it. We are very contented and happy that we finished the project successfully. All of the stress and worries changed into a peaceful mind and bright smiles. We did have struggles from the time that we chose the topic until the day we presented it to the class. We as a group, we're proud of what we have accomplished, especially of Ofa, our group leader. She managed to handle the project and the group. 

   For me, the hardest part of undertaking this project was the time when we are doing our prototype which is the VR box. It took us one and half an hour to complete it, but the result is worthy. The group also had trouble on researching about the topic, but a huge thanks to our teacher Mr. Carter who gave us an idea to sort it out. At the beginning, the group was a little bit confused. But Mr. Carter made us understand about what we actually need to do. 

   It is hard for the group to adjust because, we didn't have Wardah during the time that we are doing the project. Although she didn't worked with us, at least she had a part on choosing the topic at the start. On the day that we presented, I felt a little bit nervous. However, that nervousness inside me, vanished. We confidently showed our presentation to the class and we are well pleased for their feedback. This experience was challenging for the group and also for the class. There is one thing I learned about this lesson, it is the importance of agri-science and business industry.

Sources

   Research

   Enablers

   Video

Questions

   If you are to have an opportunity, would you take agri-science and business industry course? 

Why or Why not?

   

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Friends listen to us, understand us and give us advice every time they sense us in difficulty. We all feel low sometimes due to our insecurities and self-doubts, friends offer us a shoulder to cry on when we need it the most. Whenever life seems too hard or unfair, friends provide us with the much-required comfort. They kick away the depressing loneliness which burdens our minds.

It is true that money can bring you happiness but only short-term happiness. There are many things that you can buy with money. Nonetheless, it will not give you the true happiness. Money can never give you a person whom you can trust, will always be with you and love you unconditionally. On the other hand, having friends is like having a family. There is no room for formalities. It is where you can be yourself doing things together.

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Over the past few weeks of term three, in our music class, we have been composing songs. We already composed music about advertising a product, Christmas song, and also a romance song for film music. Honestly, composing a song and music is hard. You need to be creative and really understand what you are writing. One of the techniques I have learned about composing a song/music is rhyming. Rhyming the words is much easier for me to write a piece of a song. 

Here is a short piece of our composed Christmas song:

Verse 1:

Every hearts needs home at Christmas

Everyone deserves love at Christmas

So let the kindness live in us all

And then let everyone feed their souls

Chorus:

This is the time for loving

This is the time for giving

This is the time (2x)

All we need is sharing

To everyone needs caring

This is the time (2x)

"Summer Is The Best Season Of The Year"

"Summer is the best season of the year"

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CARR Licences

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Is School the best place to make mistakes? Well I think it is best to make mistakes at school because you are able to learn and realize what you did wrong and the good thing is that someone will help you about it. For example, your mistake is that you had an attitude correcting the teacher. Then realize that they had many years of learning and knowledge behind their words and actions, and that knowledge is what drives them. What you can do to rectify this mistake is to apologize to the teacher and treat them politely and respectfully.

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2. After I've learnt what spiritual well-being is, it is all about your values, beliefs, goals, religion, dreams, self worth, traditions and who you are which means your identity.
3. Everyone does have different spiritual well-being because they have different beliefs in their own sense.
4. The area of spiritual well-being that I need to improve on are my goals because I want to be successful in the future and my self worth so that I won't be afraid to tell or share my thoughts or ideas anymore.
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