Hi Jack.
I am so impressed with how well you have been working throughout the term on your writing.  Your narrative story has a clear beginning, middle and end and is full of action along the way!  It is great to see you incorporate your enjoyment of computers into your story.  I particularly like the way you have used a lot of computer jargon within your story.  Your effort using Garageband is fantastic - you have recorded your voice clearly, and used a variety of vocal changes and sound effects to add more depth to your story.  Well done Jack!
Katie.

Story-telling talent development

Today at Talent Development we started our real GarageBand/KidPix projects. I did mine on GarageBand. I had to record my voice for the whole thing which is 3 minutes and 5 seconds long. It was very hard to make because I did sound effects as well. It was very fun and I still have to finish it off and show Katie.

P4C

Today as one of my workshops I did P4C. At P4C our question was 'are impossible things possible?' We started by seeing each others answers with no talk. Darryn then asked if genies were real. I said yes because there could be another world that we don't know about. Another kid then started a HUGE argument about it but in the end Darryn won and we carried on. After asking some yes/no questions we learnt about contradictions. We then settled with the answer that everything is possible except contradictions. In the end this was a good P4C session                  

Story-telling talent development

Today at Talent Development I finished up writing my story(again)and then we learnt about GarageBand. GarageBand is a computer program that lets you record your voice and then you can modify your voice in any way you want. You can also add pictures and if you do they will play as you listen so it is a bit like a movie. I have had fun playing around with GarageBand and I am ready to make my soundtrack for my animation.Download for Mac computer. Sorry, no download for Windows.

Story-telling talent development

This week at talent development I finished writing my story on Pages, all I had to do is fix up the weak spots in my story like adding detail and more explanation to my story. I am very proud of my finished project and can't wait to start animating!

What am I?

Today I made a 'What Am I?' Keynote. These are Keynotes that you give clues and extreme close up pictures of an object. You have to try to guess what the object is and the clues can help you. My one was about a lego brick.

Hi Jack.
You had a great session during our writing talent development this morning.  You have chosen to work independently and you settled into the planning task well.  Your ideas are well sequenced and easy to follow.  I look forward to you unpacking your planning and getting your writing underway in the next week.  It was great to see you enjoying yourself at the drama workshop this afternoon.  You participated in all the activities, which was great to see.
Katie.