Dylan's Learning Blog

1. What schools did your teacher go to when they were growing up? St Clair primary Tahura Intermediate Otago Boys High school. 2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important to you? He is laid back and I think that's a great quality in a teacher to have. 3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school? Going to the beach and spending time with family and friend's. 4. What made them want to be a teacher? Because he did. 5. What is it about your school that your teacher likes the most? All the friendly students and teachers. 6. Why are you his/her favourite students? Because of my personality 7. If your teacher could do another job what would it be and why? Own his own business so he could his own boss 8. What do you think your teacher would be great at if they were not a teacher? A chef 9. Why do you think it is important that you get to know your teacher? Not sure 10. If you we...

Q1: What is your favourite subject at school and why? Tech because it gives us skills in other areas in life like foods tech or hard materials. Q2: Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? If you don't have a pet what pet would you have if you did? We have a cat named tucker and a dog named Ralph. Q3: What are some of your favourite foods? Sushi, corn and chicken soup, Ginger cardamom muffins. Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it? Triathlons because they are a mix of different sport. Q5: What is your favourite hobby? Triathlons. Q6: Who do you live with? My sister Danielle, my Dad and my mum. Q7: What is your ethnicity? Rangiora Q8: The Census video talks about finding out if there are enough parks. Do you have a park in your suburb? Do you think your suburb needs a park or a better park? What would make it better? We live rural so no. Q9: Why do you think the government does a C...

How Are You Going To Be More Awesome In 2018? Creative Commons image from  pixabay.com Q1. How are you going to be more awesome in your learning this year? By earning lots of r.e.p cards. Q2. What is one thing you will do to make this year great? Get my super rep badge. Q3. What are you looking forward to most this year and why? Tech classes because they extend your learning. Q4. Describe your current learning environment. Fun, laid back and enjoyable. Q5. What do you need to work on this year? What are your goals? How are you going to achieve them? My goal is to earn my super r.e.p badge Q6. What are the things that drive your learning? What are the things that block your learning? knowing it will help my learning.

1) Do you think that technology will be a big part of our lives in the future? Why, Every day we are evolving slowly. technology is becoming more advanced ever day of every year. 2) Will technology disappear? yes, no, why? No. The human race is a curious species . We discover new things every day. 3) How do you use technology already in your life? Xbox, TV, Netflix, Chromebooks, computers. 4) Research what the first digital device that was made it and when it was built? Charles Babbage, an English mechanical engineer and polymath, originated the concept of a programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer", he conceptualised  and invented the first mechanical computer in the early  19th century . 5) What do you think about technology at casebook is like? And how could we make it better? I think casebook is just fine the way it is. 6) How do you think technology will change and what will be something you think will be created....

Questions: 1.  What was your favourite part of this term.  How did this make you feel and why?  probably the productions late starts because it gave a chance to sleep in. 2. What was the most interesting thing that you have learned in Term 3? Dividing fractions. 3. What were some of the challenges for you? Tell us why. I struggled to learn how to divide fractions because i didn't understand the concept at first. 4.  Do you have any artwork or blog posts that you would like to share with us? I could probably post some photos of loom band dragons. 5. If you could describe this term in one word, what would that word be? BUSY 6. What would you like to do better in Term 4? try finish assignments earlier.  7. What are you planning to do for the holidays? Go camping. 8.What would you like to learn about in Term 4? Some new ways of doing algebra.

How do you celebrate Maori Language Week in your class/school? the school did a challenge by having a maori word every day and you had to translate. Why is this an important week to New Zealand? In the last 200 years the history of the Māori language (te reo Māori) has been one of ups and downs. At the beginning of the 19th century it was the predominant language spoken in Aotearoa/New Zealand. As more English speakers arrived in New Zealand, the Māori language was increasingly confined to Māori communities. By the mid-20th century there were concerns that the language was dying out. How does New Zealand celebrate Maori Language Week?   Maori  Language  Week  ( Maori : Te Wiki o te Reo  Maori ) is a government- sponsored initiative intended to encourage New Zealanders to promote the use of  Maori  language.  Maori , English and  New Zealand  Sign Language are the official national ... for their first match ...