SECOND LAST DAY OF WRITING TALENT DEVELOPMENT!

Did you know that our talent development stories for the MADE awards have to be finished in 2 WEEKS!? For us it's only two DAYS, since we only go to Enrich once a week. I'm not sure I'll get it done in time, but you never know!  I hope I do!

The final decision!

I have decided to use Kid Pix for my movie for the MADE awards!It is easier than Garageband, another computer program you can use to create a podcast. Kid Pix is awesome, easy, fun and a really cool computer programme to learn from. I really enjoy using Kid-Pix!!!!

Kidpix

I thought I knew how to use Kidpix. Well, I didn't. Not all of it anyway. Today in Writing Talent Development, Katie taught us how to animate things on Kidpix. It was really interesting! We learnt how to import you're own backgrounds, record you're own sounds and make it into a slideshow. Also, we learnt how to have an opening to the next slide - with the sound effects! I am considering using Kidpix for my movie for the MADE awards. It's pretty cool. Just as cool as Garageband. BUT Garageband is way too complicated for me.

Writing Talent Development week 5

Today at Enrich, we did some more on our stories for Talent Development. I have deleted some, edited a chunk, added a paragraph, looked up the thesaurus for more interesting words, and worked really hard to make my story perfect. After morning tea, Katie showed us how to use Garage Band, a computer program, because some of us [E.G: ME!] didn't know how to use it. All of us are PROBABLY going to use Garage Band to make our stories into movies for the MADE awards. I am really excited about learning how to use Garage Band!  

Chess with Zoe

Today at Enrich, I played chess with my friend Zoe Bennet. The first game was tough. I was white, and Zoe was black, which was annoying, because black is my lucky colour! It was a tie. The next game I was black [hurray!] and I won. See, I TOLD you black was my lucky colour! On the next game, I refused to be white, but Zoe made me. [Huh!] but I knew that black wasn't my lucky colour, and the game was all to do with strategy and skill. I wasn't really surprised, though, because chess is a tricky game, and it has nothing to do with what colour you are, but how good you are at chess, and how well you can think ahead to the next move.  

Hi Isabella.
You had a very productive writing session today.  Writing is certainly something that you are passionate about.  You have such enthusiasm and drive and it is great to see you making the most of each session.  You are using a lot of descriptive language within your story, which is going to help to keep your readers engaged.  Keep up the great effort.
Katie.

S.C.A.M.P.E.R

Today at Enrich my friend Zoe Bennet and I did S.C.A.M.P.E.R. It is a thing where you pick an object, for example a piece of Lego. There are seven things you need to do - 1. Substitute 2. Customize 3. Adapt 4. Modify/Magnify 5. Put to another use 6. Eliminate and 7. Reverse/Rearrange. Our object was a soft-toy version of a Lego-Man. S.C.A.M.P.E.R was very fun, and it gave me a challenge 1. to find out what the words meant 2. To find things that were appropriate for that object - imagine rearranging a piece of Lego!