The last blog post for NPDL

On Wednesday we presented our power to the people project to the school and the community. Every piece of research the group did was thought through and discussed with each other so we had no problems. Having had the experience of this project, if I was planning another project I would be more thorough in the planning and chose an idea that interests me more.

Links to our Group Planners:

• Week 5

• Week 6

• Week 7

• Week 8

• Week 9

Looking back at how well we planned and then recorded each week's and day's work and managed our time, I think we did very well. Each day we had work to do and in the beginning we recorded vlogs for each day but we stopped recording when it was taking up too much time.

Looking at our research and comparing it to what other groups did, I think the other groups had more creativity than us but we did have more information written down than some of the projects. Another time in the future I think I would add more colour and visual guides.

Looking back now at how we planned and prepared our presentation, I think it looks great but I had no part in making it because I was on a cruise for 2 weeks and I could only go to the presentation in period 3/4 and 5:00pm. It was a good turn out and I explained what our project was to a couple of people.

My positives for Showcase Day were seeing everyone's Npdl projects, answering the community's questions and voting for the year 9's passion projects. I think the year 9s had more enthusiasm when they presented because they got to choose what their topic was about.

a) What skills did you use, learn or develop during this project which will be helpful in your life beyond school?

Collaboration, teamwork and researching

b) Would you like to do more of this kind of learning next year?

There were positives and negatives to this kind of learning so I wouldn't mind either way

c) What did you learn from this process that will help with future projects?

How to plan out the steps of my progress

d) What advice would you give to the teachers if they are running this or something similar in the future?

I think they did a great job this time round and should continue to teach this way for future students