What is the impact of global exploration?

Introduction:

Argh Matey taught me about what really happen during the age of exploration and the history of pirates. This unit was all about why European exploration happened, how did happen and what were the after effect for the people involved. Before this project I didn’t know how much it impacted how we live today. Overall, this project was extremely educational and I hope to see more project like this one in the future

Captain Philips: 

The film Captain Philips taught me a great deal about pirate and there unique worldview. The film was centred around a gang of modern day pirates from the coast of Africa who raid a boat from the U.S and takes Captain Philip, the main character, as, a hostage. After the movie we discussed the what different worldview each character had. I feel like for this part of the project I should of made more of an effort to a pay attention and be more involved with the conversation. Overall, this was a great opener for what to suspect of this project.

Milestone One:

For milestone one we had to make a quick MAKR video using the Simplified Web of Causes and Consequences. The main part of milestone one was the introduction of the app MAKR which was an important aspect of our final project. MAKR is an app that combine pictures and real life, the main use we had for this app is creating a story using symbols and pictures. One thing that I could of improved in this project is having better time management. One thing I amazing on this project is creating an engaging story using pictures. Overall, I loved how much freedom they gave with this milestone.

Milestone Three:

For Milestone Three we were tasked with creating a objects that could be used in MAKR to explain the age of exploration with a script. I found I this part of the project to my favourite out of any of the milestones. This due to the freedom with deciding what pictures you can draw and deciding what a your script will be for the final video. I believe for this part of the project I could of improved the writing aspect and having a more organized storyline. However, I think I did really amazing on the photos or artwork, and represent the core ideas of my script

Competence:

Discussion listening, learning:

I think I have met some part of this competence. I think I did an amazing job of listening and learning however, I didn’t meet the discussion competence. I showed this in my notes and the certain object I chose in my final video. I can try to discuss more in the future by planning what I’m going to say and try telling it to my group. This competence was somewhat difficult but, I think I fully achieved it.

Analyze cause and consequence:

I think I did full succeeded on this competence. This is due to how much detail I put into my cause and consequence worksheets. I also shown this in my writing in milestone four by creating a organized script that shows at least a paragraph for every consequence. However, I could improved on making my work more neat and clear to the idea. Overall, I think I have really met this competence.

Empowered learner:

For this competence I think I need to improved somewhat. In some way like in my worksheet I was empowered learner and had many cool ideas. However, during class discussion I usually didn’t say anything that would further the group understanding in the topic. Next time, I will try to have the courage to say my idea even if its turns out to be really bad. Overall, hopefully I can work to improve this competence in the future.

Conclusion:

Overall, global exploration impact how we live today. What food we eat, where we live and the worldview of our country is all effect by global exploration. I learnt so much in this project I can’t wait to see what our teachers have planned for us in the future. In general, this project taught me how one event has the possibility to change everything.