The Psychology of Advertising & Marketing

For WDICF we finished our FINAL Inquiry. For my topic, I did "The Psychology of Advertising & Marketing." 

This topic has always interested me, and I was really excited to do this topic.

I don't think this was my best inquiry but I enjoyed researching it.

I hope you enjoy my presentation!

Child labour in the Fashion Industry

In my most previous post, The Cultural Impact of Progress on Indigenous Peoples (click here if you want to read it), I talked about my class "Where Did it Come From?"

After we did a choice inquiry, where we could choose from the following topics;

• Meat & the environment
• Hygiene Disposable Products (baby wipes etc)
• Fast Fashion
• Child labour
• Blood Diamonds

I chose a combination of child labour and fast fashion because those two topics already intertwine.

I actually think this is the BEST inquiry I've ever done. The only thing I would change about my WeVideo is to try to make each recording perfect because I had some stutters in it. I think I am really good at visual and verbal language, and the order of my information made my presentation effective.

Here is my Choice Inquiry Presentation!

The Cultural Impact of Progress on the Indigenous People

 I have a module (class ) called "Where Did It Come From?" 

This class is about finding out about the "true cost" of the cheap products we buy.

The subjects we do in Where Did It Come From are English(strand - presenting) and Social Studies (strand - economic world).  

For this inquiry, our topic was The Cultural Impact of Progress on the Indigenous People. 

Our teachers came up with a "BIG QUESTION" which is a question that can be broken down into different parts. A "BIG QUESTION" is also a question that you can't google. Our "BIG QUESTION" was: In what ways can I learn about the impact of “progress” on indigenous communities and their environment, in order to better understand how this can be done for mutual benefit.

 Firstly we need to understand the big question. An example of "progress" is the industrial revolution. Many good things happened, like clothing came faster, or you didn't need to wait long to get things you wanted. This made the buying and consumption of goods faster and faster. Because of the high demand of the public, lands were being stripped so they could make bigger factories and produce everything faster. Lots of this land was culturally significant to indigenous people. So there are pros and cons of "progress."

Indigenous people are the original people in that specific area and has been there for generations. 

Mutual benefit means that the action is beneficial for both parties.

So we needed to come up with a way that "progress" could be good for everyone.

Then we broke down our "BIG QUESTION" into 3 subsidiarity questions, or "stepping stone questions". We researched for information to answer these questions to hopefully answer our "BIG QUESTION".

Then we made a presentation on wevideo to show our findings. It's really awesome because our school paid for us to use the premium wevideo. It was so so fun using the wevideo premium because in the previous years in St Mary's didn't have premium and I struggled a little bit sometimes.

Here is my presentation, and I hope you enjoy it!

Cafe

One of my modules in Campion is Cafe.

In Cafe, we cook and work on visual arts.

We needed to come up with a themed cafe with a menu, name, and idea of a blueprint. 

My theme is books and board games, with themed food from well-known books. We will have board games, books, food, and a fireplace in the cafe, plus lots of comfy chairs like bean bags and hanging egg chairs.

My menu has things like Green Eggs and Ham(Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss), or Turkish Delight(The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis) for "Wizards and Demigods".

Also, there are things for "Muggles and Mortals" like coffee and smoothies(a bit boring) so we don't leave them out.

Because suddenly NZ is in lockdown again, my younger sister and I made Lembas Bread, which is special elvish bread from Lord of the Rings. We used the recipe from https://www.nogarlicnoonions.com/7-dishes-from-famous-books-and-how-to-make-them/.

It was a bit crumbly and hard to roll out so we had to add more melted shortening and golden syrup.

Here is a photo.

The little blob is meant to be Baby Yoda because my little sister is obsessed with baby Yoda!!

When I finish my presentation I will post it.

Thanks for reading my blog!

 

Maths in Nature

 We finished our class MTNA(Maths in Nature).

We learnt about maths in art and nature, like Fibonacci

and the Pythagora's Theorem.

We looked at numerous artists like Franz Marc, Pablo Picasso, and Kandinsky(the one I based my art on).

Kandinsky was an abstract artist who painted with transparent colours and shapes like circles and lines.

Here is my Portfolio.

Water Footprint

 Millions of people in Africa have to walk about 4 miles there and back just to get contaminated water for their family, while most people can just walk to their tap that flows with clean water.

So in our school, we are doing a Caritas Challenge to know what it feels like in their position by carrying water vessels around the field, except wearing mufti and having prizes.

We took a test on this site called a water calculator that can calculate your water footprint, mine is not so accurate because they didn't have NZ in the country category, so I chose a place from the US.

I reckon you should try this site because it also shows tips on how to save water. I could improve by taking shorter showers and we might get a car that takes up less gasoline. 

Staying Cybersafe

 Today in Wellbeing we learned about being Cybersafe.

Phishing - Phishing is when someone tries to get your information through websites and emails. They can convince you to click on ads or enter private information about yourself, account details. 

Cyberbullying - Cyberbullying is when someone might try to hurt your feelings. They might think:

*You don't know me.

*You can't see me

*It's just a joke!

Being online can make it easy for bullies for these reasons.

If you think you are being bullied, tell an adult that you trust and show them evidence.

Hacking - Hacking can be from (meaning to be) jokes, to very serious scenarios. The Russian found a way to hack into a very important person's personal Gmail.