One of our tasks for EOTC Week was to set a building goal, work as a team to problem solve to achieve our building goals. We also spent some time problem solving as individuals. Miss Laxa set 4 tasks based on a television show from both the Philippines and USA. One task was to balance a can on it's side by altering the water levels. Other tasks include catching ping pong balls in cups, building a domino style track using CD cases and directing a balloon using only an air pump.
In researching how to write Tuesday in "Chinese" I was aware there are at least 3 languages including Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin. It's not as straight forward as that. Earlier, I chose a translation that I thought was dragon in a class activity today. The fluent Cantonese and Mandarin speakers in my class did not recognise the symbol. I was embarrassed that I had made a mistake which is one of the pitfalls of cross-cultural analysis. There are always positive outcomes for every situation and we were able to have a discussion about where the symbol may have originated. Another positive outcome is that I am extremely aware of my cultural limitations. So this will result in me asking more questions, seeking more input from experts in our class and in the community. As you can see, I was not confident enough in what I found on the internet to use it in my blog title. An opportunity for further learning. One of the challenges this week is to; LEARN - the signs o...
Hi nice tower Daris and you're good at that raithe
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ReplyDeleteCool staff guys that looks cool.
I like sherries picture because she looks cool because of her smile. I liked the activity
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Making those cans with water in it is cool. How can the water make the cans balance?
ReplyDeleteEOTC week was really cool
ReplyDeletewe have done a lot of stuff. This was very fun as well. I want these stuff happening
I hope you had fun with that stuff i know i did.
ReplyDeleteRaithe how did you make the can keep still on its side?
I like sherrie
ReplyDeleteI really liked EOTC week and I saw that lots of people were using teamwork on building the towers to put the marbles in and see how the ball goes to the bottom.
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Wow that looks fun. What did you guys like the best out of everything.And
ReplyDeletedid you like it what was your favourite activaty
TO room 11
ReplyDeleteYou guys did very well in the minute to win it.
Do you enjoy it?
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Daniel C
I love the picture's a lot room 11 it is so good
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