Connecting People In A Global World Is A Forward Step In Combating Global Issues Like Poverty And Hunger

Introduction:
We are growing and the world is developing and ways of learning are changing constantly. Did you know that change is constant? Well it is. We are living a change everyday even if can’ notice it. Our world is developing quickly and life in the 21st century is totally different from life before. That means that the way we learn is also changing. These changes are all very big changes but we have learned how to cope with them.
As part of our new learning environment we, in grade 10 VISS, are going to chose a focus question and write an essay discussing it and then we post it on our own blogger (mine is http://hayamportfolio.blogspot.com/ I would love you to visit it and write your own comments on my work!!!!!) and also post it on INET (http://www.ssat-inet.net/ ). This is pretty hard work especially since we didn’t have enough time but as part of the new learning technique I have to learn to organize my time and meet my dead line. Anyway, my focus question is: connecting people in a global world is a forward step in combating global issues like poverty and hunger. I strongly believe that we people are far from fair. We are cruel and heartless and selfish and……….. The list never ends. Some of us however are not this kind of people. Some of us are fair and kind and thoughtful. Some of us are always helping others in poor countries like Africa. I am also determined to help these poor people and I will. Some people are already working hard. In the following paragraphs, I will talk about people who started taking action when they were young learners like us. I am sorry if I don’t mention all of the people who are fighting poverty and hunger but again, I will be talking about young learners only and not everyone or then you will just get too bored and close the window.
Discussion of Findings:
Ryan Hreljak is now 17 years old. When he was six in grade 1 his geography teacher told him and his class that a lot people don’t have any clean water to drink. Ryan was determined to help these people and by the age of 7, the first well was built in a village in Uganda. Ryan collected the money needed by washing cars and doing some household chores. I find it really amazing that someone so young could act so maturely. (http://www.ryanswell.ca/)
Another example is Hugh Evans. Hugh is now 25 years old. He was just 14 years old when he began his humanitarian work, travelling to the Philippines as an ambassador for World Vision. Sleeping in slums of manila and studying in India ignited Hugh’s ambition to help the poor people in the world. Hugh implemented building projects while caring for a number of orphaned children affected by aids. Hugh became founder and director of the Oaktree Foundation. Hugh set up the first Oaktree project in South Africa's Kwa-Zulu-Natal province: a community resource centre that now provides more than a thousand people with the opportunity to receive education for the first time in their lives. In Ghana, West Africa, Hugh helped develop a project focusing on releasing young women from slavery and providing them with educational opportunities in partnership with International Needs.
Since 2003 development projects funded by Oaktree have also been established in The Philippines, Papua New Guinea, India and East Timor, providing educational opportunities to more than 40,000 young people. Hugh also helped co-ordinate an emergency relief operation when the Boxing Day tsunami struck in 2004.
In 2008 Hugh stepped down from Oaktree and was soon charged with the responsibility of becoming the Co-Chair of the inaugural Youth 2020 Summit in Canberra. In 2004 the Australia Day Council awarded Hugh the prestigious title: Young Australian of the Year. In 2005, Hugh's humanitarian work was recognized on a global scale, named the Junior Chamber Young Person of the World Award. In 2006 Hugh was the recipient of the 'Free Your Mind' award. (http://hughevans.com.au/)
Conclusion:
We all live on the same earth so we all have a right to use its resources without paying any price. It doesn’t matter if we are Americans or Africans. It doesn’t matter if we are white or black. There should be nothing to separate us and make hatred and war between us. We should all be one hand and no matter what, nothing should make this hand split into many smaller weaker hands.
There are just so many people that fought poverty all over the world, and I would like to thank them from all my heart for taking a forward step and setting a good example for many others.

Introduction

Focus Question: connecting people in a global world is a forward step in combating global issues like poverty and hunger.

Introduction:
We are growing and the world is developing and ways of learning are changing constantly. Did you know that change is constant? Well it is. We are living a change everyday even if can’t notice it. Our world is developing quickly and life in the 21st century is totally different from life before. That means that the way we learn is also changing. These changes are all very big changes but we have learned how to cope with them.
As part of our new learning environment we, in grade 10 VISS, are going to chose a focus question and write an essay discussing it and then we post it on our own blogger (mine is http://hayamportfolio.blogspot.com/ I would love you to visit it and write your own comments on my work!!!!!) and also post it on INET (http://www.ssat-inet.net/ ). This is pretty hard work especially since we didn’t have enough time but as part of the new learning technique I have to learn to organize my time and meet my dead line. Anyway, my focus question is: connecting people in a global world is a forward step in combating global issues like poverty and hunger. I strongly believe that we people are far from fair. We are cruel and heartless and selfish and……… The list never ends. Some of us however are not that kind of people. Some of us are fair and kind and thoughtful. Some of us are always helping others in poor countries like Africa. I am also determined to help these poor people and I will. Some people are already working hard. In the following paragraphs, I will talk about people who started taking action when they were young learners like us. I am sorry if I don’t mention all of the people who are fighting poverty and hunger but again, I will be talking about young learners only and not everyone or then you will just get too bored and close the window.

Inquiry Essay

Hi Hayam

Just a reminder to post up your essay today so that I can look through it and suggest improvements.

The cost of Greed

By:Sarang
Indus International School,India

Q1)I really liked the idea of doing a peom. Sarang has used rhyming words in his poem(which I find very hard to do) so it shows us that he is open to the English language. I really find that his poem was unique in its own way and I don't think that there is anything that I dislike in his presentation.

Q2)I think that the effort that Sarang put in was really brilliant. As I mentioned before, he has used his English knowledge in a simple yet effective way which made his poem as unique as any other. I really don't know how he could have done something better in his presentation, and I think that it is very good.

Q3)The points he used were quite strong for he started his peom by telling us about the peaceful world at the begining of time. No one was at war with anyone, no one hated anyone, no one hurt anyone and no one cheated anyone. But then, when man started devising plans, his plans did involve hatred, hurting, cheating and stealing. In Sarang's view, that was how war began.

Q4)Yes, I do agree with the conclusion because, as Sarang mentioned, we are trying to make peace between each other and between ourselves. We are trying to right the wring but, unfortunatly, we are late.

Q5)The presentation talked about how man was peaceful with himself and with the others. He helped others everyday, "his heart was pure and filled with garce", "calm and kind were his ways", "taking from nature only what was in need, he didn't grab more than that, for he was not filled with greed."
Yes, the conclusion was resonable and filled with evidence for today is the evidence of Sarang's conclusion.

Q6)Yes, I would have agreed to the point of view that Sarang used because it is resonable and as I said before what is happenning today is completly supporting Sarang's conclusion.

Follow this link to view the peom:
http://www.cybertext.net.au/student07_inet__may/papers/senior/23/index.html

Introduction to my First Task

For Inquiry we will be using INET(International Networking for Educational Transformation)
Mrs. Rajas has asked us to do a task. Here is what we have to do:

Choose two presentations and answer the following questions

1. What did you like/did not like about the presentation?
2. What did you think of the effort the students put in? Could they have done better? How?
3. What were the strong points abouut the discussion?
4. Did you agree with the conclusion? Has it prompted you to reflect on the issue being presented? Explain.
5. What was the contention of the presentation? Was the conclusion resonable and supported by evidence?
6. If you were asked to respond to the essential question would you have agreed with the point of view of the student? Why or why not?

When Aliens Invade

By: Ester

Princes Hill Primary School, Australia

Q1) I really liked the idea of using a drawing because sometimes pictures are more effective than just plain words and it certainly is less boring because it goes to the point straight away. I also liked the way the student summurized all that was needed to say in the small paragraph on the top. I can't really think of anything that I don't like about this drawing because it all looks simply splendid.

Q2) I think that the student has really put in a lot of effort because just thinking of the idea would have taken some time. The student could have used darker colours to symbolize more hatred.

Q3) The strong points about the disscussion were the border that the student drew and the idea of the people with the ripped clothes and the people in jail.

Q4)Yes, I do agree with the conclusion because it really does show us as one of the very dangerous (probably most) creatures in this world. And believe it or not I think we are.

Q5)The contention of the presentation was the drawing of two people(resembling two sides) fighting and shooting each other. It also showed how one of the sides actually had hostages(or so I think). It also showed borders which is true because instead of building bridges between the differnert countries, we are building borders.

Q6)Yes, I would have certainly agreed with the point of view of the student because it shows very clearly our way of thinking about each other and the way wars are occurring almost all the time.

Follow this link to view the picture:

http://www.cybertext.net.au/student07_inet__may/papers/junior/19/esther.jpg

The Value of Reflective Student Portfolio

Hi everyone,

A new school year has started and we are starting our new blogs. In this blog I am going to share my thoughts and ideas with you. This would possibly give an idea about who I am and what I do and so on. I would also be sharing my work and I am really happy to recieve your feedback, weather it was negative or positive.

This isn't my first time on blogger, for last year, my classmates and I started a blog for sharing the books that we have read during the year. We also wrote our predictions of what will happen.

I must say that I did enjoy blogger and I am looking forward to repeat this experience.