Viewing the Year 8 Personal Projects

Today we were very fortunate to be able to visit the Year 8 Personal Projects that were on display in the Cybrary. Our Year 8s have been working on these individual projects for the whole year, and it was perfect timing for us as we are starting to think about how we will share our Exhibition learning.

We went up to the presentations with a 'critical eye' - looking for the presentations that were bright, colourful, interactive and educational. As we went around the displays we were taking notice of fonts, formats, boards, backing paper, headings, names, tables, colours, use of technology - there is so much to think about!!!

We noticed how well the Year 8s were able to talk about their projects - what they had done, what they had learnt, the successes and the failures - and we were impressed at how confident they were when they were speaking.

"Make sure you space out the information on your board - if it is too crowded, you can't see everything." - Lily and Enya

"If your slideshow is too long, you could lose people's attention." - Rosa

"I love how some of the girls made their display relate to the topic - like when Mya used a frame to display her project about framing." - Georgina

"Fancy writing doesn't always work - sometimes it is too hard to read." - Caroline

"Having something for the audience to interact with was good!" - Kathleen

Thank you Year 8s for sharing your Personal Projects with us - we really appreciate it! We have lots to talk about in our Exhibition groups as we head towards September 18th!!