What is Technology?

Tuesday Journal

Why do we do daily journal writing?

• To remember things
• To think back about ideas and learning
• To set a goal for today
• To develop thinking skills
• To build self reflection - thinking about thinking

Something I - discovered - thought about - learnt - worked on
I  worked hard on - I did a good job on
Today I will - I promise to

Crazy Inventions

True or False?

Real?  Joke?  Prototype?  Modification?

What do you think?
What is it?  What does it do?  How does it work?

 

What is technology?

Write a sentence and post it in the post box

Technology is...

Odd Inventions

Learning Journal

Complete your Friday journal thinking.

Make a Monday journal entry.

• Something I did in the weekend
• Something I thought about
• An idea I had was
• Something I learnt

Take a look at these pictures of some interesting inventions.

Are they real - a prototype - or a joke?  Yes or No - why do you think that?

Can you tell what they actually do?  Yes or No

Are any of them a good idea?  Yes or No - why do you think that?

What is a prototype?
What does the word mean?

Crazy Inventions

Have you started finding out any information about an important invention yet?

All you need to do is:
Decide on something you are interested in
Use the internet to discover who invented this thing
When it was invented
Get some basic facts about the changes in this thing over time
Write down some ideas about how this thing has changed people's lives.

Watch this video, count and list as many inventions as you can.  Make notes in your learning journal - words - pictures.

Wednesday 5th September

How did you show these things yesterday?

Responsibility

Personal Best

Showing Initiative

Yesterday I showed responsibility when...

I did my personal best when...

I showed initiative by...

Today my challenge is to...

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What's your OPINION?

School isn't very important because you don't learn much.

Agree or Disagree

Write down 2 or three ideas (reasons for your thinking) and join the debate.

Monday Journal

Monday September 3rd

Journal Thinking

Something I did at the weekend was...

Something that was hard at the weekend was...

Something I learnt (discovered, thought about) at the weekend was...

One thing I'm going to try my best at today is...


What's Your Opinion? - Start an Opinion page in your journal

Do you Agree YES or Disagree NO?

Should children be allowed to have a TV in their bedroom?

Talk with a buddy and write down 2 or 3 ideas about why you agree or disagree with this idea.