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Week 1 1/07/11 Today is my first lesson of IGL, I got invited to wikispaces by Miss Woud. Then I had to create an account and make my own wikipage. The first thing I had to do was to find the 6 steps of Resourced Based Learning.

The 6 steps of Resourced Based Learning are Define the task, Locate information, select resources, organise notes, present the ideas and evaluate your work.

. Understand the question . Use what you know . Background reading . Develop keywords . Plan the final product.
 * Define the task**

. Using keywords . Helpful sites & databases . Newspapers & journals . People & organisations . Primary sources online . Library services
 * Locate information**

. Read efficiently . Question the text . Identify bias . Evaluate images . Evaluate websites . Primary & secondary sources
 * Select resources**

. Recording quotes . Note-taking tips . Note-taking styles
 * Organise notes**

. Develop a purpose . Plan your assignment . Types of essays . Creative assignments
 * Present the ideas**

. Ask yourself questions . Ways to evaluate
 * Evaluate your work**

5/07/11 Tuesday Continued on 26/07/11 Tuesday Continued on 28/07/11 Thursday Continued on 29/07/11 Friday Continued on 02/08/11 Tuesday Continued on 05/08/11 Friday Continued on 09/08/11 Tuesday
 * Week 2**

Working on my assignment "Research Skills Exercise" //What has been the impact of wheat and bread on western culture?// 1. Try and think of five different (but related) questions that might be areas of research under this broad heading:

a. What has been the impact of wheat and bread on western culture? b. What has been the impact of wheat and bread in Australia? c. What are the main concerns of wheat and bread in Australia? d. What are the main concerns of wheat and bread on western culture? e. The impacts of wheat and bread in Australia

2. If you wanted to find out which were the most commonly eaten types of bread in Australia through an internet search, what key words or phrases would you use?

a. "commonly eaten types of bread in Australia" on google. b. "bread statistics Australia" on google. c. "what is the most common bread in australia?"

3. Go online and try to find answer to the question in "2". Was it easy to find useful information? Very easy.

4. The following page (web-link) gives you information about the many different kinds of bread. []

a. Which part of the URL (web address) tells you about the organisation that has published the page? "Gograins"

b. How would you go to the main page of that organisation? Remove the "grainsnutrition/ns/ns9_3.html" and that will leave you with [|http://www.gograins.com.au] and that will lead you to the main page of the website.

c. Follow the link and decide whether the information is likely to be completely objective or not. ("Objective" means based on facts and evidence, not opinions, emotions or personal involvement.)

5. Information on the constituents of wheat can be found at: a. [] b. [] c. http:/www.wheatfoods.org/AboutWheat-what-is-wheat/Index.htm

Which of these web-sites a, b, or c; provides you with the most useful AND reliable information? Explain your decision. Website B would provide me the most useful and reliable information whereas site a and c does not explain in detail what wheat actually is. Website B explains in more detail what wheat really is and deeper into chemistry.

6. Now find three websites that tell you similar information about what wheat is used for. a.[] b.[] c.[]

Which of these web-sites a, b, or c; provides you with the most useful AND reliable information? Explain your decision. Website A provides me with the most useful and reliable information because it includes every information about wheat whereas the other 2 only provides me least information needed.

7. There are many different kinds of internet search engines. Pick a topic to search and enter your key words in the same way into each of the search engines linked below. a. [] b. [] c. [] d. []

Compare the results of your search. Which of the search engines gave you the best access to information that you might be able to use? Explain your decision. I went on website c which is [|http://www.dogpile.com] and searched up "Cyber bullying" and that site gave me the best access to information about cyber bullying.

8. Would any of the information that you have found in these exercises help you to answer the focus question we began with? (What has been the impact of wheat and bread on western cultures?)

Yes it would.

Explain your choice.

How might you change the original focus question now that you have a better idea about what sorts of information you were able to find?

9. Think about what other ways you might gather information in relation to the new focus question and describe at least two here:

a. (example) Take notes in a supermarket about the quantity and range of different bread products available.

b. -

c. -

d. -

__Journal Keeping__ - ==‍At least once a week reflect on ==


 * 1) ==‍What have you achieved in your learning? ==
 * 2) ==‍What you want to achieve/ goals and future directions? ==
 * 3) ==‍Positives/ successful moments in your research? What did you enjoy the most? ==
 * 4) ==‍Negatives/ limitations/ problems in your research? ==
 * 5) ==‍What was the hardest parts to research? How can you overcome this in the future? ==
 * 6) ==‍What skills did you learn in this Research? ==
 * 7) ==‍Interesting comments? ==

Week 3 Tuesday 09/08/11 Today I will be writing my first journal.

1.**What have you achieved in your in your learning?** What I've achieved throughout these 4 weeks of intergrated learning is that I have gain the knowledge to use the wikipage which I find very fun to use. One of the biggest and the most important achievements that I have achieved is that I have been able to find very useful search engines which is very important to my researching skills for my future benefits.

2. **What you want to achieve/goals and future directions?** One of the most important goals/achievements that I'm looking forward to achieve is that I want to master my researching skills as I mentioned in question 1 that it is one of the most important things for my future benefits.

3. **Positive/successful moments in your research? What did you enjoy the most?** One of the most successful moments that I have achieved is that having to find the 6 steps to RBL and having to find decent and legit information about wheat which is a part of my assignment. What I enjoyed the most was playing around with wikispaces being able to look at people's profiles to see what they're up to. Also, being able to post comments on people's profile.

4. **Negatives/limitations/problems in your research?** One thing I had trouble dealing with was having to find very accurate information about wheat for about 2 weeks, until then I was able to find very legit information about wheat.

5. **What was the hardest parts to research? How can you overcome this in the future?** The hardest part to research during these 4 weeks of intergrated learning is that at first I had trouble researching until then my teacher provided us some useful search engines which was VERY helpful towards my researching. In order to overcome this in the future, I'll need to keep practising my researching skills and in the future, i will be able to find information about a certain topic with just a blink of an eye.

6. **What skills did you learn in this research?** Some of the skills that I've learnt throughout these weeks of intergrated learning is that I have learnt to use some helpful search engines and those ones will be my main search engines which I know that they will provide me with my future needs.

7.**Interesting comments?** All these weeks of intergrated learning, I have learnt so much about researching and being able to write my own blogs just like this and doing my assignment on my wikipage. I have made the right decision to choose to do Intergrated learning as It will help me in Research project in year 12 and I do no regret choosing it.

KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK.... djevan...

Week 4 Friday 19/08/11


 * 1. What have you achieved in your learning?**

What I've achieved in my learning in this week is that I've been able to find information very easily using the search engines Google, Dogpile, and so on.

The first thing I want to achieve is that I want to master my researching skills so that I won't have trouble finding my information. Because sometimes I take about 5-10mins just to find one piece of information which is very long. The second thing I want achieve is that I want to achieve is I want to learn how to make my wiki page look neat and attractive which I'm trying to do. The last thing I want to achieve is that I want to keep all my work up to date so that I won't have any catch ups to do.
 * 2. What you want to achieve/ goals and future directions?**

One of the most successful moments in my research was having to find legit information about the bread and wheat impact in Australia. I enjoyed finding the right and useful information about it.
 * 3. Positive/successful moments in your research? What did you enjoy the most?**

A problem I had while researching is that I had trouble finding information about wheat and bread impact in Australia because it's a hard topic to research about so therefore you won't get as much information as you think you would get on google. The hardest part to research was finding information about wheat and bread impact in Australia. to overcome this in the future I would have to practise my researching skills and keep it at a constant pace so I would not lose my researching skills.
 * 4. Negatives/limitations/problems in your search?**
 * 5**. **What was the hardest parts to research? How can you overcome this in the future?**

Some of the skills that I learnt in this research is that I have learnt to use MORE helpful search engines and those ones will be my main search engines which I know that they will provide me with my future needs.
 * 6**. **What skills did you learn in this research?**

Week 5 journal

What I've achieved this week is that I have been able to learn how to use "Virtual Dj" which is a program used by djers. My Frangos taught me how to use it so I can use it for my research project along with my other mates: David and Quy.
 * 1. What have you achieved in your learning?**

What I want to achieve is that I want to learn how to master the program "Virtual Dj" so that it would benefit towards my researching project. This will also benefit me for my next year's Research Project assignments because I'm willing to get in more depth of Djing.
 * 2. What you want to achieve/ goals and future direction**

A successful moment was when I learnt how to mix two songs together which turned out very well because I usually mix two songs and they don't sound good together. I enjoyed mixing songs, and adding affects to it to make it sound good.
 * 3. Positive/successful moments in your research? What did you enjoy the most?**

A problem I had while learning how to use "Virtual Dj" was that I had trouble adding affects because I did not know how to add affects until Mr Frangos decided to help me on that. I also had trouble mixing two songs that are completely different genres so it turned out really bad.
 * 4. Negatives/limitations/problems in your search?**

The hardest parts to research was finding information about how to use virtual dj because It's better off being taught in real life than searching on the internet because sometimes I don't even understand what they're trying to say. To overcome this in the future, I would need to keep practicing my research skills and try to understand what they're trying to teach.
 * 5**. **What was the hardest parts to research? How can you overcome this in the future?**

6. **What skills did you learn in this research?** Some of the skills that I learnt in this research was I learnt how to use Virtual Dj and adding affects to songs that you're mixing.

Week 6 Thursday 01/09/11 Week 6 Friday 02/09/11 Week 7 Thursday 08/09/11 Week 8 Sunday 18/09/11
 * Research Proposal**

When it came to researching about a topic of our own choice, my friend David and a few other mates decided to do a topic about Djing. Where some of us had to make surveys about Djing. We also came up with an idea where we all decided to make a Djing event in November, where all the year 8's and 9's would come to the Gym to hear us Dj. Mr frangos will be there to supervise us and help us setup the court. This topic is an awesome topic to research about as David, Quy and I love techno and house music.

We came to a conclusion where we decided to research about djing. We chose djing because my mates and myself, have a passion for djing because we love techno and house music. Whereas we had other certain topics to research about but we didn't like them at all so we came to a conclusion where we chose to research about Djing. We have also organised who were gonna do the surveys and the researching. David and I decided to do the surveys while Quy decided to do the researching himself along with the other guys who have organised to do the surveys and the researching.

This topic is fun to study because it gives us motivation that will make us succeed this assignment. We tried to think of other certain topics, but they just don't interest us because people have different taste of things in life. Until Quy came to a conclusion where he came up with the topic "Djing". David and I thought it was it was an awesome topic to research about.

What my group believes is that we believe that Djing is a really hard thing to do, it takes practice and practice to master it. Even I and David had trouble mixing two different types of genre together which sounded really bad. Quy had experiences with Djing, so he didn't had trouble djing at all.

I decided to research about the technical stuff what Djs use when Djing whereas David decided to research about how to mix the songs. Quy decided to research about how to become a good Djer. I think researching about these certain parts of djing would be easy, because there are many sites that consists of Djing.

Continued 13/09/11 Continued 15/09/11

__**Djing**__

One of the most important thing about djing is "How to become a good dj?" Well the answer is pretty simple.

This is a question I’m asked often concerning DJing in Second Life, and my answer is usually “practice and dedication.” I’m not attempting to be abrupt or callous; it is the short version of the longer answer. No piece of equipment, software, song or magic fairy dust makes one DJ better than another. It is the collection of how the equipment, software, songs, and ingredients of the magic fairy dust that makes a DJ better. The most expensive software, mixing boards and techniques don’t instantly make a person a good DJ, it really takes a lot of practice and dedication to become good. I feel that what a person really wants to know is “How Do I Begin to Become a Good DJ?” That’s a question I can answer in more detail.The starting point in any DJ’s career is your identity. This is the second important thing as a DJ. Are you going to be an Online DJ? Mixing, “Radio Style”, both? Are you going to DJ at Bar or Clubs? Where? What sort of music? Who’s your audience? What do you do best? Answer these questions any way that you want to, there is no right or wrong answer here, but remember to have an understanding of what you really want to do. The pitfall is to answer these questions to make the most money, in reality you should answer these questions truthfully; the huge payoff from DJing is not right around the corner.

The most important thing is to have a passion about music and increasing your music vocabulary. If you want to become a good DJ, you’re not doing this to become rich. Not only will you get bored but it will become disinteresting and “too much work”. You have to be willing to get that new CD, single, to look for that frequently not heard song for your audience. You don’t have to be a musical savant (it does help), but you have to be fairly knowledgeable of music, genre’s, important artists and the finer details that matter. Here’s a great example: Rhianna’s “Don’t Stop the Music” samples the “mama-se, mama-sa, ma-ma-kos-sa” chant from Michael Jackson’s “Wanna be Startin’ Somthin’” which was taken from Manu Dibango’s “Soul Makossa”. Knowledge like this not only allows you to recognizing and discusses songs, but helps you with mixing them. In the above example you can go from hip-hop to 1970′s disco/funk using that “mama-se, mama-sa” chant knowledge.

Listening is the third most important thing (and the most important skill) to have as a good DJ. I really recommend getting an iPod (or similar media player) and listen to music that you like with music that you are unfamiliar with. For instance, I’m not a huge country fan, actually I’m very unfamiliar with country, but one of my favorite songs is True Love by George Acosta. I became very familiar with George Acosta's earlier work (such as “Visions Behind Expressions” and “All Rights Reserved 2”) which helped me develop a part of my library that no one expects me to have. By listening to music your unfamiliar with you are exposed to new artists and tracks and it helps you make important connections between different songs. For those interested in mixing, continuing to listen to music helps you differentiating from a house song at 125bpm and a trance song at 140bpm. Listening also requires you to also see how other DJ’s do it, choose two or three DJ’s whom you admire or would like to emulate and go to their shows. Listen to how they mix their music, how they perform, you will learn a lot from listening to others. As well spend an hour a day to music or radio stations, by doing this you tap into the best sources for new music and information.

From here I will get into a more detail of technical stuff about Djing. I will be explaining what equipments that are needed for Djs and all the setups (lightings, stages etc....)


 * __What do Djs use?__**

What equipments a DJ would need depends on what he is planning to do. Whether it is scratching, MCing or live mixes he will require various equipments to do his task. First and foremost he would need a PA system if it is not available at the venue where he is about to perform. It would include speakers or passive speakers and an amp. A DJ would most certainly need a sound source, be it CD players, Turntables, MP3 players, Samplers, a laptop or synthesizers.

He would require a mixer and a DJ case. The case will have all the gears lined up together so that the mixing will be perfect. A good pair of isolating headphones is a must. Sennheizer HD280's, Sony MDRV600DJ's are the favorite choices for headphones among DJs. To hook up everything that he needs he will have to get cables. The most famous piece of DJ equipment, and still one of the best to practice on, is the Technics 1200/1210 turntable. This piece of equipment allows a budding DJ to develop the key skill of beat mixing. Even though CD players are quite good for DJing, nothing compares to the mystique of vinyl. The freshest dance floor tunes come out first and exclusively on vinyl making a pair of turntables vital DJ equipment. Dance clubs most often include Technics 1200/1210 turntables in their DJ equipment list.Among all of these, DJ turntables serve as the very backbone of any DJ setup. A DJ will need at least two turntables to play, mix and scratch music. DJ slipmats reduce the friction between the record and the turntable thus allowing him to spin and scratch the records smoothly without stopping the turntable. It is usually made out of felt or slick plastic. One slipmat is required for each turntable. A cartridge is the housing for the record player's needle which is also known as stylus. One cartridge is needed for each turntable as it is designed to provide different levels of skip resistance and output. DJ mixer is used for mixing and beat matching. DJ mixers allow the DJ to blend two audio signals into one output. A crossfader controls the amount of sound that he wants from each turntable. DJ headphones are used to cue up the next song for mixing.Turntables come with a variety of features, including variable speeds, LCD screens, and "S" shaped arms. Choice of the turntable is to be made according to what is needed and of course depending on budget. Turntables are the most important part of any setup so the best turntable that one can afford is of course the best choice.DJ mixers have several control systems. The EQ controls adjust the tone of the input while the gain control adjusts the levels of each input. While scratching attention is paid to the curve control as it is used to determine how fast the crossfader switches from one source to another. Another handy feature to have is the hamster switch, which reverses the crossfader position.

One of the most equipment used by djs are lights and disco balls. I will be putting pictures of the lights that are used by Djs and will be pricing them part by part.

Architectural Lighting Disco Lighting Effects

LED Par Cans

Mirror Balls

Laser

Moving Heads

LED Tapes

Lighting Control

LED Colour changers

Promotional Lighting

Strobe Lights

Week 1 Term 4 20/10/11

Two days ago, A special guest came into our class named "Theo", he came in to talk about event managing and all the importances of education. He gave us tips on how to organise an event. The tips he gave us were very helpful and I'm willing to
 * Journal**


 * SpringDays Event Day**

Yesterday was an important day for us. Mr Frangos, Quy, Mag, Muhammed, David, Andrew, Kaine, Sean and I organised the event. The event started at 12:50pm, but all of us had to meet up at 12:30pm to set up the dj equipment and the tables. We started cranking up music and tested the speakers and the microphone, it worked perfect. At 12:50pm, the lunch bell rang and alot of people came to us and didn't had a clue what was happening until Kaine announced that it was the Spring Days Event day. I was the camera man and I had to record until the end of lunch, it was very tiring, but hearing the good music at the same time made me felt good and I really enjoyed recording the Dj's and the crowd that was there. Quy started of by putting on the song called "Without You" By David Guetta and Usher which made more people come in to watch because that song is a very good song. At the same time when Quy was Djing, he also gave out Freddos to the audience just for the heck of it and as a gift for the crowd for coming in and listening. I was recording Quy and the crowd aswell. After Quy's mix, it was Mag's turn, his mix was very awesome. Mag was an rnb mixer whilst Quy was an Electro/house mixer. When Mag's mix was up, there was a few people who decided to dance which was very exciting. I also recorded