Health Create Discovery - Social Media

This term in Health, we had the opportunity to research about a health subject that interests us. For Ms Aitken's health class I decided to work on Social Media. 

What is Social Media?

• Social Media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.
• "Social" refers to instinctual needs humans have to connect with other humans
• "Media" - what we use to make connections with other humans
• "Social Media" - Media uses for social interaction

Popular Social Media Tools and Websites

• Whatsapps
• Twitter      
  
  
  
• TikTok
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Snapchat
• Messenger
• Youtube 

According to a poll:

- 22% of teenagers long on to their favourite social media site more than 10 times a day.

More than half of adolescents long on to a social media site more than once a day

Sevety-five percent of teenagers now own cell phones. 

In health we had to create a learning outcome of our research, I decided to create a documentary, I thought that creating a documentary would be a good idea because I get to involve other students and get their opinions on social media. 

Term 4 - Music Performance/Reflection

 This Year in Music we have been trying out and learning how to play a variety of instruments including the Piano/Keyboard, Guitar, and Ukelele. This year I decided to take music as one of my option classes because I love music, and I want to extend my knowledge of music by learning how to play the piano.

In the beginning of term 4, we had to form groups within our class, and create a piece of music performance to perform to the rest of our class. In my group was Chara and I. We decided that I will play the piano while she will sing, our song choice was "All of Me" by John Legends. We picked this song because it wasn't too challenging and it wasn't too easy for us, due to our time frame we decided to only perform the first few verses & intro. For me it was my first time performing in front of a crowd, I was nervous and excited because I knew that this was a good opportunity to get me out of my comfort zone. 

To be able to perform a successful performance, we had to cooperate and make sure that each of us are playing a fair part in our performance, I had to make sure that I wasn't playing over Chara while she was singing, therefore Chara had to participate by singing while i'm playing.

This year in Music has been very good, I've really enjoyed music this year, I've learnt how to play a few chords on the guitar and Ukelele and I've also worked with other students in my year level. Below is a video of our music performance! I can't wait for music next year!

Year 9 Photography - Art

 This term in 9Art we have been learning about different artists and their style of artwork, including Photomontages, Slinkachu and Collages/photo layouts.

Slinkachu

Who's Slinkachu?

Slinkachu who was born in 1979 is a London-based artist who creates small-scale Street Art installations and photographs them. The Little People Project started in 2006, involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which are then placed, photographed, and left on the streets. Slinkachu has created Art installations in cities all over the world, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Manchester. 

My Slinkachu photos:

Photomontage - What is photomontages?

Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photography by cutting and joining a number of other photographs. 

It was first used as a technique by the Dadaists in 1915  

in their protests against the First World War. It was later adopted by the surrealists who expolited the possibilities photomontage offered by using free association to bring together widely disparate images, to reflect the workings of the unconscious mind. 

What is the difference between Photomontages & collage?

A collage can be about the complete disarray of the images in the work. The layout is more artful than logical. A multi-image picture created by a photographic or digital process is a photomontage.

What is a collage?

A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

My photo Collage:

My Artwork/Photos: