GP reflection 17.10.11

We've just finished creating our Wikispace. We have updated and organized our Agendas so that they can be located more easily.
We are trying to marrow down our focus point, trying to find a main focus area and to expand on it.
We have also come up with more ideas and we are trying to expand on them and see where they might take us next :)

Wiki website: Peakoilaroundtheworld

Another reflection!! 07.10.11

For our group, we are going to focus on the future aspects of the Peak Oil Debate. What might happen when oil runs out? What would our global economy look like? How the different governments might handle this issue when it comes. It's an interesting aspect because anything can happen. There are a lot of questions, "what if's" scenarios that can happen, and because it is an important subject to think about. We need to become more aware and we need to become more conscious about how much oil we're using, and how much we should be using. All in all, it is an interesting subject and it would be interesting to see what ideas we come out with for the future.

Fish-Bone Diagram

It looks really tiny

Reflecting and Sharing: Independent Projects. (Again)

When writing my independent project, I had a faint idea of what I wanted to write about. I wanted to do something that dealt with the mental effects of a prisoner while being on the Death Penalty. That was already a used idea so I tried to look at the differences it had with the different age groups. For example: Whether a prisoner at the age of 20 would become mentally unstable faster, would develop depression, and all the other mental illnesses, faster than a prisoner who was older. 

It was hard at first. I wanted to do a diary entry for my personal view. I wanted to get inside the head of the prisoner and get a feel of what they were going through. I found a video which showed me what prisoners were like when they were isolated. It gave me a glimpse of what a prisoner had to go through and it was quite shocking. 

From the previous project, dealing with the Death Penalty as well, I had a faint idea of what conditions were like while being in prisoner. But to get a video that looked at what happened and to see a person act, while in those certain situations, it gives a very vivid image of how to portray my character. 

To find situations and case studies that stated the age differences was very hard. I looked in many books and online sources and I could only find a handful. But this was a topic that I wanted to do so I decided to stick with it, no matter how hard it was. 

If I had the chance to do this project again, I would still be looking at the same focus, but I would have liked to have found some more videos and tv shows (since there are shows that show these kinds of things) which I think would have helped me more to develop my ideas.

Peak Oil Reflection 03.10.11

L.I

To explore and have awareness of an issue from a variety of view points

Over the weekend, we have been looking at Peak Oil through different view points: Personal, Nationally, Globally, and as a What If scenario for the future.

We had been given a bunch of links to help understand this issue and to look at what are some of the topics that are related to this issue. There were a couple of videos, 10-15 mins videos, which showed what the future could look like if oil suddenly disappeared.

We looked at those videos at school last week and continued watching at home.

We discussed one of the videos, talking about what it might be like if Oil was gone and we went through some scenarios of what the global economy might be like.

Overall, our group work is going well. We have to discuss more and bring more of our thoughts and opinions together but overall, it is going well for the first week of working as a group (After the summer break)