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Male 1 1 Yes 5 4 2 1 4 5 2 2 3 4 I taught myself Yes I used a computer Yes self-expression Because if you would write an essay then its just words, with this project you might have pictures, colors and notes that gives you a little more insight of the persons personality.n problems understanding new literacies -To understand it in the beginning.n-To be able to work with my project at home and in school.n-Keep track of my pictures.n-Understand what we are graded on.nn learnt new literacy skills -The exact color i like.n-Some new stuff about photoshop.n-Being a bit more creative.n better organisation -If i didn't lost my USB stick with my 3rd and last picture the project would have been complete.n-Focus more on the whole instead of just the background.n-Begin working right away.n reflect awareness of color -I found out that I like the color blue, thats why i use the color blue.n-I like planet pictures.n-I like skiing.n design 1.Mostly by the colors.n2.By the pictures.n3.Design.
Male 1 1 Yes 4 2 3 2 1 5 4 4 1 2 I taught myself Yes I used a computer Yes self-expression I think that this project was more effective because, I cans how my self in new ways, not just by writting about my self (even though I think that my project could have been better made). Depending on how you choose to do it you can have pictures of your self or other intresting things. problems learning new skills It was hard to come up with an idea but when you got the idea it's kind of easy (if you know what you are going to do. It were also hard for me because of that I were un fammilliar with the program I used. learnt new literacy skills Ive got a better view on the program I used (Game maker 8 pro) access to better resources A better understanding of the program (with a better understanding of the program I might had enough time) then it would have been better and the game it self would have hade more with me to do. lacking skills The main factors where that I were un fammillar with the program and I lost mutch time in the begining so I didn't have as mutch time as I wanted to have. representation of self Sadly the text in the game mostly describes my identity but I tried to get the levels and the screens at least describe how mutch I like computers and programing. But as I said befor, it could have been a lot better.
Male 1 1 Yes 4 5 3 5 1 5 3 4 1 1 I taught myself Yes I used a computer Yes self-expression 1. I allready knew what to write, cause I know it all in my head-it just flowt. If I were going to write an essay it would have taken much more time to think through it. problems with Design 1. not so much, only most the design of it, learnt new literacy skills 1. That its more easier to make an project than an essay, more fun, more creativ, more workn2. I've imroved some of my computer skills more effective Design 1. fix the details more, make it more colourfull.n reflect sense of self 1. When I started the project I knew I had to make the text and pictures a.s.o had to relate to my personal self, the picturs needed to have something to do with me , as the same for the text, like making it how you wanted it to be, if you for example are a crazy person, maybe take crazy pictures and you know, make it as your personality desires. design 1. Well as I said The project reflect my personality with pictures, how the text were writen. In the project, in this case I made an Power-Point I added a women with a tatto on her back-wich in my mind represent wildness and just a girl with tattos, as it says in my project I want tattos in the future. Second slide my idol Magnus Svensson (Floorball player) is attached, with represent that I love floorball, Everything represent something in my personality.
Male 1 1 Yes 3 4 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 I taught myself Yes I used a computer No problems understanding new literacies I found it hard to know exactly what to do, it were a bit dopey. learnt about self I have learnt how much just one word or a picture can mean for my self.nAlso I've learnt that these words doesn't mean the same thing for everybody. better organisation I've could have put some more time into it. reflect sense of self nothing really influenced me. It comes all from me and my projects I've done before in Photoshop representation of self I don't think my work communicates so much o other people as it do to me as I said before every person will think of it their own way
Male 1 1 Yes 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 I taught myself Yes I used a computer Yes autonomy du kan gör vad du vil för att vis vad du är bra på i stälet för att bra skriva 5 sidor eller nåt!!! problems understanding new literacies all fri het för att visa vem man är och de gorde att det blev litte svårt att välga vad man ska göra! learnt new literacy skills jag fik litte mer kunskap om att använd windows movie maker för att att klipa men film. access to better resources mo jag skule kunat avenad en rekting kamra i stälet för men mobil tälefån kamra så kund jag vara mer i bild i filmen en vad jag var. jag had det litte svårt att välja vad jag skule gör men då kom jag på en att man kan lär myket om en person mo man ser hur man har set rum ser ut det var hur jag fik min insprason från. representation of self ja det är ju met rum så det är mer hur jag lever en om mig men som det står i fråga 20 är mer det jag menar.
Male 1 1 Yes 1 5 1 2 1 3 4 4 1 1 I taught myself No Wanted to work with 'real' things Yes creativity I find it more effective to make a project than to write an essay because to make a project is more fun and intresting to me. problems with resources 1. there was certain things that was difficult and one of them was to get all the materials I needed fro my project.n learnt new literacy skills 1. I have learned that its more fun to make a project than to do a essay or working with computers.n2. now I can do a much more "high quality" project than before. more effective Design 1. I could improve my project by using more materials and add some things that are intresting, like glue a toy car on the poster or even make a small game on it that tells you more about me when you play it.nn reflect contemporary influences 1. well, my ideas have comed from a picure a saw when i was surfing on the internet, the picture had alot of text and fun stuff on it.nn representation of self 1. my work is my identity, every single thing that are on the poster represent me, even if it is a line.nthe things that is on the poster tell you more about who I am and what i want to acomplish with my life.
Male 1 1 Yes 5 1 3 1 1 5 4 4 1 1 A friend helped me Yes I used a computer No creativity i'm saying no on a personal basis because i'm not very creative and have easier to write an essay to tell about myself. problems with Design 1.To come up with an idea of what to do in the beggining learnt new literacy skills That there are many ways to tell people about yourself. Scrapbooks, powerpoints even games. better understanding of self
i could have done it with more info about myself and could have made it more intresting like doing it interactive or something. reflect contemporary influences One of the projects online mr.Carey showed us. representation of self It showes my memories and show people how my life was before i came here to IESÖ
Male 1 1 Yes 2 4 3 5 2 4 5 4 1 2 I learnt at school from a teacher Yes I used a computer Yes self-expression yes because I dont have so hard to describe my identity and i think its much more easier and more effective to the describe my self than writing an essay. problems learning new skills what I find hard about this project was more how to use the programs like powerpoint, actually it was a sort of hard to use it, maybe beacuse i dont use it home. I usually most use it in school and not at home. learnt new literacy skills I have learnt to use programs like powerpoint and a little bit more about my identity:D I could have improved my project by learning about these programs like powerpoint before, maybe I would have more time then. reflect contemporary influences most of all I got my ideas from my class mates. I had a little bit hard to come up with own ideas but after like two lessons I had my ideas and i knew what to do. representation of self I had a big part of my identity in my project because the most was about me and my project was about my future.
Male 1 1 Yes 2 3 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 I taught myself Yes I used a computer No literacies I honestly couldn't find the english. Surely if I were to read the instructions of the variuos programes i used, but overal it was not a good ENGLISH project. Of course a very possitive aspect of the whole idea is that we have no limitations at all. Personaly, I believe that we would learn more from writing an essay, supporting our ideas with arguments rather than with images. problems with Design Letting us choose our project for ourselves is both possitive and negative. Sometimes one knows exactly what he/she want to do, and sometimes one wastes his/her time thinking rather than doing. Personaly I had a hard time finding the right way to express my ideas. I simply couldn't just choose something and get it over with. It had to be the right means. Unfortunately I just never found them. learnt new literacy skills Frankly I have to say that I learnt nothing.I did actually learn to use some of the programs in my project better, but nothing that is of much use to me. better organisation By clearing my mind, I think I would have done much better than I did this time. I'm not satisfied with my work. I just had a lot on my mind this time and couldn't completely devote myself to this project. reflect contemporary influences Mostly my class-mates. They shared some of their ideas with me and it really helped me. But that was just a push. In the end I did something of my own. representation of self My work expresses my identity exactly as it is. It doesn't express what I do in sparetime, or which parts of the world I have visited. I says how I think, and tells who I am, not who I have been and who I am about to be. My identity and my thoughts are exposed.
Male 1 1 Yes 5 5 2 1 5 5 4 3 4 3 A friend helped me Yes I used a computer Yes self-expression Here you express yourself in more than just one language. It could be harder to describing something with just text, it's good to have supporting pictures to help you express yourself. Atleast i find it more difficult with just one language. problems with resources -The thing that complicated it the most for me was that i couldn't bring a computer to school and that i had to do all my work at home. That made it hard to keep up with the rest of the class and to find some time in the afternoons/evenings to finish this project.n-To find insperation. I found it hard to find insperation and/or find what i am like or think like in a specific question. learnt new literacy skills -I have learnt alot about photoshop and how to use it.n-I have learnt to look at a wallpaper or picture in another way. I now clearly see the multiple languages that is in a picture or wallpaper of some sort.n-I have learnt to better understand myself and better look into me and see what is inside there. access to better resources It was hard to getting the work done since i wasn't allowed to bring the family-laptop too school, then i had to make all the work at home (with the exception of one background i did at school). reflect contemporary influences -The biggest factor was the internet i think. I lokked on google-pictures and other websites and saw what others have done and then took insperation from them.n-Also frineds, i got some insperation from my friends who have done some pictures and i saw how they did it.n design -I express my identity in the very background of the picture. The colours and the texture of the background really communicates my identity. The also the illustrations all around in the picture of course also desribes my idintity but not in the same way as the background do.
Male 1 1 Yes 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 I taught myself Yes I used a computer Yes creativity I had more control over my work than i would have had if i was working by hand.n2. I had more creative possibilities on the computer. problems with Design 1. Writing lyrics.n2. Getting good takes when i filmed. learnt new literacy skills I learned to film, use Adobe Premiere Elements and to be diverse in my lyric writing. more effective Design 1. I could have put more time into the filming.n2. I could also have put more time on the lyrics. reflect contemporary influences I was mainly inspired by a song called "Just Listen" by Asher Roth, but I was also inspired by the "youtuber" DeStorm and the rapper Slug from the group Atmosphere. representation of self 1. It shows what I'm passionate about.n1.1. It talks about me and helping people.n1.2. Rap.n1.3. It is about saying what you want to say.n1.4. It is about my music.
Male 1 1 Yes 1 5 2 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 I taught myself Yes No literacies I am very confident in the english language. I write long texts, poetry and lyrics and I can express myself just using the english language more than any other way. I like to write and I want to write. English is one of my favorite subjects just because I can express my ideas and thoughts and write, create! n This project was almost like a joke. The last thing that I'll be graded on will be a kindergarden project! When I get graded on something in english I want it to be my own thoughts and ideas that I can express just using the language! You should grade us on our knowledge of the english language and not our ability to create a poster or make a power point! It's sad that the last thing I will remember us doing is not one of those wonderful discussions or debates nor one of those wonderful texts that I could be proud about, no the last thing I remember is half my class turned into little kids creating posters while the other half made their power points!n Mr Carey you're one of the best teachers I've had and will ever have but this project is barely acceptable to me, I'm sorry but I have to be honest!n Don't grade us on our ability to use computers or our ability do make a poster, grade us on our ability to use the english language!n -ll- -ll- -ll- -ll- design This work does not communicate my identity in any way.
Male 1 1 Yes 4 1 3 1 4 5 3 2 1 1 I taught myself No Wanted to work with 'real' things |Something else Yes self-expression It was easier to express my feelin when writing the texture if I ilustrated them with pictures in the same time.nn2. My picture helped me to stay on track and not start wibbeling about something else.nn3. The red line made more sence. problems with Design 1. I had to be very creative which honestly im not very good at.nn2. I had a hard time brainstormin my ideas because i didn't got any in the start.nn3. To talk about my identity and not of my life because they are two seperate things. learnt new literacy skills That pictures are really cool to work with along with texture and i will probobly use it a lot in the future. more effective Design Adding more languages in forms of symbols, backround colour, overall designing my poster. 1. I think there was too much time for this project, I would want like maximum of 2 weeks because then you really dont got time to sit around doing nothing. I know that if you give us too much time we wont work as efficiently as if u give us too little. This influenced the design of my work because i really spend my time sitting around istead of thinking of the design.nn2. Another one is my creativiness. This project really showed if you are creative or not. We are the only ones who can deside if this project will be interesting or not. representation of self 1. I wrote about every one that made an huge impression in my life, all these charactersistics are in me in some sort of way. All of the things i have written about made me who I am as a person. Learning by doing has really changed my way of thinking and who I am.
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Female 1 1 Yes 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 A friend helped me No Wanted to work with 'real' things Yes digital illiteracy I don't think that it's very personal to do a personel pjojekt about your self on the computer because then everybody can make it exactly the same, and this was a personal projekt. But if you use the computer alot everyday, then maybe that a part of you is the computer, and then it's might be personal for you. I don't use the computer so much, I train instead, but I wish that I could know how to use it more... problems with Design Sometimes it could be hard to chose which colour that best matched the foto, which decorations you should chose to have and sometimes I really asked myself "who am I?" and " how will I show that best by using fotos and decorations?". When I did this project I really saw who I actually am. It was very hard to belive, but I find out that without my dance I'm nobody. The dance is my identity and I can't live without it. I've danced all my life and then it was hard to find pictures that didn't remind me of my dance, I wanted to find out who I am without my dance but as I said before dabce is my identity I dance all the time. That was quite hard for me to understand. learnt about self When did this project I did find out who I actually am. I find out that without my dance I'm nobody and I can't live. All my friends are dansers and so on. I can't imagne a life without my dance... I've also learned some new things about scrapbooking and that was very fun! better understanding of self If I where to do this again I would have taken some pictures on me and my friends because my friends mean very much to me and I would have liked to show that, the reason that I didn¨t do that was because I didn't had any time sadly... In school I'm working and after school I train and study all the time, but i would really much have wanted to do that.I also would have liked to showe how much time I stydy all the time, I don't like it but that's who I am. reflect awareness of materiality I actually got all the ideas from myself. I sat down and looked at my material and the pictures, then I got a picture in my head of how if would look like then I did it. representation of self It shoves who I am. It showes that I've dansed all my life, if describes me in worlds and the work showes who I am as a person, as I said before I would have done some more stuff, bur sciecefair and a lot of other school work stopt me from doing that and I'm really sorry for that.like I said before my life is a dance life... (:
Female 1 1 Yes 1 4 3 2 2 4 5 5 4 3 I taught myself Yes I used a computer Yes self-expression I think that the ones who see my project can see what kind of person i am because i do show what i like to do outside school.n* I tried to make my project humoristic because i wanted to show that i like to have fun and that i can be a little bit crazy and funny.n* The idea of my project was to film my goals in life, how i want my future to look like. I think that you can understand how a person is by knowing what goals they have in life. My goals are goals that i really have to fight for because they are not easy to fullfil. By that i think that someone who see my project can understand that me as a person like to always give everything and that i have high goals.n* It was also very fun to do this project and i like it! problems learning new skills * The hardest thing with this project was first of all the movie maker. I had a lot of trouble understanding it in the begining and it didnt work on my computer.n* It was also hard to film because we had to do it all over again a few times until it was right. I didnt want it to look to much like a read from a paper. I wanted it to feel and look natural.n* Another hard thing to keep up with was the time. I needed much more time than i thought so it had to do a lot at home. learnt new literacy skills * I learned how to use movie maker very well.n* I learned how to actually make a short film and this was the first time i have done it.n more effective Design * I could have improved my project by making the the film more describing.n* Try to talk a little bit louder in the film because in some point you cant really hear everything.n* Used the time better for a even better project.n* Do advanced things in the movie with the movie maker that i didint really thought of.n* I could have had a boy when i showed my husband istead of a girl that were playing a boy. reflect contemporary influences * I always like to hear what people want to do in life and thats why i choose to show what i want to do. n* To do a film a got the idea from elham. She was going to do a film and i thoght that it would be a challenge for me because i had never done one, only tried and never compeleted. representation of self * The ones who see my project can see what i like to do.n* What my goals are and by that understand that i have high goals and always want the best.n* That i like to have fun and that i am a funny person that like to joke.n* In one point of my film i take rings from my "dead husband" And i think that someone can understand then that i like to dress up and have it luxury and comfortable.n
Female 1 1 Yes 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 I taught myself No Wanted to work with 'real' things Yes creativity I was able to have everything that was about me in my project. I used my creativity by using pictures and text and that was an important point for my project. It would be difficult for people to get my identity if they only read an essay, so yes the project was effective because I could have whatever I wanted on it that represented my identity. problems representing identity Where I was suppose to find my identity. (The beginning) Because people usually don't think about their identity, and the hardest part was du put down my thoughts and my identity on to a poster. learnt about self I've learnt that identity is hard to communicate, and I've also learnt that other have different identities. access to better resources I would also have had more equipment for different parts in the project. reflect cultural influences My background had a very important part. Because I am born here and my parent are from the middle east made my work a bit different. I felt that I had to have my background on my work because it is a part of my identity. Also that I am really religious muslim, that had a big influence to my work. design The big ´tree´that I have on the poster that represent my background, where I'm from. Also the religious symbol that represent that I'm religious and believe in it.
Female 1 1 Yes 1 4 3 2 2 5 5 2 1 3 A friend helped me No Wanted to work with 'real' things |Something else Yes creativity Because you get more of an idea and an image because of the colours and the pictures. You can get more creative. It gives you a differently understanding that can be more inspiring. problems representing identity *The time because if we had have longer time to do this we could have done more and whit diffrent things.n* the start because it was hard to know what to start whit and to know what you would choose to make the best presenting of your life. learnt about self *More about myself.n*How my life has been affected today from the past.n*You start to remembering old memories. access to better resources *I dont believe i could have done anything bettern*I am very happy whit my project and i think that i did my best. n*But one thing i could have done if we where going to this again, i would propably use photoshop. reflect personal relationships *The pictures i have.n*My surrounding like my tennis, family and friends.n*My memories.n*And myself, my personality and feelings. representation of self *It shows parts of my life.n*It shows how everything goes together.n*Describes me.n*How my surroundung is.n*My feelings, personality, goals nad parts of me.
Female 1 1 Yes 1 5 2 2 1 2 4 1 5 1 A friend helped me No Wanted to work with 'real' things Yes creativity Because it's easier when you have the possibility to use more "languages" than if you were to use only one. And it gives you the chance to be creative which schoolwork almost never does. problems representing identity to actually get started i can honestly say was the hardest. the second hardest was to pick "interesting" parts of you. What do people think is interesting about you? learnt about self I actually learned things about myself that i didn't know, things about my past, things about me now that i just hadn't realized until now. more effective Design i think i could've gotten a bit more creative with my project to impsrove it, i have a very bad ïmagination reflect contemporary influences what i felt at the moment, you may not realize it when you just look at it, but i rerally thoight about my backgrounds and themes of the different pages. Ex, i know that when i was younger i wanted to become famous that's why i" wrote the texts in magazines" but still i didn't become famous which i'm glad for and that's why the background is very basic. representation of self i think that my priject is very hard to read or understand because i'm a person thet don't want to just throw my dreams or ideas into whe world, i want to give small hints so that only people who really want to figure me out or really care what i stand for, finds out and get to know the real me. The other people don't matter because they don't really care about me so i don't care to tell them.
Female 1 1 Yes 1 4 3 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 A friend helped me No Wanted to work with 'real' things |Something else Yes creativity You could use pictures. Which makes the text easier to understand.n¤ Much easier to explain your identity with a cretive book n¤ It made the project funnier to work with. To write an essay would have been very boring problems with Design ¤ My ideas. I had so many ideas but it was hard to structure them... n¤ I had hard to work in school. Even though i sat in the group room and it was totally quiet I just couldn´t brainstorm ideas and get going. Therefore I did most of the work at home, which made me stressed in the end, because in my sparetime I didn´t take enough of time to work with my project. learnt about self ¤ I´ve learnt that my life is very funny, though i have found my self very boring several times..n¤ That you have to live in the presentn¤ That you have to use your time properly... more effective Design I think that ifAlso I could have bought some more scrap-things to make the project evn more "ME" reflect contemporary influences ¤ I got very much inspiration from all pictures I had on my computer. When I saw the pictures many new ideas flew into my head.n¤ I looked at some other scrapbooks and got ideas of how to make the project look good design With pictures that I love and all things that are important important for me, I can say that this project really shows how I am as a person. Flowers are symbols for happiness and I´ve done several small details to express my feelings in the pictures and the text.
Female 1 1 Yes 2 5 4 3 2 3 5 4 2 2 I taught myself No Wanted to work with 'real' things Yes creativity I think it was more effective because we got to be more creative than we would have been if we had written an essay. You got to choose for yourself how you wanted to make your project, so everyone could do something they thought was fun. problems with Design At first it was hard to know how to get my ideas onto the papers, but it got easier once I got started. learnt new literacy skills I've leared how I can express my ideas through words and images, better organisation I could have planned it better reflect sense of self I tried to think about what each page was about, and then I just got an image in my head of how i wanted it to look. As I was working I added and removed things, so the result wasn't always as my original idea. design I think my work communicates my identity through all the images and text, because it's my own ideas and my own personal style. I tried to express the meaning with my project not only through the pictures and the text, but through the details as well.
Female 1 1 Yes 1 5 2 3 1 4 4 3 3 1 I taught myself No Was uncertain how to use software or computer|Wanted to work with 'real' things Yes creativity Because it can be hard to express you thoughts just by writing, in this way you can draw, paint and just be creative.. after all, we are better on imagination and being creative than we are at writhing.. problems with Design it was hard to figure out what i wanted to do but when i found it it was easy to take my ides into paper. learnt new literacy skills that iam really bad at photoshop, gimp and all computer stuff.. better organisation By starting in time, i would have had more time on little thing without stressing.. design i like to do alot of things with my hands, cuting and painting and so on. so i figured that why not to a scrapbook about my futur life where i can be creative on :)
Female 1 1 Yes 2 5 3 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 A friend helped me No Was uncertain how to use software or computer|Wanted to work with 'real' things Yes self-expression First it was because I am more of a color, paper and glue girl. Sure I like to write but this project present myself more.n-Also you can fit a hundreds of words in one picture. I really think so.n-Now I could be able to show more of who I am than if I had written an essay instead. Like for example that I love being creative and draw and stuff like that.