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=Group 24= Chosen topic: Blood Diamonds, Have You Ever Wondered Where Your Diamonds Come From? In an iMovie presentation.

=Day 1:= Rhiannon- Researching the topic. Amy- Researching the topic. Chris- Podcasting Session. Kyle- iMovie Session. Ben- DRI Meeting.

=Day 2:= 8:50- Ben to DRI Meeting 9.00-9.45: Rhiannon- World Poverty, When Will It End. Amy- Mean Meaning Mean. Kyle- Grand Theft Auto 6. Chris- Gambling- Y Am I Like I Am? Ben- Some Like It Hot. 9.45-12.30: Chris- Podcasting(didn't run) and Research Amy- Mean Meaning Mean and Research Kyle and Ben- Storyboard. Rhiannon- Tooble We finished our storyboard and started the production of our presentation through filming peoples interviews.

=Not Bad. You need to keep this updated regularly.= =Day 3:= Today now that our story board is completed and we've finished recording interviews yesterday afternoon we are working on getting the skeleton of our iMovie put together and hopefully getting close to finishing. Amy and Rhiannon will be writing speeches on: -How Conflict Diamonds are obtained? -Who Does the Mining Effect and How? -What Are Conflict Diamonds Funding? Chris, Kyle and Ben: -The Construction of the iMovie -Recording Voices -Finding Pictures and Music. End of Day 3: We got the voices recorded, some photo's found for it and the skeleton of the iMovie was completed.

=Day 4:= Amy and Chris are away today. Kyle is pulling the pieces of the iMovie together. Rhiannon and Ben are finding pictures, etc to add to the iMovie and Help Kyle with finishing touches of the iMovie. Timing of music and voice clips to be done aswell. Video clips were selected that were to be used. Bibliography Completed. Pictures all collected. Information all finalised. Kyle's left the timing of music on the presentation and the timing as a whole till after lunch and tonight when he gets home.

=Day 5:= If all goes well for Kyle for tonight, hopefully it will be just perfecting the presentation on the morning and then presenting in the afternoon. We had to cut bits out of the presentation to make it suitable to show and we now have an edited and an unedited version of the iMovie.

Letter to the Editor: During this week we have participated in Earth week, this involved all of year 10 students and we all worked in groups to successfully produce a presentation of our choice. In our group we had, Amy, Ben, Chris, Kyle and myself and we based our presentation on Conflict Diamonds.

I believe that our group worked incredibly well, and the final product was successful in conveying our final idea about Conflict Diamonds. All our group was involved in the production, and we all contributed to the end product.

This week our group was able to increase their skills using various technology that will help us for the future senior years. By using this technology we have gained further understanding, that is really beneficial for us, as we are now able to work more applications on the computer, which are of a great advantage for our schooling.

From one week of learning we have gained so much knowledge and skills, that may further develop our understanding of using different forms of technology.

So much learning has come out of this week alone, and as a result of this extraordinary opportunity that we have been given, we have had the chance to present a topic that should be well raised in our community. The knowledge of Conflict Diamonds really needed to be raised, and that is the reason why we chose this topic, as people are not fully aware of some of the atrocities that are faced within our world, and the harsh effects that they have on some people. After people view our production, they may become more aware and would have gained a better understanding as to what happens and what some people may be put through in order for others to be blessed with beautiful diamonds. Earth week, has been an amazing week that has opened many more opportunities that have benefited us in many ways. it has been a very effective and fun week, as we worked together to create a final production.

Rhiannon Shute