GOOGLE SUMMIT!!!

By Anonymous -
A few weeks ago my class and I got the chance to attend a google summit at Ormiston Junior College (OJC). Lily-Rose and I chose to attend the same workshops together. The first workshop we went to was a workshop that taught us how to use an app called storyboardthat. Storyboardthat is an app where you can create your own picture story. We got given three choices of what to write about, so Lily-Rose and I chose to do the story about how lollies affect peoples health. We didn't get time to finish but I liked using it because you could customize the characters you wanted.

The next thing we attended was a workshop run by kids from our school Lilly, Jorja and Brianna. It was on how to make a detailed character description/design. We got to make up a character and draw them, then we had to write their back stories, write about if they had scars and things like that. It was really fun because I enjoy art and drawing things.

After that we attended a workshop on NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language) that was run by some kids from (OJC). I learnt how to do my name, some colours, some animals and some devices: Ipad & computer. Learning sign language was probably my favourite beacause I liked trying to communicate with the kids that were teaching us & it made me think I want to be fluent in NZSL so I can communicate with other deaf kids around New Zealand. 

My challenges: My challenges were trying to navigate my way around the school to find the workshops I was attending.

My highlights: My highlights were meeting and interacting with new people. It was also fun to learn some NZSL, but I also really liked how kids running the workshops were taking leadership and showing courage to make there workshops better.

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