Elliott

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Day 1:__SHI KU MEN__ We learnt about a type of building that was used in the 1920s to 1930s and was called "Shi Ku Men" It is a mix of western and chinese buildings. We actually got to go and see one. we also had to draw an ichnography and answer questions about it. It was used to house people from other parts of China, it usually had 2 floors. The 2 floors would contain 3 wingrooms, a kitchen, a studyroom, a garret and a doorway. It was interesting I never knew this kind of building existed before. We also built a model of "Shi Ku Men" with drawings, pictures, lots of glue and a cardboard box. Today was fun.

Day 2: __MIGRANT WORKERS__ I learnt alot about migrant workers today. I learnt that most of them have to leave their families behind and begin a new life in Shanghai. When they are in Shanghai, they don't receive proper support, food or hygiene. Their jobs range from cleaning toilets to physical labour, although they work hard they only get paid about $1.25 everyday. They receive about $100 per month but a third of that goes home to their families. There have been cases of migrant workers being discriminated and badly treated, there have even been cases of migrant workers killing or injuring their bosses because their bosses refuse to pay them. I also learnt that migrant worker's children go to a place called a "migrant school" to learn, these schools are actually built by the migrant workers themselves who have very little money but the police are shutting these schools down. I hope we can make people realise how desperate these migrant workers are.

__EXPO 2010__ We learnt where all the world expos were held, what problems the world expo 2010 will have, what is the theme of all the world expos and what is China doing to promote the world expo 2010. The first world expo was held in London(UK) and the latest one will be held in Shanghai(China) we also learnt that the 2012 expo will be held in Yoseu(Korea) and the 2015 expo will be held in Milan(Italy).The major problems that are facing world expo are: 1.Since the financial crisis, countries may not have enough money to come. 2.The pavillions may not be big enough. 3.Fights may break out when certain countries meet. The Chinese government is trying to prevent these things from happening by giving money to poorer countries, building bigger pavillions and promoting peace between countries. China has created a mascot, slogan, pavillions and spread these news everywhere throughout the world to promote the world expo 2010. I never knew these things before this.

Day 3:__YANGSHAN ISLAND__ Today we travelled by bus to a place called Yangshan island. We had to drive for 2 hrs to get there including crossing the longest bridge in Shanghai that took almost 20 minutes. Once we got there, we started climbing up the island. Me and my friends got to the second island and could enjoy a wonderful view from there. We got to see rocks inscribed with words, a pagoda, some old Chinese houses and best of all rocks in the shape of a dragon, snake and a turtle.I truly enjoyed this trip, it has been the best so far!!

Day 4:__GOOGLE EARTH__ In this session we got to learn how to make a tour on google earth. It was quite easy once you knew how to do it. I made a tour of our trip on EOTC so far. I also learnt how to use polygons,paths,placemarkers and descriptions. I learnt another new thing today.

__DEVELOPMENT__ In this session we learnt about the disadvantages and benefits of development in China. It turns out there was as many benefits as there was disadvantages. Some of the benefits were that people got rich, China had more trade income and hygiene was improved. Some of the disadvantages are historical buildings are torn down,China has more crowds and China has more pollution.

Day 5:__SOUNDSCAPE__ In this session we learnt how to morph,stretch and mix sound. The goal of this lesson was to make a piece of music using different sounds from our surroundings. It was surprising how some sounds could be changed into another sound, e.g. a car horn could be changed into a helicopter noise. The programme we used was called "Audacity" and the programme we used to morph the sounds was called "Granulab". I really had fun morphing different sounds and making a piece of soundscape music.

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