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		<title>financial accounts and costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 14:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shown below are my personal notes and copies of the financial accounts and costs for the print and distribution of our personal newspaper. It shows the outgoing costs so purchases for printing the newspaper and postage etc, and also shows the ingoing c...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">Shown below are my personal notes and copies of the financial accounts and costs for the print and distribution of our personal newspaper. It shows the outgoing costs so purchases for printing the newspaper and postage etc, and also shows the ingoing costs, such as the adverts costs, and copies of the newspaper sold so far.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444;min-height:11.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"></span><b><br></b></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b>Accounts</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444;min-height:11.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"></span><br></b></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b>Outgoing costs</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444;min-height:11.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"></span><br></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">We as a class printed<b> 500 copies</b> of the newspaper at a <b>£1 a newspaper</b>, so therefore our overall outgoing costs for the Newspaper club was <b>£500</b> inc VAT postage for first three orders, which was <b>£11.40</b>.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444;min-height:11.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"></span><br></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b>Income - Ingoing costs</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444;min-height:11.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"></span><br></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">For our incoming costs, we made a considerable amount through adverts.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">For the Junction advert, we were given <b>£350 </b>for a newspaper advert.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">For the Lincoln advert, we were given<b> £100</b> for a half page newspaper advert.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">For an OCR advert, we were given another <b>£100</b> for a half page newspaper advert.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444;min-height:11.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"></span><br></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b>Total advertising income is £550 from the 3 adverts.</b></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b></b>Reigate school bought <b>120 copies</b> of the newspaper for £60, adding £60 to the income profit.</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b></b>Islington college also bought <b>40 copies</b> of the newspaper, which adds another £20 to the overall profit.</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b></b>Netherhall school bought another <b>30 copies </b>of our newspaper, which was another £15 of the profit.</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b></b>Guernsey grammar school bought another <b>20 copies</b> of the newspaper which adds another £10 to the overall profit made.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">There were also another <b>50 free copies</b>/samples, given to the group members (us) the moderator etc.</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">We still need to sell <b>2</b><b>60 copies</b> of the newspaper, which should increase our profit costs further.</span></span></span></li> <li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">We have sold <b>210 copies</b> of the newspaper so far, which is a great achievement as we have sold almost half of all the newspapers we bought. These newspapers are to be advertised further by Jenny Grahame on OCR teachers site this week, so hopefully we aim to have sold all the copies through this method of advertising.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><b>Total profit including adverts and distribution of newspapers - £655</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444;min-height:11.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"></span><br></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;text-align:center;font:10.0px Arial;color:#444444"><span style="letter-spacing:0.0px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">This therefore in my opinion, is an excellent achievement in terms of a profit. We have made back our outgoing costs simply on adverts, so therefore any costs made now or at a later date, will be further cost and would be additional costs and even more of a profit.</span></span></span></p><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-7310752659039069880?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Feedback after distribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shown below is also our feedback so far of the newspaper after distribution of the newspapers, so therefore this is new feedback.Mary Berrisford, Islington“We've just put the underground map on the wall and are fighting about who is on the coolest li...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:arial;font-size:100%">Shown below is also our feedback so far of the newspaper after distribution of the newspapers, so therefore this is new feedback.</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%">Mary Be</span><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%">rrisford, Islington</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:arial;font-size:100%">“We've just put the underground map on the wall and are fighting about who is on the coolest line(that's teachers not students by the way!)Initial reaction is that we can't wait to use it in the classroom -could be a few more bigger images in there...We'll use it with students next week (weds) and email you some more feedback”</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%">Jenny Grahame</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:arial;font-size:100%">“MediaMe looks great. Works really well with the colour, etc. Mega achievement.”</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%">Reigate College</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><br></span><ul style="font-family:arial"><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">"Good on section 1</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Methodical systematic and detailed</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Very concise to the point</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Very clearly expressed</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Wordsearch page blurry</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Wikipedia game Already played by lots of class good  -article- less obviously useful than others</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Useful - better than a textbook</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Great format</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Tube map great</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Format handy</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Teacher prefers online to print -students like print far more</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Layout really good</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Is point about TV not needing a licence true?"</span></li></ul><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><br>Overall..</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><span style="font-weight:bold"> ( my thoughts)</span><br></span><ul style="font-family:arial"><li><span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%">Overall, I personally think this feedback is very positive and has helped further analyse what we hoped to achieve. It sets clear our achievements and our targets, and the feedback we received has really helped analyse our overall progress. I think the colour we used in the newspaper was attractive to the audience and I hope that it was also visually interesting.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-weight:bold">The only negative or constructive feedback I can see </span>is that the word search was blurry, which personally I agree with once you look at the newspaper. Unfortunately, the makers of the page used an image which was stretched too far and therefore became blurry when printed. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%">Other than this,<span style="font-weight:bold"> the point associated with my article especially</span> was "is the point about not needing a TV license true?" from Reigate college. This was a very good point made, and I personally believe the quote as true, as the source we took it from is here - <a style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0)" href="http://www.bitterwallet.com/5-reasons-why-you-can-cancel-your-tv-licence-tomorrow/10985"><span style="text-decoration:underline">http://www.bitterwallet.com/5-reasons-why-you-can-cancel-your-tv-licence-tomorrow/10985</span></a></span></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S-GXWmy5zjI/AAAAAAAAAws/hg_SrjMdD-8/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="width:400px;height:89px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S-GXWmy5zjI/AAAAAAAAAws/hg_SrjMdD-8/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" border="0"></a></span><ul><li style="font-family:arial"><span style="font-size:100%"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">However, once cutting the article down we may have made the statement we were trying to make a bit unclear and therefore it was inevitably going to cause confusion.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%">Overall thought I think we had the majority of positive feedback and this is a great achievement because it means students can actually learn from the newspaper, exactly the aim we have held from the start.</span><br></span></span></li></ul></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-5382240364210484910?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shown below is also our feedback so far of the newspaper after distribution of the newspapers, so therefore this is new feedback. Mary Berrisford, Islington“We've just put the underground map on the wall and are fighting about who is on the coolest l...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial">Shown below is also our feedback so far of the newspaper after distribution of the newspapers, so therefore this is new feedback. </span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="font-weight:bold">Mary Berrisford, Islington</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal">“We've just put the underground map on the wall and are fighting about who is on the coolest line(that's teachers not students by the way!)Initial reaction is that we can't wait to use it in the classroom -could be a few more bigger images in there...We'll use it with students next week (weds) and email you some more feedback”</span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial"><b>Jenny Grahame</b></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal">“MediaMe looks great. Works really well with the colour, etc. Mega achievement.”</span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><b>Overall..</b></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">O</span><span style="font-size:medium">v</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">,</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">I</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">p</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span 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style="font-size:medium">w</span><span style="font-size:medium">h</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large"><span style="font-size:medium"></span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">w</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">h</span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium">p</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">d</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">c</span><span 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style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">c</span><span style="font-size:medium">h</span><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">v</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">m</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">d</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium">u</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">g</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">,</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">d</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">h</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">f</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">d</span><span style="font-size:medium">b</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">c</span><span style="font-size:medium">k</span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">w</span><span 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style="font-size:medium">p</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">d</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">y</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium">u</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium">v</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">p</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium">g</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">.</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">I</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">h</span><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">k</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">h</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">c</span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium">u</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">w</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">u</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">d</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></span></pre><pre style="text-align:center;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">h</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">w</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">p</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">p</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">w</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">c</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">v</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span 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style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">w</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">o</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">v</span><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">u</span><span style="font-size:medium">a</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">l</span><span style="font-size:medium">y</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">r</span><span style="font-size:medium">e</span><span style="font-size:medium">s</span><span style="font-size:medium">t</span><span style="font-size:medium">i</span><span style="font-size:medium">n</span><span style="font-size:medium">g</span><span style="font-size:medium">.</span></span></pre></span><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-3552784078430737642?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Financial accounts and costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shown below are my personal notes and copies of the financial accounts and costs for the print and distribution of our personal newspaper. It shows the outgoing costs so purchases for printing the newspaper and postage etc, and also shows the ingoing c...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><pre style="white-space:normal"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Shown below are my personal notes and copies of the financial accounts and costs for the print and distribution of our personal newspaper. It shows the outgoing costs so purchases for printing the newspaper and postage etc, and also shows the ingoing costs, such as the adverts costs, and copies of the newspaper sold so far.</span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><br></span></span></div><span style="font-size:medium"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:large">Accounts</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family:arial"><br><div style="text-align:center"><b>Outgoing costs</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">We as a class printed <b>5</b><b>00 copies</b> of the newspaper at a <b>£1 a newspaper</b>, so therefore our overall outgoing costs for the <b>Newspaper club</b> was <b>£500 inc VAT</b></div><div style="text-align:center">postage for first three orders, which was <b>£11.40.</b></div><br><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:bold">Income - Ingoing costs</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">For our incoming costs, we made a considerable amount through adverts. </div><div style="text-align:center">For the <b>Junction</b> advert, we were given <b>£350</b> for a newspaper advert.</div><div style="text-align:center">For the <b>Lincoln</b> advert, we were given <b>£100</b> for a half page newspaper advert.</div><div style="text-align:center">For an <b>OCR </b>advert, we were given another <b>£100</b> for a half page newspaper advert.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Total advertising income is £550 from the 3 adverts.</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><ul><li><b>Reigate school</b> bought <b>120 copies</b> of the newspaper for <b>£60, </b>adding<b> £60 t</b>o the income profit.</li><li><b>Islington college </b>also bought <b>40 copies </b>of the newspaper, which adds another<b> £20 </b>to the overall profit.</li><li><b>Netherhall school</b> bought another <b>3</b><b>0 copies</b> of our newspaper, which was another <b>£15</b> of the profit.</li><li><b>Guernsey grammar school</b> bought another <b>20 copies</b> of the newspaper which adds another <b>£10</b> to the overall profit made.</li><li>There were also another <b>50 free copies</b>/samples, given to the group members (us) the moderator etc.</li><li>We still need to sell <b>260 copies</b> of the newspaper, which should increase our profit costs further. </li><li>We have sold <b>210 copies</b> of the newspaper so far, which is a great achievement as we have sold <b>almost half</b> of all the newspapers we bought. These newspapers are to be advertised further by Jenny Grahame on OCR teachers site this week, so hopefully we aim to have sold all the copies through this method of advertising.</li></ul><div><b>Total profit including adverts and distribution of newspapers - £655</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>This therefore in my opinion, is an excellent achievement in terms of a profit. We have made back our outgoing costs simply on adverts, so therefore any costs made now or at a later date, will be further cost and would be additional costs and even more of a profit.</div></div></span></span></pre></span><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-7369286876287089466?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Job roles with teacher audio</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a video showing the job roles of the teams and quality control teams for the project.The video also features teacher audio of Nick assigning us the roles and explaining them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="white-space:pre;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span style="font-size:small">Here is a video showing the job roles of the teams and quality control teams for the project.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">The video also features teacher audio of Nick assigning us the roles and explaining them.</span></div><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eRr9UKonpzA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" width="480" height="385" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></span><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-6766018340182356422?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mike&#039;s blog feedback 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is mike's feedback for my blog, this is the third time that he has given feedback. Overall, I think the feedback is helpful and there is only 2 videos I could add, so everything is up to date which is what I was aiming for. I will add the videos s...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9VcmwFeJCI/AAAAAAAAAwk/ICTmXo14WEA/s1600/Picture+9.png"><img style="width:400px;height:134px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9VcmwFeJCI/AAAAAAAAAwk/ICTmXo14WEA/s400/Picture+9.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br><div><br></div><div>Here is mike's feedback for my blog, this is the third time that he has given feedback. Overall, I think the feedback is helpful and there is only 2 videos I could add, so everything is up to date which is what I was aiming for. I will add the videos suggested by Mike and hopefully my blog should be sufficient with evidence.</div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-8535210644305702687?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Finished newspaper slideshow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a slideshow that Kirk made to show all the pages of the finished newspaper, similar to a virtual flick through of the pages. This is good because it showed everyone's individual progress and all the individual pages. Here are some screengrabs f...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is a slideshow that Kirk made to show all the pages of the finished newspaper, similar to a virtual flick through of the pages. This is good because it showed everyone's individual progress and all the individual pages. Here are some screengrabs from the slideshow.<div><br><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%"><span style="white-space:normal;font-size:16px"><img style="width:377px;height:317px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9VWaG-lyeI/AAAAAAAAAwc/lpGR5VrTRGo/s400/Picture+8.png" border="0" alt=""></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%"><span style="white-space:normal;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px"><img style="width:400px;height:261px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9VWZv9uHRI/AAAAAAAAAwU/-ggEqFSWFC0/s400/Picture+7.png" border="0" alt=""></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>However, Kirk has missed out mine and Matt's page of the newspaper, but there are screengrabs of the page on my blog anyway so this can be easily located. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0APVNYqVXiQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" width="480" height="385" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></span></div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-5313364008967984065?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Notes for presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the following notes for the presentation part of the extended project. For notes to refer back to, here are the rough basics for the presentation.- The presentation can be in any form you want, for example I could use cards, slides, use the bl...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here are the following notes for the presentation part of the extended project. For notes to refer back to, here are the rough basics for the presentation.<div><br></div><div><ul><li>- The presentation can be in any form you want, for example I could use cards, slides, use the blog to refer back to, use websites or even present freestyle. </li></ul><ul><li>- The presentation is designed to last 5 to 10 minutes, and I must address 4 main areas. It must be thorough and well detailed to ensure top marks, and cannot be too brief.</li></ul><ul><li>- It must include the following area topics:</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>- <b>What was the project about?</b></div><div>* what did I do?</div><div>* what was I making?</div><div><br></div><div>- <b>What was your particular role and contribution?</b></div><div>*what jobs did I do?</div><div>*did I stay assigned to your role?</div><div><br></div><div>- <b>How sucessful was the outcome? </b></div><div>*what went well?</div><div>*what went not so well?</div><div>*effective only partly? etc</div><div><br></div><div>- <b>What did you learn from the process?</b></div><div>* did I learn actual content for the exam?</div><div>* Did I learn how to produce in print format, using templates etc?</div><div>* Did I learn new teamworking skills?</div><div><br></div><div>I also have to be asked questions about the project, so I could also prepare for these.</div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-4863237041330617579?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Final evaluation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my evaluation for the extended project.How well does it meet your original intentions? The newspaper met my original intentions to an extent. We planned as a class to have articles related to the media critical perspectives exam and for them to...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is my evaluation for the extended project.<br><br><strong>How well does it meet your original intentions? </strong><br><br>The newspaper met my original intentions to an extent. We planned as a class to have articles related to the media critical perspectives exam and for them to be helpful and informative, with statistics and facts towards the exam, which students could quote or use to back up any points they made. Looking at the newspaper as a whole, most of the articles addressed these, especially Matt and my article, which I am pleased with for the original aim we wanted. We have clear facts and statistics to use, especially relating to the Media in the online age section of the exam. We had key questions to think about for the exam and key topics which could be raised.<br><br>However, some articles did not relate to the exam at all and some thought that they were writing articles from their own personal view, which would not help anyone in the exam, because it was only one person's view. Alot of people wrote in a style where 'I think that.. 'coming from my experience of..' and this would not help students in the exam. Therefore, some students had to rush to change their articles so they could actually get them in the newspaper, and some decided to just have them online instead.<br><br>One thing I am dissapointed about is the fact that we didn't address question 1A of the exam very much at all, everybody wrote articles about the other aspect of the exam, for question 1B. We only addressed 1B after teacher feedback and someone actually being assigned to write about 1B, which is dissapointing. I think that nobody wanted to write about it because it wasn't as exciting as the other aspect. Nonetheless, we should have wrote about question 1B from the start and then we wouldn't have had to rush more near the end of the project. Overall however I am pleased with the finished project.<br><br><strong>How does it look?</strong><br><br>I think that the newspaper looks very efficient, and very much like a student newspaper which I am pleased about. We did not want the newspaper to look too business like, so we aimed at making it colourful and vibrant, with formal language to a lesser extent than a business newspaper such as The Guardian.<br><br>I like the look of the newspaper and think the articles are colouirful and attractive which make you want to read them. I think the activities page and everything looks interesting and am pleased to say the newspaper is something I would sit down and read, so am pleased with the finished outcome.<br><br><strong>How pleased are you with your contributions?</strong><br><br>I am very pleased with the contributions I made towards the newspaper and think that I did as much work as I personally could towards the project. My first job was the quality control team job of ensuring people had evidence on their blogs of work, this included a whole Flickr account with 70 odd pictures all showing people working, which could be easily added to the blogs. I also sent reminder emails ensuring everyone used pictures on their blogs, and made sure everyone knew the sign in for the Flickr account.<br><br>My second job was to write an article with Matt L about media in the online age, we chose to write about the abolishment of TV in the household due to new TV streaming websites such as BBC Iplayer and ITV player, 4OD and TV Catchup. I chose this job personally to do because I also wanted to have an article in the newspaper, as it would be good for experience. Therefore, I think that I did as much work for the project as I could handle, and I thought I worked effectively at this. Although I may have chosen another job to do as well, I think this did not distract me from anything because the article was made collectively with Matt L and therefore I did not have to write as much as I would have.<br><br>I originally wanted to be a part of a team creating a page for the newspaper, so the quality control team job was a good step up for me and I felt I did a lot more work than I would have done if I had just been assigned the job of a team member.<br><br><strong>How effectively do you think you worked in your role and others in theirs?</strong><br><br>I think I worked very effectively in my role, and I don't think my added job of writing an article distracted me from my main job, I thought that this gave me more to do which I liked because I like a challenge in terms of work, and I like to have a lot to do. I think the rest of the quality control team worked well in their roles, especially Kirk who monitored everyone's progress, and made clear schedules for days, activities and ensured everyone stayed working. Mike also worked well, creating as blog for feedback for everyone, and giving clear instructions on what else to add to their blogs, and what things were missing.<br><br>I also think the team leaders worked well, managing their teams effectively, although there was some tension because some other people like to take control, the team leaders worked well and managed their teams effectively, despite the fact they were sometimes not there and team members were confused about what to do - they overall worked well in managing their teams.<br><br>Team members worked well too, and mainly all made a page or article for the newspaper. Some articles did not really realte to our original aim which I was dissapointed about, but once getting on with their work after clear instruction most were able to change and edit their articles so they could fit in the newspaper. Most team members showed clear effort, despite the fact they do not like writing academically.<br><br><strong>What could be learnt from this experience?</strong><br><br>A lot of considerable points can be learnt from this experience, especially the fact that it shows we can work well as a class when given the correct roles. Another clear thing to learn is that most people need clear instructions in order to complete work but once they do, they work effectively as a team. We need an aim from the start so we can stick to the objective, but as a class we work well.<br><br>Another main point is that despite some of the class not meeting deadlines individually, we can all meet deadlines as a team and this is a good achievement. We met the print deadline effectively, although some people were left with more work to do than others, for example I came into the lesson to work on unfinished pages despite finishing my own page already, but I didn't mind this as I knew we needed to meet the deadline effectively.<br><br><strong>What has been learnt from previous experience?</strong><br><br>From previous experience, we can learn that despite some projects where we did not work as a team effectively, for example the SHOW project, this project showed that we could work collectively as a team when we are assigned the correct roles - and can create an effective extended project and also meet the deadlines.<br><br>Previous experience showed us who could work in what roles effectively and who struggled when given managerial roles - and this helped us when choosing roles for the class.<br><br><strong>Nonetheless overall</strong>, I think myself and the class worked extremely well in terms of meeting the deadlines, in terms of creating an effective newspaper which meets our original intentions, and also in terms of working as a team, which it showed we can do when we put our minds to a project. I think I worked very well in terms of following my role, despite also doing additional work of writing an article with Matt L. I think the extended project went well and I have monitored my progress effectively, keeping a work blog of what I did each day, what I thought about it and what else I needed to do.<div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-3945005526091060412?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>21st April &#8211; Final evaluation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is my evaluation for the extended project.<br><br><strong>How well does it meet your original intentions? </strong><br><br>The newspaper met my original intentions to an extent. We planned as a class to have articles related to the media critical perspectives exam and for them to be helpful and informative, with statistics and facts towards the exam, which students could quote or use to back up any points they made. Looking at the newspaper as a whole, most of the articles addressed these, especially Matt and my article, which I am pleased with for the original aim we wanted. We have clear facts and statistics to use, especially relating to the Media in the online age section of the exam. We had key questions to think about for the exam and key topics which could be raised. Some statistics from our article are shown below:<div><br><img style="width:300px;height:400px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9BSE1OX5LI/AAAAAAAAAvs/3bTN4bsxFKc/s400/DSC00352.JPG" border="0" alt=""><div><br>However, some articles did not relate to the exam at all and some thought that they were writing articles from their own personal view, which would not help anyone in the exam, because it was only one person's view. Alot of people wrote in a style where 'I think that.. 'coming from my experience of..' and this would not help students in the exam. Therefore, some students had to rush to change their articles so they could actually get them in the newspaper, and some decided to just have them online instead.<br><br>One thing I am dissapointed about is the fact that we didn't address question 1A of the exam very much at all, everybody wrote articles about the other aspect of the exam, for question 1B. We only addressed 1B after teacher feedback and someone actually being assigned to write about 1B, which is dissapointing. I think that nobody wanted to write about it because it wasn't as exciting as the other aspect. Nonetheless, we should have wrote about question 1B from the start and then we wouldn't have had to rush more near the end of the project. Overall however I am pleased with the finished project.<br><br><strong>How does it look?</strong><br><br>I think that the newspaper looks very efficient, and very much like a student newspaper which I am pleased about. We did not want the newspaper to look too business like, so we aimed at making it colourful and vibrant, with formal language to a lesser extent than a business newspaper such as The Guardian.<div><br><img style="width:300px;height:400px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9BSGEMASxI/AAAAAAAAAwE/epN1hc56fkA/s400/DSC00349.JPG" border="0" alt=""></div><div><br>I like the look of the newspaper and think the articles are colouirful and attractive which make you want to read them. I think the activities page and everything looks interesting and am pleased to say the newspaper is something I would sit down and read, so am pleased with the finished outcome.<div><br></div><div><strong>How pleased are you with your contributions?</strong><br><br>I am very pleased with the contributions I made towards the newspaper and think that I did as much work as I personally could towards the project. My first job was the quality control team job of ensuring people had evidence on their blogs of work, this included a whole Flickr account with 70 odd pictures all showing people working, which could be easily added to the blogs. I also sent reminder emails ensuring everyone used pictures on their blogs, and made sure everyone knew the sign in for the Flickr account.<br><br>My second job was to write an article with Matt L about media in the online age, we chose to write about the abolishment of TV in the household due to new TV streaming websites such as BBC Iplayer and ITV player, 4OD and TV Catchup. I chose this job personally to do because I also wanted to have an article in the newspaper, as it would be good for experience. Therefore, I think that I did as much work for the project as I could handle, and I thought I worked effectively at this. Although I may have chosen another job to do as well, I think this did not distract me from anything because the article was made collectively with Matt L and therefore I did not have to write as much as I would have. Below is a picture of the finished article.</div><div><br><img style="width:300px;height:400px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9BSFf_o4aI/AAAAAAAAAv0/Bzmh_RZvxkE/s400/DSC00351.JPG" border="0" alt=""></div><div><br>I originally wanted to be a part of a team creating a page for the newspaper, so the quality control team job was a good step up for me and I felt I did a lot more work than I would have done if I had just been assigned the job of a team member.<br><br><strong>How effectively do you think you worked in your role and others in theirs?</strong><br><br>I think I worked very effectively in my role, and I don't think my added job of writing an article distracted me from my main job, I thought that this gave me more to do which I liked because I like a challenge in terms of work, and I like to have a lot to do. I think the rest of the quality control team worked well in their roles, especially Kirk who monitored everyone's progress, and made clear schedules for days, activities and ensured everyone stayed working. Mike also worked well, creating as blog for feedback for everyone, and giving clear instructions on what else to add to their blogs, and what things were missing.</div><div><br>I also think the team leaders worked well, managing their teams effectively, although there was some tension because some other people like to take control, the team leaders worked well and managed their teams effectively, despite the fact they were sometimes not there and team members were confused about what to do - they overall worked well in managing their teams.<br><br>Team members worked well too, and mainly all made a page or article for the newspaper. Some articles did not really realte to our original aim which I was dissapointed about, but once getting on with their work after clear instruction most were able to change and edit their articles so they could fit in the newspaper. Most team members showed clear effort, despite the fact they do not like writing academically.<br><br><strong>What could be learnt from this experience?</strong><br><br>A lot of considerable points can be learnt from this experience, especially the fact that it shows we can work well as a class when given the correct roles. Another clear thing to learn is that most people need clear instructions in order to complete work but once they do, they work effectively as a team. We need an aim from the start so we can stick to the objective, but as a class we work well.</div><div><br><img style="width:400px;height:297px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xXGcIW_q6aE/S9BTvQaN7eI/AAAAAAAAAwM/W2WvJeV79Sc/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt=""></div><div><br>Another main point is that despite some of the class not meeting deadlines individually, we can all meet deadlines as a team and this is a good achievement. We met the print deadline effectively, although some people were left with more work to do than others, for example I came into the lesson to work on unfinished pages despite finishing my own page already, but I didn't mind this as I knew we needed to meet the deadline effectively.<br><br><strong>What has been learnt from previous experience?</strong><br><br>From previous experience, we can learn that despite some projects where we did not work as a team effectively, for example the SHOW project, this project showed that we could work collectively as a team when we are assigned the correct roles - and can create an effective extended project and also meet the deadlines.<br><br>Previous experience showed us who could work in what roles effectively and who struggled when given managerial roles - and this helped us when choosing roles for the class.<br><br><strong>Nonetheless overall</strong>, I think myself and the class worked extremely well in terms of meeting the deadlines, in terms of creating an effective newspaper which meets our original intentions, and also in terms of working as a team, which it showed we can do when we put our minds to a project. I think I worked very well in terms of following my role, despite also doing additional work of writing an article with Matt L. I think the extended project went well and I have monitored my progress effectively, keeping a work blog of what I did each day, what I thought about it and what else I needed to do.</div></div></div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7344907351317730435-3945005526091060412?l=taracoxactivitylog.blogspot.com" alt=""></div>]]></content:encoded>
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