Final Reflection 2012

Learning Outcomes	Achieved?	Nature/Location of Evidence
Increased awareness of their own strengths and areas of growth	Yes	SAISA Football –I increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas of growth. I was aware of my technical abilities and team work, but I lacked stamina, which was essential because we played 2 matches per day. SAISA Art - I've increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth because I saw that I am good in working with charcoal but not as skillful in working with acrylic colors. www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com
Undertaken new challenges	Yes	Wall and Rock climbing – because I have never done this before. Pinhole photography – similarly, I have never done or known about pinhole photography before. www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com
Planned and initiated activities	Yes	Recycling – I have participated in planned and initiated activities because everything we do is systematically arranged and everybody's job for the day is determined before we start working.  Week without walls - we planned and initiated our activities, because before we started, even before the trip while we were still in school we made plans about who is going to work on what, so we don't waste too much time when we're there. And because I was in the murial group, we came up with a theme and we came up with the whole design before the trip. Sunflower Village - With participating I have worked in planned and initiated activities, because every time before the kids came we had discussions about how we’re going to conduct the class. www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com
Worked collaboratively with others	Yes	Football - these practices were conducted as a team, together with the other students and Mr. Shipley, our coach as well SAISA Football 2011 - before every match we talked about our tactics and the way we're going to play. Also, because football is a team sport, it includes working collaboratively with others Wall and Rock climbing – it takes 2-3 people to conduct one person’s climb, as b-laying is important part of safety. Recycling - there are many other people in the group and we work collaboratively in collecting the materials as well as sorting them and getting them into the pickup truck  Sunflower Village – because there were couple of more students with whom I collaborated while teaching the kids Sports Day 2011 - As all of the sports I played are team sports I have worked collaboratively with others on the field and in the gym Week without walls – painting together with other students SAISA Art -  On my first piece I worked collaboratively with other students which helped me improve my collaborative skills www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com
Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities	Yes	Attending regularly in all of my activities mentioned throughout this form. www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com
Engaged with issues of global importance	Yes	Recycling - recycling reusable materials is an important thing to do in today's world in order to contribute to providing a environmentally sustainable society Week without walls - we are helping people that are dealing with poverty and education, and I have contributed to the children having more convinient facilities while in school. www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com
Considered the ethical implications of their actions	Partly	Sports day - getting off the team in order for other people to be part of the games, not taking under consideration the difference in our skill level. SAISA Football - sportsmanship-wise and regarding team play, because during matches we often find ourselves in situations where we have to make important decisions which can affect the whole game Recycling - I am one of the 4 seniors around, but that doesn't mean that I do less work than the younger people in the group www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com
Developed new skills	Yes	Pinhole photography – as mentioned, it is something new for me and as seen on my blog, I do have some skills with pinhole photography Wall and rock climbing – I have never done this before and taking under consideration my success in this activity I can say that I have developed new skills Beat Making – primarily, starting to use Reason 4, and making my first beats, and furthermore, making use of different and more sophisticated programs like Recycle and Reason, together Week without walls – it’s the first time I was painting walls and some of the teachers taught me interesting techniques www.jsimjanoski12.blogspot.com

God Made Me Funky

Hello, hello.
So for the last couple of weeks I have been working on these two beats and unlike my previous ones, I tried to make as much use of samples as I could. Even though I haven't fully finished them, most of the general idea is done.
The first one, called God Made Me Funky, includes a drum sample from a song called God Made Me Funky by Headhunters. Also, I used two other samples from the songs Getting it Back from Cymande and one song from the rap group Cypress Hill - I Wanna Get. The other one I named GOAT (Greatest of all Time), includes my original drum beat, while there are samples from the song Labi Siffre - I Got The.
Apart from Reason 4, the main program that I make use of while producing my beats, I also made use of Recycle, which is published by the same company as Reason, and they are compatible with each other. With Recycle, I can take parts of those songs and make samples out of them which can afterwards be easily used in Reason. With the use of Recycle, I have undertaken new challenges as this is a new program I have recently used. I have also developed new skills by making use of Recycle and Reason, together.
I will soon look to upload these beats that I am talking about.

Here is a link to some of my music:
http://soundcloud.com/jakov-jose-simjanoski