cassette

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GLASS ART WORKSHOP
by Oğuz Gür
I decided to do a CAS experience with my classmates, and the
first thing that came to my mind was the glass workshop. First of
all, I consulted our CAS advisor Mr. Berkant about this workshop
experience. Later, I arranged a meeting with a glass workshop
owner that I knew and talked about the glass workshop experience
I wanted to do. I also felt that I had no difficulty doing the
organizational work that made me realize this experience. After
the meeting, I told my friends that I organized something about
the glass art workshop and made a list of those who wanted to
attend. We set a day and time together.
On the day we went to do the experience, Mr. Cem gave us some
crucial information about glass and glass art. Afterward, we made
glass evil eye beads in turn under the supervision of Mr. Cem.
Since we made the evil eye beads ourselves, different designs
emerged from each other. This experience that we did was pretty
fun, and I believe we all develop our creativity. Besides, I think
that organizing such an experience improved my communication
skills.
CAS MAGAZINE
by Defne Çukul
My friends and I from IB class decided to create a CAS
Magazine which includes every subject related to our
lessons. We want to publish this magazine because we
want every student and teacher to benefit from the
articles that we write. We thought the wide range of
subjects from ethics to mathematics would be useful
for the readers to choose under their interests. We
mainly focused our articles on what is going on worldwide,
to increase people's awareness and develop
their life perspectives.
During forming the basis of our magazine and creating
the timeline, I learned something very valuable
about working collaboratively. We have been progressing
in our plans but we realised that we were
behind our timeline which caused set back in our
program. In order to solve this problem: at the end of
every meeting, we set goals for each person depending
on their specific responsibilities and set deadlines
suitable for the student.
At first, we were lack of communication and we didn’t
inform ourselves well enough. We didn’t remind the
deadlines or offer help to each other. I realized how
important clear and open communication is in teamwork.
Thus, we proceed with our works in a more
collaborative way. Before the deadline, we reminded
each other’s responsibilities and offered help if it is
needed.
We had so many things to do like SAT preparation,
assessments and activities but we all respected our
ethical choices and actions. We tried to make time
for the magazine meetings and our specific responsibilities.
We did what was ethically the right thing to
do.
While I was doing some research on the series I was
writing about, I was able to learn and discover many
various perspectives and interpretations of the tv
series. I learned how to analyze and personalize my
observations.
Overall, planning the process, writing the articles
and editing the photos was a
great way for me to develop my soft skills, and learn
more about planning and taking action.
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