Back in October when TakingITGlobal first came to our class to tell us that we were the chosen class for their pilot class, I was really excited and I was really looking forward to participate in this pilot class. As members from TakingITGlobal came to our school, they explained to us what were going to do over the next few months and what they had planned for us. The plans were to divide the class into 10 groups for each understanding on the TakingITGlobal website and we were to do a documentary on the topic given to us with our groups. When I first found out my group was with Justine and Apira I was thought oh please I mean did I even know these people? I knew that I had them for classmates in some of my grades but I never had gotten to know them.
After a few months with Justine and Apira, I had the chance to know them better and found that their personality were very different yet nice. Apira was quiet well Justine was loud and I was in the middle. They were really hard workers and I found that the more time I spent with them, the easier it was to talk to them. I had really learned a lot during the time we were working on the project, finding out to use a lot of programs and learning a lot my topic media. I really spent a lot of time with Apira working and fixing the film, making it as perfect as it can be, making sure the sounds and the text came at the right moment and mixing the sounds so it blended. Justine as the hard worker she is, came in when ever she could to work on the flash. Soon the viewing of our films were closer the harder we work trying to finish the film on time.
On the day of the viewing of our class films and knowing that people were going to ask questions, I was really nervous. I was afraid of not being prepared for the questions they were going to ask and whether I was able of giving them a satisfied answer. As the night went by, the less nervous I was and I started to be more comfortable with the questions asked. As time flew by, the night soon ended with our hopes high and proud of ourselves knowing that very few grade eights would have their own business cards and brochures to show off.

From the beginning of November till now of being the pilot class of TIG, my class and I have been working on the films that was assigned to us in groups on a specific understanding. As being part of the media group, my group and I have been editing, improving and also re-filming our short documentary. Because the topic Media covers a large range of space, it hard to focus on a main point because all the topic are related to each other in one way or another. Our group is a little bit behind other groups because our laptop has no internet and we are trying our best to catch up with the other groups. As it is also getting closer to the day of the previewing of our films, my group has been starting to work on the display board given to us. We are hoping that the outcome of our documentary is overall pleasing to others and to send our message out about media.

Today members of TakingItGlobal (TIG) are coming in to my school to teach us how to use flash, photoshop and movie maker. As the pilot class of TIG, we have been assigned to one of the understanding. We have also been assigned to find as much information and we are to make a short film on our topic. I am really excited and I look forward to learn how to use flash and all these cool programs that would help us to make our short film. So far, my assigned group and I have taken a few pictures and we have filmed a little bit. I really look forward to see the finished films but for how I really look forward in learning how to use flash.

Today we are continuing our economic project with our own partners. We have partners and we are to design a condominium and shop for it. My partner which i will not name talks too much with other people and will not focus on the items we really need for our condominium. i think that my partner and i have the worstest luck because we just had to get the lowest budget in the class. on monday, our whole grade is going to scarborough town center. we are to shop with our partners and stick with them the whole day. BORING! then we also have to write so kind of report that has to be 5 paragraphs long. i really hope we will finish this project soon and i can't wait till the winter vacation in other words christmas holiday!

hi. my name is kimberley and this is my first update ever.i think that this is very interesting.