After giving it further thought, reading the comments from peers and discussing the options with my husband I have chosen to learn how to play Minecraft as my 20% project. Reasons are that ultimately I probably would have ventured toward learning this program this summer, assignment or not. Also, while I know the garden/flower idea would have brought a positive change to our home learning Minecraft will hopefully help many more than just my family. There is a group at school that may be learning Minecraft and I want to be able to participate in the conversation as well! Finally, for financial reasons I believe the garden project may take up a lot more funds that I am hoping to spend this summer compared to that of Minecraft.
I am looking forward to the learning process, not only for myself but reflecting on it as my daughter learns it with me. Join us as we learn!
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My second idea for this project involves my daughter as well. She has been asking, pleading and begging to learn Minecraft. I have no idea what Minecraft is but I know it is everywhere. I have wanted to learn it about it so I thought the best way would learn to play the game, not just learn what it is about. I thought it would be interesting to learn it together with my daughter as well. Here are the questions that I hope to answer by learning about Minecraft.
1. What is Minecraft? 2. Will I learn to code by playing Minecraft? Is it coding? 3. What do the books have to do with Minecraft that I see in the stores? Do I need the books? 4. Will our relationship feel more connected since we will be playing this together? 5. Will my other daughter feel left out? Will she want to join in as well? 6. Do you win? Lose? Die? 7. What are the positives of Minecraft? 8. What are the negatives? 9. Will I want to continue to play after the project is over? 10. How much does Minecraft cost to keep up? Is it a one time fee or do you need to purchase more things as time goes by? My first idea comes from a deep love of flowers and gardens. Yet, I kill nearly every flower I try to grow and have yet to start a garden. My family lives on a large enough property (not too big but not small either) that we have plenty of space to make our lives a little sustainable on the land. We've talked about adding hens, growing a garden and nearly every day I drive past a house that has beautiful hydrangeas out front, all while thinking "one day." We have lived in our home for four years but our yard looks like no one has lived here in 10. I am not proud of our outdoor space at all. I have to add that all of the efforts have been put on the changing the inside (and a few of the outside structural issues). Nearly every room has been completely remolded by my husband alone so I am grateful for his dedication and skills in changing our home. However, I am ready to make our landscaping more attractive now as well. My goal would be to add flowers along the front and side and add a garden box in the back. Here are a few questions that I have as I think about this project, and hopefully would find answers to as I complete the project:
1. What location is best for Hydrangeas to grow? 2. Do we have good soil? (What is good soil?) 3. How often do I need to water the flowers before I accidentally kill them? 4. In previous attempts I think I over watered the flowers. How do you really learn how much water is enough? 5. What vegetables should I start out growing? 6. Which ones are easier to grow, more difficult, etc? 7. Are there seasonal vegetables? Even in So. Cal? 8. Will we eat more vegetables if we are a part of the growing process? 9. What is the best location for growing veggies? In a planter box, or is the backyard just as good? 10. If I do use a planter box why? How? What supplies are needed for that? |
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