Digital Technologies (Integrated)

My Missing Voices Poem explanation

We chose to do Sherpa Tenzing for our two voice poem/inquiry project based on perspectives. He is a hidden voice because he helped Sir Edmund Hillary get up Mt Everest. Edmund got a statue but Sherpa got no recognition. The other person I did in our poem was the perspective of Sir Edmund.

Tyler, Tyler, Tua and Rory

We picked Irena sendler for our two voice poem and our portrait because we thought that it is important for people to know how brave she was during world war 2 saving about 2500 children. In our two voice poem we chose a Nazi soldier to be her opposite. We also think because not many people know about what she did they would be amazed with her effort saving so many children. We think that everyone should look up to her and get the chance to learn about her and her past life as a child.

Thomas & Ben

My Hidden Figures Poem Explanation

I chose to do Mary Jackson for my 2-voice poem. Since she is a hidden figure who worked at NASA. Sadly, she didn’t get as much recognition as the white males did. Mary J didn’t have what the others had, for example, a telephone, a toilet, and a black coffee cup instead of a white one, not having her name on paperwork, and getting paid a lot less than a white man would. For my second perspective I chose a white man who had much more recognition than Mary. Although they both worked at NASA and were both intelligent, they both got treated very differently. The man got paid more, got to have his name on paperwork, his toilet was close-by, had a white coffee cup (just like everyone else did except Mary), and got treated a lot better. I am proud of what I have achieved and I hope more hidden voices around the world get the recognition they deserve.

Mikayla Sheppard

Judith Love Cohen, born August 16, 1933 – July 25, 2016 was an American aerospace engineer. Cohen worked as an electrical engineer on the Minuteman missile, the science ground station for the Hubble Space Telescope, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and the Apollo Space Program. She helped the Apollo 13 mission crew land safely while giving birth to her son Jack Black but no one realised this and the Apollo 13 mission people all got awards but Judith was left unknown.

Mary Maker works in a studio because she likes to share a lot of stuff. I chose her because she sounds interesting but she likes to help children and take care of them because they were in a war so she wanted to save the kids. Mary Maker likes to share her thoughts and how she saved the children that were in the war. People loved what she did, like working for a company so that's why I love Mary maker because she is a very smart and helpful person.