post #4 - week 5

My Genius Hour project has gone better than I expected. My completed video trailer came out better than I had anticipated and I have become quite good at performing the wolf whistle. Coming up this next week is our Ted Talk presentation of our Genius Hour Project. This has gotten me to reflect a little on my reasoning for picking something as random as the wolf whistle to explore for this project. Reflecting on this, my reasoning is because of my Grandfather. While hunting as a child I would watch my Grandfather as he would be the 'caller' for the end of the hunt. With his powerful whistle he would signal to other hunters that the hunt was coming to an end. This whistle also came in handy when getting lost. He would walk through the woods calling with his whistle and slowly all of the other hunters would come out of their posted spots and gather for the next area that would become the hunting grounds. Because of this, I believe I have always been interested in this technique and it wasn't until I started thinking about the reasoning that I realized where this interest came from. I'm glad that I had a chance to reflect on this and relive a little of my youthful glory days. They were spent in one of the most beautiful places in Ontario, Restoule Ontario.

Post #3 - week 4

Reflecting on my Genius Hour project I am pleased to say that I have had a breakthrough in my ability to make sound. While completing my movie trailer for this project I had time to go through multiple instructional videos on the topic and to view many photos of people making this technique work. After seeing so many videos and pictures regarding the wolf whistle I have been able to finally make a little sound. This is in no way a nice sound or a good sound but I have finally been able to make some form of noise accompanied with less spit than previous attempts. This learning experience has equipped me with the knowledge of task completion and perseverance. I feel that this tool will be very useful when trying to get the attention of a class or possible when lost in the woods on a camping trip. Other applications for this technique will present themselves as time moves on and I am interested to see how proficient I can become at this task and look forward to completing my Ted Talk on the matter.