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http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/

 This is a elderly man with his Golden Retriever Guide dog, helping him get around independently.

 WRITE A GENERAL BIOGRAPHY OF AN ORGANISATION 
 * Full Name:Royal New Zealand Foundation For The Blind
 * Date of formation:1890
 * A short history: The RNZFB was founded in 1890, and was called The Jubilee Institute for the blind at the time. The first service they decided to provide schooling and residence for the blind, in Parnell. They then went on to provide a blind friendly instatute for the blind. This foundation continues now.
 * what do they want to achieve:
 * the RNZFB want blind and vision impaired people to have the same opportunities and choices as other citizens
 * What services do they provide
 * The RNZFB provide services for the blind. An example of this would be training: Poodle, German Shepherd, labrador and Golden Retriever puppies for blind people to get around independantly.
 * A specific example of this agency in action: Jonathan Godfrey was a New Zealander who was an unfortunate man as he has been blind since he was two. He was doing great in university and the RNZFB trained a German Shepherd to help giude him around the campus.
 * A list of resources used: www.rnzb.org.nz
 * A list of resources used: www.rnzb.org.nz

__RNZFB Sponsorship TV Ad__ <span style="color: #0200ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> media type="youtube" key="aLwQ2Zi9Is8" height="344" width="425"

<span style="color: #1025e5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">ASSESS AND EVALUATE THE VIRTUES DISPLAYED BY THIS AGENCY <span style="color: #1025e5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #091ef1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Write a list of five virtues that this agency displays. Underneath each virtue list examples of how they might action this virtue. You also need to state how you could emulate the same virtue in your life. <span style="color: #1025e5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="color: #1025e5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="color: #f10922; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kindness- <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The RNZFB shows kindness by training Guide dogs for blind people, for nothing in return. We could show kindness by helping out around the house without being asked and without expecting something in return.
 * <span style="color: #ff0037; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Respect- <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The RNZFB shows respect by helping them because they help them because they know how unfortunent they are and the loss of vision is no fault of their own. We could show respect by not laughing st people who are different.
 * <span style="color: #f1092e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Compassion- <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The foundation we have chosen shows compassion by loving what they do and doing their work without pay voluntarily. We could show compassion by caring for a total stranger if they fell over.
 * <span style="color: #f10933; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Caring- <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">the RNZFB shows caring by volunteers spending their time to help the blind and not want anything in return. We can show caring by...helping someone that has fallen behind in there work.
 * <span style="color: #f1092e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Commitment- <span style="color: #0019ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The RNZFB staff shows commitment by working 24/7 to raise money for their foundation. We could show commitment by...doing our work and handing it in on time.

<span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">VISUAL LANGUAGE TASK

<span style="color: #0a1cf5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Create a pictorial collage which reflects the virtues displayed by your chosen agency.
 * <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Design a fund-raising event poster for your chosen agency.
 * <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Write a PMI (positives, minus & interesting) for your chosen agency. Try to have at least 5 bullet points for each category.
 * <span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">POSITIVES
 * <span style="color: #ff0037; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">blind people can be independant so they don't need to depend on other people to help them get around.
 * <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">not only is is it good for the blind person to get a guide dog its also a good thing for the guide dog because they know they will have a caring loving owner.
 * <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">it lets the blind or vision-impared person to be more independant being able to read write and walk around without anybody walking with.
 * <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">guide dogs can go almost anywhere so blind people with guide dogs dont need to worry about not being able to go some where because there guide dog is nt allowed.
 * <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">guide dogs are trained to be gentle and careful so it isnt a problem with guide dogs being matched up with children.
 * <span style="color: #f00a6d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">MINUS
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Each guide dog costs over $22,500 to breed, raise, train and match to a blind person.
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">it takes about 2 years to train just one guide dog
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">they dont have a home page for just guide dogs so it makes it hard if someone wanted to do some research on it.
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">108 puppies were bred in 2005/2006 and only 37 guide dogs graduated and 16 were matched and pending graduation in 2005/2006
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">if some guide dogs dont graduate from there training the RNZFB has to put some time into trying to find a home for the ex-guide dogs
 * <span style="color: #e60a84; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">INTERESTING FACTS
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">number of working guide dogs in New Zealand:273
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">the library for the blind holds 8,223 tlking book titles and 8,529 braille titles
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">the only places guide dogs cant go are kitchens and burn sections in hospitals because there is to much higher risk of infection for the patient
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">guide dogs wear a special red coat so that you no that they are a guide dog
 * <span style="color: #0e0ae6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">they put certain patterns on coin so blind people know how much money they are handing over.
 * <span style="color: #ed0c5f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 32px;">click link to the right to view fundraising poster <span style="color: #0a0df0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 32px;"> fundraising poster

I have achieved my learning intentions by:** || Excelling || Extending || Achieved || Developing || Emerging || Overall Effort: A
 * **SUCCESS CRITERIA
 * * Presenting my work in an interesting way ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * * Writing a biography that includes the listed requirements and a correctly written resource list ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * * Listing five virtues that this agency displays
 * Listing examples of virtues in action
 * Stating real life situation where I can display these virtues ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * * Using ICT to reflect virtues of my chosen agency
 * Designing an effective fund-raising event poster which displays visual language techniques. ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * * Listing 5 or more insightful bullet points for each category on my PMI chart ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||

Peer feedback //I think you did a really good job of presenting your work to the class. You investigated your charity really well. Next time try not to laugh in the middle of presenting! Emily//

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