I manage stress by not procrastinating, playing video games, hanging out with friends and having fun. For me technology is both a cause and a coping mechanism for stress. Technology can cause good stress by addressing homework and due assignments, but it also helps cope with stress because there are many fun things you can do with technology. This year technology has only brought me good stress that has helped me complete assignments before a due date. I use technology for most of my assignments and it has saved me a bunch of time and made assignments a lot easier.
Category Archives: Grade 9
My Digital Footprint
Creating a Positive Digital Footprint
This design is an Infographic which is a detailed digital poster that talks about having a positive digital footprint. I made this infographic using Canva. Canva is a graphic design platform that’s used to create graphics, presentations, posters, documents, and other visual content for free. The best thing is that it is easy to use and you can start designing within minutes.
https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/eco-footprints-main.jpg
https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/beach-background-design_1270-71.jpg?size=338&ext=jpg
https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/footprint123-2.jpg
Personal/Social Competency Reflection
Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include showing a personal side, as well as a professional side of myself. However, in both cases my strategy would only be the positive images. For example, on Instagram I would only post pictures that are appropriate and showing off my interest and hobbies like skiing. On a professional level, I would show some of my personal projects done in school. This would be a way to maintain a healthy and balanced online presence.
I make digital ethical choices such as standing up for the truth in order to show your personality. Pictures online are worth a thousand words. For example, a picture of me protesting peacefully for a good cause tell a different story than me breaking into property and hurting innocent people. That image talks about the ethical choices a person makes, and who they really are.
Some of the ways I work to build and maintain online relationships are by being kind online. Being kind includes not using foul language, only using positive language and comments that help with bringing out the best in people. For example, there was a heated discussion among my friends online, so I had to get involved to calm everyone by pointing out each person’s positive points and tried to make them see that both were in fact talking about the same idea in different ways. The point here is that my engagement was in a positive manner and helped in settling the differences. The kindness displayed was evident, as was the refrain from using language that would escalate the situation.
My American Revolution Flipbook
Media Fluency Reflection
A. How was the ease of access in building your flipbook, despite this being the free and limited version of the software?
Answer: Using Flipbook was hard at first but it got easier after I started to understand how the software worked. I don’t really know the difference between the free and paid version of the software since I don’t have the paid version, but I’m going to say that the free version got the job done.
B. Were you able to apply the skills you learned in the planning stages appropriately to a digital environment?
Answer: I was appropriately able to apply the skills I had learned in the planning stages to a digital environment after a few trials and errors.
C. What were the sources you researched that made this an “authentic make-believe” American Revolution flipbook?
Answer: Some of the main sources I used to make this authentic make-believe flipbook were Wikipedia and History but there were many other websites I visited along the way.
D. Is there other software online that could have done the job better? Did you use another software instead? Explain.
Answer: I know that there is PowerPoint and I know PowerPoint could have done the job better than Flipsnack but I stuck with Flipsnack because I wanted to try something new out.
How-To Use Commas
We created an instructional video on properly using a comma for English 9. This design was created by Tanner and myself. If you want, go check it out and I hope you enjoy.
About Me
My Bio
My name is Kian, and I am in 9th grade at centennial. My favorite class here is LEC because it is a free homework block so you don’t need to do much homework at home, you get credited for taking the class and you can do whatever you want after your done your work. With LEC I have a lot of free time. My favorite things to do in my free time are playing video games, talking to friends, sometimes both at the same time and watching Netflix. As you can see it’s not much different from an average teenager except, I like to ski.
My Favorite Website
This is my favorite website because it doesn’t matter if you want to watch a tv series, live sports or just want to watch something because your board, you can watch it on YouTube.
www.youtube.com
My Favorite Video
I chose this as my favorite video because I want to know how to speed run a Rubik’s cube solve.
My Favorite Image
I chose this as my favorite image because game pigeon is a game you can play with your friends even if they don’t play many video games. It’s really fun and you could easily spend hours playing it.
My Favorite Quote
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” –James Cameron
Normally I would stick to a Naruto quote but I chose this one as my favorite because I never really thought about failure like how it mentions in this quote.
References
www.youtube.com
https://cdn.player.one/sites/player.one/files/2016/12/08/gamepigeon-banner.jpg
https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/famous-quotes