What went well this year for me was that I got to improve my leadership skills by joining the leadership class at Centennial. This class has helped me take on many roles and help out during events at our school. I was involved in the community more this year and had the opportunity to go out and help our neighbourhood. I got to meet new people during this time and made great connections along the way. Lastly, I achieved the grades that I desired in all my classes and I hope to maintain them until the end of the year.
Areas to Improve
Goals
Action Plan
Try new things and join a club
Next year I plan to join a club and try something new by asking around. I will try to get information on what’s happening around the school and try to help out.
Maintain my grades
Next year I want to maintain my grades and keep the average that I have this year. I plan on doing this by putting in the same effort as this year and not giving up.
Manage my time
Lastly, next year I want to manage my time wisely and not procrastinate. I plan on doing this by creating a schedule and having a daily plan that I will stick to.
In every community every person wants a healthy life, and good health care. It’s a main part of every city that there are good facilities and places that help you maintain a healthy life. Without proper health care everybody would be in bad state because we depend on good health to do our daily tasks. For this reason, Pahlily City has built a great hospital with outstanding medical care to insure everybody is safe. We also have a park and trees everywhere to maintain a healthy environment with clean oxygen to keep you all right.
Happiness
every city should be filled with happiness and the inhabitants should always feel comfortable. Nobody should feel lonely or in a position where they are bored and have nothing to do. That’s why in Pahlily City we make sure that everybody is having fun and living an exciting and content life as they should. We ensure that there are many activities to do indoor and outdoor like our movie theater, waterpark, and community park.
Desire to improve
Desire to improve is value in our city that stands out from others. We want our city to keep growing and helping our community improve. We want to create new things and discover beyond out capabilities. This would give our city and advantage in growing and will allow people to be more creative. It can open new opportunities for people around and help us move towards a better future. In Pahlily City we created a laboratory so these activities can be done in a safe place.
Security
Security is an important part of every city to make sure that the community is safe. People should be allowed to go around and not worry about their welfare being threatened. We want everyone in our city to feel comfortable in their environment. In Pahlily City every person is safe, and the community is protected with our local police station nearby.
Acceptance
An accepting community is always our first priority. We make sure that everybody feels welcome and safe. People should always feel comfortable where they live and be accepted and loved for who they are. In Pahlily City everybody has the freedom to be who they are and express themselves without judged. Everyone can express their opinions freely and their priorities will be valued. We have a community park where everybody can gather and come together to express how they feel. We think that it’s very important to be accepting and open minded so especially in honor of pride month we have pride flags on display as you enter the city.
Symbolic colors: red and blue for the police station that represents security and trust, a red cross for the hospital that represents health and trust, and green for calmness and nature.
Communication Reflection
This project was about building our Utopian City with the values that we came up with in our a group. We used the values and created a city that represents what those values mean to us. To create our city we used the program Minecraft. While building we used symbolic colours that represented the building and labels to indicate what was going on in our design. In our group we communicated well and shared our ideas to have more to work with. We kept thinking of creative ways to represent our city and combined our ideas in the process of making the design. We worked efficient together and used our time wisely organizing what we wanted to get done for that day. We had a plan of what we had to accomplish in our class time and when we where at home. When we were making decisions we took both of our opinions into consideration and decided which would work best. In that process we didn’t really face any problems we worked effectively and smoothly together. I was satisfied with our city at the end we added many details in our design and created meaningful values.
In my infographic I want to tell what a digital footprint is and ways to have a positive digital footprint. I used the website Piktochart to make this infographic
I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences. The negative is that even when you delete a post or your search history it won’t be completely erased. There are many ways your privacy can be leaked and your accounts can be hacked. The positive is that you can connect with people and have a good presence online. Depending on how you show your identity online you can lose or gain opportunities in the future.
I make digital ethical choices such as being positive online and respecting others opinion. I make sure to always think before I post anything because I don’t want it to harm my online identity. I also don’t go onto websites I don’t trust or click links that are not safe.
My strategies for maintaining a healthy balanced online presence is quite simple. I am careful of what I comment or post online to not hurt others and be respectful. I especially look at my personal information online and see if it is secure and in the right place. Lastly I double check to see where the information I am sending is going so I don’t send it to the wrong person or place.
Resources available: Coal, water, crops, and shelter
Elements of the town: Big mining tunnels, coal, and factories,
Population: 563 people
Explanation / Brief History: 60 years ago a man named John Hillwood was looking for a large piece of land so he could start a business and stubbled upon a perfect place. The land was large and it was right beside a huge river he knew that’s were he would settle. Long before John wanted to start a business he was helping his father with their coal factory that they owned. Suddenly one morning his father passed away and John and his mother couldn’t pay all the debts so they had to sell their business. Then John made enough money to start his fathers business again and knew what he had to do. John built huge factories and partnered with many rich men. The town was getting popular and many people came to get a job at the coal mine. This was an amazing achievement for John and he knew his father would be proud so he decided to name the town Hillwood.
Media Fluency Reflection
How was the ease of access in building the town, despite this being a very super basic software? I thought it was really easy to build a town the instructions weren’t hard and it wasn’t very difficult to figure it out you just have to play with it. I was able to figure out how to add building and change backgrounds.
Were you able to apply the skills you learned in the planning stages appropriately to a digital environment? Yes I was able to apply the skills we learned to my digital environment. I had to make some changes at first but I was able to use things we learned and complete it.
What were the sources you researched that made this an “authentic make-believe” town? I mainly took things we learned in class about the factory towns and how they were built. We learned the surrounding and how they lived which gave me an idea of how my town would be.
Is there other software online that could have done the job better? Explain. Their are so many sites that could have done a the job better by adding more creativity, and making it unique. I personally liked this software because it was quite simple and easy to learn. This program still had all components and got the job done so I would definitely use it again.
Hi my Name is Pahlika I am 14 years old, and I am a grade 9 at Centennial Secondary. To be honest there isn’t that much interesting about me I am quite a boring person thats only sometimes. Some things that describe me would be kind, caring, helpful, energetic, and respectful. Something interesting about me would be that I like sports. I am a swimmer, and wrestler I am not great at wrestling but I am improving. What I would like to get better at this year would be not procrastinating. I always tell myself that I won’t procrastinate, but then I still leave it till last minute. How I like to express my self would be talking and having a conversation with someone. My best course would be math but it does get harder every year. I am very excited for my business course, and hope I learn some basic things. If you get to know me very well I talk all the time, and I am very friendly. I like to talk, and make friends, but I am shy at first which isn’t helpful. Something I can’t live without would be music I can’t do anything without it. I listen to music while doing my homework, sports, baking, and much more. I also love to travel around the world learning about the culture, and just exploring. That would really be it about me if you have read till the end thank you.
I think my favourite website would be YouTube because it keeps you entertained, and helps you for school projects. if you don’t understand your homework all you have to do is search it up and it gives great examples. To keep you entertained you can listen to music or just watch videos, that would generally be it.
This is my Favourite video because since I was a child I have always wanted to achieve something in swimming. Katie Ledecky is an Olympic Gold Medallist and she has been one of my inspirations in life. She is always improving and is someone I would like to become when I grow up.
My Favourite Image
My Favourite Quote
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”
Dr. Seuss
This quote is important to me because I want to cherish every moment I have and even the small things in life. Sometimes when we are in the moment we don’t value it as much and treasure it. Then when it becomes a memory we regret how much more special it was in our life. That’s why I always want to live in the moment and not waste a single second.