Category: Communication

Core Competency Self Assessment

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Collaboration

The Coronavirus brochure and model created by myself and my partner

I demonstrated the Collaboration skill during this project through my work with my partner. At the beginning of our process, we divided the duties and responsibilities necessary for the creation of our model and brochure between us. I volunteered to gather the materials and keep the model at my house, and my partner offered to do some extra work on the brochure. We set a date to work on the project at my house that would work for both of us, and we also sketched out a rough draft of how the model would look. Additionally, we came to an agreement on when our respective work on the brochure should be done, and we both met this deadline. We communicated online when we had questions for each other, and I always consulted with her before making any drastic changes or decisions regarding the model. Next time, I would set aside more time for the two of us to work on the model together, as I had to finish and construct most of the model by myself. However, my partner did a fabulous job polishing and editing the brochure, so I feel that our work was about equal. 

English First Peoples 11 Reflection

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My Artifact

A screenshot of my poetry analysis of the poem “Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border” by Alootook Ipellie

Curricular Competencies Reflection

Comprehend and Connect

During this assignment, I learned about an aspect of identity that many Indigenous people face, which is having multiple identities that conflict with one another. In this poem, the speaker struggles with the clash between his identity as an Inuit person and his upbringing in the western system. He feels as though he is being torn in half by two identities that are pulling him in separate directions. I grew in my reading and interpreting skills by practicing my ability to identify poetic devices, analyze the structure of the poem, and pull meaning from the text. I also used prior knowledge combined with some research on the poet himself to properly interpret the poem. I can take the knowledge that I have gained and use it towards reconciliation by supporting other Indigenous artists such as poets and writers so that I can broaden my perspective on issues that concern the Indigenous community.

Core Competencies Reflection

Communication

I developed my communication skills during this project by understanding and sharing information about the poet and his work and responding to questions concisely and meaningfully. My strategy for collecting relevant information about the poet was to visit several credible sources so that I could gain accurate knowledge about the poet’s backstory in order to find a deeper meaning in the poem. This allowed me to share my interpretation of the poem with proper context. Additionally, I found numerous poetic devices in the poem and explained in depth how these devices enhanced that meaning and intent of the message that the poet was trying to send.

Core Competency Self- Assessment

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Collaboration

Chemistry 12 Quantitative Analysis lab

I developed my collaboration skills with my lab partner during this chemistry lab. When we started the lab, we divided the set up of the lab between us so that we would be more efficient. I collected the glassware and equipment needed, while my partner collected the substances that were required. While doing the lab, we split up the steps that needed to be performed for each substance, and took turns adding each chemical to the solution. When one of us made a mistake, the other would be kind and patient. We would also politely share advice when needed.

English 10 Core Competency Self- Assessment

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Communication through Character Exercise

My Artifact: Character Study Poster

I demonstrated my communication skills by effectively working with my partner to divide our project evenly between us, consulting my partner when I needed advice or assistance, and setting goals with my partner so that our project could be completed well.

At the beginning of the project, my partner and I read the criteria together, then separated the project evenly based on the criteria listed. Once we completed the written part of the project, we shared my pencil crayons and split the poster into manageable parts for coloring so that we would both do an equal amount of coloring.

Next, when doing the written part of the project my partner and I would occasionally run into a section of the criteria that we didn’t fully understand. When this happened, we would first talk it through to see if we could sort it out, and if we still couldn’t understand we would ask the teacher for help together.

Lastly, my partner and I consistently set goals to help our project progress. Every day we would agree on a part of the project that we wanted to complete by the end of class, and if we weren’t able to finish it we would finish the work at home. This strategy helped to keep us on track, and it even helped us finish and hand in our project early.

Our Utopian City

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Cyneford City

The city name is derived from the word “Cynefin” which is a place where a being feels it is ought to live. It is where the nature surrounding a person is right and welcoming.

Values

The values that our group included in the city are Religion, Education, Privacy, Health, and Sport.

Religion: We chose to represent Religion in a Place of Worship for the town. This Place of Worship is for all religions and faiths, and can be found in the top left corner of the town, next to the blue school building. Both my partner and I consider our religions to be a core part of our values, so we wanted to reflect this in our city.

Education: We represented education in a town school building that can be found to the right of the blue Place of Worship. This school is for every child in the town. We chose education as one of our values because it has a big impact on our future, and has a big influence on the people that we become.

Privacy: We represented this value in the gated communities that the city neighborhoods are organized into, and the protective white walls that surround them. This allows for quiet, private neighborhoods. The houses are purple, which is the colour of the purple chakra. This symbolizes peace and serenity.

Health: Health is represented as a Hospital Care Center that can be found directly across from the school. Health is important to our group because the better one’s health is, the longer they live and the better their quality of life will be.

Sport: The last value included in our town is sport. My partner and I both come from families that are very passionate about basketball, and we both enjoy playing volleyball during the summer. This value can be found in the multisport town arena that is located directly across from the Place of Worship. The town arena encourages physical activity and engagement in any sporting events, which directly helps the health and mental well being of the citizens in the town.

Communication Reflection

The purpose of this project was to digitally design a city containing components that reflect the core values of our group. Kirsten and I worked together, and we used a program called “City Creator” to create the design of our city. In the process of creating our city and designing the values that were connected to it, we worked together side by side in class so that we could share ideas efficiently. If we needed to communicate outside of school, we used Instagram to text each other. When brainstorming ideas and giving feedback, we always listened to the other person’s point of view and made sure to understand where they were coming from with their ideas. We were always respectful with our feedback and kept things positive and constructive! 

As the city was being created, we realized that the program that we had selected only let one computer work on the project, so my task was to build the city that we had designed. I was able to finish the city using the class time given, and this allowed me to get Kirsten’s ideas and support with the program. Kirsten’s task was to find a unique and meaningful name for the city, and she used her class time to do research to come up with a creative name that reflected both of our values.  

Our work as a group was very efficient, and we were able to sort out our ideas quickly and complete our work on time. We used our class time very well and didn’t have to do much group work at home. When making decisions in this project, we took each other’s views into account, and usually came up with an idea or answer that reflected both of our values. An example of this is the values modeled in our project. Each of the values that we chose is a shared value, and we both took turns suggesting values that were important to us to find common ground. The only problem that we faced was with the program that we were using, and we solved this problem by dividing the tasks up evenly so that we would both be doing an equal amount of work. 

Overall, I was very satisfied with the final product. We created a unique city that reflects our shared values, and we both worked well together. If I could improve this process for next time, I would use a software that allows multiple people to work on the same project simultaneously.