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My First Year

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My Grade 9 Year

During my first year of high school, some classes I particularly enjoyed were my Food Studies class and my Physical Education class. Over the course of the year, I expanded my knowledge in many areas, including the culinary arts. What had once been the most rudimentary knowledge of cooking grew to become a wider understanding of the important life skill. In other courses, I studied new branches of mathematics, different areas of science, and new eras of history.

Throughout my first two semesters at Centennial, I discovered some strengths and stretches. I can confidently say that my skills in English are something to take pride in. I also believe that I am strong in Mathematics, but that may change once I start learning more advanced branches such as calculus. A stretch of mine (which I have regretfully possessed since the beginning of middle school) is working on and turning in assignments before they are due. Another stretch is coming up with things that can relate to me, my school life, or my personal life. An example would be finding a “Useful Educational Website” or a “Useful Educational Image”. I don’t know about other people, but finding these proves highly challenging (at the time of writing, those spaces in the Edublog stay woefully blank.)

A Useful Educational Website

https://zbib.org/

This website helped me cite sources properly, rather than simply copying the URL. Since part of the digital literacy assignments required the use of this website, it was quite useful.

A Useful Educational Video

This video was a big help as part of my Food Studies class. I learned quite a bit from it, which helped me make better muffins.

A Useful Educational Image

I chose this image because I used it in an assignment for my P.E. class. As part of an Edublog assignment in that class, I was told to insert a meme that depicts how I deal with stress. This meme fit perfectly, so I used it for the assignment.

An Inspirational Quote

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

-Albert Einstein

I chose this quote because it is applicable to everyday life, as well as being inspirational. This year, I tried to keep up with homework, and had some degree of success, but procrastination hindered my attempt to complete homework on time. Times where I let homework pile up would cause me to “lose my balance” and fall off the metaphorical bicycle. If I “kept moving” (completed homework and assignments on time), then I would have been able to keep my balance and avoid the arduous task of completing my homework all at once.

Works Cited

Life Is Like Riding a Bicycle. To Keep Your Balance You Must Keep Moving – Quote Investigator®. 28 June 2015, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/28/bicycle/.

25+ How I Sleep Knowing Memes to Make You Laugh – ShutEye. 5 Dec. 2022, https://shuteye.ai/how-i-sleep-knowing-memes/.

Preppy Kitchen. Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. 2021. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R7yUFFy1wI.

ZoteroBib: Fast, Free Bibliography Generator – MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard Citations. https://zbib.org/. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024.

ADL Social Studies – Ethical judgement

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Is violence justified during a protest?

A) How did the use of AI assist you in developing this project?

AI (mostly ChatGPT) helped find real-life examples to strengthen my argument. Instead of trying to find information on Google, using ChatGPT worked better because AI is better at finding exactly what you’re searching for.

B) How did you ensure that the work you created was still your own, rather than just a product of the AI?

I only used AI to give me an idea of what to write about. My part of the script was written entirely by me. I did not need to “ensure” anything, because when using the AI, all I asked the AI was “examples of when violence is justified in a protest” instead of “Argument for why violence is justified in a protest”.

C) Did you agree with the position you had to argue? Why or why not? 

I initially did not agree with the position I was arguing, but after some research on the subject, I began to understand that violence is necessary in some circumstances.

Core Competency Reflection

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include… 

I often use the Internet, as it’s convenient and mostly yields useful results. Rarely, I will consult another person and gather information that way.

When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I… 

In such a scenario, I work as I normally would. School assignments rarely require a connection between group members, and while it is nice to know people, it doesn’t change how I approach the assignment.

Advertisement persuasion project

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My advertisement

Persuasion and Advertisement Techniques

Persuasion and Advertisement Unit Reflection

Why is it important to remember who benefits from the advertisement when you view an advertisement?

Recognizing who the beneficiary of an advertisement is (for example, McDonalds would benefit from an ad about their products) is important because it helps potential customers make informed decisions and avoid unsavory companies.

Choose one form of persuasion and explain why it is effective in persuading you/an audience: logical, ethical, emotional

Emotional: Emotional persuasion (pathos) is effective in persuading people because many people are easily angered, saddened, excited, or moved when viewing ads. For example, an ad about donating to cancer research plays off people’s sympathy for cancer patients, and people who see the ad may feel bad if they don’t donate.

Choose an advertising technique and explain why it is effective in selling a product.

Testimonials (particularly ones featuring famous individuals) are effective in selling a product because knowing that other people find the product useful/enjoyable inevitably increases your willingness to buy the item. Testimonials from famous people are especially effective because celebrities are thought to have more authority and thus more knowledge on the topic. This isn’t always true, but having shoes endorsed by The Rock makes those shoes seem extra special to some people.

Core Competency Reflection

An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is…

While I was creating my advertisement, my dad suggested that I use the phrase “If you smell what The Rock is cooking” in my ad. I decided to use it, and added a few words from The Rock telling people to buy the product.

This is how I selected images and words to create impact for my planned audience:

The image that I used was purposefully taken on a bed of rocks in my backyard because it evokes thoughts of hiking on mountains. If I had taken it in a sunlit forest, it would have failed to demonstrate the shoes’ ability to protect your feet, even in rugged terrain. One word I chose to use (“cumbersome”) highlight the benefits of Vessis as opposed to other waterproof options.

One strategy or activity that stimulated my imagination on this project was…

Looking at other ads for footwear. I tried to get an idea of how modern shoe ads were created, and incorporated some aspects into my own design. I was trying to make the ad appear modern, using muted colors for a contemporary look.