By doing work on the whiteboards in the classroom, I made a positive difference for my peers because I helped them when then needed it and it was fun working with other people.
Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen when I’m working with other people and explaining my ideas. Another time is during the communication part of the tests I do.
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I listen to music. Listening to music makes it easier to clear my head and focus on the task I need to complete. Also, depending on the song it can boost my mood.
Some of the ways I work to build and maintain relationships are communication because talking about things in a relationship is key to making it work. I like to talk and talking with people makes the relationship better.
Something that I learned that I didn’t know before was the difference between having a stroke and having a heart attack. Having a stroke effects mostly your brain whereas a heart attack effects mostly your heart. My key takeaway from the Theory or Practical CPR unit is the knowledge that I can save a life if it comes down to it. Knowing that I know what to do if a situation comes up if really cool to think about. This unit connects to the nutrition unit because you need to have good nutrition to reduce your chances of having a heart attack.
Core Competency Reflection
Examples of where I communicated clearly and purposefully can be seen when I have been practicing CPR. I had to come in and yell for help and that is a form of communicating purposefully.
I can describe how learning about CPR relates to my life because you never know who’s going to have a heart attack and when. I can help people if needed and you never know when people need help.
One of the ways I can see using this learning to help others is if I see someone having a heart attack, I can help them and hopefully help them to survive. I can use this to also help others to know what to do if they are ever in a situation where they need to know.
Canada’s war declaration on Nazi Germany was important because it showed that they still knew what they had to do but they made the decisions for themselves. The Canadians waited 7 days after France and Great Britain before declaring war on the Nazis. The placement of their declaration proved that they had the power to make their own decisions and do what’s best for them rather than what’s best for Britain. The declaration is also important because that means that Canada saw the Germany as a threat. They believed that France and Britain couldn’t handle it on their own. So, the declaration was important because it says many things about the country of Canada and what they believe in on their own.
I can analyze evidence to make judgements because I don’t just make judgements out of the blue off nothing. I need to have some form of information to base my judgements and decisions on. Sometimes I do make judgements on things out of the blue, but it’s usually based on a gut feeling, so that isn’t really based of nothing. My judgments may be based on a lot of evidence or not a lot of evidence but there is evidence involved with the judgements that I make.
I look for personal relationships that both confirm and challenges my beliefs, values and ideas. I think that if I have relationships with people that are all like me there is going to be no change in opinion and now view from a different one. If I have all relationships with people opposite of me then I don’t have someone to relate to and I’d be defending my opinions all the time. I think it’s good to have people that are like you and that aren’t like you so then you can see different points of view, but you can also have someone that agrees with you. So, I look for relationships with people that are both similar and not similar to me, I believe it helps me to grow a bigger mindset and have people to lean on.
I can initiate actions that bring me joy and satisfaction by choosing what relationships I have and who I have them with. If I find a person who I really like hanging out with whether they are similar to my or not I am bringing myself joy by hanging out with them. If I find a person who I don’t like hanging out with or feel they aren’t a good person for me to be around then I am bringing myself joy by not hanging out with them. I recognize the role I play in my well-being because there is usually no one else to blame but myself. Other people can’t control whether I am happy or not so why should I blame them for my well-being.
This is how I select images and words to create impact for different audiences: I want to be able to make my school presentations more engaging for the people I am presenting to. I feel like listening to a boring presentation the point of it doesn’t stick with the audience very well so I want to make it more engaging so the point comes across.
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I listen to music to get my mind back into whatever I was doing. This year I want to be able to focus more at school so I don’t have as much work to do at home. I want to come into class focused but if I end up losing focus I want to be able to re-focus quickly and if that means listening music to help then I will do it.
An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is when I work with a group of people on answering questions and projects. I want to be able to work off of other peoples ideas and have the opportunity to do that more. Having others to bounce ideas off of or work with make things a lot easier.
I give, receive, and act on feedback to progress in my goals. I did this while working on the conversation by listening to what my partners had to say and change it based on what we agreed on. We gave feedback on what ideas we had and then created the conversation based on what we said. I can develop a body of creative work over time. The project is an example of this. We used creativity to create the conversation within the class time that we had. I can form new ideas and create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others. I showed this when we created the conversation by using the ideas I had to help create the conversation. I built on the ideas of others by building on the ideas that my partners said.
Core Competency Reflection
I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way. I understood and shared information on the conversation in a organized way. We went through the notes to find everything we needed and then shared the information.
I think about what I am going to convey and to whom I will convey it. During this project I thought about the ideas I had for the conversation and I thought about whom I had to convey it to which was my partner.
I work with others to achieve a goal. I did this while working on the conversation. With the completed conversation as the goal I worked with my partner to achieve.
I take on roles and responsibilities in the group; I do my share. I did this by helping write the conversation and helping to type it out. I did my share while doing this project.
Goal
I can represent my learning and tell how it connects to my experience. I want to work on being able to connect my learning to the experiences I have. I also want to work on being able to represent it.
I feel like I grew in my story telling skills during this course. The artifact that I chose is the last leaf assignment which we had to write a backstory about a character of our choosing. I think that over the course my writing skills have improved. I was a lot of fun being able to write story. One of the best assignments that we got to do was write our own skit and then perform it. It was a lot of fun and it was a great opportunity to be creative.
Core Competencies Reflection
For my Core Competencies Reflection I chose the thinking competency. I think that I showed thinking by coming up with a solid backstory that made sense to the character I chose. I also showed thinking by helping to write the skit we created and making sure that it made sense. Next time I want to improve on getting it done faster. It took long time to finish both of the assignments and next time I want to finish them faster.
This is a picture of the mash-up lyrics we performed. It was my favorite song that we performed all year.
Curricular Competencies Reflection
I think that a musical skill I have shown with success was creating harmony and blending. During the concert the person next to me and I blended very well and created a pretty harmony. Some skills/techniques that I would like to improve on is increasing my range. I want to be able to hit the higher and lower notes. My plans to continue with music in the future is not really clear right now. I think it will be just playing around in my basement on my keyboard and guitar. Maybe a little bit of karaoke.
Core Competencies Reflection
For my Core Competency Reflection I chose to do the Communication one. Somewhere that I have used communication was when we were practicing for the performance we were all able to communicate what we liked and didn’t like about what we were performing. Something else that we were really good at communicating was the order of the songs we were going to perform. We were clear in the way we wanted to order them and then we did it and it went really well.
This assignment impacted how I have an unconscious bias to things that I don’t even realize. I hadn’t really realized how much my decisions and thoughts are unconsciously biased. For example, I have a peanut allergy so through this assignment I really recognized how much thought goes into the news I try and if I can have them or if I will react to them. This assignment has also revealed to me how many little things my family and I have in common. Sports are a big part of life on one side of my family, and I never really realized how much we have in common when it comes to things sports related. On the other side of my family food and gardening are a big part of life and I never noticed how much we have in common when it comes to that. So really this assignment opened my eyes to the unconscious biases I have and the things that I have in common with my family members.
Core Competency Reflection
I think my experiences such as playing games with my cousin influenced my choice of sports because he helped me be competitive and want to win. Yes, I would be competitive without him but I get more competitive when we try to one-up each other with our accomplishments.
Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in the paragraph because I communicated pretty clearly how the assignment made me notice thigs about myself that I would not have likely noticed without it.
Although I am challenged by a lot of little things, I can get through these challenges by tapping in to my perseverance and slowly but surely make it through all the little things that I find challenging.
I appreciate feedback on everything I ask about and prefer it comes in the form of honest but still kind words. Brutal honesty is sometimes wanted but if its not needed then I don’t really want it.
My Goal
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus I listen to music. My goal is to stop relying on music to help me refocus and try to be able to focus without it because I will not always have access to music.
Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include not spending a lot of time online. If I don’t spend a lot of time online then I can spend more time doing other things keeping a balanced online presence.
I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences, including affecting my future so I adjust my actions to make sure what is on the internet about me is what I want to be on the internet of me. For example, making sure what my friends of family post of me is what I want to be posted.
Some short/ long term goals with my digital spaces include connecting more with my family and friends online and spending a little less time online. My plan to achieve them is to randomly talk to my family and friends hoping to start a conversation and do something else in the time that I could be going online.
