Characterization Core Competency Reflection
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My first Year
My Grade 9 Year
This year I enjoyed learning new things in Social Studies, Science, and Spanish. In Social Studies I liked learning about the First Nation fur trade I learnt about how the Europeans were unfair in trading to the First Nation people. In Science this year I liked doing labs where we would do experiments in the science lab, we’ve done a lab where we check if things were conductive by putting it in water and seeing if it lights up a light bulb. In Spanish I’ve learnt different words, phrases, countries and descriptive words.
A Useful Education Website
Desmos | Scientific Calculator. https://www.desmos.com/scientific. Accessed 11 Mar. 2024.
In math 9 almost the entire class would use this calculator because it’s a lot better than other calculators. Desmos has lots of different calculators in it like a graphing, geometry, and science calculators.
A Useful Educational Video
In math 9 I used this video at home to learn Polynomials when I wouldn’t understand it.
A Useful Educational Image
I think this photo is good because lots of time I’m not very motivated to finish something some this is helpful to tell me to stop when I’m done.
An Inspirational Quote
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken – Oscar Wilde
What I think this quote is trying to say is don’t be someone you’re not. I think that is important for school that don’t change for other people and just be yourself.
Works Cited
100+ Most Famous Quotes Of All Time (Updated 2024). 9 Jan. 2019, https://wisdomquotes.com/famous-quotes/.
“Inspirational Pictures.” Bing, https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=krz8NY%2bw&id=CB144391DA584AE5292833AD4F9DB0EB5F1E16D8&thid=OIP.krz8NY-wyRgAcv9nNG2aNgHaHa&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.success.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2flegacy%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2f9_15.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.92bcfc358fb0c9180072ff67346d9a36%3frik%3d2BYeX%252buwnU%252btMw%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=2048&expw=2048&q=inspirational+pictures&simid=607995403609664043&FORM=IRPRST&ck=94891CD887B7BCDD5C725D9BE7F14C4D&selectedIndex=2&itb=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0. Accessed 11 Mar. 2024.
Core Competencies Self Assessment
Competency #1: “I can gather, select, evaluate and synthesize information”.
I gather lots of materials from different things we’ve learnt like from our French Revolution unit. When we would learn things I was trying to be good about writing it all down so I could study for later. If I don’t have some of the information I’ll ask the guy beside me for the information.
Competency #2: “I can explore and engage with materials and sources”.
With all of the material I have, usually before a test I’ll write all the things I think are important down on one paper. Days before up until the day of I’ll review what that paper has just to remind my mind. When we have Kahoots lots of times Ms. Mattson puts up the Kahoots on Teams that I’ll review.
Scale Factor Project Reflection
- One of the ways I ensure my group in clear on the common purpose is to ask they if they understand or explain something twice. If I did something I will ask my partner or partners if why I did is good to them and they agree with what I wrote
- If I notice people getting bored or talking about random things, that’s a sign that my group needs help and we ca get support by asking the people around us. We can also get help by asking the teacher what were supposed to do or re-read the instructions.
- I show other that I truly value their contributions by saying its good but by asking them to say more about what they are saying.
ADL Social Studies – Ethical Judgement
Reflection Questions – Is it justified to deny the rights of people in order to industrialize?
A) How did the use of AI assist you in developing this project
AI helped search for questions quicker and gave me new ideas.
B) How did you ensure that the work you created was still your own, rather than just a product of the AI
most of the things i wrote were from my head and not from IA.
C) Did you agree with the position you had to argue? Why or why not?
a little because you can use a little force but not a lot without people fighting back
Competency Reflect
When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I try and get to know the person better.
One of the ways I ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to ask them if they understand it and know what I’m saying.
Technology & Wellbeing Reflection
To take care of my stress I will normally just take a break and come back to it
technology I think is a stressor and a coping mechanism, technology can certainly cause stress with all the things on the internet to put you down or when you don’t understand technology. Personally technology is probably more of a coping mechanism rather then a stressor. Technology this year has been more of a coping mechanism, because if I need a break from something I usually go on technology.
Core Competency Reflection
I find it easy to be part of a group – I do find it easy to be part or in a group, when I’m with a group It’s easy to talk to people and fit in. I also find it easy because I like being around people and talking to others
I am kind to others, and support others when they need it – Sometimes I’m not very nice to people but when I recognize people need help or comforting I will try and be nice and comfort them. I think good at comforting as long as I know I need to comfort someone.
I demonstrate respectful, inclusive behavior – I am usually respectful but lots of times I make rude joke not trying to harm the other person but trying to lift people up but some people don’t apricate my jokes.
Personal/Social Reflection
My 2023/2024 Year Goals
Reflection:
I think most of my goals were reasonable and I can complete them but others I’m not so sure of. For example “Finish my assignments on time” my be hard with do football because I might miss some classes when we are doing assignments. Another hard on to complete is “Get 1 extending” as I have heard from you and other teachers getting an extending is very hard to get. Some goals won’t be too hard to do as some are “Get more plays in football” and “Drink more water during practice”. Overall i think the goal are reasonable and have some challenge to them.
Ethical Judgement on Residential School
I Statement: I can make an ethical judgement about the treatment of children in Indian Residential Schools.
Residential School where clearly not good but here are some reasons why, in these schools kids were taken away when they were very young and sometimes didn’t come back home after. These kids were given number almost like the Holocaust, the kids were physically and mentality abused. The people who survived the Residential Schools are scared for life, they were taught that there culture was wrong. The people who ran the School were told to (Beet the Indian out of the kids). That’s why the Residential School.
Digital Footprint – Keeping Myself Safe
#DigitalFootprint #PersonalSocialCC
Question 1) An Explanation of why internet safety and being positive is important.
Internet safety is very important especially now with all the different types of devices to access the internet like phones, computers, tablets ETC. People can find so many things about you including finding where you live, your credit card information and many other things. It is important to be positive because the rate of depression is going up especially during the pandemic. With the web I think people are getting more depressed because human connection is on a low, due to people texting and calling. Although calling and texting is helping because people have online friends and people they know in other places.
Question 2) Examples of unsafe and negative activities.
There are many ways to be unsafe and doing negative activities online, one of the ways is putting your school, city/province in the bio of your social media’s. More ways are using the same passwords for multiple accounts or something simple like “PASSWORD”. Agreeing to things without reading them like term and conditions, or buying things online with out checking if it’s authentic. My last way is engaging in cyberbullying or putting hateful comments on post.
Question 3) A description of the steps everyone can take to be positive and stay safe.
Seeing if the website is safe and trust worthy, by looking at the left of the website you just searched and looking if it has a lock symbol. Make sure the links you press and the things you download are safe and won’t hack your computer or give you a virus. When buying things check if the supplier is a real business and not someone stealing your money. the last thing I am going to say is don’t look at things that might degrade you and make you sad.
Personal/Social Competency Reflection
Question 2) Examples of unsafe and negative activities.
This ones kind of personal because some of the things I said I don’t even follow. Things I don’t do are using good passwords my passwords are usually very basic and easy to guess, and I don’t read the terms and conditions (like most people).
Works Cited
“Top 10 Internet Safety Rules & What Not to Do Online.” Usa.Kaspersky.Com, 30 June 2023, https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/preemptive-safety/top-10-internet-safety-rules-and-what-not-to-do-online.
Staying Safe Online | Childline. https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/staying-safe-online/. Accessed 16 Oct. 2023.
McNally, Catherine. “How to Stay Safe Online.” Reviews.Org, 26 Jan. 2023, https://www.reviews.org/internet-service/how-to-stay-safe-online/.
“12 Simple Things You Can Do to Be More Secure Online.” PCMAG, https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/12-simple-things-you-can-do-to-be-more-secure-online. Accessed 16 Oct. 2023.
