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Tech Leadership Final Reflection

Posted on by under Communication, Core Competencies, Grade 11, Tech Leadership

My artifact: This is a page of the Centennial course planning site that I worked on with a group of tech leaders.

Curricular Competencies Reflection

“Work collaboratively with others in a leadership group in order to positively influence the Centennial community .”

I demonstrated this competency when working on this project because of all the collaboration I was involved in to update the course planning website before course planning opened for the year. I did this by attending meetings and work parties to discuss ideas with others and organize what duties I could take on. As a group, we added new courses and descriptions to the website, added new images and videos (like the video I embedded for the Foundations of Inquiry course), and made the website more accurate, detailed, and functional.

Core Competencies Reflection – Personal/Social

“I can participate in group activities that improve the class, school, or community.”

I grew in this competency by spending a lot of time in groups, working with other tech leaders and teachers to improve and change the website. I volunteered time to work on this job to help the school community and get the website as good and accessible for other students as we could. I communicated with leaders that had done this last year whenever I had a question about the website, as well as contacted teachers to confirm course information and get their classes displayed as nicely as possible. I used the Divi builder on the edublog website to make changes and was responsible in my time management skills throughout the course of multiple weeks.

Transforming Parabolas

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By altering the a, h, and k values in this quadratic equation, I made a parabola that looks very different from the parent function when graphed. The a value, -2, made the parabola compressed (more narrow) than the parent function and this function opens downwards because that value is negative. The h value, -3, shifted the vertex of the parabola 3 to the left from the origin. The k value, -3, shifted the vertex of the parabola 3 down from the origin. All of these variables were responsible for how my parabola looks, and why it is different from the parent function.

Self-Assessment

  1. How did you represent the same mathematical idea in multiple ways in this assignment?

I compared two equations of parabolas, one of which is really an altered version of the parent function. I explained why the two are different, and exactly what variables changed each aspect of the parabola that is different from its parent.

2. State the relevant mathematical vocabulary words you used to demonstrate your understanding.

Quadratic equation, parent function, parabola, origin, value, variable, vertex

3. How did you use formatting to share this information in a clear and organized way?

I used the graphing calculator from Desmos to show the 2 parabolas on the same graph, screenshotted it and added text to label the vertexes. Then I embedded that image, as well as one I took of the quadratic equations, into this post.

Literary Studies 11

Posted on by under Core Competencies, English 11, Grade 11

My Artifact

My Learning

For this assignment, I had to use creative thinking skills, as well as critical knowledge of grammar and sentence structure to write an alternate ending to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”. Doing this assignment taught me a deeper understanding of the play, since I had to revisit characters and their motives, as well as look at the events of the play to write a logical ending. It taught me more about writing since the best way to improve on it is to get more experience doing it, it taught me when to separate paragraphs when writing in the style of a novel, and it also taught me more about spelling and punctuation overall.

Core Competency Reflection

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

This entire assignment was a way for me to build off of Shakespeare’s already written story and then put my own twist on it. I had to look at what he wrote and why, and I made sure to not make too many changes to the previous acts of the play because I wanted to keep as much of the original as possible and just add my own ending.

“An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is… ”

I have spent a lot of time learning about this play. We began with learning a bit of the author’s history, then dove into reading the play both out loud as a class and silently on our own. We also watched a movie adaptation, I completed a number of assignments about Macbeth, and there was also a test on the play.

B.C. First Peoples Reflection

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“What has changed in terms of your perspective with First Nations people? What has led to this change?”

Throughout the course of this semester, I have learned about the many First Nations within British Columbia and their beliefs, ceremonies, stories, games, resource management, community roles, and much more. I’ve learned further about the Residential schools, how First Nations communities used to live before the settlers arrived, the relationships between First Nations people and traders during the Fur Trade, and the history of reserves and treaties. Through projects, assignments, journal entries, a novel study, guest speakers, and field trips, I have developed a much deeper understanding and perspective of both the history of First Peoples and how they currently live and operate in Canada. I’ve demonstrated multiple of the Core Competencies. Social Awareness and Responsibility is about working towards understanding the value of diversity and working with others to find solutions to benefit everyone in the community. Positive Personal and Cultural Identity is about building relationships with others and sharing your strengths and values. Personal Awareness and Responsibility is about understanding your own health, work habits, and how you fit into your community.

Connecting Media and Psychological Disorder Mind Map Reflection

Posted on by under Core Competencies, Grade 11

Core Competency Reflection

“I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way.”

I designed this mind map so that the information on it is neat, concise and spread out. I made sure to plan how much of an explanation I was going to give for each psychological perspective so that they would take up around the same amount of space as the song lyrics.

“I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself”

I was very proud of this assignment and my thinking, and I took pride in being on top of the work and handing it in early.

“I deliberately learn about things that interest me, and new ideas pop into my head.”

When we had to select a piece of media for the assignment, I chose a song that I was already familiar with, which made it very easy to make connections with the lyrics. Because I incorporated something I was interested in, I enjoyed doing this assignment.

Research Assignment Reflection

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Communication Core Competency

“I work with others to achieve a goal.”

For this assignment, me and my group had to create a survey asking other students the best possible questions to collect data for our hypothesis. We were all communicating with each other, (suggesting things and asking each other questions), and everyone’s ideas made it into the survey. It was a group effort and together we completed the assignment.

Personal/Social Core Competency

“I demonstrate respectful, inclusive behaviour.”

While working in this group, I was always actively listening to my partners when they were speaking. I respected all of their ideas and contributions. I did my part in the project and was grateful for the work they did as well.

Thinking Core Competency

“I can analyze evidence to make judgements.”

A large part of this project was the reflection was examining the responses we got. We calculated the mean, mode, median, standard deviation, and correlation coefficient of the survey results. I was able to look at this data and determine what we found out, and how it compared to our hypothesis.

Social Studies 10 Reflection

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Demography Project

Socials Reflection

I used Personal and Social core competencies when creating this presentation on Italy’s population and developments by researching Italy’s culture, being aware of their country’s differences and similarities to Canada, and using my social responsibility to recommend steps they take in the future to decrease two of their main issues.

Personal/Social Reflection

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My 2022/2023 Year

I have played lots of Basketball this year, at one point playing on two different teams at once.

I have learned a lot of new songs on my piano.

I got 2 Top Student awards in semester 1

Areas to Improve

GoalsAction Plans
Get to school on timeWake up earlier
Get more sleepGo to bed earlier

Core Competencies: CLE 10

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I give, receive, and act on constructive feedback. 

When creating my resume, I went over it multiple times with my teacher before the final copy was made and handed in. We discussed formatting, wording, and a bunch of ways to improve it overall. I made many changes to it after getting feedback, which led to the final product. The resume now looks neat, professional, and the information is concise and useful.  

Who I Am Presentation

I can plan ways to make my message clear and engaging for my audience and create communications that focus on a variety of purposes and audiences. 

When creating this “Who I Am” presentation to share with the class, my main goal was to make it interesting and fun for the audience, my classmates. I used a variety of different ways of showing information, including using images to enhance my ideas. I included lots of text in my PowerPoint but didn’t read it verbatim; I summarized my key points. I read it in a natural and confident voice and answered my peers’ questions at the end. 

Podcast Review Poster

I can describe how some specific choices can affect my well-being and participate in activities that support my well-being. 

For this assignment, we had to listen to and review a podcast related to the goal we set. Since my goal was to get up earlier/get to school on time, I chose a podcast about sleeping and how to relax at night. This benefitted me because it not only helped the goal I set for an assignment, but it actually helped with my health. 

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