A: Something that I learned was how to properly perform CPR. I knew about chest compressions before, but know I actually know the amount of pressure and speed needed, as well as the ratio of the number of compressions to the number of chin tilt breaths.
B: A key takeaway of this unit for me is that everybody should have a knowledge of CPR to help save as many lives as we can.
C: This unit connects to our previous nutrition unit because they both concern health. There’s also things to do with nutrition that can lead to higher or lower chances of going into cardiac arrest.
Core Competency Reflection
“In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by… “
I do this by asking lots of questions with my fellow classmates to make sure I am on the same page as everyone else. I also answer other people’s questions when I can.
“One lesson that stimulated my thinking about the importance of CPR was… “
I would have to say that the entire unit stimulated my thinking about just how important it is to be trained should the moment arrive where someones life is in crisis.
“In this unit, I am proud that I accomplished …. By ….”
I am proud of my mark on the written test. I felt a lot more confident when doing the assessment of actually performing CPR on a doll and using an AED, but luckily the test went well and I was able to remember almost all of the technical information.
“Identify and use appropriate tools, technologies, materials, and processes for production”
It is very important when cooking to know all of your ingredients, equipment, and techniques needed. Whenever I am not sure what something is/means, I will first check my recipe to see if it is explained there. If I am still not sure, I’ll ask one of my other group members. On the occasion that no one in my group knows it, I will then go and ask the teacher. Asking questions is a crucial part of learning.
“Decide on how and with whom to share prepared food product”
As much as I love eating the food I make, I especially love sharing it with people I care about. However, this all depends on what exactly I make. Often, we will cook or bake something that is just for ourselves or to split with our partner, which we will eat in class. These have been things like Eggs/Omelets, Breakfast Hash, French Toast Créme Brûlée, or a Grilled Cheese Sandwich. But when we make multiple things such as Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Scones, Lemon Blueberry Muffins, Pancakes, Montreal Bagels, Brownies, and Sugar Cookies, I get to eat some and still have others of the product to give to somebody else. My priority when we make things like this is to save some for my parents. If there’s more than enough for them to both try one, then I’ll give some to one of my friends! I can also bring home leftovers of certain dishes like Tomato soup for my family.
Core Competency Reflection
“The ways I communicate while cooking differ from how I communicate at ____ (soccer/ work/ hockey/ piano lessons/ family events/etc) in these ways:”
Communicating in the kitchen takes lots of patience, understanding, determination, and willing to compromise. I communicate quite differently there than when at my basketball practices and piano lessons, for example. Basketball and cooking with others both need similar communication styles, as in both you are working with others to achieve a common goal. With cooking and Piano, things are less full-body than basketball (most of the time) and you are essentially translating written work into real life art (sheet music into music, recipes into food). I would say that lab test days and individual recipes are more similar to my thought processes and amount of communicating when in piano, and recipes with partners are more similar to when I play basketball. However, in all three you need quick thinking, passion, devotion, logical thinking, and some form of communication.
“When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I…”
There are lots and lots of opportunities where you will need to work with people you don’t know well. I find the best way to do this is to get to know each other first! Talking with each other, breaking the ice, and learning about the others makes working together so much easier than if you were to jump straight into it. I really enjoy the level of collaboration used in this class and completing any tasks in life are less stressful when you can rely on someone else for certain things, even if it’s just someone to talk to.
“One of the ways I ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to…”
The way I make sure that everyone is on the same page is to talk with each other before we actually begin to cook. We are always given a few minutes to discuss our plan with our partner before going and grabbing our ingredients, which I appreciate.
“Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in…”
My goal is to improve on communicating clearly and purposefully more often, since I sometimes choose to just not say anything. To achieve this goal, I will remember that this is my goal and keep it in the back of my mind. Then, the next time there’s an opportunity for my to speak up in a way that may be helpful, I will.
“When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I …. to help calm myself or create space in my mind to…”
When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I take a little break from writing to help calm myself or create space in my mind to continue working later on.
“When faced with ambiguity or setbacks, I… to advance the development of my ideas.”
When faced with ambiguity or setbacks, I take some deep breaths and think happy thoughts.
“One strategy or activity that stimulates my imagination is…”
One strategy that stimulates my imagination is thoughtful breathing and stepping away from the computer sometimes.
My goal would have to be to have “an area of writing in which I feel confident to develop new ideas”.
To achieve my goal, I will focus on specific areas of writing and work on them until one in specific stands out to me and I can feel confident in my ability in it.
“I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others.”
I had to come up with lots of my own ideas for how to use the required elements of the conversation, have proper grammar in Spanish, and to make the conversation flow and sound good. But, a lot of my work was acknowledging and building on the ideas of my partners. The entire thing was a very collaborative effort and we were constantly bouncing ideas off of each other and using each others thoughts.
“I can reflect on my thinking.”
By being forced to do this edublog, I am reflecting on my thinking. Using these core competencies, I can explain my process when doing the conversation assignment.
“I can tell the difference between facts and opinions.”
I am able to tell when there is a difference in opinion, and when something is actually wrong. A lot of the times, me and my partners had different thoughts so we had to compromise. However, some times one of us would make a little mistake in spelling or something and that was something that we had to correct in a polite and respectful manner.
More Competencies.
“I work with others to achieve a goal.”
As said earlier, this project was a very collaborative effort and we made sure to work together throughout all stages of work. We were communicating a lot and we were very happy with the end product.
“I recognize my emotions and use strategies to manage them.”
I don’t know how my emotions relate to this project but yes I can acknowledge my emotions and deal with them in a healthy way, in and out of the school workplace.
“I find it easy to be part of a group”
I enjoyed working with my partners in this project. We all got along very well and we worked really well together.
“I ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener.”
My partners and I were asking each other lots of questions during the whole process. I was taking into account everybody’s thoughts and the end result is a combination of our collaboration and a group effort.
Goal
“I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself.
That is a goal that I have to work on as an “I CAN” statement. I will achieve that goal by showing a sense of joy after working hard and being more proud of my work.
1. I make digital ethical choices such as having all of my accounts private as well as double-checking those privacy settings, thinking about the possible consequences before posting anything, not giving strangers my real name, and just consciously making smart choices online in general.
2. Some of the ways I work to build and maintain online relationships are having positive conversations with friends by text, messaging people congratulations/happy birthday on special events, positively commenting on friends’ posts, and only building online friendships with people that I know in real life.
3. My online support network is helpful to me because they complement/lift me up, share healthy strategies, share laughs and funny moments, and also remind me about important upcoming events/things I need to get done.
“I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself.” This project was something that both me and my partner worked very hard on. I was quite happy when we finished the project, and I felt very accomplished when I saw the end result. I am very proud of how the presentation turned out, and I can express that with my own emotions.
Communication
“I can ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener.” I asked many questions throughout this project for my own comprehension, and the understanding of others as well. I asked the teacher whenever I had an inquiry about the requirements of the project. I also asked respectful questions about other people’s presentations when they were done and it was time for questions.
Through creating this movie I learned that when reading a piece of literature, if you pay attention to the description of each character, you can figure out what each character’s markers are. In the story of Peter Quince that I was given, it did not talk about Quince’s physical markers very much, so I had to make the avatar based mainly on my imagination. However, the story did talk about what kind of a person Quince was, and I think that is reflected in the avatar I created for him. I learned that the setting of a story is figured out by the descriptions of the characters’ surroundings. I also learned that stories can have multiple settings! I learned that mood is the vibe of the story, and how the story makes you feel. Mood can be figured out by paying attention to the events of a story, and how those events are described. The song I chose for the video is a rather funky beat, which I think fits the storyline because the scene where Bottom turned into a donkey was pretty wild.
Core competency reflection
I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself.
I took joy in completing this video, and felt proud in the work I did.
I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others.
I made a lot of the slides on the video, where with each I added titles, text, a VoiceOver, and a picture of my choosing to represent a scene from the story. I also changed some of my ideas and adjusted based off of some of my partner’s ideas.
I can persevere over time to develop my ideas, and I expect setbacks and failure, but use that to develop my ideas.
I took time to choose a lot of choices I made for the video, and I was able to adjust to the challenges I faced and use them to improve some of my choices.
I can reflect on my thinking.
I reflected on all of my ideas, some of which I stuck with and some of which I decided after some thinking that they were better off changed.
