Grade 10 is moving to fast. I can not believe we are already at the half way mark. That we’ve made it through the winter and now the summer is waiting just around the corner. (Not really) When I think about Mpols I think about last years and how unprepared I was and how I really did not know what I was doing. I think after 1 solid year in the program I might have a better grasp of what an Mpol draws from you and what it story it is telling. And I believe I have configured what story I would like to tell.
Now grade in 10, we have been exposed to many projects and many different assignments ranging from a no notes speech in front of parents and peers, to editing one of Justin Timberlake’s songs. I would like to show you the deeper meaning of each project and see what each project meant to me and what I learned from it.
I would like to touch base with the EduBlogs challenge. I was fascinated with the challenge and how much freedom it gave us as students. I found it really cool to be able to tie everything back into something that I love and or admire. Don’t get me wrong I was not a huge fan of it at the beginning, and I probably would not have done this project if it had been an extra curricular, but I learned a lot from it. I learned about helping others around the world who are having difficulty with certain topics while blogging, and I also learned how to build my blog so it is more friendly and easier to use.
Through the blogging challenge I realized that people across the globe could see my world and I struck up a conversation with someone in my comments! Alex (the person in my comments) helped me with my CBC writing prompt, and complimented my writing skills, which was very reassuring! We struck up a nice online friendship and I think that was my highlight of this challenge! I feel that I expressed my highest quality of learning in my posts and I was very proud of my work!
So heading back to my metaphor from before of editing Justin Timberlake’s song, I would like to talk about live loops. We visited Live Loops earlier in the year, and I don’t think it was as important as say the Pecha Kucha, but I learned so much about songs and the format in which you can play and tweak pre made songs and add any instrument or beat into it. This was all new information to me, because I had not done much work in garage band before this project. I worked really hard on my revised version of the song “Cant stop the feeling.” I deleted and copied almost every loop and tried so hard to make it sound like something totally different and yet still carry the original message. I felt very proud of my work, because I had put so much effort in to understand the loops and to create a unique piece of work. I think that his show my dedication to creating something that is my best piece of work all the time. I think it also shows how I am able to sign my name onto things, because if I enjoy the task I put my heart into it!
https://soundcloud.com/user-335030245/ecc-music-ch-2-act-2-cstf-p
This is my remix version of “Can’t Stop The Feeling.”
I would like to bring a point from the last example into this next one. If I enjoy the task I can put my heart and soul into it. This is quite a contradicting trait. I could really enjoy something and do a really good job, but I can also not really like a task and not be able to put all my effort into it. Most the time this side of me does not come out but if the task is something that I do not enjoy, or if I am doing the task with people who do not help, or listen, it becomes less than fun. The most recent example of this is the Seattle Video.
I had a really hard time in that project. I loved the idea behind it, the study of the “crazy” people and the thinking of a driving question, but when it came to the actual project I felt very lost. I did my fair share of work, but I felt that most of the work went to Luca O. I also felt very unorganized throughout this project. It was hard to complete that project and by the time I was done it was hard to sign my name on to it. It was hard to say that I was proud of the final project, and I feel bad because I feel that I should have picked up more slack, instead of choosing to do a fair share, and not pick up after others. I feel I may have learned the most from this project because I felt I did fail, and that I have learned how to deal with team members, and different personalities. I feel better on the other side of this project and will keep this project in mind when moving forward into other projects like it.
On a note that could be finagled to become attached to the last point, I would like to talk about PGP, and what it has done for my organization skills and what I have seen change throughout the corse of the journaling and the forms. I love to journal, I try to journal every night. I like journaling because I can share how I’m feeling, and what I’m feeling at any point. It also feels good to release stress sometimes when you can’t talk to a parent or friend about it. So for journaling to become part of my homework, I was sort of happy! Reflecting on the week has become a big part of my week, and it feels nice to have a reason and an excuse to write about the whole week. the journaling has had a positive impact on my weeks, but I think I owe most of the positive impact to the time blocking. I find it very soothing and organizing to be able to plan out my week so I can relax and be able to play around and have fun. I have learned a lot about the organizing of my life. I don’t want to time block everything to the minute, so that I still have freedom and don’t have to be so tied to a schedule.
This is my dream board. Each Piece may look like it is meaningless but everything has so much meaning, and I feel that this board has helped me to see what I want to become and how I want to spend my future!
Early in the year I also completed the More Happy Than Not trailer. I found the book very unsettling and I did not enjoy it much, but the creating of the trailer was a very incredible experience. I felt I totally upped my work level with it. My group did such good work filming and I was able to piece together the work into a very high quality piece of work. People in my class cried during the trailer, and I even got compliment from Lucas, saying that the editing quality was so good that you count even tell that it was filmed on a iPad and a phone.
I also recently presented my Pecha Kucha, I don’t think I have been so proud of a project ever before. I gave my heart and soul to that project, I knew it inside and out and was able to see any slide and know what I was saying word for word. I was so happy with how the project went down and how well people reacted to it. It was such a anxious and stressful preparation, but it was so rewarding to finally present it to others. I felt like I had learned so much about “crazy” people, and how to push the world forward. I would bring up a water next time though to make sure that my throat doesn’t dry up like it did. It was quite embarrassing!
To wrap this up, I would like to say that this term has been really successful for me, and I have been very proud of my work. In the coming term I would love to work harder on my goals in PGP. I will also hold my self to more exercise per week. In school I will push myself to become a presence that people can relay on, be more helpful, and kind. I am super excited to see what this next term brings, but I’m pretty sure I’m ready for anything, so bring it on!
My Question to end this presentation is : How can I achieve my goal of becoming more of a helpful/kind presence in the class?
Thank you!
Adlih
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