This year is Canada’s 150th birthday, and we have been asked to make a short video explaining what Canada means to us. This video will go up on Here’s my Canada, and will be entered to win a prize!

My video is very simple, just me talking to the camera about how multicultural Canada is and how close to nature most of it is. I didn’t do any fancy editing because I thought that special effects would draw the viewers attention away from the point of the video. There was also some nice ambiance in the background, so I didn’t add any music.

When we were first assigned this video I got a clear idea of what I wanted it to be like, but I couldn’t film it until it was nice enough weather. Because of this, I just wrote a plan for what I was going to do. Underneath I wrote a script that I loosely followed while filming. In the end I decided to not film it where I originally planed. I had planed to film it on McCartney Creek Trail which is a short walk from my house, but I decided to film it in my back yard.

I chose to talk about multiculturalism because in the recent times of war, poverty and, in some places, racism, lots of people are moving/fleeing to Canada. And a few months after those people move, they will no longer be living in fear and war. They will be safe, and they wont have to be scared or sad. This to me is really important, people being safe and not scared of war or needing to participate in one.

If you’ve seen the video, you will know I talk about how close to nature most of Canada is. I thought talking about it would bring up something I hear a lot of when people talk about their visits to Canada. “It’s beautiful” “Its so close to nature” “I’d love to live near a forest there”. Lots of popular places in Canada are close to nature, and if they’re not… you’re not in Canada.

That’s what I love about Canada; its very multicultural and safe for immigrants. It’s also beautiful and close to nature. Happy 150 Canada!

In PLP, we are always showing our work to other people, but today I will be showing you some of mine. I have three different examples of work that I am most proud of that I would like to show you.

Firstly, I am most proud of this learning portfolio. Its been really cool to be able to post what I’ve learned, and I enjoy posting some of my thoughts and opinions in some casual, not school related posts. I’d have to say that my favourite post is probably either “Overwatch for Christmas” or “Why I like tofu“.

During our Oregon trip we had to make three ads, one business, one tourist, and one advocating tsunami safety. My favourite was the tsunami advocation ad. I’m not entirely sure why its my favourite, but it is probably my favourite because of how realistic it seems. I got a picture of a Jetty from the Oregon coast, and put “this Jetty won’t save you from a tsunami” at the top. I then put “Knowing this will” at the bottom next to a picture from www.oregontsunami.com. The picture was just some info on what to do during a tsunami.

Last stop! Destination Imagination!

I think the thing im most proud of was just completing our challenge. I was in a team with Jamie, Marshal, Tamara, Daniel, and Luca O.G., and our challenge was to build two free standing structures that will work together to support weight. These structures had to be built out of balsa wood, and glue. I am honestly surprised we managed to get into provincials with what we had. Our structures were way to big and way to heavy, so nearly HALF our possible points were lost before we even began. However, we did manage to improv a really good presentation, which did incorporate our failures involving the structures. I’m also proud of myself for not passing out during the day. I was really sick.

In terms of my learning on this blog, im very proud of learning some of the little things in customization, as well as in posts themselves.

I’m proud of learning how to add photos to my posts, as well as embedding videos into the posts so they can be watched from the page.

I’d say the post that demonstrated my learning the most was the “Google year-in Review” post because it taught me how to embed both videos and links to different pages. I think this will be very important in the future because it will allow me to make posts that are better and dont take you to a different page, so you don’t get off topic/my blog.

Finally, Growth mindset. I have a growth mindset about my schoolwork and classes in school. Honestly, I didn’t have much of a growth mindset during D.I. There were some ideas presented, and some props that had a different design then I anticipated and I wasn’t too happy about it upon seeing them. However, we made them work, and we pulled through and managed to get into provincials.