Welcome to the new 2017 tPOLs! A.K.A the Transitional Presentation of Learning, these are similar to the SLCs, except that we are focusing more on why we should be in the next grade. The driving question for this end of the year tPOL is, Why do I feel I am ready to advance to the next grade? Well, here we go!
So it’s time to reflect on an example of my learning, which this year in general has had some great growth! An example of the work I’m most proud of was in the DI Provincials, I felt I had a lot of growth, I thought of the DI regionals as a first draft, which had time to be revised and perfected through the process of taking more time and precision, and processing better thoughts into DI, and then the Provincial performance, or in my mind the “Second Draft”, I felt my DI performance was even better after I got time to revise, and helped lead us to winning 1st place in our Performance and Instant challenge! That’s why I’m giving it a place on an example of my learning growth! I feel this definitely fits to a part of why I am ready to advance to the next grade.
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Alrighty, sooo, what else to reflect on? Oh, how about my growth as a learner. Well, just a while ago we were working on our Frankenstuffie Videos, which combine humanities, and science! Crazy, huh? I feel this shows my growth as a learner, and is one of the reasons to advance to the next grade, I feel that I got to take my time and put all my effort into this, we had a few drafts, so we could get critique and make them better, because there always is something that could be better! In the end I was content with this project, and it shows my growth from the start of the year for sure. Read more about it below.
Another great example of my learning this year was my Blue Sky Project, man, I actually really enjoyed this project. This project was different in a way than any other, and the Blue Sky Project in general, brings many cool concepts and ideas to the table, for the main audience of our parents, as well as other local Teachers, Adults, and Piers to view. My Blue Sky project was based on keeping a guitar in tune, as guitars tend to commonly go out of tune over time, or even through bumping them into something, my project really shined this year, and I’m very proud of it, I even had some people say that I should “Put it on the market”, or “I like the concept of this”. Read more below.
The learning I have experienced his year has been tremendous, and this will forever be a great chapter of my life, I want to cherish these memories of PLP, and still apply the concept of the program even to mainstream school. Once again, my name is Quinn Helgason, and I hope you enjoyed, and learned a little bit about me.