INTRO… Hello and welcome to my mPOL. Today I will be reflecting on my learning and areas of growth so far in PLP 9. Now for the: POL DECLARATION🫡: “Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own… Continue Reading mPOL ‘24 | The Tradition
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Destination Imagination Part 1
🤔Introduction Over the span of 3 months, I have taken part as a member of the Technical Team a.k.a. The Pinball Heroes in D.I. which is a PBL program with intentions to instill creativity in young learners. Although, we have come face to face with many revisions, inconveniences, and challenges we made it all the… Continue Reading Destination Imagination Part 1
The Rielity of Louis Riel | The Truth Behind the Most Controversial Man in Canadian History
Lunatic ➡️ Heroic 🤔Introduction In early January, we began to uncover the one of the biggest controversial icons in Canadian history, Louis Riel. Over this brief project, we had researched and viewed the portrayals and perspectives of Louis Riel. While gathering information, we particularly looked at primary sources ( e.g. statues) and secondary sources such… Continue Reading The Rielity of Louis Riel | The Truth Behind the Most Controversial Man in Canadian History
Louis Riel’s Courageous Battle for the Métis
Louis Riel was a political representative of the Metiś people born in Winnipeg, 1844. Throughout Riel’s life, he was in an endless battle against the Canadian government for equality, respect, and land rights for the Metiś. In 1870 Riel served a 5 year exile sentence in America, due to his role as a leader of… Continue Reading Louis Riel’s Courageous Battle for the Métis
Men in Wigs | The American Revolution (1765-1783)
You may be asking yourself right now « what the heck is a metaphor machine? », and trust me when I say I was wondering the same question when the PLP teachers launched this memorable project. Essentially, they are metaphor machines. These machines are metaphors for various revolutions in which we had studied solo prior to group… Continue Reading Men in Wigs | The American Revolution (1765-1783)
584 Takes Later… ( Thrill Us )
🤔Introduction Thrill Us was a Maker project where we applied the filmmaking skills that we had learned prior to the project such as learning about angles and just conducting a thrilling storyline. 📈What Were Some of the Key Things I Learned? – Collaboration Skills in the sense that, we all had a collective goal of… Continue Reading 584 Takes Later… ( Thrill Us )
Loon Lake in a Nutshell
🤔Introduction From November 27-December 1, PLP 9 travelled to Loon Lake and nobody knew what to expect. Little did we knwo that this expedition provided physical challenges, trust falls, communication skills, but as a whole, challenging ourselves. 📈What Were Some of the Things I Learned? – We learned what type of leadership style we were… Continue Reading Loon Lake in a Nutshell
Take Your Kid To Work Day…
On November 1st, all grade 9s across Canada go to their parents work. In my case, I went to Dad’s small business, Meat The Butcher. It was an informative yet, enjoyable experience as I learned about aspects of butchery such as meat slicing, tying, as well as the entrepreneurial side to things such as accounting,… Continue Reading Take Your Kid To Work Day…
Alberta – PLP 9- Reflection (Humanities)
Introduction… In this reflection, I will be reflecting on my previous trip to Alberta based on my humanities assignments mainly my Field Study Journal and my Five Themes of Geography comic life. Some big factors that I will be covering are my: My Thesis Answer to the driving question The visuals of my book Strengths–… Continue Reading Alberta – PLP 9- Reflection (Humanities)
Alberta- PLP 9- Reflection (Maker)
Introduction… Over my second PLP trip, I think I had learned a lot more since this time in comparison to the Oregon trip as a result, I was ready and knew what I had to do on the trip so that I wasn’t struggling afterwards. At every location I was ready to process information and… Continue Reading Alberta- PLP 9- Reflection (Maker)