Why is oral history considered less reliable than written history. Both versions of history are biased, so why is one version considered more accurate than the other. One reason that some people might suggest is that oral history is less reliable because you can lie. Fine, fair enough. But what people donāt seem to consider […]
Read more "Written History vs Oral History"āThank 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 learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and […]
Read more "Terminal Presentation of Learning"Who here has heard of Dragons Den or Shark Tank. In case you havenāt heard of these shows, they are about people who come on the show with a business proposition for the hosts of the show, and the hosts then decide if they want to agree to the deal. For my most recent project […]
Read more "Into the Dragons Den"Have you ever wondered what it takes to be crazy. Well in this PLP Project, we learned a new meaning of crazy. It all started with the Apple āCrazy Onesā video. This video talked about how we need crazy people to change the world. In this case, the word crazy was used to describe the […]
Read more "Pikachu Presentation"Who am I going to be. The answer that I would like to say is an author, but thatās not the right answer to the question. If you were to ask what do you want to do when youāre older, then I would say an author, but these are two very different questions. No one […]
Read more "Who are you gonna be?"When asked to describe a Canadian, one of the first words that might pop into your head is the word: Sorry. One of the biggest reasons for this would be the common stereotype that Canadians are always apologizing for things. This isnāt to say that this stereotype is unjustified (I have said sorry when someone […]
Read more "Itās not a Turkey Tree!"You might be asking yourself, what is a Pre-POL. A better question is why. Thatās the question I ask myself. Remember that blog that I did about a T-POL a while ago, or the one about the M-POL. Both of there were my Gr 9 presentations of learning. Well now Iāve been told to do […]
Read more "Pre-POL (yaaay(lacks enthusiasm))"When someone says name a war, most people will think of one of the World Wars. But why is that. Probably because from grades 6-10 thatās been a big part of the school curriculum. But do we really need all that war? Thatās what this project was about. This project was a very different one […]
Read more "The Importance of War (why we learn it)."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 learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and […]
Read more "tPOL: the book"MPoL. Again. Yaaaaaaaaay (because text doesnāt show this, this line is said with lots of sarcasm). In case you donāt know, MPoL stands for mid year presentation of learning. Itās a time half way through the year where I self asses how well Iāve been doing this year and what I can improve upon. Oh […]
Read more "Mpol Pt. 17 (or some other number)"