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 for offering feedback that I can use to improve as a learner.
Im excited for this year to come to end. Not just because school is over, but because school is ending and Im proud of myself as a learner this year. But Why am I ready to move on as a learner?
I’ve grown this year. A lot. If you look back on where I was a year ago, I wouldn’t recognize myself. I am able to recognize that I was unmotivated and not a good learner. My goal this year was to be able to “lock in”. I remember mentioning this goal at my MPOL as well. I dont know how the teachers may perceive this, but I know for myself, I feel as thought I put in my best effort into all my projects and I went outside of my comfort zone to strive to be the best learner I can be.
Something that can show my growth this year is my VMV. This time I want to talk about a different goal. I’d like to talk about my self-regulation goal. I find this being the most importantly goal, especially considering Im going into grade 11 next year. Being able to balance my time between personal time and school is incredibly important. I know Im very good at procrastinating so thats why I’ve focused extra in the past couple months on knowing what projects are due when, and knowing when I need to work on them so that they’re on time and my work doesnt feel rushed. One of the reasons why I love the semester system so much is because it helps me spread out my workload so I can manage my stress levels and keep my anxiety down. Something I’ve created on my iPad to keep myself focused is by utilizing the focus mode feature. I love being able to change my focuses so that I can make it more difficult to go onto apps that could distract me while I work.
Another part of my Self-Regulation goal was being able to seek help from my teachers or parents. I started using this skill a lot more for our speech project. I was constantly asking my dad and my mom with helping writing, and performing my speech. This project was a huge step out of my comfort zone, and really helps me reflect back on the one goal I had going into PLP. My choice to come to PLP was to experience a different type of learning and to improve on my confidence in my public speaking skills. Im not sure if the teachers would see this now, but I was very very shy and quiet in elementary school, and I was the worst public speaker ever. Then when I found out we were doing speeches, I took this as an opportunity to challenge myself and to write a strong speech that would require me to properly present it to the class. I believe that I delivered my speech to the best of my abilities, and I was able to write a strong speech because I chose a topic that matters so much to me.
Canadas Commitment to Woman’s Rights
Another project I took a lot of self regulation and independence was the change makers project. This was one of the most difficult, yet fun projects I’ve made this entire year. It was difficult for me to make because I had to create my entire own project. Everything that the teachers taught us about either related towards DisneyWorld or Capilano Suspension Bridge. Because I had no teacher guidance on making a video about Japan, I had to take charge and research different places in Japan that would help me create an interesting video about the power of people collaborating. This fun part of this project was that I got to just play around in both the TeamLabs, and just do a little bit of recording and then do some editing once I got back. TeamLabs was the perfect place to go to because I learned a lot about the processes behind creating it and the colloboration between so many different jobs. When my dad and I were waiting to leave, he taught me what he thought was the processes behind the interactive walls was, which added another level of learning. And obviously this was my favourite project because I was in Japan for it.
This isn’t a specific project, and it doesnt exactly relate to my topic of self-regulation, but I really want to talk about being a DRI. I’ve done 3 projects in a row in humanities now, where I’ve chosen to be, or have had others choose for me, that I would group DRI. Throughout differnt projects in the past, I’ve chosen to take charge of a group and apply leadership,but this is the first time I’ve been given an official role. Because I had an official role, it was more stressful to be the appointed leader, but Im proud of myself for taking on the official responsibility because it taught me how to be able to complete my work, as well as guide others to competing their work at a high standard. I find it exciting to be the DRI now, and I have learned more about myself as well. I know that my favourite role is as the leader because I like the control and being able to help everyone accomplish their own goal. And as Ms Madsen said, I am also bossy so it’s perfect for me.
So why am I ready to move on as a learner? Something that I’ve strived to work on this year is being efficient while also creating exceeding work. I want to be able to take good use of my time, and balance school with my personal life, but still create work that I can say Im proud of. I think I’ve accomplished my goal this year, and created healthy school habits that I can now bring into the next school year. I can never fully be prepared for the next year, because there is no way of fully understanding what will happen, but I know that I’ve done the best I can do now to prepare to be a successful and exceeding student for next year.
