A Loon Lake Story-A Break That Helps Me Break Through

In PLP, we went on a field study to Loon Lake, where the main purpose was to build trust, teamwork, and stronger connections within our class. Even though many of us already knew each other, we still had our usual groups and cliques in the class. The activities we did pushed us outside those comfort zones. One challenge we had to do was all of us leaning back while holding tight of a big rope, we all worked together and we’re relying on one another to keep the rope steady while a classmate used two people to assist them, to move carefully and slowly around the edge, almost like balancing on a tightrope above high ground. Another one of my favorite activities we did was the trust falls. We stood at an elevated height and had to fall backward into our group’s arms. It was honestly really scary in the moment, and afterward I felt super jittery, but in a good way that made me feel proud after I had done it. 

PLP does field studies like this because they help classes work better together, learn from real experiences, and develop skills you can’t get in a regular classroom. 

Before the trip, I hoped it would help me step out of my comfort zone, take more risks, and try things I usually might hesitate on. Like the high ropes, the rock wall, and even speaking up and sharing my ideas. I definitely feel like I achieved that, and I noticed myself becoming more confident as the trip went on.

This trip also surprisingly pushed me into a leadership role. During certain group challenges, we had to guide the grade 8 students through specific tasks, which meant showing strong communication, patience, and clear direction. Leading them tested my abilities, but it also showed me that I can step up when it matters.

Overall, the field study helped our class become more connected and supportive. I got to know not only my own classmates better, but also students from the other grade 8 group. It was an amazing experience.

 

My VMVs

Durning this trip we took much time to reflect on our VMVs that we created back in September, we took time to go through them and find what we have accomplished already and things that dont apply to us anymore as they did back in September. Two parts of my VMV that really connected to the field study were collaboration and teamwork. The trip directly supported and strengthened these values while also pushing me to really rethink what I’m really capable of. The trust-based rope activity and the trust falls challenged me to rely on my classmates and let them rely on me. I realized that collaboration isn’t just about working together it’s about trusting each other. Supporting a classmate as they walked along the rope showed me how much responsibility and care goes into teamwork, and being caught during trust falls helped me see how much strength comes from being apart of a team. The trip also encouraged personal growth by pushing me into new experiences. These moments challenged my thinking about what I can handle and showed me that growth happens when I push myself and trust both myself and others. 

My favorite moment 

There were so many moments in this trip that made me smile but one part in this trip that was my favorite moment, this activity that we did was called ‘The A Frame’, what we were asked to do was to put together multiple pieces of plywood in our random groups, it took my group about 10 minutes to build it and by that time we were the only group that was still building while the rest of the other groups were already moving on to the next part of the activity. We later found out that there were 4 pieces of rope attached to the to of the A frame, we were each to grave a rope and have each person in their own section around the A frame. We then learn’t we were supposed to make the frame wak by each taking turns pulling it so it walks like a person on two legs, after fire minutes me and my group figured it out and was going at a consistant pace, id have to ull one side while the others were keeping the rope loose, and then we would switch. Later when every group had an idea of how to make it work we noticed that there were 4 pieces of rope but 5 purple in all the groups and then we found out that the fifth person was to get in the A frame and we were to race the other group in walking the frame with the person in the middle. It was super challenging but we all did a super fantastic at sharing out best tactics and how we think this could work, we used good communication and listened to everyone’s ideas. Overall we ties for 2nd, personally the place didn’t matter bu it was how much fun I had and learning how well I work with everyone, this will definitely be a memory I will remember for the rest of my life. 

 

One of the activities were were asked to do was create a poster with your name, pictures of things you love and a quote. I drew things like the ocean, my dog and playing music. I chose the quote ‘The best way to truest somebody is to trust them’. The next day our classmates were asked to go around and write things they saw us do or liked about us this week.  

My learning signals

If I were to do this field study again, there are a few things I would do somewhat differently. I think I would push myself to take risks earlier instead of waiting until I felt comfortable or until my friends would do the risks. There were moments where I held back or overthought things specifically my ideas that could have been shared to improve the group, and I wish I had trusted myself sooner. I definitely showed strength in talking to all of not just my close friends but sitting with others in my class during lunch, I find I’m good at making conversation and was good at finding connections with others that I never knew. Where I particularly struggled was when speaking up in group chats, I talked when I was mostly asked to but not as much when they would ask everyone,  I knew my answer to almost all of the questions they asked but I second guessed myself before I could share, that’s something I’ve been working on for a while and I will continue to work on it. 

5 day action goal

Over the next five days, I want to make a conscious effort to share at least one idea or suggestion in every group discussion within my learning team. This goal is important to me because sometimes I hold back, even when I have good ideas, and sharing more will help me contribute to the team, build confidence, and support better collaboration. It will also make me a stronger community member and show that I am actively participating in our group learning, I feel that this is a goal only I can achieve myself by being brave and raising my hand. I’ll keep a small checklist in my iPad  or on my phone. After each class or group session, I’ll mark whether I shared at least one idea or suggestion. At the end of the five days, I can reflect on whether I reached my goal and how it felt to contribute more regularly.

This field study changed me as both a learner and a community member by helping me understand how much I can grow when I challenge my usual habits and push myself to try things I normally wouldn’t. As a learner, I became more open-minded and willing to take on challenges, even when they felt unfamiliar or intimidating. I learned that real learning happens when I’m willing to make mistakes, reflect, and keep trying instead of sticking to what feels easy. I also became better at sharing my thoughts, asking questions, and trusting my own voice.

Thanks for reading my post!

 

Teach A Teacher


What The Project Was

For our maker project we are focusing on our blog posts and how we improve and make them our own. 

We were assigned to do a one on one conference with our teacher about one thing we can teach them how to do on your blog. I choseto teach how to add a theme, having a theme is the overall design of a blog, it really affects how the pages look, feel, and presents information. By choosing a theme, you can create a visual style that reflects your personality. During my conference, I demonstrated how to look through available themes, choose one that fits your passions or things you like, and apply it to a blog to change the appearance. You are probably wondering why a theme matters so much to your blog, well it can make it look more professional, shows what resembles you and who you are. This project has made me feel a lot more confident in my blog and how I can teach others. I learned that just working on the smallest thing for your blog can make a huge difference on how people look at them. There are many ways to create your own theme, adding specific colours can show different things about you.

Steps to adding a theme

 

Driving Question

The driving question to this project was, how can I enhance the storytelling present in my learning portfolio?

My answer would be throughout this project, I discovered how much my work improves when I slow down and reflect at every stage. In the beginning, I felt extremely unsure about how to organize my ideas, and my drafts felt messy and un able to understand what I was saying. After the meeting with my teacher, I tried a new approach—breaking my work into smaller steps and reviewing each one before moving forward. This helped me see what was working and what needed to change. I learned to ask more questions, take risks, and not be afraid of revising. By the end, I felt proud of how clearly my ideas came together and how much more confident I had become as a learner. You can also show off many themes throughout meta slider by adding multiple themes and images to brighten it. I would add bold text so readers would get a clear view of what their reading.

What I Can Work On

One thing I can work on is updating my About Me page. Right now, it’s a little short, and I would like to add more information about who I am and what I enjoy. Expanding this page would help people who read my blog connect with me and understand the real purpose behind my blog.

Overall, this activity helped me better understand how to personalize my blog and think more intentionally about the way I present my work online.

Thanks for reading!

Mpol!

Welcome to my Mpol!

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.

Wow, I’ve learned so many new things this past year, I’ve grown as a learner and improved tons! In this presentation I will be sharing with you some of my past projects and what I have improved on!

My vision missions and values

Around the start of this year we had to, answer these questions. You probably remember seeing them since I presented them to you a few months ago. As I look back on this I recognize that recently I have accomplished some of these things, such as being positive with group members and taking responsibility for in a group.

Run a remake

In this post I will be sharing my journey through remaking a short horror film.

How it started

A few weeks ago when we walked into class, our teacher showed us a quick preview of a short film called RUN  then she told us straight away that we had an hour to copy the exact film and do it ourselves with random groups that we got put in.   Me and my group quickly claimed a forestry area and started to film, there were so many different types of shots that we had to include with only a little bit of time. When we finished we headed back in side and started to edit, by adding sound and editing all the clips to make the film the exact time, which was 1:17.

The next class

When we walked into the same class about a few days later, we all had to sit in our groups and the whole class had to watch everyone’s films and then give feedback to the group. Then we also learned that we had to remake the remake video that we had created the class before. We were put in the same group as before but we were allowed to switch up the different roles. My roles were main runner and costume designer for the group.

The process of remaking then remaking a film

I was a bit nervous to remake another film. I just hoped that the sound this time would math up better then it did before. We also struggled with making sure we had all of our shots and weren’t missing anything. I really liked our final product and was happy with how clear the shots eneded up being. We also got 314 views ( with only 8 likes 🥹).

The driving question

The driving question to this project was How might we learn video skills by recreating a short film? My answer to that question would be that its like going back to check your work twice you get the second chance to make something you think is great or not to be every better. We could learn new things about yourself such as for me as I am currently taking drama in school it has helped me with me have more confidence acting in front of others.

The final product

I will attach the final video to this post so that you can watch it. Personally I thought that me and my group did a really great job on compleating the task. We all divided the work equally throughout the group.

Here is the original video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2YF1J6jxg

Here is the final product:

https://youtu.be/BrBC3_CFV8g?feature=shared

Thanks for taking the time to read my post! Hope you enjoy 😊!

What the heck!? Science!!!👩‍🔬

In this post I will be sharing what I have done so far in science! Science has been one of my favourite classes so far! I love getting to build things, create infographics and learn how to create circuits!

infographic

towards the start of the year we got to create infographics! The infographic had to be a type of electricity that we chose, I chose solar energy! The reason I chose solar is that I’ve done a few of these projects before and have always chosen different types except solar, I was excited to learn how just from the sun you could power energy! This was definitely one of my favourite projects that we did in the first term. Here’s a picture of it! I also add a video of how I know solar energy.

Board game

For the next project we had to do the term was we had to learn about circuits and protons and neutrons. In the end for a final project we were assigned to make a game. it was basically like the game operation so we had to get aluminum to touch using wires and tweezers and make this little light go off. We also got to choose what character draw and colour and add it onto our box. I love to doing this project and I think I did really well on making the light go definitely with the first times I tried it. Here’s a picture of mine.

The driving question

The driving question was what impacts do elements and compounds have on history and modern Day Society?
My answer would be, thankfully after doing tests in the past, we know lots more things about different elements and what are ok to eat and have around us, we wouldn’t know all those things unless we tested away. It’s also good because we get to learn these things with the elements that weren’t tested.

conclusion

In the end. I loved doing all of these projects and can’t wait to find out what I’m doing this term! Thanks for reading!

Vive Les machines a metaphors🎭

This years project was very different from last years. This years project was called a Metaphor machine. We first had to learn about different stages in a revolution. We started researching Crane Britons 4 stages of a revolution.

Then we read a book about animals starting a revolution against humans and then in the end of the book one of the animals thinks they are better then the rest of the animals, the book was called Animal farm, personally I didn’t love and agree with many things in the book but overall I thought it was a decent book to read.

 

Brinton’s Definition of “Revolution”

   A drastic, sudden substitution of one group in charge of the running of a territorial political entity by      another.

Incubation Stage

When the problem starts and is hard to control.

Moderate stage

Lead by moderate leaders in the early stages, Moderates try to fix the problem with violence.

Crisis Stage

The (Big Boom stage 🤯), it all gets worse and violence increases.

Recovery Stage

The terror ends.

The next few days

The next step was to also chat with classmates and the teacher about the book and what were the characteristics in the story that made it to be a revolution. We then had to take all of our notes on the book and create an infographic which is to show the stages in a revolution through the book Animal farm. I really enjoyed making the infographic since I got to be creative and make it look really exciting and eye catching at the same time.

 

 

Once we finished with creating our Animal farm infographics. We got put into randomized groups and randomized revolutions that have happened in the past. I got put into the Meiji Restoration along with Cece, Oliver, Ian, Isacc and Finnley. We then had a week or so to create another infographic but for the revolution we were in.

I loved my infographic and I really enjoyed getting to build my own.

 

 

Once we created and shared our personal infographics we had to end up incorporating all of the other group members into one amazing infographic. Once we created that we got introduced to what we will be presenting at the exhibition.

I was assigned to do the Recovery stage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a Rube Goldberg simple machine showing the Meiji Restoration. I forget how long we had to create this machine but I think it was sometime around a month. We had to bring stuff from home, plan out how the machine was going to look, each of the group members were each assigned a part to design and build.

 

Here is photos of us creating our machine and how we designed it!

 

How the exhibition went

The day of the exhibition was stressful and everyone was hurrying to get their projects all finished up. That day our project still wasn’t cooperating so I stayed back in lunch and tried to get it done! Successfully after a few test runs and some quick adjustments I got it to work! Then that night I also brought in some confetti canons that we set off even if the machine didn’t work. Here’s a video of our machine working and Cece cleaning up the confetti. The machine did not work every time but we really attempted to get it to work. In my opinion I thought it looked really good otherwise.

Tap here!

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The driving question

The driving question to this project was what factors precipitate ‘revolution’ and how have they shaped the modern world? My answer would be that revolutions can all start in many different ways but they all start with one person who needs to change things. If we all just worked together it would be so much easier, that way everyone’s ideas could be heard and who knows? Maybe that would create something great. I definitely struggled to have my ideas heard with the rest of the group and I can also improve on hearing others ideas as well!

What I felt about the project

I found this group was a little but hard to work with and found it challenging to cooperate and have everyone’s ideas be apart of the project. I liked getting to work with students I didn’t know. Overall I had a fun time!

 

Thanks for reading!

How have I demonstrated growth as a learner this year?

I have taken corrections and notes to revised and improved work, I have also encouraged my curiosity towards projects to get above and beyond. Also being creative with responses and growing my learning process.

How can I practice resilience in the face of challenges?

As I am growing as a learner, and will be facing challenges in the future, I could always re perspective them into growing opportunities and making negative thoughts into more positive, also if I’m feeling overwhelmed I can break down the challenge and work on it individually.

Thanks you!

DI Regional Tournament

It’s that time of year again.

So for DI this year we had to work as a group to come up with an performance. This year I got placed into scientific. Me and my group spent weeks working together coming up with acting and assembling, we first thought of the story that we were going to base it off or to come up with.

My thoughts about this project.

I had many different thoughts and ideas about how I felt about this project, when I first set foot into the world of DI, I felt so overwhelmed and from all of my friends that had all told me how much they hated it and how painful it was to work with a group for that long, so I guess I really went into the DI with a bad attitude, as I learned how I could be useful to this group and what I could contribute, I learned that doing DI wasn’t as bad as everyone thought it was told.

The day of the tournament

When the day finally came I was so nervous, I didn’t want to screw up and make the whole team loose, then it all came back to me that I did put lots of effort and really tried my best contribute,  as we were called to the stage we were all nervous but personally I love been up and performing for people, since I’ve known how to perform through ballet. We did really well and I’m really proud of my group and how far we’ve come! I’ve also attached a video of our performance.

                                                        The driving question

How might we employ strategies to solve a challenge?

My answer to that would be working well together as a group and trying to have everyone’s ideas being involved.

Conclusion

I’m a bit nervous for the Provincial tournament but I feel like I’m ready. Wish me luck!

Atomic habit learning intentions

Hi welcome back to yet another blog post! 

For my Careers class we are starting to read a book called Atomic Habits by James Clear. 

We first started reading the introduction to this book, there was a very disturbing scene but everyone in class was interested in. As soon as I started reading the intro to the book I was very excitied to keep reading, so I look forward to seeing where this book will take me and all of my habits that I have. 

Connecting to my VMVs 

Back to my VMVs I hope to really think outside the box when I am reading along to the book, one of my VMVs was to get a distinct understanding up a certain subject so I feel like this is something I can take into my learning about this book. Another one of my VMVs is talking to others about my feeling thoughts or ideas about the book I want to be more of a part of the group discutions. 

My goals

My goals for this book is to take lots of notes so when I have to look back at a question about the book I will have no problem finding it, another goal of mine is to pick up helpful habits that the book has for me, I imagine that this book has many possibilities for me in the future. 

My Habits 

My habits right now are all really good, I use my calendar and make sure to use my school and work time wisely and well as giving myself breaks so I dont get to overwhelming. I try my very best to keep a good attendance in school and with extracurriculars, I check when my homework is done and plan my day out so I get everything done on time. I’m really organized and keep a clean room and an organized lifestyle. I don’t have many bad habits but if I was to pick one it would be use my mail app more often, I check my mail every week and sometimes I miss things that were sent to me and I forgot to add to my calendar. The mind map shows all of my good habits that I have.

 

 

Driving question 

The driving question to this project was How can improving by just 1% each day help me take responsibility for my learning, strengthen my habits, and create balance and purpose in my future career and life? My answer to that question would be I think that improving by just 1% can make a big difference in your lifestyle, if you just do a little bit each day, you’ll find a better outcome and maybe you’ll find a better habit after improving the first on a tiny bit each day. 

Thanks so much for reading! I hope this book will bring some great habits for my future!

WW2 Learning intentions

 

Hi! Welcome back to another blog post!

What I know about WW2?

World War 2 lasted from 1939 to 1945. It all started when Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, invaded Poland in 1939. As a result, Britain and France declared war on Germany, officially starting WW2. In 1940, Germany took over much of Europe, including all of France. From 1940 to 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany in the Battle of Britain. In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and later that year, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into the war. During this time, Hitler and the Nazis carried out the Holocaust, the mass murder of six million Jewish people and millions of others. The Nazis forced Jews into ghettos and concentration camps, where many were killed or died from starvation and disease. In 1944, the Allies invaded Normandy, France (D-Day), beginning the liberation of Europe. In 1945, Hitler died as Germany surrendered in May, marking the end of the war in Europe.

Connections to VMVs

I have a few goals for learning about WW2, I want to ask more questions when I have them, connecting to my VMVs I’ve wanted to be more open about raising my hand, I also want to have a deep understanding of the specific part of the war that we are working on, if I understand the topic well then it will improve my work for my VMVs I wrote that I need to take responsibility for my own work as studying and understanding will improve this.

 

My connection to WW2 

Dads side:

At only 15 years old, my grandpa Jock was determined to join the navy during World War 2. Even though the age requirement was 17, he lied about his age so he could enlist. He grew up in Glasgow which was under attack during the war, when he joined the Navy he was assigned to a Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB), to assist the merchant convoys from North America to the UK. The merchant convoys brought needed supplies to help the war effort but were under attack by German submarines called UBoats. My grandfathers job was to hunt For the UBoats. While doing his job the fighting was fierce and twice during his service his boat was blow up. Miraculously he survived both but to his dying days he would never go passed his knees when he went in the water.   

Mums side:

My grandmothers family were all from Hungary, they were displaced by the Russians at the end of WW2. They had to escape Hungary on foot through to Austria, where they were in a refugee camp waiting for another country to accept them, they got accepted in Brazil however Brazil would not allow children. The only country to accept them was Australia they were shipped by boat to an immigration camp in the outback. During WW2 my great great grandmother hid a lot of different people in Budapest, some were hiding from the Russians and others from the Germans. My great grandfather was captured while trying to find food on the streets of Budapest and sent to a Russian Gulag. He survived however he was 75lbs in weight when he got

I’m looking forward to learning more about WW2.

Thanks!

🎇 Transition Tpol!🎇

Plp 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 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.”

VMV

Throughout the year we’ve always come back the VMVs you’ve probably recognized the name since we’ve talked about them quite a bit, but I would like to take one more look back at them.

Vision

At the start of the school year I had to write about how what I would like to feel on the day that I graduate, for my answer I wrote that I would have wanted to feel like I had achieved everything I could have, as I am one step closer to graduation I feel like I’m proud of everything that I can accomplish everything in only one school and am excited to see what grade 10 brings, I think by the time that I graduate I bet I will have achieved everything and more!

Mission

For my mission I wrote that I want to focus on being positive towards others as working in a group instead of getting frustrated and giving up, I think that I really improved on that and have definitely gotten better at finding easier and better ways to work with others, that I will definitely take into the future.

Values

And then for my values we had to pick some words that we thought would grant us to be closer to our vision, I chose Agency, Preparation, Communication and Collaboration all of theses words still makes sense on things I would have to improve and try my best on such as taking responsibility for my part of the project or keeping a good attendance at school, these are all really good things to keep in mind for future projects and I will definitely be taking them into grade 10.

New habits

As I have finished out grade 9 I am ready to make new habits for myself for the next school year such as, using my calendar on my iPad, phone, wall in my room. I want to keep track of everything I have to do for the future especially about having a job this year, I will have to be more on top of where I am supposed to be day of. Another new habit that I would love to enforce is getting work and homework done the day its been assigned instead of leaving it to the last minute, I’m already pretty good at getting it done on time but there is always room for improvement.

Why am I ready to move onto the next grade

Grade 9 has been a year that truly tested my determination, focus, and ability to grow as a student and as a person. From barely being in Seyove for grade 8, I knew that grade 9 would bring new people, challenges and new adventures. I knew I wanted to succeed, but I also understood that it would take more than just showing up—it would take effort, commitment, and the ability to stay focused even when things felt overwhelming. Looking back now, I can honestly say that I have become more confident, responsible, independent, and determined, and I feel I am a stronger learner from it.

One of the biggest strengths I developed this year is determination. There were projects in Grade 9 when school felt difficult like in humanities class when we were assigned the comic book project only just a few weeks before school was out, I was struggling to get the book done on time but I was determined and focused and created a beautiful and imaginative book right on time, one thing that project thought me was that when I really put my head down and focus well that I can accomplish more then I ever though I could, this is defiantly a skill that I will be bringing with me into the future.

At the same time, my confidence has grown a lot. Earlier in the year, I was unsure about asking questions or sharing ideas in class, but over time, I realized that speaking up helps me learn and often helps others too. But throughout the year of doing exhibitions and DI it really improved my self confidence to be able to speak up to others and as a result of those projects I became more comfortable presenting in front of the class, participating in discussions, and helping classmates when they were stuck. This boost in confidence came from hard work and from seeing the results of my effort—like better marks, positive feedback, and a stronger sense of pride in what I was doing.

Along with confidence, I became more responsible and independent. I learned how to manage my time better, balance school with personal responsibilities, and take initiative when I needed help. I didn’t wait for teachers to remind me about due dates, I made it my job to stay organized. This level of responsibility has made a huge difference in how I handle pressure and how I prepare for what’s ahead.

Emotionally, I’ve matured as well. I’ve had to deal with stress, pressure, and a few personal setbacks, but I stayed focused. I reminded myself why school is important to me and kept pushing forward even when I felt tired or discouraged. I learned how to stay calm under pressure and not let temporary challenges distract me from what I wanted to achieve.

Conclusion

Even though I am sad that grade 9 has ended I’m excited to see what challenges and adventures grade 10 will bring and I as a learner feel more then ever ready to take it on. Thank you!

Renewal🌷

 

Hi!! Welcome back to my last post on Sean Covey’s seven habits of highly effective teens! We finally finished the book and we’re asked to create one last video in different groups. First, let me tell you a bit about the last habit.

Habit 7 Sharpening the Saw

This habit definition is taking time to yourself, make sure to put aside some time for me time. If it’s doing yoga, hanging out with friends or even just listening to music. Sometimes after doing all the other six habits, it’s good to take a little bit of time to renew. There were 5 main points in this habit physical (working out or doing a hobby or sport that makes you happy doing!) Social/ Emotional ( hanging out with friends or family.) Mental ( reading, organizing or journaling.)And spiritual ( spending time outside in nature, meditation.) Some ways that I can personally sharpen the saw is writing stories or doing gymnastics on the lawn.

My video

This video was all about habit 7. My group and I filmed outside of school and I’m super happy with the final product of the video. We all worked together on the script and coming up with great ideas, I loved how this video was really creative and had lots of scenes that were funny and also get the message we were trying to capture through it. Make sure to take a look at our video!

 

I’ve learned so much after reading this book and its made me think about how I can relate to the driving question was

Thanks so much for reading!

 

Public victory 😆

 

Hi! 

I’ve read farther into the book The 7 habits of highly effective teenagers. When we left off we had learnt all about the first three habits of the book! Now lets move on to the next three!

Habit 4

The fourth habit is called Thinking win win as Sean describes it he says that if you can do something and be good at it, it means that someone else can win at the same thing as you. 

Habit 5

The fifth habit to this book was Seek first to understand then to be understood. That means listening To others first then tell them your idea or opinion.

Habit 6

The 6th habit is called Synergize, its when two or more people collaborate to create a solution that is better then what you could have created or come up with as individuals. It’s about combining strengths, respecting other and what they can bring to ideas, and finding new ways to solve problems together.

My video: 

Here’s my uploaded YouTube video!

Thanks so much for reading

🏃Running a remake 🩵

Hi, it’s Maggie!

In this post I will be sharing my journey through remaking a short horror film.

How it started

A few weeks ago when we walked into class, our teacher showed us a quick preview of a short film called RUN  then she told us straight away that we had an hour to copy the exact film and do it ourselves with random groups that we got put in.   Me and my group quickly claimed a forestry area and started to film, there were so many different types of shots that we had to include with only a little bit of time. When we finished we headed back in side and started to edit, by adding sound and editing all the clips to make the film the exact time, which was 1:17. 

The next class

When we walked into the same class about a few days later, we all had to sit in our groups and the whole class had to watch everyone’s films and then give feedback to the group. Then we also learned that we had to remake the remake video that we had created the class before. We were put in the same group as before but we were allowed to switch up the different roles. My roles were main runner and costume designer for the group. 

The process of remaking then remaking a film

I was a bit nervous to remake another film. I just hoped that the sound this time would math up better then it did before. We also struggled with making sure we had all of our shots and weren’t missing anything. I really liked our final product and was happy with how clear the shots eneded up being. We also got 314 views ( with only 8 likes 🥹).

The driving question 

The driving question to this project was How might we learn video skills by recreating a short film? My answer to that question would be that its like going back to check your work twice you get the second chance to make something you think is great or not to be every better. We could learn new things about yourself such as for me as I am currently taking drama in school it has helped me with me have more confidence acting in front of others.

The final product

I will attach the final video to this post so that you can watch it. Personally I thought that me and my group did a really great job on compleating the task. We all divided the work equally throughout the group. 

Here is the original video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2YF1J6jxg

Here is the final product:

https://youtu.be/BrBC3_CFV8g?feature=shared

Thanks for taking the time to read my post! Hope you enjoy 😊!