Hello teachers, parents, and siblings and welcome to my TPOL. This year has been full of twists and turns, but I’m finally at the finish line of grade 11. It’s felt long and short at the same time, it’s been a year full of new challenges. A new grading system, new teachers, and challenging learning goals were reached. This year I was accountable for my learning, if I was struggling I was self-aware and my teachers let me know.

“Thank you for coming to my presentation on learning. I am the expert on my learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my 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.”

“How can you showcase evidence to demonstrate that PLP Success Behaviours have prepared you to advance to the next grade?”

I have demonstrated this evidence throughout the year, whether it be in class or field studies. This year, I’ve pushed beyond my comfort zone and have started to reach my potential as a PLP learner. I’ve started to contribute more to class activities and ask more questions which benefit my learning. I’ve also been able to provide connections and see the bigger picture of things. Something that held me back in previous years was my interest and passion to learn more about certaintopics. This year, I’ve started to be more open-minded and see the end goals in the projects that we complete. These examples, as well as many more that I’ll mention in my presentation, are all pieces of evidence that support this….

Success Behaviours:

Goals and self-assessing:

A big part of my grade 11 year has been goal setting and planning where I strive to be by the end of the year. This is an important trait to have for any course in high school, especially in PLP. At the start of the year, I aimed to be more flexible and open to trying new things. I think I achieved these goals this year, I worked more with the people that I didn’t necessarily know as well as my good buddies. An example of this was in the Great Debaters project when Dana and I battled it out in a debate over social media. She won, but this was a good opportunity to learn and expand my horizons a little. Another goal that I scratched off was my ability to self-regulate and manage my time. I’m a pretty busy guy outside of school, so it’s always pretty stressful meeting deadlines and getting projects done. However, this year I was able to plan things out well and work around my mammoth schedule. Right now I am writing this after a weekend-long soccer tournament.      ! I always try to get my tasks done and do my best in that regard.

Enthusiasm:

As I mentioned in my answer to the driving question, I was more engaged this year in our material and the PLP community as a whole. I found the fun things in our projects, and I did some volunteering at the Destination Imagination tournament. This year I tried new things, and as a result, my learning got better and more in-depth. One example of thiswas when we were tasked with making some fleeting notes during our Arizona-Nevada field study. I always talked about them in the car and stuff. (Sorry Mr. Hughes for annoying you…)

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Reflection:

I’ve put more time and effort into reflection this year, and have started to prioritize it. This is shown in my blog, and also in the Bank of Zettlekasten, and in notes that I’ve made throughout the year. Reflecting during projects has helped me to find the deeper meaning behind topics and events. An example of this was in our Fear Factor project about the Cold War. During our field study, I would reflect daily and this helped me, especially to make a good final product. I’ve realized that reflection isn’t a sugarcoating of fancy words, but it’s an opportunity to bring in other aspects of your life and find the links to it.

Learning Evidence:

Now I’m going to talk about the successes and failures I’ve experienced in projects this year. I could come up here and talk about only good parts of my learning, but I’m not going to do that.mklk

My favorite project had to be Fear Factor…

The field study was a blast, and in the process, we learned a lot about world history and the effects that fear can have on people’s decisions. I tried really hard in this project and as a result, got the most out of it. I had a great time driving around in the tik TikTok Rizz bus throughout our adventures in Arizona and Vegas.

The project that was the most challenging had to be “The Great Debaters.” This required the most focus and self-determination. In order to prepare for our final product, the debate, we had to do hours of research and practice. The hardest part was crafting an effective rebuttal, which we mostly had to make up on the spot. This showed my ability to improvise and make things up on the spot

Conclusion:

In summary, this year was full of bumps in the road, but as a result I learned many valuable lessons. An unfamiliar grading system, limited teachers, and harder projects, all brought out the resilience and work ethic in myself. I reached my full potential this year as a PLP learner. I tried new things, widened my surroundings, and opened myself to new learning opportunities. I had a fun experience on our field study and got to know the PLP 11 class quite well. This is my last ever TPOL, as next year I’ll be onto my FPOL, (final presentation of learning). High School really has gone by in a flash. I hope you all enjoyed my TPOL, bring on grade 12!

Hello teachers and parents, and welcome to my MPOL! This year has come with new opportunities, and new experiences, including our first out of country field study! 

(Introduce parents to teacher)

“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.”

First, I’m going to answer the driving questions. “How have I demonstrated growth as a learner so far this year?” I’ve shown growth by pushing my comfort zone, and becoming more confident in my abilities. For example, in the “trust fall” activity at loon lake, I was doubting myself at first, but at the end, I had full confidence in myself and my peers. 

“How can I sharpen my Learning Plan to ensure I will reach my learning targets by the end of this school year?” I can do that by reviewing and updating it, to make sure I’m doing what’s best for my learning. Also, by setting goals that are attainable by the end of this school year. 

Now, I’m going to talk about my growth in humanities:

In humanities, we’ve completed 3 projects, ”GOLD”, which was about the gold rush in BC during the early 19th century. And “Ology of apology”, which was about different instances of mistreatment in BC, and how Canada has apologized for those actions. And of course our most recent project, “Romeo, Romeo, are we still talking about Romeo?” In which we recreated a scene from the play, with modern aspects….

My strengths in Humanities are being a leader in group settings, and assigning roles to others. Also, I’m good at communicating my thoughts and opinions to peers and teachers. I’ve show these traits in the “ology of apology” project, by voicing my opinions on what our memorial should be. Furthermore, I’m able to manage a lot of things at the same time. For example, different objectives, and being able to plan out my time effectively. 

Things that I want to work on are story-writing and storytelling. Earlier in the year, during the “GOLD’ project, we were tasked with creating a story about the BC gold rush. And at first I was pretty puzzled, and didn’t know where to start. I sook help, by asking my sister for pointers, and she critiqued my existing work. In all, that was a good experience, and I benefitted from that immensely. As the year continues, I want to build upon that skill, and enhance my learning. 

One change I have made so far this year, is my mindset on projects. In past years, I’ve had negative opinions on projects, and had a “closed mindset”. This year my goal is to become more opened minded, and be able to put myself out there, by learning about new topics. 

My work throughout the year so far has showed that I like to be different, by creating things that others don’t. For example, in the winter exhibition, my group and I created a video as opposed to creating a physical mural, which most groups did. I found that our video held a deeper meaning, and explained further the idea of our room. 

Now I’m going to talk about Field studies:

So far this year, we’ve been to loon lake for a learning advance. This experience centred around leadership, and working in groups. It was a rollercoaster of a ride, in which I learned about myself, and the PLP 10 team. During this excursion, I learned many interesting things; to not take juice for granted, and that people have more layers than you think. During the infamous “crossing the line” activity, I learned about my peers, and more about myself in the process. 

Looking forward, in the next month we have our first-ever out-of country field study, which will be at Disneyworld. I’m very excited to see what the learning will look like , and for all the exciting features, its Disneyworld! 

Next, I’m going to reference my learning plan. 

A part of my disposition is time management, and finding the time to finish certain tasks. Also, consistency, meaning in my PLP work, and being able to always meet the due date. 

For my habits, I reference staying on task, and not getting distracted by outside sources. And asking for help, from peers or teachers. 

To summarize, this year has been filled with good learning experiences, and opportunities for growth. My goals for next semester are to improve my writing, and ability to tell stories. I can do this by writing more, and regularly getting critique from others. Also, I want to have a better and more positive attitude in every activity/project we do. I can accomplish this by referring to the 7 habits from last year, and by looking at things with new perspectives.

Thanks for watching my MPOL!

Now I ask you, the audience, is there anything that I should focus on more, or that wasn’t;t mentioned in my presentation?