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Here it is, the blog post for my last project of the year! “Impact” was not only the focus of this project, but also the name of the spring exhibition where we presented them. The Project By the end we had to create a portrait of a person from our community who made an impact. […]

“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 […]

Kids seem to have a lot more free time than adults, which might be why they have always been finding new ways to entertain themselves. Today a very commonly used source of entertainment is technology and social media, not just for younger people but also everyone else. In the 1950’s with the television only just […]

Hey blog. Was there ever an item for sale that you felt you absolutely needed in your life? Lot’s of people have felt this way about items that after purchasing, weren’t actually that necessary. This situation in a more extreme form is known as materialism, valuing material items as a source of happiness or status. […]

What can you learn from a story? Hi blog, today I am talking about what I’ve typed above. What do you know now that you have learned from a story? Probably a lot of things, because technically everything is a story from something as interesting as the story of an item being returned to it’s […]

Hi blog, welcome back. This week started off strong with the opportunity to talk to a guest speaker from the National Museum of the Pacific War. Chris McDougal answered a handful of questions to help with the building knowledge or sustained inquiry stage of the current project. Other parts of the week included forming a […]

Now in the second week of “In their own words” my current project about the Second World War, the story I’m going to tell in a podcast episode is just becoming clear. At the very beginning of this week I was able to contact someone to tell a story for this project. Because of this […]

Dr. Bonnie Henry has made a widespread impact with her experience in public health and empathy, making her the greatest Canadian. Hey Blog, who do you think the greatest Canadian is? You should see a recording and a bit of text above which both have reasons for why I opened with them. The short peice […]

Another weekly reflection! After a few weeks of doing these posts I’ve started figuring out what to put in them. It’s not supposed to be a couple paragraphs about what I did that week. I think it’s supposed to be about my thought process from parts of that week, and a reflection on how I […]