Grade 8 has been an amazing school year for me so far. I have learned a lot about school, technology, learning, and myself. But just because its been a great doesn’t mean its had its fair share of ups and downs. You have asked me to reflect on my learning this year in the form of a presentation as well as show how my learning will progress even further. This blog post is a summary and a reflection of my school year so far and for the rest of the year as well.

Humanities has been an amazing subject for me in my opinion. Many of the projects that we have had in Humanities this year have been very fun and I have felt very engaged and happy with the work that I have produced. Although, this isn’t the case for all of the projects. I feel like I could have gone much deeper and put more time into each “sheet with words on it” instead of scribbling down the first things that came to my head. I also feel disappointed about the outcome of my worldview Explain Everything. It wasn’t bad, in my opinion, but I could have put a lot more effort into making it and deciding what I chose to include in the Explain Everything. In other projects though, such as the ad projects (Deep Cove and Oregon), I was very interested in the project and I think that showed in my ad drafts. So, to wrap up this subject, I feel like I could have put in more effort on certain projects and I feel the outcome would be very different for each and every project.

Scimatics: It hasn’t been the best year for me in this category of school. At times I feel distracted in class and losing focus or my train of thought is beginning to become a common pattern.  I really would like to change this. This problem started occurring just before winter break. In science I had a lot of fun learning about tectonic plates and the Earth’s crust. The piece of work I am most proud of from that term would be the “Earthquake Research Assignment”. I feel like I really put effort and time into writing something that I am proud of. My least favourite project for science this year would be the tectonics plate children’s book. I felt like I wasn’t very interested and I kept on losing focus when I was working on it. I know I did not try my best to make something I was proud of and that has kind of been another problem in scimatics. One of my goals for the rest of the year is to pay attention in class and finish the class or term with a project or assignment that I can be proud of.

In math the story has been a little different. I have always been more interested in math than science and I think it shows in my work. But I still don’t feel like I am trying my hardest to complete math and look back on it and be proud of what I did. My main goal for math is to understand the concept of what we are learning within the class and be able to finish the assignment before class. If that doesn’t happen then I will go home or work on it during lunch break until I can confidently solve whatever math problem of that subject is thrown at me.

Maker has been a pretty solid year in my opinion. But still, I would say that I failed at certain projects and skills. Using things hasn’t been working for me and I want that to change before the end of the school year. I started time-blocking around two weeks ago and it’s been going pretty well but I still find myself getting distracted while working. The blogging challenge was fun. I feel like my writing skills grew as a direct result of writing a blog post every week. If I wrote a goal for Maker, it would be to set a goal for myself when i am working and reach that goal before I do anything else. I think this could be a way to stop procrastination along with time-blocking.

So an overall summary of this year, I feel like I can work harder and create better results in my work for every subject. If I manage my time correctly I think the quality and effort I put into my work will skyrocket. That is my main goal for the rest of the year along with procrastination. So, I’m gonna finish off with a question here. If I find my self procrastinating or getting distracted while working, do you have any tactics I can use to not do that?