For the M-POLs (Mid-year Presentations Of Learning) we have to create a presentation for our teachers and parents that reflects on our growth and development in the PLP program. The main question we have to answer is: What is your learning goal that you want to reach by the end of this school year, and how will you meet it? To do that I have answered following five questions.
1. What is the most interesting thing you have learned so far year? What did you find most boring? What was the difference between the two experiences?
The most interesting thing I have learnt this year was about the wolves at the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre. The most boring thing I’ve learnt about is our current project in Scimatics, Like Terms. The difference between the two experiences is that wolves are my favourite animal, and I have always been interested in them, and in scimatics I have no interest in what we are learning about and I find it hard to stay focused. When I am not interested in something I lose focus easily or get distracted.
2. What skills did you use and what skills do you need to continue to develop?
One of the skills that I used a fair amount, and enjoyed using was video editing. The most enjoyable part of editing is when I first start using a new app. When you first open the app you have no clue what is going on as it looks quite complex, but as you start using the app more and more you begin to understand how each part works. What I find is enjoyable is the ability to transform raw footage into a polished video. I also find it satisfying when someone else is watching me make something and they have no clue what I am doing.
A skill that I would like to continue to develop is blog writing. There is a visible difference in my writing skills and ability between the second post that I made (STBC Week 3 2018), and my most recent post at the time of writing this (So I Decided To Build A Podracer…). I feel like with this skill there is more I could improve on. In my second post there was no context, just the basic assignment that we were given, and in more recently my posts have more detail. (add what the teacher’s are suggesting – read their feedback)
3. Did your goals for your work change as you worked on it?
The goals I had for my work did change as I worked on it. A good example of this is the podracer that I built for the winter exhibition, when I first started the project I wanted the podracer to be at a one to one scale. Almost as soon as I had laid out the materials that I had, I realized that it would be nearly impossible and very time consuming to build it a full size. once I had realized this I rescaled the measurements I had taken, and built the podracer in a three quarters to one scale. looking back I’m glad that I did this as I was able to spend more time on the detailing than just building the podracer.
4. How did you “fail” this year? What did you learn from this experience?
One of the way that I failed the most this year was through the student blogging challenge. As I said in the last reflection post:
“I found it to be an assignment that I never really completed on time and put off for other work.”.
because I prioritized other work and wasn’t motivated to do the blogging challange, I feel like it id one of the things I failed at so far this year.
5. What are the goals you would like to set for yourself for the remainder of the year?
Some of the goals that I would like to set for myself this year are to do more of my homework on time. I will do this by removing and ignoring distractions.
-Finn