Well, as you can probably tell from the title of this post, it’s that Student Led Conference time of year… Although it’s supposed to be a Springtime SLC, and the only thing that I’ve been seeing lately is snow. 🙁
This isn’t exactly what I see when I look outside, but it’s close enough!
Anyways, this post is all about providing examples of my work up here on my blog, that I think best demonstrate and highlight my growth as a PLP learner, so far this year. I also have set myself a couple of goals that I will be putting into place for the rest of the school year.
What Am I Most Proud Of?
So far this year in PLP, there have been quite a few pieces of work that I am very proud of, but in this case, the pieces of work that I was the most happy with were my Soldier Research Letters, from World War One and Two. These were by far my favourite blog posts we’ve done this year, not just because I was able to use by imagination through my writing, but because they became more than just writing projects.
When I began my second soldier research, I remembered that my own great, great-uncle served for Canada in Italy in WWII. When I finished this letter, I was extremely proud of what I had written about a day in his life at war, and I had many relatives compliment me on my historical perspective and writing skills. I had no idea that my writing would be able to touch the lives of people around me. I never figured that my words could catch peoples attention in a way that helped them connect with their past, present, and maybe even future. And because of this, these letters that I merely wrote to get a good mark, actually became so much more.
How Have I Grown As A Learner?
The first group movie that I made, like ever, was my California Ethics Debate Documentary video, which I would nowadays describe as scrambled and quite unappealing to watch. It was extremely rushed, and not amazingly planned out. All I remember about the making of it, was Anatolia and I filming each other in front of my back lawn, with terrible audio and lighting, our group members doing the same in the most random locations. Lets just say, the movie wasn’t my most amazing PLP moment.
I consider the Hanford video from the beginning of this year, to be a huge step up. This time around, our group worked efficiently and communicated well on our theme and topic for the movie. We used a variety of different shots: Ourselves speaking in front of a green screen, with pictures and videos to break up our clips. Our Hanford video turned out great, through many rounds of critique and feedback. Lets just say, that I now know what makes for an engaging and interesting video project!
Silence Means Security When It Comes To The Manhattan Project
My Growth Mindset?
Ahh, the good old Growth Mindset. Without it, PLP wouldn’t be PLP, and at the Winter Blue Sky Exhibition, there was plenty of Growth Mindset to go around. When this project was introduced, I immediately shied away from the idea of having to act out historical events in front of people, and was dreading how much work was going to be involved. I’m not going to lie, I really didn’t have any faith that it would actually turn out alright. Looking back, our group actually got started on our ideas fairly quickly and came up with a solid plan, but unfortunately decided to leave our making until the very last moment. Because of this, our big and glorious plans for our exhibit, became smaller and less glamorous. I think this took away a little bit of shine and sparkle from our immersive experience. I think we also could have made our script reflect more history in what we presented, and we could have worked harder at including the audience in our presentation. But when it came to the real thing, It all went smoothly and all the connections were clean, and I could finally breath again and actually admit to loving the project!
So, What Are My Goals?
1) I will organize and thoroughly prepare myself at the beginning of a project or an assignment, to give myself a good base to work up from.
2) I will try and give my blog a unique voice that will make it different than a generic Wikipedia article.
3) I will create a schedule for academic and non-academic activities, to better manage my time and stress levels.
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