This quarter I thought went better than the first quarter of statistics. I took more time to study before tests and I would practice before taking the retention quizzes. The most difficult part of this quarter was unit F, because I thought it was a harder unit. If I could change anything about this quarter, it would be to focus on that unit more and try to get a better score. Statistics connects with critical thinking because you have to learn how to make confidence intervals and learn which equations to find your data. I had to use critical thinking also when taking the retention quizzes because I have to think about what we did during the lessons before. Moving forward I am going to use these skills in my college math classes and if I take statistics in college, I can use it in there. If I ever get a job in business, I will use statistics all the time and I will now know the skills to apply during the class.
Category: Critical Thinking
Gov/Law Q1-2
This artifact is part of an assignment I had to create and present in my government and law class. For this assignment I had to research an ongoing court case that is all the way up in the supreme court. My court case was the Department of Justice vs. the House Committee of Judiciary. In order to complete this assignment I had to spend about a week researching everything about this case and who was all on it. I took the side of the Department of Justice, so I had to find the facts and points on their side of the case.
I feel like the most successful part of this assignment was how I researched my side. I thought it was going to be really hard to find the case points in this trial, but it was actually easier than I thought. I think I found my data really well and when writing my case paper on it, it went better than I thought it would. Presenting also went very well when I was reading off which case points because I successfully completed my research before hand. I used my strongest points in the case when presenting to help sway people to my side of the trial.
The most difficult part of this project was presenting to the class. I am not a very good presenter so I was really nervous to present my side of the case properly. Having all of the facts and points down before presenting really helped me because then I was fully prepared to present. I thought that I presented better than I thought I would, but I still think it was the hardest thing about this project for me. It was also a little different presenting because I was online presenting and my partner was in person, so it was hard to cover questions when the class asked.
This definitely connects with the critical thinking category because you have to research your topics. When I was researching I had to use multiple sites because even just 4 sites didn’t have all of the information for this case. Critical thinking is key for this project because you have to think of different ways that you are going to present your case to the class. You need to find a way to persuade your audience into picking your side of the trial. I also had to use communication as a 6 c’s because in order to complete this assignment I had to present it in front of my class.
This assignment connects with the outside world because it is a real life case that is happening right now. It is still in session and the supreme court is currently working on it so I will get to see the real outcome after. I can also connect with the outside world because if I ever go watch a court case I can see all of this play out in real life. I want to go to trials and see how they do them in real life because I think it would be fun to see what they do and compare it to what I have learned in this class.
Band Q 1&2
I chose to reflect on my week 14 online assignment. I chose this assignment because I know how to count math and number values through 6/8 time. This assignment taught me how to count correctly in 6/8 time. It also showed me how to in 6/8 times with different types of notes that we play in class. The most challenging part was figuring which notes would take a certain value, like a 1/2 or a full 1. This assignment definitely goes under the critical thinking category in the 6 C’s. In order to do this assignment you have to think harder because you need to know both the math and number value of each note. One way I can use this knowledge is by applying it to when we play in the classroom. We go over it in class and it helps to know in the future how to play a certain piece of music. I can also use this after high school when I am at home playing for fun.
Digital Productions Q1
This class we had to create a short film around 5 minutes. I was in a group with 2 other people, and we decided to create a short film about a murder mystery. This artifact I am most proud of how we were able to create a film while having limits with Covid-19. I am also proud of how we were able to create edits while at home on the days we were in class online. This is because edits can be hard when you are not together, but we found a way to make it work. I think the most difficult parts of this project was finding the right angles to shoot at when filming. We had to create certain angles and that would mean standing or sitting in a weird position in order to get that specific scene look. This definitely goes with creativity because we had to create our own story line, plot, script, props, camera angles, and edits. When we were first making the script we had a ton of different ideas, but in the end we figured out how to put them all together. If I had to change anything it would be the filming location. We could only film in certain rooms in the school because of the Covid-19 restrictions. But overall I thought this project turned out really good.
(I will put my short film link in here after we finish editing it)
Algebra 2/Trig A
In math this quarter, I thought it wasn’t too hard for the pase we went at during every unit. The new 4,3,2,1 scale wasn’t my favorite thing because if we got 2 problems wrong on a test, the score would go straight to 75%. Mastery quizzes went really well for me and those help to understand the units since we can take as many as we need. Something I could do differently for the next quarter is to work on it more at home. Next quarter I plan on getting all 4s on my masteries again and then making my test grades come up.
Sample Post – Creative Repurposing
In my 8th grade FACS class, I had the opportunity to help make the world a better place by upcycling items that might have ended up in our landfills. Instead, I was able to upcycle pallet boards into a beautiful new table. My team and I spent a lot of time determining what color we would have the table. My dad, helped us put it together. We had some challenges with the staining and had to redo a section because it go too tacky. We needed a smooth finish. We also wanted to stage the table so that it would look nice and we would market it to potential buyers.
Below is a video of our journey. Throughout this process, we hit a number of the POG C’s. We had to collaborate together to build, stain, and stage a table that was going to be sold to potential buyers. We used communication skills to share and listen to each other’s ideas and determine our final product. We also had to use communication skills to showcase our piece to an audience. We enjoyed the opportunity to be creative and have a choice in what we would produce and our ideas would be seen and potentially bought by people in the real world. We had challenges along the way and had to think critically on how to resolve those challenges. And finally, I believe the artifact below showcases an element of citizenship – as we are trying to repurpose items and keep them out of our landfill.