Tech initiatives and assignments

Throughout the past term I have been involved in Wave volunteering and in the Makerspace. About twice a week I help students at the Wave desk and any tasks Ms. Leung or Ms. Henderson have for me. I’ve also spent a few hours organizing the Cricut cart in the Makerspace after our T-shirt project because it got messed up. I had to re-learn how to use the Cricut because I hadn’t used it in months, but I caught on quickly since I knew how before. I learned how to use the Cricut iron for my tech team T-shirt and it was easy. When I was done my T-shirt I helped other students who didn’t know how to use the material/tools.

Core competency

Communication

I am able to politely communicate with others during meetings, assignments, tasks and conversation.  I can work on asking questions if I don’t remember/know how to do something. My goal is to experiment more with our projects and not be nervous about asking questions.

This term some things I helped with were: volunteering twice a week at the Wave, making a whole bunch of Christmas hamper cards, and helping at our parent info night. I loved the info night! I got to talk to a bunch of families and answer their questions. It was really busy but we did great. 🙂 I was kind of nervous before we started, because I’ve never really done an event like this, but once we started and I saw how it went I was more comfortable and confidant. To make the Christmas cards, I went to the Makerspace for more than a week to get them done. I don’t remember exactly how many I made but I think it was 8 or something. There were a couple problems making them just because the cuts were so intricate they ripped sometimes. Together, we figured out the best ways to remove the cardstock without damaging the paper.

For my core competency, I’m going to focus on communication. My strength with this is simply just talking. I could talk all day if people let me, but I’ve really focused on speaking professionally when I need to. One thing I’ve gotten a lot better at is asking questions when I need help. That is still my goal though, because sometimes I still don’t want to ask for help. I need to work on that.