Tech Team Quarter 1 Reflection

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What are some initiatives\things\volunteering you have been involved with this past term? Describe what you have done, and the time you have spent.

  • Despite being in Grade 12, this is my first year on the tech team. Within my first two months, I would say I became quite involved. For starters, I sit at the Wave table once a week during my spare (Block 4). Although there aren’t many people needing tech help during this block, when a student does come for assistance, I try my best to help them with their issues. Usually, I am successful, but if I can’t resolve the problem, I ask a more experienced person in the library, such as a tech teacher or another tech team student. I make sure to keep a positive outlook when helping students, as I understand that sometimes I am learning alongside them.

    Another initiative I’ve been heavily involved in is social media. I am part of the social media team within the tech team, and I would say I am quite active in this area. As I have access to the school’s social media accounts, I understand this privilege and try my best to consistently post content (1-2 posts a day). When teachers email the RapidEvent account, I’m usually the one who posts the requested content, whether it’s for the TVs, the school’s Instagram, or a creative poster with the information provided.

    Additionally, through my involvement in leadership, I help post events held by leadership whenever I receive emails from my leadership teacher. Through my club, Riverside Showcased, we create creative content for Instagram, covering school events or holidays. This aligns with tech team’s goal of expanding student engagement on our social media. Our club’s content often relies on student and staff involvement, which draws significant attention from other students.

    I also create a weekly menu for the cafeteria and try to repost the daily menu each day. Since I am quite active on the school’s Instagram, I regularly check the DMs, post student-requested content, answer general questions in the DMs, and monitor the comments. Finally, I have attended two events held in the library. The first was the naming ceremony, for which I also helped create the invitations, and the second was the Microsoft event, where I sat at the Wave.

What are some things you have learned? What are some of your strengths?

  • There are three things I have learned. The first is how to use the Cricut. At the beginning of the year, I was completely clueless about using the Cricut, but after the sticker assignment and with the help of Ms. Leung, I’d say I now know how to use it at a standard level. After learning to use the Cricut for the sticker assignment, I was able to teach another tech team member and a friend how to use it. With this new knowledge, my peers and I created a pumpkin for the pumpkin contest, which earned 2nd place. I have also improved my editing skills for videos and creative posts (using Canva), as I found myself creating and editing various types of videos and posts.

What are some of the challenges, aha moments, small wins…you experienced? What are some areas where you can grow? What are some stretches?

  • A challenge I experienced at the beginning of tech team was keeping up with all the social media content that needed to be posted or created and finding ways to efficiently showcase all the events happening in the school. After some trial and error, the solution I found that worked best was using my resources. For extra creative content, I found that collaborating with my friend’s and my own club, as well as leadership, was the most efficient approach. Members in our club and leadership helped create content for the social media accounts, and I helped execute their ideas.

    Another struggle I faced early on was audience engagement and finding ways to generate content that students would enjoy. I discovered that the best way to do this was by incorporating trends already popular on social media in a school-appropriate way. For example, our most recent post was inspired by a trending Roblox game called “Dress to Impress,” where teachers “walked the catwalk” and showed off their costumes. This video was very successful, gaining over 300 likes and even a repost from SD43. An area I’d like to grow in is showcasing a wider range of the Riverside community we don’t often see, such as the theatre company, band, and Riverside art.

Looking ahead…What are some things you would like to improve and/or accomplish? Is there something I want to learn or try?  Focus on technology, leadership and school culture. Provide a specific goal.

  • I understand that my main focus during tech team is social media, but after learning how to use the Cricut machine, I would love to improve my skills with different tools in and outside of  the makerspace, such as the 3D printer and the laser cutter. Once I learn to use these tools, I’ll be able to help other students who need assistance, rather than being unsure of how to help them. To achieve this goal, I plan on spending more time in the makerspace during my free time and experimenting with these tools with the guidance of those who are already experienced in using them.

Tech Team 12 – Cricut – Logo/Stickers

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What are some things that were challenging?

  • Coming into this project was a bit intimidating because I have never used a Cricut so I needed to learn how to use a Cricut. Once that I got my design set I uploaded it to the Cricut account. The most challenging part of my design that it was too complex so I needed to heavily edit both the text and design so that it would actually be able to cut cleanly. Another mistake I made was selecting the wrong choice on Cricut of “print then cut” instead of just the flat cutting. So once I realized my mistake everything overall went smoothly.

What are some things that worked well?

  • Our first success I would say is that I asked for help from others who already knew well how to use the Cricut such as my friend in tech team and Ms. Leung. Once I fixed my mistake and had everything good to go, we were able to get a good successful print first try as well as the weeding. The transfer onto my laptop was also very smooth and I was able to transfer it on one go.

What did you learn? How can you apply this?

  • This whole process took me a bit less than 2 hours which was actually less than what I expected. The first block I worked on this I got barely any progress but looking back on it, the mistakes I made allowed me to create my sticker successfully at the end. I can apply this to future tech team projects as this is my first year, I should always remind myself that it is okay to make mistakes.

Work Experience Goal Setting and Learning Plan

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Part One: Goal Setting (PRIOR TO/START OF WORK PLACEMENT)  

  1. Describe your current strengths and interests in relation to your work placement.  
    • Strengths: I can confidently ask questions and work collaboratively and effectively as a team. I am proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, I am a tech savvy person, this includes being able to catch on to concepts related to technology easily with minimal guidance and adapting to new information and context rapidly. Moreover, my organizational skills serve as a strong foundation, ensuring that tasks are completed efficiently but also with detail.  
    • Interests: I am enthusiastic about applying my skills to real-world scenarios, solving problems, and continuously learning from the experiences that this work placement could provide me. I look forward to actively engaging, taking on challenges, and further developing both my technical and interpersonal skills within a professional setting. 
  2. With reference to the course goals, employable skills and core competencies (see reference sheet), list three specific goals you have for your work experience placement.  
    • Be open and respond constructively to change and learn from your mistakes and accept feedback.  
    • adapt to changing requirements and information, continuously monitor the success of a project or task and identify ways to improve 
    • listen and ask questions to understand and appreciate the points of view of others 

Part Two: Growth (END OF WORK PLACEMENT)  

  1. Discuss your growth in each of the three goals listed above. Provide specific evidence of growth and development.  
    • My first goal was to be open and respond constructively to change and learn from your mistakes and accept feedback. I believe that I have achieved this goal. Looking at the way I worked now and from the beginning of my placement, I think my mindset and habits have changed. In the beginning of my work placement, I thought it was embarrassing to ask a lot of questions because I thought that meant I had bad understanding of what I was doing. After some time, I started to ask lots of questions because I realized that I had no experience and that it was natural for me to learn through asking questions. Through asking these questions, I realized that I had made some mistakes in the past, because of this I knew I needed to ask my supervisor to delete those files and that I needed to re-file them. Although the process of constantly asking questions may be frustrating, I learnt from my mistakes and gained a better understanding. 
    • As I said In my first goal, my habits and daily routine has largely changed from the beginning of my work placement. I was unfamiliar on how to properly scan and file the documents in the beginning. As days past, I started to get into the habit of filing efficiently. I achieved this through using paperclips and sticky notes to categorize the types of files. This helped me improve my confidence in my work knowing that I had filled the documents properly. I also learnt how to file a couple different types of forms such as personal forms, corporate forms, and financial statements. I adapted to new requirements and information from the first day as I had no experience in accounting, so I needed to take in lots of information and needed to get used to the platforms I was required to use such as Citirix, Pracman, and Docit. 
    • During my process of asking questions, I asked questions to lots of different people such as my supervisors and co-workers. This allowed me to both learn more about my job as well as form good workplace relationships. For example, I noticed that while I was asking questions about where to file certain forms to my supervisor, he would also explain to me what these forms are about and how they are used. When I would ask my co-workers questions, they would gladly help me and even show me how to do it. I really appreciated these aspects because I felt understood and cared for 

Chemistry 11 – Midterm Self-Assessment and Goal-Setting

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Strength and Weakness content paragraph: 

A strength I have for the atomic theory was orbital diagrams as well as electron arrangement. I think a weakness I had was remembering the core content from last year which led to some mistakes on the unit test. A strength I have for the bonding unit was learning how to draw the vespr diagrams, and determining polar and non-polar molecules, I think this is because I practiced a lot of worksheet questions over and over again until I had a good understanding. A weakness I had for the bonding unit was more of the theory part we learnt in the beginning of the unit as well as the intermolecular bonding. A strength I had for the mole unit was the unit conversions as well as the labs, this unit gave me a good understanding on how to complete labs efficiently. A weakness I had for this unit was STP and SATP.

End of Semester update: Goal reflection 

My goal during mid-semester was to study a little everyday. I would say I was partly successful with this goal as I saw an increase with my studying especially with going to the library at least 3 times a week. This showed me better results both academically and with my understanding, this also helped reduce the amount of silly mistakes I made during tests, quizzes, or labs. Something that I found to be very successful during long study sessions was to go with a friend or classmate as I was able to ask questions or take small breaks with them. I am still working towards learning on how to study effectively, although I learnt that studying at the library was significantly more effective, there were still times I felt that I wasted time procrastinated. Moving forward I will try different studying techniques to see which one works for me.

Physics & Pre- Calc 11 – Midterm Self-Assessment and Goal-Setting

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End of Semester update: Goal reflection 
Yes, I would say I met my goal. Although I did not study for 3 hours a day every day, I learnt to alter my study schedule appropriately to how many assignments or tests I needed to study for. This is because I realized that I having a good personal/school life balance is also important. Instead, I went to the library 3-4 times a week usually with a friend and study for upcoming tests or work on assignments. A success I found with my goal was learning more about what works for me in terms of studying effectively, a challenge was finding motivation spending long periods of time studying. Like I mentioned before, a strategy that really helped was studying with friends or classmates. This really helped because I always had someone I could ask questions to, work on an assignment together with, or even just to take a break with. Since co-op is a pretty work heavy course, next semester I don’t think I would need to study as much but I will still continue studying in the library with friends using the same study techniques. A goal I would like to focus next semester is to ask more questions during class.