For my practice EE, I wrote about the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel. My research question was: “How do religion and reason compare in playing an important role in Pi’s survival in the ‘Life of Pi’ ?” In the essay, I analyzed the two stories Pi, the main character, tells, how he goes…
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Sustainability project – Screencast reflection
My reflection for this project is this video
Assessing my Ecological Footprint
To me, sustainability is responsibly using the Earth’s natural resources to maintain an eco-friendly environment. As a measure, people created the ecological footprint. It takes into consideration the lifestyle a person has and uses this information to give an estimate of the type and amount of natural resources the person uses, and how fast the…
Sustainability Project Reflection 2
Since the last reflection, a lot of things have changed. In terms of the content, I now know not only the leading factors that are stopping us from becoming a sustainable society, but also how much I hinder this eco-friendly future. One thing I found especially surprising is how much water and resources are used to…
Sustainability Project Reflection
For our project, we met up with our client and interviewed them to then come up with some suggestions for our client to improve their ecological footprint. However, I was not able to attend, which was the first challenge I had to overcome. To catch up quickly, my members did a quick recap on what…
Do we worry too much about the effects technology has on our lives?
When considering the answer to this question, I looked at a few different sources. I first listened to the IRL podcast – Digital Overload, where it quickly made me realize how much I use my phone. I related a lot to the following quotes “Separation anxiety when I left my phone at home” I always get…
Writers Fortnight – Reflection
“Our student-writers rose to the challenge, producing authentic, responsible and powerful pieces” For this year’s Writers Fortnight, the grade 9 and grade 10 FIB students, myself included, had the opportunity to create authentic feature articles and op-eds. With this, we met several guest speakers, some being: collage artist and writer Graham Rawle, author and past…
Buddy Podcast – Reflection
After finishing the podcast (the steps when making the podcast on this post), I reflected on the process one last time to gather my thoughts and the skills I can take with me to help in the future. To reflect on the podcast, I first looked at the article, The Science of Developing Mental Toughness in…
Buddy Podcast – Final
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_audio _builder_version=”3.18.8″ title=”Buddy Podcast” artist_name=”Germaine + Chloe” audio=”https://portfolios.uwcsea.edu.sg/ng92835/files/2019/03/Buddy-Podcast-FINAL-1tsf4sz.m4a” image_url=”https://portfolios.uwcsea.edu.sg/ng92835/files/2019/01/language-school-illustration-22.png” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.8″] Shownotes In our podcast, we use sources from the internet to support our findings during the challenge. I used A Big Think video, “Why Do You Check Your Phone 150 Times a Day?” and a teen social media survey by Fortune, “Teens Would…
Buddy Podcast – Project Planner
For Dpers, we have been assigned a project where we get into pairs and do a challenge for 5 days, then, reflect on our findings through a podcast. The challenge we decided to take on was: Go screen free for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 5 days. We have started to plan the project in this…