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Month: June 2018

Interim Reflection

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On June 21, 2018

In EE Reflection

I have now finished my research on Facebook and started to gather information for Twitter. During my research process, I found ‘Ebsco’ not very useful, so I proceeded to search wisely for information on Google.

My understanding of the topic has developed from reading many academic journals, e.g ‘A brief history of the Facebook’. Also, I decided to structure my essay by giving each section subheadings. However, I faced the challenge of critically filtering all the information I gathered and analyzing them in-depth. It was hard to develop my ideas.

Then, I asked my supervisor on areas for improvement. He suggested that I use more research to support my interpretations and link ideas back to the research question.

Yet, I continued to encounter challenges in finding and obtaining relevant information for some parts of my essay. For instance, Facebook has a lot of resources but Twitter has very little useful ones.

 

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PROJECT WEEK PHOTOS | TAIWAN 2018

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On June 21, 2018

In CAS, Project Week

MATH END OF YEAR REFLECTION

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On June 20, 2018

Reflection Graph:

If you could do anything differently next time what would it be? Why?

I would review the content after every math class and practice some past paper questions every day. Because it is better if I could understand every topic well  instead of practice a lot a week before the exam.

If you could only remember two things from this exam process in the future what would they be? Why?

Use my time efficiently during exams and don’t be careless. I feel I spent too much time on one question in my mock and therefore affected my overall performance.

What would you tell yourself next year when you do the actual IB exam? Why?

The first thing would be– be confident, you can do it! I feel confidence is very important in solving math questions as if you believe that you can do it, then you will be able to do it. Don’t deny yourself when you see hard questions, read several times if you don’t understand the question. The second thing would be–don’t be careless!! Check your calculator. Read the question twice before you start doing it and make sure you don’t copy the question wrongly.

What was the most interesting aspect of the course so far? Why?

Solving difficult questions. Sometimes I read the question many times and still can’t find a way to solve it and don’t know where to start. It is interesting to understand the method after discussion.

Leaning new topics.  I find statistics very interesting especially binomial distribution and Poisson distribution.

What was the most challenging aspect and why? 

Apply the content I learnt into solving the math questions. Sometimes I feel that I know the content well but I still find difficulties in solving some hard questions.

 

 

Group 4 Project–“Breakout”

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On June 14, 2018

Group 13

What were your major contributions to your group’s investigation? What did you actually do to contribute to the success of the group?

I created the puzzle for directional lock relating to areas of physics and nuclear fissions. The steps are: After opening the small box the players will have to remove the crossword puzzle. After noticing the puzzle has already been filled out, they will have to look for other clues. They will then notice the ‘blank’ paper stuck to the top corner of the crossword puzzle. They will have to use the light from the invisible pen to view the hint. After they see that the drawing is of the directional lock, they should understand that they need to reorder the sentences and identify their placement on the crossword puzzle. E.g. down, right, down, right, right, down. After doing so, they will input this into the directional lock and unlock it.

What skills and qualities did you develop during the project?

I learnt how to work as one team and break the task down into different parts. I learnt how to corporate with people that I don’t really know before and share my ideas with them. For example, I and my small group created the puzzle for the directional lock. Also, I think communication is very important as we need to stick to one theme and create puzzles based on the background story. For example, we did nuclear fissions. It is also important to ensure every member of our group knows the game flow. Also, when we go to other class and solve the puzzles, we need to communicate as well because some information is actually connected together. At one game, our group was just working in small groups without much communication and then it ended up that actually we have gotten all the information but we did not connect them together.

I have also developed my critical thinking skill and developed my creativity through making the puzzles.

My Reflective Statement

Our project is about designing a “Breakout” using 5 sciences and we split tasks respectively. I came up with a “crossword” idea where unlocking the directional lock needs to solve through a set of puzzles including sentence reordering and keyword placement. My teammates supported my idea and we developed the idea of linking to physics and background story. We also made adjustments to ensure students will gain some knowledge from playing it.

Through this, I offered a critical thinking and ‘thinking-out-of-the-box’ perspective to my team. I think collaboration and communication are keys to a good ‘Breakout’ design and game.

Our Initial Group Reflection

Our Planning Document Group 13, MYS-208ob0x

 

 

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