Online Portfolio Reflection, 2nd Semester

I have had a great experience being the the core. There were so many things I have learned and have done in this year that I'm able to say that this year was a job well done. I'm proud of the accomplishments I have achieved so far in my high school career and I hope to continue to strive in my education and academics. My GLO portfolio will showcase to you the work I have done this year showing how I have applied my class lessons into my work. So, after you have viewed my portfolio, please proceed so that you can answer the questions below.

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1. What did you like best about my portfolio and portfolio conference? What would you like to see me improve on in my portfolio?
2. From your point of view, which of my attainments of the 6 general learner outcomes is of most value? Please explain why you feel it is important and what about my documentation of it impresses you.
3. Which of the GLOs would you like me to focus on in the coming year(s)?

Journal #4 - How You Shaped & Produced the "Impact Activity?" (Process Paper)

For my “impact activity,” I am going to play a portion of a piano piece I’m currently teaching myself, and I will be applying the lessons I have learned from my piano classes into the song. I made a video instead because I couldn’t bring in my keyboard to school. (Hahaha)

For the piano piece, I actually knew how to play the whole beginning part of the song so that wasn’t much of a problem for me to do. However, I could never get past the first page of the song so I gave up. It became sort of difficult. I gave it a try, but it didn’t sound right. Then, with some practice and after the first two piano lessons I took, it became quite easier. The lessons really did help me out a lot.

The process I went through to develop my impact activity wasn’t difficult to come up with. It was obvious that I would have to perform a piano piece. The better question was “HOW?” How could I present it to the class? I knew I couldn’t bring my piano to school. That would be crazy. (Hahaha) So, as suggested by Mrs. Sueoka and my friends, I should just take a video of myself. I was even thinking of having someone film me while I was taking my lessons, but it didn’t work out. So, instead of performing live, which I would have loved to do, I just decided to take a video of myself and present it to the class.