Teaching and Incorporating FPPL into Lesson

My group mates and I worked on the topic of composing at Grade 7 level. Overall, the lesson went smoothly as planned. It was great that most of the students participated fully and enjoyed our activities. Since that we have done both of the activities that we presented in class before, we adjusted it a …

TECH TOPIC – #5 Piktochart

I was introduced to Piktochart, an online website where users can create infographics in Grade 12 for Social Studies. We were told to use infographics as a presentation tool for a group project about social injustice (mainly holocaust) in history. The topic that my partner and I were working on was the Nanjing Holocaust. And …

TECH TOPIC – #4 Reflection on Video Editing

I have done a unit about video editing in middle school and I didn't really enjoy it. I found it very difficult to understand and I just had no clue where every button that I had to click was. The unit was taught in a teacher-center command style which means that the teacher would model …

TECH TOPIC – #3 Minecraft

I have recently discovered a new hobby which is gaming (OVERWATCH!) and I was so excited knowing that we are playing Minecraft in class. I have never thought a video game can be a learning tool. Many teachers and parents are strongly against their students/ children playing video games as they claim that gaming has a …

TECH TOPIC – #2 Micro:bits

I have learned some basic programming/ coding in middle school, but I was never a fan of it. I remember that we were taught to simply type in whatever said in the textbook. It makes me perceive coding as a tedious task; I, as a child, just felt like I had to copy a bunch of …

TECH TOPIC – #1 Internet Safety

We had a guest speaker coming to talk about internet safety in one of the class. When I was in elementary school, it was never a topic addressed officially in class and it was brought up only a few times in middle school during assemblies. I originally thought that internet safety was nothing more than "stranger danger" or …

PASSION PROJECT – #6 Desert: Caramel Pudding

I find this tutorial video among a bunch of food videos that I saved and I think that I am ready for something more challenging after successfully making brownies and cookies. I always love pudding, especially the ones with dripping caramel on top. Recipe: https://youtu.be/s0KZqMQ00NY These are the ingredients you need: I make the caramel …

PASSION PROJECT – #5 Wine Tasting: Cabernet Sauvignon

This week, I am going to introduce a red wine that I recently discovered. I had my birthday last week and a friend brought a 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon to my party. We've tried it and everyone just loved it! I wasn't an expert on drinking red wine so I could only make basic comments. This wine …

PASSION PROJECT – #4 Snacks: Chocolate Chip Cookies

After trying to make brownies, I think that I am capable of making snacks/ desserts that are more complicated to make. So I decided to make chocolate chip cookies (CLASSIC!!) My favorite type of chocolate chip cookies is the ones that have a crunchy crisp but soft and moist on the inside, it would even …

PASSION PROJECT – #3 Dessert: Brownies

For the first dessert/ snacks, I am going to try something easy, like making brownies with pre-made brownie mix. It is just what I needed to cancel out the stress from schoolwork and it is super convenient that I can make it even at my boyfriend's house which doesn't have any baking utensils. To make …