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 …

PASSION PROJECT – #2 Chinese Dish: Sweet & Sour Pork Ribs

I was craving for some homemade dishes that could remind me of home these few days so I decided to make sweet and sour pork ribs since it's easy to make. There were a lot of recipes with either English subtitles or English instructions online and on Youtube. I only used the recipe as a …