How has your awareness of Coast Salish Art in our community changed? Be specific and give at least one example: 

I was able to learn about the different shapes in the Coast Salish art, their meaning and significance. I learned about how the shapes and animals can represent different things. Such as how a bear can represent a loving protector, just like how a mother bear protects her cubs, or how you can use the shapes to add details to any animal you decide to do.

This is the drawing of a bear I did for my Coast Salish art, I feel like I’m best represented by a bear because they’re very caring and protective.

Here is the same photo but in a digital style.

(The circles did not load on the SVG file. You can use the comparison between the digital style and the hand drawn copy to fill in the blanks.)

For my subject, I chose to write about women in sports, it’s something I’ve been passionate about since I was much younger. I’ve always enjoyed learning about different women who have encountered diversity in their lives and pushed past it to achieve their dreams. I’ve listened to many speeches growing up from varying intellectually and emotionally strong women.  

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My Paragraph: 

Women have broken many barriers and changed standards in sports. Through their dedication and hard work, women have not always been given the same opportunity as men. Throughout the years, women have worked hard to make sports a more welcoming environment for young women and girls, giving them opportunities. Women such as Hayley Wickenheiser has broken many male and female records for ice hockey. She has worked hard throughout her entire career to achieve her goals. Additionally, Furthermore, women’s sports have garnered increasing attention and support, leading to significant advancements in gender equality within the sporting world. Initiatives promoting inclusivity and diversity have opened doors for women of all backgrounds to participate and thrive in sports. Women continue to challenge stereotypes and advocate what they believe is right in an area of knowledge mostly dominated by men.  

AI paragraph: 

Women in sports have long faced challenges and stereotypes, yet their contributions and achievements continue to redefine the landscape of athletics. Despite historical barriers, women have excelled in various sports, showcasing their athleticism, skill, and determination. From pioneering athletes like Billie Jean King and Wilma Rudolph to contemporary stars such as Serena Williams and Simone Biles, women have shattered records and inspired generations. Increased visibility and support for women’s sports have led to greater opportunities and representation, empowering female athletes to compete at the highest levels. However, disparities in pay, media coverage, and resources persist, highlighting the ongoing need for gender equality in sports. As women continue to break barriers and redefine norms, their impact on sports transcends competition, serving as a catalyst for social change and inclusivity. 

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• What was your experience in using AI?  

AI seemed to reference my subject in larger terms, while I focused on subjects, I know a bit more myself, such as Ice Hockey and Tennis, it went on to bring up gymnasts and track and field. AI also used different vocabulary words that I don’t tend to use on a regular basis, it provided a different perspective on the fluency of words. 

• Was the paragraph the AI generated accurate? Fact-check any new information and see if it’s true. 

Yes, I felt like it was reading about it. With further inspection, it seemed more like AI used this subject to reach into a more of a broader term, expanding into different areas I didn’t originally write about. 

• Was the exercise useful? How can this help you with your learning going forward? 

I learned that I could be more detailed in my descriptions and make better use of the given vocabulary. 

• Were your results expected? Yes or No? Explain 

I feel like the AI results compared to my own were expected. It went into further detail than I did, as well as naming more athletes. The sentence and paragraph structure were on point, obviously because it’s AI, while mine seems like it was made from a template, which it was. 

For the grade 9, take your kid to work day, I went to work with my mom. She’s a grade 3 teacher at Leigh Elementary, while I was there, I got the opportunity to help younger kids with their spelling, sentence structure and grammar. Later in the afternoon, the students in my mom’s class had PHE, I participated in a game of bench ball, as you might assume, playing against young, elementary school students wasn’t that complicated. Although, it does make yourself a bigger target compared to them. Literally and figuratively. I went outside for both recess and lunch, I got to play with the younger kids and two other grade 9 boys from Riverside. After lunch, we did some simple math games and then had a lesson on weather changes in different environments. Shortly after that, we went outside with the class Ipad’s and took pictures of erosion on the school grounds. I quite enjoyed my day at my moms work, I wasn’t kept in an office all day, I was able to interact with the students and I also knew many of the teachers from previous years.

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The Picture from the beginning of my post is a picture of me helping out a kid in grade 1, while my mom was in a meeting, I went to another teacher’s classroom, mainly because I’ve known her since I was in elementary school myself. As well as I know  her son who also came for take your kid to work day because we went to summer school together as kids.

1. What did you hear, see, smell, and feel in the work environment on Nov. 1st? 

I heard the younger kids playing in the background, the pencils taping when they were working, the shuffling of chairs during lessons. I saw the teachers talking to each other about school related subjects, such as projects and routines. I felt the welcoming environment of the students and the staff at the school.  

2. What about the environment would motivate you to wake up every day to attend work? 

Being in an elementary school is a very welcoming and warm environment. The younger kids look up to the older ones, and their bright personalities make everything a bit more interesting.  

3. What about the work environment would discourage you from waking up every day to attend work? 

I feel like the students in the class would take up a lot of patience in the long term. They require a lot of emotional energy from others, especially the adults that surround them. 

4. What is ONE thing you found interesting about your workplace visit?

I thought it was interesting how the younger kids are constantly surrounded by screens, even if it’s a T.V projector. Unless they’re working on an assignment by hand, they have access to iPad for reading and writing. And even when they work outside for nature. Such as today, my mom took her class outside to document weather changes after periods of rain and strong winds. And instead of writing things down, they took pictures and made a slideshow. It was interesting to see how much their curriculum depends on technology.