Vincent's ISZL Portfolio

For our exhibition we made a slideshow of our learning process that we updated every day. Here is my slideshow.

For a math game we played a game that was called The Horse Race. In the game, there were eleven horses to choose from. You could choose a horse from number 2 - 12. Then you would roll two dice and if the equalled the number of a horse it would move forward one space. This game was unfair because the horses 7 and 6 or 8 got rolled for the most times, which meant that they won the game faster

For our government systems unit we made an EU simulation. I chose to play as the Netherlands because it is my home country. We would try to persuade other countries to pass the law. I stuck to the opinion I was given. Eventually, (two hours later) five countries had decided to pass the law and 3 did not want to, and 3 wanted to control it themselves. So the law was passed and we "won" the argument. I represented The Netherlands as a single person because there were not enough people for me to group up with. My allies were Germany and Finland. In the end I had Germany, Finland, Me, The UK, and Denmark all voting to pass the law. I think that my participation level was 10/10 because I really enjoyed the experience and it was a one-of-a-kind simulation. I think that my new learning was a 8/10 because I learned a lot about what it was really like and how it worked. My enjoyment level was a 9/10 because I really loved the experience and I loved representing my home country. ...

For my Passion Project I decided to research into drawing. My guiding question were: Change, How has drawing changed over time? Responsibility, What are the certain responsibilities certain forms of drawing have? Perspective, What do people think of drawing? Some of the feedback that I received from my fellow students were: "It is so good." -Heidi "Well done Vincent, it was a very interesting presentation." -Georgina "It was really original, funny, and interesting. I LOVED the game." -Francesc An interesting pice of information that I learned was what type of effects drawing has on the body and brain. During the preparation for the Passion Project, I think that my strengths as a learner were planning and patience because my Passion Project took a long time and I had to plan when I could fit in time to work on it. In the future, I would like to focus on having more games and interactive things (quality) so that my Passion Project g...

For this piece of writing, I decided to write about the over usage of screen time for kids. I chose to write this because I know for a fact that it is a big issue. One of the persuasive techniques that I used was Pathos because I included two stories that were sad and one was a bit frightening.  I think that this technique was a powerful tool because a lot of people will care more about the issue if they think that something sad will happen if they don't care about. When writing, the part that I found most challenging was writing the right sentences and words to convince my audience that this was an issue and that they should care about it. I am especially proud about how my persuasive text turned out. I think that I did a good job and that's why I'm proud of it.