Introduction
Midterm Reflection: During the first half of the semester I learned how to work better in a group and how crucial communication skills is. It’s important to make sure that everyone is on the same page at all times.
I enjoyed learning about everyones skills and how everything is able to connect together at the end for our project. I struggled most with finding resources that are educationally correct and engaging for the intended audience.
I believe I have excelled the goal of skill development by identifying my own skills and attending the workshop meetings with my group to seek input and help in order to enhance the skills I have developed. I also believe my teamwork abilities have grown more as I work with my group to finish our products. I want to continue developing all of my goals and skills during the second half of the semester.
End-of-term Reflection: During the second half of the semester I went through a long process of learning, this meant learning to work in a group and trying to come together to finish parts of the project.
I learned how to work with WordPress which is something I have been struggling to understand for years but I can now say that I am way more comfortable working with it, than I was in the beginning of the semester.
When I chose the products I was going to do, I wasn’t aware of all the work I had to put in which was a risk that I wasn’t prepared for at that time. I am grateful and happy I choose those two products because finding research, learning how to work with WordPress, and finding how I want my work to be shown to people, helped me grow as a student. I am still developing researching skills because even though I have been doing it for years, I believe that as a student and future educator, I will never stop learning how to do research. I also want to continue to develop my patience skills because I want to learn to take my time on things such as projects and not pressure myself to do everything in one go.
Goal 1 (20%)
Research
Interpretation based
on 5.a:
- Be able to get and put out a deeper understanding of topics discussed
- Final product will include videos or drawings/data that enhance understanding of the research process and conclusions from all of work in the group
This artifact is our team proposal which shows the start of the process for our products. This assigment helped me develop managment skills and it pushed me to put myself out there to collaborate as much as I can with the skills I already have. Next time I would encourage my team to make the proposal more easier to understand.
Goal 2 (40%)
Based on 7.a:
- Look for ideas and examples in readings from class
- Integrate other medias to reflect different aspects for different types of audiences
- Educate others and myself
This artifact is a screenshot of my reflection #2 from a reading in class called “Land as pedalgogy”. It demonstrates the goal to look for ideas and examples in readings from class. This reading helped me realize how I am able to apply my interests and goals into my work in CODES. This reflection made me develop the skill to analyze and gather deeper understanding of the articles given. It pushed me to learn something know on the methods the article discussed. Next time I would like to take notes of the reading as I read it so I can go back to those main points.
This artifact is a screenshot of my product in my groups website. It demonstrates the goal to integrate other medias to reflect different aspects for different types of audiences. This is because I found this specific DIY on tiktok which is a media that I’ve never used. This specifc part of my product helped me continue to develop the skill of research. It pushed me to try a new media and make it work in my product. This media was perfect to put into my product becuse it’s one that is more intended for the group of audience I’m making it for.
This artifact is a screenshot of my product in my groups website. It demonstrates the goal to educate others and myself. This is because while I was reasearching the main types of recyclables, I wanted to learn and educate others on why they should be recycling that specific item, that being for example, how and why the can recycle cardboard. This specifc part of my product helped me continue to develop the skill of research. It pushed me to learn new things and then be able to format it on my page in order to be age appropriate for my audience. This type of information about each recycable I did a DIY on was perfect to put into my product becuse it’s gives people a reason and purpose on what they’re reading on my page.
Goal 3 (20%)
Based on 9.b:
- Share examples of the different approaches that were used
This artifact is a rough draft of my notes and information I had gathered for my products it demonstrates an example of the different approaches that were used. This process was the start of my research for both of my products which helped me develop the skill to gather information and be able to apply it towards my work. Next time I would try to make it as neat as I can so I can go back and be able to show my team.
Goal 4 (10%)
Collaboration and
Participation based on
12.c:
- Work independently toward team goals by contributing to efforts and meeting
deadlines. - Examples of collaboration being shared of the projects being worked on
This artifact is our teams notes which demonstrates the goal to work independently toward team goals by contributing to efforts and meeting deadlines while still collaborating, it’s also an example of collaboration being shared of the projects being worked on. This process helped everyone stay on track on what everyone should be working on. This assigment helped me develop collaboration and communicaton skills. Next time I would try to do this for every meeting but it didn’t seem necessary since we would still be on track with some of the thing on theses notes for weeks.
This artifact is my response for my positon as a stakeholder in my groups team proposal. This demonstrates the goal to work independently toward team goals by contributing to efforts and meeting deadlines while still collaborating. I volunteered to be the stadholder since it’s an important role in the teams proposal and that made me be the voice for that specific aspect. This assigment helped me develop collaboration and timely skills. Next time I will try to talk to my teamates after it was done to see if they wanted to add anything because what I wrote was also their experience.
Goal 5 (10%)
Based on 7.b:
- Claim and improve time management
- Make time management a priority in my education
This artifact is a screenshot of my reflections page where it demonstrates the goal that I have improved my time managment and continue to turn in assigments on time and be as descriptive as I can on my answers. Taking my time to read the reading and actually put some thought into my answers is a skill that I have continued to develop.