Your Goal Grade
Highlight the header for the column below to indicate which grade you plan to work toward in the course. Meeting the basic requirements for your chosen letter grade, according to the table below, is mandatory.
| A Work | B Work | C Work |
-Misses one class or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates all readings thoroughly -Makes substantive comments in discussions -Completes all assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Work demonstrates intellectual engagement, care, effort, and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates substantially, contributes to vision, works equally with peers | -Misses two classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates readings -Often participates in discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes most SAs on time -Work demonstrates care, effort and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates equally, completes required work | -Misses three classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Completes most readings -Sometimes adds to discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes at least four SAs -Meets minimal expectations on assignments; shows limited growth in response to feedback -Completes required collaborative work |
First-Week Introduction
I chose these five goals to change my actions in a more positive way. I do not want to always take the easy route. I would like to expand my skills to learn new things in different ways. One thing I am excited about this semester is the labs. I think the labs will allow my peers and me to look at things through a different lens. We will be doing a different kind of research that we haven’t done before. I also think this will be the most challenging but in a good way. This will make sure we have an open mind towards multiple solutions of research. Some strategies I want to set for myself this semester towards success is making sure my group is on top of things together and making sure I know what is being discussed beforehand.
Midterm Introduction
Some skills I have learned this first half of the semester are how to create a survey, use Zotero, and interact more with community partners. I enjoyed going to Heartlands and working with community partners to come up with important ideas for the survey. I liked the opportunity to be able to share knowledge with them and learn from them. What I struggle with the most so far is that in my group, I sometimes feel like I have a bigger load than others. Some of the goals I think I have been able to reach are civic engagement, collaboration, and reading. I think I need to work on skills for lifelong learning.
Final Introduction
[Now that the semester is over, use your introduction to reflect in-depth on your process. How well did you meet the goals you set out to meet? What did you learn that surprised you? Focusing on your goals for this class, what do you want to remember to take with you into your future courses? What strategies can you use to continue developing toward these goals?]
Course Goals
Choose five goals from the CODES Student Learning Outcomes that you’d like to work toward. Choose goals that are relevant to the scope of this course, select artifacts/examples based on activities assigned for this course, and explain characteristics in a way that illustrates how your artifacts/examples demonstrate your progress toward the goal.
Goal 1 -1a-20%
1) Civic Engagement : demonstrates ability and commitment to collaboratively work across and within community contexts and structures.
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| -Work with my group without giving any issues -Interact with community partners -Do well in group discussions | -My two SA discussion’s -Scrolly Telling presentation with my group – Group work – Notes | -Responsibility with due dates -Great communication when presenting with groups -good interaction with community partners |
- discussion questions
This evidence shows my discussion questions for my source analysis discussion. I was prepared with my questions in my notes ahead of time. I also did more questions just in case if my group partners didn’t. This shows me being responsible knowing the information needed for me to lead my discussion.
-Poster from Heartlands Collaboration ( I don’t have the physical artifact. It did not get sent to me by my group.)
The poster for the Heartlands collaboration was a poster created to help come up with questions and a theme for our survey. Within this shared time with the partners, I communicated a lot. I also learned new knowledge from the partners about my topic. We were able to come up with a lot of questions together as a team. Additionally, throughout this meeting if I had questions my group or the partners could not answer, I went to ask Dr.Martinez.
Goal 2 (20%)– 12C- Collaboration – Works independently toward goals by contributing and meeting deadlines.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| -Read articles thoroughly on my own -Annote readings -Keep myself up to date on things -Try not to procrastinate | -Source Analysis – Eportfolio updates on time -My communication with my class mates -Lab work | -Accountability -Communication -Responsibility -Perseverance |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 3 (20%)- 8b- Oral Communication -Uses compelling, appropriate delivery techniques.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| -Practice speeches/presentations – Work on putting information in an organized way for the audience to understand -talk to class more | –Scrollytelling project – Conversation with community partners -Discussion Vocab -practices with class | -good pronunciation – audience with good feedback -being responsible and practicing ahead of time -participation |
I do not have any physical artifacts for this goal. Yet, I would like to say my oral communication with my group and my communication when having source analysis discussions. Within my oral communication with my group I communication how proud I am when they work hard. Within my oral communication with source analysis discussions, I always make sure to participate to let my team know I can help contribute.
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 4 (20%)- 11C- Reading – Reads using an appropriate lens and can engage in a continuing dialogue within and beyond a discipline or a community of readers
This goal is important for staying informed in an ever-changing world and academic success. I will also be able to contribute to my peers by giving them my perspective of(20%)-
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| -Annotate -Ask questions -engage with peers -participate in class | -Notes -Discussion questions -Source Analysis -zotero | -Activeness towards readings -Being attentive in conversations -good communication -understanding from different perspectives |
Annotation from discussions
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 5 (20%)-7C- Skills for Lifelong Learning-Reviews prior learning inside and outside of the classroom to reveal significantly changed perspectives about educational and life experiences.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| -Adapt to new challenges -Continuously improve my knowledge -Being curious and proactive | -Lab work -Evidence of notes asking questions to understand complex problems from different perspectives – SA’s -Zotero library | -Understanding/Diving deeper to understand -Analyzing better – Increased knowledge |
Here is one of my source analyses. Throughout the article, I learned about methods that are used for water infrastructure in a different location. This assignment allowed me to be able to think about how would these methods work for me and my cohort in the future.
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]