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Geography Core Competency Self – Assessment

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Positive Personal and Cultural Identity

“I can identify my strengths and identify my potential.”

In my power point and presentation on Mt Agung, a volcano in Bali Indonesia, I showed many of my strengths. I put a lot of work into the research portion of the project as researching well is one of my strengths. I collected my information from sources such as the Smithsonian Institution’s website, Bali’s official tourism website, and one research paper. It was important for me that my information came from creditable places. I compiled a lot more research than I needed for the project, so I had to cut some information out when I wrote my presentation script and created the slideshow. Another strength of mine that was shown through this project was my strength with public speaking. I was a little nervous to present because I don’t know a lot of the people in my class but I pushed through. During my presentation I didn’t rely on my script very much as well as my slides. I also went off script at one point and told the class some extra information I had learned. I always make sure everyone can hear me clearly when I present as well. I am a quieter person but a strength of mine is my ability to project my voice. I am proud of how my strengths were shown in this project and my presentation of it.

Core Competency Self Assessment

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Collaboration

For this assignment I collaborated with two other people. Our task was to research one of the types of plate boundaries and share our findings with the group. We each communicated verbally and chose which boundary we would research. It wasn’t difficult to divide up the work evenly as there are three types of boundaries, and three of us. It also didn’t matter to any of us which boundary we researched. There was no disagreement between us three. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to fully complete our task and communicate our findings to the rest of the group. We instead researched the boundaries on our own and filled out the table on our own. Other ways I collaborate in class is sharing my thoughts and answers to certain questions in class discussions. I also take in other peoples thoughts and I include them in my notes or answers as they often have valid responses or another point which I didn’t think of. If I disagree with another’s thoughts, I recognize that we just have differing views on the topic.

One thing I need to work on is collaborating more on assignments, and communicating more with my peers. In this class particularly. This includes asking for help when I need it, which I often struggle with. The above example was the only one I had of collaboration, and we really didn’t collaborate that much. When I do collaborate with peers in other classes, I always do my part and if necessary, I step up and lead the group. I’d like to have an opportunity to do that in this class if it arises. I can work on my collaboration by putting myself out there more, getting over any nerves I have and just going for it. I have done so before. I just have to recognize that I am capable of, and sometimes enjoy collaborating in class.