This creative project helped me demonstrate the ‘Personal and Social’ part of the core competencies. It made me reflect on my own identity and think deeply about my passions, values, skills and future goals. The thought process of this project was quite difficult but by the end, I’m now able to identify these categories. This project specifically strengthened my ‘Personal Awareness and Responsibility.’ Some preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle include staying organized with my notes app on my phone. Whether it’s making a To-Do list or just planning out an outfit for the next day, it makes my everyday life a bit easier.
Personal/Social CC; Personal Awareness & Responsibility
“I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy, I take pride and myself.”
With this biology unit test, I studied hard enough to achieve 100% on this unit test. Though I didn’t get the extension right, I’m still proud of my mark because I was able to get all of the questions on the test correct. I feel more proud from the fact I really doubted my abilities in the beginning, expecting a lower score and also that this was the whole unit of biology. In conclusion, with the results of the test, I am able to express my joy.
I can identify my strengths and limits, find internal motivation, and act on opportunities for self-growth.
With this interactive website, I saw that I am good at estimating numbers with my knowledge that I already had. I was able to compare all numbers and find the successful answer. One of my limits when doing this activity was trying to perfect the lines. I would get super close and it would take some time to collect all the stars.
A) How did the use of AI assist you in developing this project
With the assist of AI, I was able to make my research process faster since Perplexity was able to provide me with many crucial information and even gave the sources they used which made my citations easier on my behalf.
B) How did you ensure that the work you created was still your own, rather than just a product of the AI?
I can ensure that my work is my own creation because I put the information into my own format and worded the paragraphs to fit into my vocabulary rather than copy and pasting (plagarizing.) The only use of AI was used for researching purpose only.
C) Did you agree with the position you had to argue? Why or why not?
After listening to my partner’s side of the argument and my research, I stand in the middle of my argument because there’s some concepts where I do think that violence is justified and there’s parts where I don’t think so.
Core Competency Reflection
When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I am still able to give honest feedback on their ideas and provide support for my partner. I try to initiate conversations with them and get to know the person better to break the uncomfortable tension.
One of the ways I can ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to use proper communication. Speaking our ideas and sharing feedbacks to one another to see if we both are coming to a consensus. I do think that communication is key in partnerships/groups.
For this advertising assignment, I used the “Glittering Generalities” and “Special Offer” techniques. I used the words 50% off, limited offer and perfect to make this deal look more appealing.
Since nobody could really define the perfect fitting hoodie, I decided to name this hoodie brand as one would say, “The Perfect Fit Hoodie.” I made sure to make this advertisement simple and not too overwhelming, using common attracting traits one would typically look for in a hoodie. Since winter is approaching, and the weather is becoming more colder, I chose the snowy aesthetic background. People will get colder and look for more warmer clothing choices, with my branding, it could easily lead people into buying my product.
Advertising could do way more than one could expect. For example, a product could be the most useless item to ever exist, but if it’s advertised by the right people and techniques, it could become trending and make insane sales. After learning about the techniques, I’ve only now realized that using correct terms, aesthetics, backgrounds, etc. could do so much for a product or brand.
Core Competency Reflection
I used to think that advertisements were useless and now I know how beneficial it can be because of this assignment. There’s many products that people spend so much money on a daily that really isn’t that necessary, but because of how it’s being represented, it’s benefiting these companies incredibly. I’ve also learned that the internet has been the most helpful in advertising many products across the globe.
This is how I selected images and words to create impact for my planned audience: My planned audience was teenagers. I began by making my poster very simplistic as the attention span is decreasing by the following generations. Then, using the aesthetic and dim background with bold clear words to make my product pop out more in the image.
