This assignment shows my artistic abilities I think because I drew the entire poster myself and I colored it all in too. I think that this shows the Creative Thinking Core Competency because I had to think creatively to come up with a design for the poster that would meet the criteria and I think that it made me think creatively to find something that looks good and promotes the idea of going to war during WWII. During this project I learned about how the government wanted young men to join the army and fight during WWII so that they didn’t have to make conscription a rule.
Core Competency Reflection
I ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener, I chose this competency because I think that I demonstrated this by asking questions about the criteria and the limitations of this project. I asked about different ways to do this project and different forms of media to demonstrate my learning, but went with the design of poster.
I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself, I chose this I can statement because I was proud of myself for this project and I liked what I did with this poster and my work was reflected in the marks that I got for it. I did feel and express a feeling of joy when I received a good mark on this project and I’m glad I put in the work for it.
I work to inform myself about issues surrounding me, I demonstrated this because the poster was a project about WWII and that is a past issue that we were learning about. I think that even though it is not a current issue it is still an issue that is relevant.
I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others, I demonstrated this because I formed my own idea for the design of the propaganda poster but I also looked at past examples of posters for inspiration and to get me to think. I built on the ideas that others had come up with and I had combined it with my own ideas to create something entirely new.
I recognize my emotions and use strategies to manage them, I think that I need to work on this because my emotions dictate my life and can end up with missing assignments and being behind in class for me. I think that if I can regulate my emotions better then I would be able to be more productive and not fall behind in class.
During the Minecraft project I used communication with my group members to divide up the work and decide what parts of the project we would each do. We also used communication to update each other on where we were in our buildings. I built one of the windmills that were included in our project during class since it was difficult to work outside of class as my group and I had different schedules and we needed to communicate to organize when to work on the project. Communication was important for this project because we could only join the world when the group member who created the Minecraft world could open it to the other group members. Communication was a big part of this project I don’t think the project would have been successful without it.
Thinking
Thinking is an important part of every project and I enjoyed how this project made me think. This project made me think creatively and it challenged me to find a way to make the windmill with blocks. The biggest challenge that I had to think through was how to make the windmill look like a windmill while using blocks, since the windmill arms are usually and an angle it was a bit more difficult to represent that in my build. I did overcome this by making a zigzag line to represent this with the blocks and I liked the way that it represented the windmill in motion. I think that I used my thinking skills well in this project and demonstrated my abilities well in the area of thinking with this project since I was able to come up with a design and execute it. This project made me think to come up with a design that would fit the criteria and portray the source of energy.
Personal and Social
The personal and social aspect of this was more difficult to me. To be a positive and helpful group member it is needed to be responsible and complete tasks that were agreed upon and assigned to each member which is good since it motivates me to get the work done. I don’t like working in groups as much as I like working by myself even though I have less work in a group project than an individual project. The social and personal side is important because when working with other people it is needed to have a sense of confidence to project leadership and not be pushed around. In our group project the work was divided well but it was a challenge to work outside of class since only one group member had the Minecraft world. Being a member of a group is a responsibility but it is also a chance to show off leadership skills and social skills that you cannot demonstrate during individual projects.
During Power tech 10 Mr. Kent showed us how to change tires on a car and how to make sure that they are at the proper PSI. We had to change the tires on a car and switch them, also making sure that they had the right amount of air in them. My group and I took the tires and checked them, finding that they needed more air to be at the right PSI. I inflated the tire, and thought it was to the correct PSI but when I checked the tire again I realized that I had overinflated it. I realized my mistake and I made sure that it was the correct PSI by asking for my group members to double check my work. I found this mistake by double checking before I put the tire onto the car, and when I realized something was wrong I had to look over the tire to find the issue with it. Since I had just inflated it I tried checking that first, since I had just changed it and that seemed to be the logical issue. I changed the PSI and I installed the tire on the car successfully after I fixed the issue.
