Communication

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.