Core Competencies Reflection
Core Competency: Creative Thinking
For my paragraph, I preferred Creative Thinking, I was able to show these skills various times confidently. I mostly used Novelty and Value, I generated new ideas as I pursued my interests. This project and the way I wanted to present made it very easy to use this specific skill. One of my personal interests is tinkering with technology and this project gave me a great opportunity to use my interests and convert it into a presentable project. For the project, I decided to make a website from scratch and it also made kept me hooked for the whole time since it was tinkering with technology because that is one of my interests. For my second point, I was able to get new ideas or build on other people’s ideas, to create new things within the. An example of when I used this skill was when I saw one of my peers making a social media account to promote their invention and I thought I could definitely do better. So building on their idea, I made a website using my interests to fuel my determination. For the third point, I get ideas that are new to my peers. When I was making the website, I thought most groups would be making a website, but I later realized only one other group made a website so it was a new idea to most of my peers. The process of making a website was extremely difficult, but it was certainly a great life experience and would surely come handy later in life.
For my second portion of Creative Thinking, I think I equally used Generating Ideas as well. I have deliberate strategies for quieting my conscious mind. For this project, I had to use this specific skill surprisingly a lot. When it came to making the website, I hit a number of deadends so I had to use the skill to clear my mind. I would either shoot a couple quick hoops or I would play on my Xbox for around an hour, while I am doing these activities, my mind usually clears up and an idea comes along while I am doing those activities so this skill definitely works for me. The next point is I deliberately learn a lot of something by doing research. This came in when I had to specifically research how mugs are made and the whole process, the price and the costs of items. I ended up learning a bunch of knowledge deliberately. The last point is new ways to create new things or solve straightforward problems. One of the most significant problems I came across when making the website was that the website was built on a free trial and it would expire in a couple of days. I solved this problem by taking screenshots of every angle of the website so its available for marking.
One thing I believe my partner and I could’ve done to make our project stand out from other groups more is we could’ve put in more effort into the poster. I believe this was the biggest flaw of our project since the poster was our main visual and visual can be very important since it sets the first impression. Another part I could’ve done much better is our marketing account on Instagram. I believe our marketing account was fantastic with a detailed description in the bio, but I noticed our account was lacking posts compared to other groups. I believe we could’ve gotten a much higher mark if we had posted one or two more.
Website (Password is needed to access: kevin)
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Instagram Link: https://www.instagram.com/drippymug_hwss/
Kevin, You have not embedded your invention and your reflection should be 3 paragraphs.
You have not received a passing grade on this assignment to your blog. You have not attempted to include a reflection based around the core competencies in which you consider your growth and development as a learner. You must ensure that you upload your media to the page in an appropriate fashion and ensure that you have a reflection which is based around the language of the core competencies and in which you consider your development and growth as a learner and the process by which this assignment has led you to a new understanding of your skills and abilities. Some of the changes you may want to ask when improving your assignment are: Does your Information have little or nothing to do with the core competency? How could you improve this? Are your evidence and examples relevant AND/OR well explained? How could you better organize your reflection? Do you have at least 3 well constructed paragraphs? How could you improve on what you have submitted to accomplish this? You must use the language of the core competency to describe the skills you learned and how you could use the core competency in the future. You can find those prompts here. https://kodiaks.sd43.bc.ca/core-competency-reflection-sheets/
Please complete all these steps and email me a link to your assignment in the next two weeks, using your district email account. If you need help you can see me in room 213 at flex.
Letter Grade: Incomplete
Kevin, Very well done. You have properly integrated your media into your blog and chosen a format which does an excellent job of presenting your assignment. All information clearly relates to the core competency you have chosen. You include several insightful supporting details and/or examples of how you demonstrated the competency.Your reflection is very organized with at least 3 well-constructed paragraphs which do an excellent job of communicating your ideas.
Your paragraphs use the language of the core competency to thoroughly describe how you addressed the core competency and how you plan to further apply it in the future.
You have considered your development and growth as a learner and the process by which this assignment has led you to this new understanding of your skills and abilities.
Letter Grade: A