Category: Communication

Gov/Law Q1-2

by aander65

This artifact is part of an assignment I had to create and present in my government and law class. For this assignment I had to research an ongoing court case that is all the way up in the supreme court. My court case was the Department of Justice vs. the House Committee of Judiciary. In order to complete this assignment I had to spend about a week researching everything about this case and who was all on it. I took the side of the Department of Justice, so I had to find the facts and points on their side of the case.

I feel like the most successful part of this assignment was how I researched my side. I thought it was going to be really hard to find the case points in this trial, but it was actually easier than I thought. I think I found my data really well and when writing my case paper on it, it went better than I thought it would. Presenting also went very well when I was reading off which case points because I successfully completed my research before hand. I used my strongest points in the case when presenting to help sway people to my side of the trial.

The most difficult part of this project was presenting to the class. I am not a very good presenter so I was really nervous to present my side of the case properly. Having all of the facts and points down before presenting really helped me because then I was fully prepared to present. I thought that I presented better than I thought I would, but I still think it was the hardest thing about this project for me. It was also a little different presenting because I was online presenting and my partner was in person, so it was hard to cover questions when the class asked.

This definitely connects with the critical thinking category because you have to research your topics. When I was researching I had to use multiple sites because even just 4 sites didn’t have all of the information for this case. Critical thinking is key for this project because you have to think of different ways that you are going to present your case to the class. You need to find a way to persuade your audience into picking your side of the trial. I also had to use communication as a 6 c’s because in order to complete this assignment I had to present it in front of my class.

This assignment connects with the outside world because it is a real life case that is happening right now. It is still in session and the supreme court is currently working on it so I will get to see the real outcome after. I can also connect with the outside world because if I ever go watch a court case I can see all of this play out in real life. I want to go to trials and see how they do them in real life because I think it would be fun to see what they do and compare it to what I have learned in this class.

Court case doc

Food and Nutrition Q2

by aander65

Through this quarter the I am most proud of how I could plan out a cooking lessons. Before we started cooking, we planned out everything like how much of each ingredient we would need. At home i’m use to just putting things together and not planning every single thing out. But cooking through this class showed me how much easier and faster it is to cook when you have everything laid out before you start cooking. It helps to know everything is there and ready before you start cooking.

The most difficult aspect of cooking this quarter was definitely the hybrid schedule. We weren’t able to cook everyday and some weeks we had to cook on our own, but it was weird since we weren’t in class in person. The hybrid schedule made it hard for us to cook with each other sometimes because we weren’t right there in the classroom, instead we were on a camera through our computers. I think this was the most difficult part because we didn’t have a lot of talking and going through our recipes, unlike in person when everyone is talking about their cooking.

This artifact connects through the profile of a graduate by allowing us to communicate and collaborate with others. In the kitchen it is required to have good communication skills to cook and make sure everyone is following along with what we are cooking. I had to work with others while in our kitchen space so that we could get the recipes done without making any mistakes along the way. Connecting to profile of a graduate through communication was the biggest part of this class because we always needed to stay up to date with what is happening in groups while cooking.

I will use my knowledge from this class moving forward by cooking at home more. I already cook a lot at home and I like to cook with other too. After you move out of the house and start to live on your own, you need to know how to cook. If you don’t know how to cook then it can be difficult to learn on your own at first. Having cooking knowledge allows you to move on in the world to be more independent and you can explore new recipes on your own.

  (peanut butter and chocolate bites)

Statistics Q1

by aander65

One of my statistics projects was asking 37 other students in the high school about their summer activities during Covid-19. We presented 4 of the questions to my class and showed them the results. I made a slides page with the 4 questions and the pie charts to go with it. My group members and I also added the percentages and pictures to go with the charts, so that it was easier to read and understand them. I enjoyed creating this with a group because we could decide which questions we would as together. One thing I would change for next time is to send the survey out to more people and see if the results could change a lot or just by a little bit. This goes under the collaboration and communication categories because I worked with a team of 3 others to create this project. I also communicated with the people who we wanted to take this survey for our results to come back.

Sample Post – Creative Repurposing

by aander65

In my 8th grade FACS class, I had the opportunity to help make the world a better place by upcycling items that might have ended up in our landfills.   Instead, I was able to upcycle pallet boards into a beautiful new table.  My team and I spent a lot of time determining what color we would have the table.  My dad, helped us put it together.  We had some challenges with the staining and had to redo a section because it go too tacky. We needed a smooth finish.  We also wanted to stage the table so that it would look nice and we would market it to potential buyers.

Below is a video of our journey.  Throughout this process, we hit a number of the POG C’s.  We had to collaborate together to build, stain, and stage a table that was going to be sold to potential buyers.  We used communication skills to share and listen to each other’s ideas and determine our final product. We also had to use communication skills to showcase our piece to an audience.  We enjoyed the opportunity to be creative and have a choice in what we would produce and our ideas would be seen and potentially bought by people in the real world.  We had challenges along the way and had to think critically on how to resolve those challenges.  And finally, I believe the artifact below showcases an element of citizenship – as we are trying to repurpose items and keep them out of our landfill.