Work Sample #1: Optics Presentation
Description of Work/Assignment:
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why?
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why?
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment?
What was most difficult about completing this task?
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do differently?
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past?
How can you apply this to future learning?
- All students were required to research a given field of physics.
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why?
- For this assignment, I used information skills. I needed to find accurate information regarding the topic I was studying. If I had a lack of information, I would've been marked down on my final grade. Having good information skills assisted me in all ways through this project.
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why?
- I am most proud of the fact that I was able to create a visually-satisfying slideshow in a timely manner.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment?
- I improved on this 21st century skill by using a plagiarism checker prior to submitting this assignment to ensure my information was accurate and in my own words.
What was most difficult about completing this task?
- The most difficult part of completing this assignment was allowing myself to understand the topic before writing about it.
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do differently?
- If I could improve on this work, I would try to find more real-life examples of Optics to put the concept into perspective.
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past?
- This project relates to physics itself, in that it is being used all of the time.
How can you apply this to future learning?
- I can apply my developed skills into any future projects for researching purposes.