I. Describe the Assignment and Why I Chose It
In our Junior year we are given a Junior Project that we must complete. It is meant to prepare us for our senior project the next year. The project is a semester long and has to be educational for you and others, beneficial the the community around you, while also being something you have an interest in and want to learn more about. A Friend and I decided to work on a project together since we have similar interests in culinary. We then came up with a couple ideas for meals we could cook and refine the recipe so we could make videos that were simple and easy for people to follow and understand. We would record us cooking then go through the video editing it so it was shorter and adding subtitles to follow the video. We then uploaded the videos to YouTube, TikTok and our own website with recipes in the description.
II. How it Represents a 21st Century Skill
It shows 21st Century Skills such as Communication, Informational, and Self-Directional Skills. First of all I used Information skills because I had to learn how to record and edit videos of my cooking, upload the videos to YouTube, then create a website with those videos and recipes of the food below. Self-Direction skills were another big part of this project. You are given a couple due dates for things but it's mainly up to you to stay on task and manage your time so you get your work done on time. Lastly Communication skills were very important because I had to communicate with my mother to make sure I have the proper ingredients and tools I need for the cooking. Communication was also key between my partner and I making sure we were on the same page and splitting up the work evenly and both staying on task.
III. How it shows my Current Growth
This was by far the biggest project of all high school other than the senior project of course. It helped teach me a lot and prepared me for the senior project. It helped me learn more about time management and communication. It also helped with my cooking skills and developed a passion for cooking also which lead to my idea for my senior project
IV. Area of Opportunity for New Growth
Like I had said earlier I have learned a lot from this project already and I feel like I will still be learning more in this quarter. Even with all that there will always be more area for growth one of the main things I need to improve on is communication and time management since I've never really been good at managing my time when it comes to anything and I have came to realize that more and see how it really slows me down and effects me negatively.