21st Century Skill: Thinking and Problem Solving
The Assignment and Why I Chose It:
The assignment that I chose for this skill is from a project that we did in Engineering/Computer Science. In this project students where instructed to build a tree house scale model. Student were given creative freedom for this project which I liked. For this project there were a number of criteria that students' tree-houses had to measure up to. One example of this is that the legs of the tree-house had to be different in some way; either the material had to be different or the legs had to be different sizes. Overall the project was fun and nice to do. Because my arm was broken though I had to get creative and find an alternative project to do in order to get credit for the project. |
How I used Thinking and Problem Solving:
The reason that I had to use this skill was because my arm was broken and I had to get creative. While other students had to build the scale tree-house model I had to choose an alternative project. I was basically able to do whatever as long as i was creative and would look good. For this project I had to think of alternative project ideas and problem solve when I couldn't build the tree-house. I ended up being able to decorate an old lamp shade in my house.
The reason that I had to use this skill was because my arm was broken and I had to get creative. While other students had to build the scale tree-house model I had to choose an alternative project. I was basically able to do whatever as long as i was creative and would look good. For this project I had to think of alternative project ideas and problem solve when I couldn't build the tree-house. I ended up being able to decorate an old lamp shade in my house.
Strengths and Current Growth:
In this project I had a problem that needed to be solved since I wasn't able to make the tree-house model. I also had to think and use creativity in order to get credit for this project. This is how I was able to come up with the idea to decorate an old lampshade in my house. I am happy with the outcome with this project and how I was able to problem solve and think in a creative way in order to get credit for this project.
In this project I had a problem that needed to be solved since I wasn't able to make the tree-house model. I also had to think and use creativity in order to get credit for this project. This is how I was able to come up with the idea to decorate an old lampshade in my house. I am happy with the outcome with this project and how I was able to problem solve and think in a creative way in order to get credit for this project.
Weak Points and Future Growth:
I think that this project represented Thinking and Problem Solving Skills fairly well. Honestly I am very happy with this project as as a result I am happy to use it for this skill. For this project I think the only thing that I could have improved was the fine details of the finished lamp shade. A few of the lines on the lampshade were funky and could have been better. Other then that I don't have anything that I think could have been better with the project.
I think that this project represented Thinking and Problem Solving Skills fairly well. Honestly I am very happy with this project as as a result I am happy to use it for this skill. For this project I think the only thing that I could have improved was the fine details of the finished lamp shade. A few of the lines on the lampshade were funky and could have been better. Other then that I don't have anything that I think could have been better with the project.