Information & Communication SkillsOur final project in English 100 was to write a 4-5 research paper on any topic that we wanted. We had to do hours of research first to find a Speicher topic on which we wanted to write about and then on the topic specifically. I originally wanted to write about something to do with the broad subject of architecture and eventually chose to write my research paper about The Future of Sustainable Information.
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Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why?
This paper used and developed both my information and communication skills. I had to first research what I wanted to write about and then about the topic that i chose. Once I researched my topic I had to then display the information in an original and unique way.
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why?
I’m overall proud of this piece of work, which can’t be said for everything I do. I put lots of effort and time into researching and writing it and I got a quality research paper on a topic that I’m personally quite intersected in.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skills with this assignment?
I greatly developed my informational skills through this project by having to do more research from more sources than any previous assignment I’ve had. I used scientific articles, books, podcasts, and college-level scholarly papers. With all this information from all these sources I had to create a system to collect and organize it. Once I had done that I then had to use my communication skills to write a unique and original paper about my topic from it.
What was most difficult about completing this task?
The most difficult part of this project was definitely the time management. We had Well over a month from when the paper was originally introduced to us. This included thinking about a general topic all the way to having a finished research paper by the end. Splitting up all of the different steps and planning for when to do them with only little guidance was definitely a challenge and also developed my self-directional skills.
How could you improve this work?
I could have improved my paper by doing more research. I jumped to a topic after only reading a couple articles, although I do like it. I also should done much more research on my topic because despite writing a research paper on it, there’s still so much more I don’t know or fully understand.
If you could start over, what would you do different?
If I could restart this project I would have done a lot more research and planning for my topic. I also would have started my writing process earlier so that I could have had more people read and review it.
How can you apply this to future learning?
I will be able to apply and use the informational and research skills that I developed from the project on many future research assignments as well as knowing how to research topics for myself that I’m interested in.