Description of Work/Assignment: In my food, science, health, and nutrition class this semester we do weekly web assignments. For most of them we research on a topic that is current to the week's agenda. After doing some research we write 150 word current events summarized in our own words about the topic. Along with some insight about our opinions sometimes as well. Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why?: The 21st century skill I believe addresses this assignment would be self directional skills. For the assignment I am the one doing the research and summarizing the information by myself, and making sure that it is within the word limit that is required to get a good grade. What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why?: What I am most proud of from this assignment is finding enough and good information about the topic of the week. Along with writing it. I hadn't written a current event in some time so it was good practice to get back into writing.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment?: I developed/improved upon the 21st century skill, self directional skills, by effectively and correctly completing the web assignment. I hadn't done research and summaries during summer since there was no school, so it was good to get back into the research and summary routine as I mentioned previously. It is definitely good to practice these things as it will be important when I go on to college.
What was most difficult about completing this task?: The most difficult thing about completing this task was making sure the article had enough content I could write about. The content did wind up enough, which was good so I could complete the assignment.
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do differently?: If I could start over, I would improve my work by looking at more articles to gain more content to write about for the assignment.
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past?: This assignment is related to others in the past in the way that I have done current events in the past. I have done current events on similar topics as well.