Once you’ve finished any major project, or any independent learning objective, you will have to reflect on what you’ve learned and accomplished.
This is a way of preparing yourself for your final portfolio! If you do these well now, your final portfolio project will be MUCH EASIER!
The basic job of the portfolio, and these reflections, is to explain the project to someone who isn’t in the class (like your parents or a friend in another class or a prospective employer.)
Creating these in a Word document is acceptable. If you want to start using InDesign more (the more you use it, the better you’ll get), that’s even better.Title your file with the name of the project and “reflection” (eg: Interactive Quiz reflection) OR start compiling a Learning Log, which might be one document or file that contains your reflections for multiple projects.
Reflection content:
- Explain to someone what exactly you were doing with this project. What was the goal/purpose/lesson. Try to keep me out of it. Don’t say, “Mr. Robson made me,” or “Mr. Robson told me to…”, explain what you were trying to accomplish.
- What did the project teach you? What were the new things you learned? What specific skills did you gain by doing this? What was new/difficult/interesting about it.
- What are you most proud of? Looking back at your work, what stands out as being impressive/interesting/effective? (If you aren’t proud of your work and don’t think it’s interesting or effective, WHY HAND IT IN? Do a good job and make sure that you’ve created something you can be proud of.)
- What other applications could you have for this type of project? Can you see using this in another class or at your current or future place of employment? What concepts did you learn that might help you in other areas?
- For me only, not the portfolio: What did you have trouble with? Is there anything that you had to work at or learn? Is there anything that would have helped you do better on this task? If you didn’t find it that challenging and didn’t struggle, then tell me what you liked about doing this