The community engagement class has favored Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation as their subject matter by popular demand. Most students enjoyed what Kevin (now Dawn) had to say. This assignment helped HARF grow and influence HARF to local outlets (social media and little kids attending grade school). Groups of students were interested in various different paths. Some wanted to engineer, some wanted to social influence, and others wanted to create blurbs for kids. My team and I created videos after filling out an elevator pitch assignment.
I put this project on my portfolio because I get a chance to communicate with people who take a stand in the community and step into the realm of being outside of your comfort zone. I also went to the facility at HARF and it was a pretty diverse experience taking care of a multitude of animals from cattle to dogs to wild pigs. I got a chance to coordinate with the HARF coordinator about props, filming lists, and pretty soon the actual videos.
The 21st century skill used in my educational video was global awareness. Community Engagement as a whole allowed many of my peers to expand out to a variety of communities, both profitable and non-profitable for students to take a stand in the community. Especially when there are people who need a hand every now and then. Even though this video is directed towards second graders at Kihei Charter, its a win-win situation for both sides of the non-profit organizations (Kihei Charter and Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation) All options whether its social media or cart engineering all have an impact on the local community which drives todays society.
If I had to take several months to rewrite and rework the whole project, I would probably choose a different group, to strengthen my weaknesses. For example, although building a cart for Stewie may or may not be operational, it can build on ideas I haven't previously done in Shop class back in September. I would learn how to become a professional editor on IMovie, since the educational video is also edited, but not in the sense to divert the viewers away from the main topic, and finally, not to procrastinate (my peers included) when it comes to developing my video.
Some things which demonstrated growth in community engagement were being able to work comfortably with new people, but pushed me out of my comfort zone ironically and being able to negotiate with unfamiliar people who also help in the community as well. I was able to understand what an elevator pitch was (Introduction -> Problem -> Solution -> Comparing and Contrasting with other products -> Conclusion) and being well within time constraints. Working with the dogs was morally challenging, but at the end of the day it was worth it, and they were right.
I put this project on my portfolio because I get a chance to communicate with people who take a stand in the community and step into the realm of being outside of your comfort zone. I also went to the facility at HARF and it was a pretty diverse experience taking care of a multitude of animals from cattle to dogs to wild pigs. I got a chance to coordinate with the HARF coordinator about props, filming lists, and pretty soon the actual videos.
The 21st century skill used in my educational video was global awareness. Community Engagement as a whole allowed many of my peers to expand out to a variety of communities, both profitable and non-profitable for students to take a stand in the community. Especially when there are people who need a hand every now and then. Even though this video is directed towards second graders at Kihei Charter, its a win-win situation for both sides of the non-profit organizations (Kihei Charter and Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation) All options whether its social media or cart engineering all have an impact on the local community which drives todays society.
If I had to take several months to rewrite and rework the whole project, I would probably choose a different group, to strengthen my weaknesses. For example, although building a cart for Stewie may or may not be operational, it can build on ideas I haven't previously done in Shop class back in September. I would learn how to become a professional editor on IMovie, since the educational video is also edited, but not in the sense to divert the viewers away from the main topic, and finally, not to procrastinate (my peers included) when it comes to developing my video.
Some things which demonstrated growth in community engagement were being able to work comfortably with new people, but pushed me out of my comfort zone ironically and being able to negotiate with unfamiliar people who also help in the community as well. I was able to understand what an elevator pitch was (Introduction -> Problem -> Solution -> Comparing and Contrasting with other products -> Conclusion) and being well within time constraints. Working with the dogs was morally challenging, but at the end of the day it was worth it, and they were right.
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