Reflective Learning for the Biography Project
1. Describe what you had to do in this assignment: For this assignment, I had to choose someone who I admire and research information on that person. I then had to take that information, and create a few pages on my website, posting the information I found on those pages. I was required to create a page that introduced the person I admire, as well as a page that described their accomplishments. The last page that I needed to create was a works cited page. At the start, I was supposed to also include a page that contained a little background information on Alan Menken, but since I became injured, I had to miss several school days, and I was exempted from creating that page.
2. Describe the technology skills you had to use to complete this assignment: I had to familiarize myself with the tools available on Weebly.com. For example, I needed to place a related image on each new page that I made. I had to learn how to use Weebly.com’s tools in order to do this. I also had to use good research skills in order to obtain the needed information on my subject of this project.
3. Describe what you learned and accomplished by creating this piece of work: For starters, I learned a bunch of new things about my subject, Alan Menken, like which awards he has won and which movies, TV shows, or Broadway shows he has worked on. Besides that, I learned how to add images onto a web page, and also how to cite those images. In addition, I figured out how to edit a desired image so that it would fit in better on my page, and also so that it would look nicer and not stand out so much.
4. Explain what you did well in this assignment: I found a lot of information on Alan Menken, and I was able to determine which parts of that information I should include in order to convince the class on why Alan Menken is admirable. I did not add any information that was unnecessary. I also picked images that went well with my project and that were very much related to the subject. Finally, my spelling and grammar was rather good.
5. Explain what you would do differently to improve your work in this assignment: I would have embedded a video of an interview with Alan Menken, in order to show that he is happy with his work and is happy to talk about it. This would help to enforce my reasoning for why I admire Alan Menken.
1. Describe what you had to do in this assignment: For this assignment, I had to choose someone who I admire and research information on that person. I then had to take that information, and create a few pages on my website, posting the information I found on those pages. I was required to create a page that introduced the person I admire, as well as a page that described their accomplishments. The last page that I needed to create was a works cited page. At the start, I was supposed to also include a page that contained a little background information on Alan Menken, but since I became injured, I had to miss several school days, and I was exempted from creating that page.
2. Describe the technology skills you had to use to complete this assignment: I had to familiarize myself with the tools available on Weebly.com. For example, I needed to place a related image on each new page that I made. I had to learn how to use Weebly.com’s tools in order to do this. I also had to use good research skills in order to obtain the needed information on my subject of this project.
3. Describe what you learned and accomplished by creating this piece of work: For starters, I learned a bunch of new things about my subject, Alan Menken, like which awards he has won and which movies, TV shows, or Broadway shows he has worked on. Besides that, I learned how to add images onto a web page, and also how to cite those images. In addition, I figured out how to edit a desired image so that it would fit in better on my page, and also so that it would look nicer and not stand out so much.
4. Explain what you did well in this assignment: I found a lot of information on Alan Menken, and I was able to determine which parts of that information I should include in order to convince the class on why Alan Menken is admirable. I did not add any information that was unnecessary. I also picked images that went well with my project and that were very much related to the subject. Finally, my spelling and grammar was rather good.
5. Explain what you would do differently to improve your work in this assignment: I would have embedded a video of an interview with Alan Menken, in order to show that he is happy with his work and is happy to talk about it. This would help to enforce my reasoning for why I admire Alan Menken.