Use this form as a graphic organizer for each 21st Century Skill Reflection you write.
Name of Assignment: Researching Non-profit Organizations Subject: Community Engagement Facilitator/Teacher: Mr. Wade
Description of Work/Assignment: Researching non-profit organizations was an assignment that will help students in the future. We were assigned to research at least five non profit organizations and contact them. If they contacted us back we would volunteer for that organization and those hours would be put into our community service hours.
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why? For this assignment I used interpersonal skills as my main 21st century skill. I used this skill by successfully working as a member of a team and I will use this skill in the future by demonstrating positive interpersonal skills throughout all areas in my life.
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why? For this assignment I am proud that I found five non profit organizations that I would actually love to volunteer for. Even though many of them did not email me back, if they did I would be more than happy to volunteer.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment? I didn’t necessarily improve upon my interpersonal skills with this assignment. I did however gain a deeper understanding of the skill. If covid was no longer a global pandemic, I think that I would have improved upon the skill.
What was most difficult about completing this task? The most difficult part about completing this task was covid. It is difficult to volunteer for programs because of safety issues. Many organizations are also not looking for volunteers, so the hardest part is completing all of the community engagement hours.
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do differently? I wouldn’t improve this work if I could start over. I would be excited if I had more volunteer opportunities other than picking up trash. I enjoy picking up trash and helping the environment, but it is difficult to complete 40 hours of this single specific task.
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past? This assignment does not relate to what I have learned in the past. We briefly learned about non profit organizations in middle school, but that was the furthest we have ever gotten.
How can you apply this to future learning? I can apply this to future learning by being aware of the non profit organizations in Maui and hopefully one day in the near future I will have the opportunity to volunteer for those programs.