Child Soldiers Shirt Reflection

Our group didn't really have a success criteria for the shirts, we only had success criteria for the assignment about writing as a child soldier itself. But if we did, it would probably be to be able to express what we want to say on a shirt, to be able to make the audience understand what we are trying to express, and to be able to use Creativity effectively. I would say that we achieved this pretty well, as we went through a lot of different ways we could design a shirt, settled on a specific design, and managed to follow it according to plan. Although there were some minor changes, it was almost basically the same according to the plan. Although we don't know if the audience would understand what we are trying to express yet, we all felt that the message was very straightforward and clear. We successfully managed to express what we want to say on our shirt, and is extremely proud of that. From this learning experience, I learnt and expanded a lot of knowledge and skills, such as co-operation, creativity, organisational skills, and many more! These skills would be extremely helpful later in life when I'm working with other people, or when I'm needed to work on something that requires a lot of effort, which will put my organisational skills to work. The importance of knowing what is happening around the world is extremely crucial since if we don't know what's happening, we would be turning a blind eye towards important issues which needs solving. This also makes me want to do something, to initiate something that would be beneficial towards people who are suffering around the world. I used pretty much almost all the thinking skills in this project, Creativity when thinking of designs, Enquiry when asking myself questions that will make the design more unique, Information Processing when looking for examples and templates, and many, many more! My friends helped me by putting together everything we planned onto a shirt. I learnt that whenever I organise what I need to do, I work better and more efficiently, even if I don't follow my organisation exactly. I could improve my learning by, firstly: organise my work even more, secondly: plan and arrange projects more thoroughly and in-depth and lastly: make sure that every teammate gets an equal amount of work, so no-one does too little or too many work. All in all, the experience and knowledge gained in this ELP was extremely valuable, and I enjoyed it a lot!