EdW6 Learning Outcome 3 Life Plan

Activity 1. 21st Century Skills. You are required to post an entry in a Multinational HR department blog to apply for a job opening. You
need discuss your experiences with the “21st Century Character Qualities” in a short bio. Read and complete the entries below.

Job skills for the 21st Century (Human Resources Blog Entry) 1. Your 21st Century Short Bio

 Choose one of the title options and write between 120 and 180 words.
 Underline and/or color your key ideas and vocabulary. (At least 3).
 Use expressions learned from the material or on your own (At least 3).
 Use connectors, capitalization and punctuation properly.

Title option.

Intro: click here to introduce text.

Body: click here to introduce text.

Conclusion: click here to introduce text.

Additional Instructions: use simple present and simple past tenses.

In today’s competitive and complex job market people require not only their
specialized knowledge, but general abilities and qualities. We are not
defined by a position in a company, anyone can be a worker, an employee,
a manager or a leader and we are also perpetual learners, teachers and
evaluators. This is why we all need to be ready to assume every role, here
is a summary of literacies, competencies and qualities.

Key Knowledge Subjects: Select an option.

Problem Solving Abilities: Select an option.

Information Technology Skills: Select an option.

Character Qualities: Select an option.

As an answer to this blog entry, write a short bio telling your life
experiences related to a chosen career skill or “character quality” on the
page beside.

Source: http://static.battelleforkids.org/documents/p21/P21_Framework_DefinitionsBFK.pdf
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Activity 2. My Life Plan. For this evidence you have to make a list of your long-term plans and set short term goals to reach them. Write
between 120 and 180 words including the title and the three paragraphs. Use what you learned in the course material, borrow from it.
Life Plan Composition Example 2. Your Life Plan Composition

 Use mixed simple tenses (present and future).

 Include expressions learned in the unit’s material (at least 5).
 Use proper connectors, punctuation and capitalization.

Title: click here to introduce text.

Thoughts: click here to introduce text.

Actions: click here to introduce text.

Necessities: click here to introduce text.

Additional Instructions: use simple present and simple (will/going to) future tenses.

My Life Project

What I think and feel: My life plan is ambitious; I am going to complete a university
major one day I what I am passionate about, what promotes my creativity and
inspires me. I will love my family and I am going to expand it. I will travel abroad
for a time, but I am going to buy a county house here in Colombia.

What I will do and have to do: In order to achieve my dreams, I have to get up
early and study hard, I will be disciplined and autonomous. I must choose the
right major for me, and I also need to find the right partner. I have to learn other
languages and get used to different people.

What I expect and need: I must save money, get a better job, know more about
other cultures and keep a positive attitude every day. I expect to be fulfilled as a
person in all my dimensions of being and I need to be healthy and to develop all
my skills, abilities and intelligence.

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bandon1/14470581
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Activity 3. Making a Change. Read a short biography about Rodolfo Llinás and his productivity and how he holds accountable formal
education. Think about your life in relation to productivity and accountability, respond the answers and record an audio for them.
Rodolfo Llinás Bio and Opinion on Education 3A. Your Answers

 Have you ever had an authority or responsibility position?

 If you have, describe it, if you have not described how you imagine it.

Answer: click here to introduce text.

 How are you productive in your personal and occupational life?

Answer: click here to introduce text.

Personal Productivity: Rodolfo Llinás select a Colombian neuroscientist.
He was born on December 16th, 1934 in Bogota, Colombia. He select his
MD from Universidad Javeriana in 1959 and his PhD in 1965 from Australian
 Who are you accountable to in your personal or occupational life?
National University. While he was still studying medicine, he select the
chance to travel to Europe where he select in some experiments about
Answer: click here to introduce text.
electricity in the brain. After he select from medical school, he select to the
United States to work in the field of neurosurgery. He select disappointed
because that work did not have much to do with studying the brain. In 1962, Additional Instructions: use mixed conditionals in your answer.
he select at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts. Then he
select to Australia to do his PhD research. In 1966 he went to Minneapolis 3B. Your Audio
and select there as an associate professor. His principal research is about  Save your audio online, you can use vocaroo.com or drive for example.
the biological origin of consciousness. Nowadays, he select in New York
and he select the chairman of the department of Physiology &  Get the file link and copy it below to share it with your tutor and peers.
Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. He select also a  Alternatively, post the mp3 file directly in the unit’s forum.
neuroscience professor and continues teaching because he loves it.
Audio Link: click here to introduce text.
Education Accountability: He thinks Colombian education is just as bad as
anywhere in the world, because it does not develop concepts, it rather
focuses on memorizing for a moment, not understanding, and that results Additional Instructions: check this video tutorial for using vocaroo on a computer.
in forgetting really quickly. He says that one understands, one does not
forget and that is achieved with context-based learning. He says that the
government should invest more in education because it improves the
quality of individuals as people. He has tried many times changing
education’s methodology, but sees that there is not enough money
assigned to formal education. Teachers are not well-paid, society does not
appreciate teachers enough, schools do not have enough material to really
educate. If we have, as a society an awareness of all of this, we can actually
plan for an Educated Colombia.
Source: guiaacademica.com YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/QsBOGn-utXc
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Assessment Rubric. This is what is going to be evaluated from your learning evidence and how it is going to be graded. You can use
this rubric for self-assessment (auto-evaluation) and compare it to your tutor’s feedback for formative reasons.

Criterion and Weight Below Standards -69% Meets Standards 70-89% Exceed Standards 90-100% Numeric
Does not use and combine simple and Uses and combines simple tenses and Uses and combines simple and
Grammar perfect tenses according to the perfect tenses according to the perfect, expected structures and write a number.
expected structures and expressions. expected structures and expressions. expressions in an analytical way.
20 points
0-13 points ☐ 14-18 points ☐ 19-20 points ☐
Does not use idioms and related Uses idioms and related vocabulary to Expresses idioms and vocabulary
Communication vocabulary to share past and current share past and current experiences about past and current experiences in write a number.
experiences and future plans. and future plans. an attractive way.
20 points
0-13 points ☐ 14-18 points ☐ 19-20 points ☐
Does not present biographies and life Presents biographies and life plans Presents biographies and life plans for
Topic plans according to productivity goals according to productivity goals and productivity and accountability with a write a number.
and accountability scenarios. accountability scenarios. creative approach.
10 points
0-6 points ☐ 7-9 points ☐ 10 points ☐
Depends, or abuses automatic Does not depend, or abuses Refers to tools or sources used and
Process translation. Does not use the model as automatic translation. Uses the model demonstrates learning from them, not write a number.
guide and copies from it. as guide and does not copy from it. depending on them.
20 points
0-13 points ☐ 14-18 points ☐ 19-20 points ☐
Does not complete all the expected Completes all the expected activities Completes the file as expected using
Presentation activities in this file using proper from this file using proper English, proper English with a formal academic write a number.
punctuation and capitalization. punctuation and capitalization. tone and resources.
10 points
0-6 points ☐ 7-9 points ☐ 10 points ☐
Does not demonstrate using own Demonstrates using own voice and Demonstrates an advanced-basic
Speaking voice and previously listening to what previously listening to what is going to pronunciation level (A2.3) with own write a number.
is going to be pronounced. be pronounced. voice and good pronunciation.
20 points
0-13 points ☐ 14-18 points ☐ 19-20 puntos ☐

Feedback You need to improve your learning You have done a good job, but there You did an excellent job and you write the total.
evidence. are opportunities to improve. probably learned a lot.

Social Forum Collaboration. Learn from, and help your classmates using the “Unit 3 Collaboration” thread in the Social Forum. Answer
the forum’s question and select one of the exercises in this file (1, 2, 3A, or 3B) to share it as an image (screenshot) or audio (mp3).
This experimental action is optional, but grants extra points for your total score. To know more about extra scoring check the “FAQ Forum”
Answers. For instructions and suggestions on how to use the Collaboration Sequence, participate in the live Online Session for the unit.