December 9th, 2020
Well, now that my SDA is complete, my thoughts are mainly negative. I think I kind of conveyed my "So what?" although there are also moments where I question if I had a clear "So what?" in mind. I mainly have this thought because although on paper I know my "So what?" was "What, if there are any, are the economic benefits to switching to energy?" I feel like I have a tendency to know what I want to focus on but once I start to create the way displaying how I learned, I lose myself and ramble without a coherent conclusion or analysis.
In terms of time, although the time was dedicated towards the later minute, I believe it was mainly attentive time management. It took me about three hours to collect the research, organize, plan, and record the podcast. The podcast turned out longer than expected, mainly because I wasn't sure what to focus on. I think I fell short in understanding that when I gave my own opinion, I was to provide an analysis of what all the other articles mentioned. I misunderstood and thought I wasn't to give any further information since that was my own bias and I wanted to stick solely to the facts. Going off of that, I think I still somewhat communicated a thread of an idea in those 18 minutes although some critical thinking was lacking due to my misunderstanding. Was it creative? Not really in my opinion, other than the music I included and I was also lacking in editing so that made it less creative. I collaborated with nothing other than myself and the articles I read, although researching and reading those articles did require curiosity. Overall, I agree with Mr. Bott that I hit levels two and three in terms of Depth of Knowledge. While I do believe I could've just hit a full on three if I had understood better (but that requires better communication), I did mainly compare and summarize the four articles. I constructed somewhat of a very short logical argument at the end, but without citing or analyzing much of the evidence that I had provided earlier in the podcast.
This SDA, I learned that I do a lot better with a visual accompanying an audio. I also learned I shouldn't try to be a one-hit wonder and maybe add some editing skills to my resume (I apologize to anyone who actually sat through those 18 minutes, including Mr. Bott, and had to hear that slip-up where I basically create a throatal gurgle when making a mistake). I don't really think there's too much I'm proud of, other than the fact that I somewhat understood some of the articles I read since I summarized them well and that I was able to speak for 18 minutes. I'm very grateful that Mr. Bott introduced me to the library databases and read viewpoint and magazine articles from there. I was basically web-surfing with less specific search terms before then, so I also learned how to research better this project. I will definitely use the databases in the future, keep working on my podcasting skills, and include more visuals in the future.