ATL Skills

The Personal Project focuses on documenting growth. The ATLs will document your growth, guide the evidence you collect, and help address many of the topics required in the Personal Project report. Here is the list of ATL skills to choose from. You need to choose 2 ATL skills to focus on in your project. You may select more if you want to, however, it will not increase your possible report grade. For the ATLS, you must explain how your chosen ATL skills will help your project and describe what types of evidence you can collect to show you've been working on those skills. Below is the list of ATL skills, what types of evidence you can collect, and an example to help guide you. 

What types of evidence and examples can I provide to support how my ATLs helped me achieve my learning goal and product? 

Here are some ideas: 

• Lists, charts, or short paragraphs documenting the specific ATL skills used and how they were applied.

• Annotated research notes or screenshots of blogs/websites that demonstrate the application of information literacy or media literacy skills.

• Timelines or action plans showing how organizational skills were used to manage the project.

• Annotated illustrations or sketches that showcase creative thinking or critical thinking skills in developing their product.

• Self- and peer-assessment feedback forms that reflect on the use of specific ATL skills throughout the project.

• Pictures or photographs documenting the process of applying practical skills to create the product.

• Excerpts from your process journal that provide concrete examples of how you applied communication or collaboration skills.

• Detailed descriptions of how you overcame challenges using affective skills or reflection skills.

• Evidence of how you transferred skills from one subject area to another in achieving your learning goal.

• Specific examples of how you applied critical thinking or creative thinking skills to solve problems encountered during the project.