personal skills evaluation

 The skills in which I wished to develop were:

Time management, organisation and planning 

Digital and conventions of magazine making 

Prioritisation and balance

Presentation and oracy /confidence 

independent work 

these skills link top my 3rd aim to develop research skills 

How I believe I developed these skills:

I stuck to a strict plan and set dates and deadlines in which to achieve processes in stages to avoid being overwhelmed toward the end of my project. By doing this I was also able to fit in revision for my other subjects and complete coursework deadlines and tests outside of EPQ. I completed a magazine, to do this I had to use formats I hadn't used before, it taught me presentation of my work and I got to produce an informational and fun travel brochure. I was very nervous for my presentation because at first I wasn't confident speaking in front of people but I practiced with people who I knew I felt comfortable with in order to be well rehearsed and therefore confident, my feedback from the presentation was positive and that suggests it went well and I did a good job. The EPQ is something very different to my other subjects in which there is not set structure and a limited guidance, This meant that my work was heavily independent and all sources had to be found myself and sited, this was new to me and from this experience I enjoy this way of learning better than a standard classroom setting.