evaluation of PDP and social media literacy 

PDP

I have thoroughly enjoyed these classes. In PDP self and the community i feel this has helped me gain confidence in working in groups and being able to post on my blog which i hadn't done before. this class has improved my interpersonal skills as i hadn't realised that i had any interpersonal skills i needed to improve and this class helped me point out what i needed to  improve and helped me be able to work on these. i feel i have massively improved my skills in this area which i will  take onto to next and beyond. this class also helped me deal with a few personal problems ie mental health and stress. My targets were team work, patience  and listening i feel this unit has helped me achieve team work and listening skills but feel i need more work on my patience but that isn't something that can fix overnight but feel i have improved greatly on this..

Social Media Literacy

Social Media Literacy has taught me a lot about the dangers and history of social media. it really has opened my eyes and made me really aware of what i share on Facebook etc. Me and my group worked really well together and we coped well with loosing a team member. its taught me how to delegate tasks and manage my time more effectively.

Overall

both classes have been about team work and i feel as a team we have helped each other pass this unit with being open with each other and also making sure we were all on target so not to leave anyone behind. i feel both classes have hugely helped my confidence with blogs and being a team player. i don't have any recommendations for next year doing these units as i feel this has helped me a lot especially in the past few weeks.

Personal statement

Personal statement

this is my personal statement on what I have evaluated I need to improve.

Key Skills For Improvement -

1) Patience
2) Team work
3) Listening Skills

I feel these are the three things I need to improve on to be successful in my interpersonal relationships and to help me get where I want to be in life. Patience is something I never used to have but am slowly getting better with experiences within college and especially family life. my listening skills could do with a substantial improvement as I feel that if am not interested in what others are saying then I just wont listen or I will be waiting on them finishing so I can change the subject. this I can improve on in many ways... especially in a college setting. I feel I have little room for improvement on team work but there is always room to improve any interpersonal skills. 

Interpersonal skills - Then and now. Final Blog Post

THEN AND NOW....what I have achieved working on my interpersonal skills.


My interpersonal skills that i wanted to improve on were saying no without feeling guilty, speaking up in front of a group and telling people how I feel. I have improved in speaking up in front of a group as this block as went on but am not sure if that is because I am comfortable with the people in my class. I would have to test this out by speaking in a group of strangers. when it comes to saying no more then I have improved slightly but I think that comes down to my personality... AM JUST TOO NICE! and telling people how I feel has not improved as I am just that type of person who doesn't like opening up too much unless you are a close friend or family.

One area I have become aware of is that I am a little unconsciously biased when it comes to males working and females looking after the family... outwardly this is not my views so was surprised to find out that they prejudices were inside! I believe this is due to getting brought up by grandparents and my gran was very family oriented and my grandfather was the worker.




Above is the results from my groups thoughts on my interpersonal skills. this was done via a survey. I do agree with the results in a way but feel because I don't outwardly show my personality so this is not entirely accurate. it does  shows that I do need to make a little improvement on things especially team work as I feel I could improve on this.. I feel sometimes I work well within a group but this can change depending on my mood on the day.

key areas of interpersonal skills improvement -

Team work,
listening skills,
patience.

I feel the above skills need some improvement but have improved a lot over the past year or so but there is always room for improvement and these skills I can improve on a daily basis.

lesson 7 Mental illness

this lesson kind of put me in a bit of a downer to be honest... I know it should be spoke about openly...but some stuff that was brought up i.e. abuse.. I felt brought up memories that I do not want to come out. I have dealt with them to a certain extent but still don't like this subject coming up. I feel mental illness can affect everything in your life from friends and family to how your outlook on life is. I feel this subject should be voluntary though but don't disagree that it should be spoken about openly... I am contradicting myself here but I know what I mean haha

lesson 6 stress management

"stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilise" stress is something that effects me every day no matter how easy the day is going. it can affect my mood, my health and my relationship with my kids...I can get quite snappy when I am stressed. I've learned over the past year how to do deal with stress better and I am improving day to day with this.

lesson 5 Prejudice

this lesson am sure touched on a few sore bits for our class as all people not just in this room have some form of prejudice... even if they don't openly express it. I have suffered prejudice growing up. it was a horrible time for me and thankfully I have came out the other end. I feel this should be a subject spoke about more openly and especially in younger people so the prejudices they grow up with can maybe be squashed before they turn into anger towards someone that's different to them.

week 4 assertiveness

I really enjoyed this lesson as i learned all about assertiveness... I knew what this was but didn't really understand it. I feel I could be more assertive in my day to day life and that I am a lot more submissive than I originally thought I was. during the lesson and our group chat I came to realise I am more passive-aggressive as I can be very chilled but at other times fly off the handle. I am hoping this is something I can continue to work on and improve.