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Academic Artifact
Future career interests (if known):
Medical field

Targeted soft skills you chose for this year:

1.study skills

2. Comfort with technology

Description of artifact/assignment:
I made an acrylic sign I did in the maker space. It was worth 40 points and I got 40 out of 40.
There were 4 parts to make one project. The first part was to make the base part out of wood for
the acrylic sign to stand on. We then made a base for the wires to stay together in the wood. For
the wires, we had to attach it a battery an a switch so it can turn off the light. Finally, we mad the
design we wanted for the acrylic sign.

Why did you choose this as one of your artifacts/assignments?

I chose this artifact because I used all the technology to make the acrylic sign. I had to learn to
use technology and become comfortable with it. I had to use a software/program called 360
Fusion to create the outlines for the base, main piece, and the acrylic sign. I also had to use
Cravey to cut out the wood.

What academic skills did you use that are specific to this artifact/assignment?
I used the academic skill, comfort with technology to make this artifact. I chose this because I
only used technology to make this project. It was hard at first, but my friend helped me out and I
became more aware with technology.

What general academic skills did you use (skills that would be used in any academic class)?
I used communication because I had to ask my teacher if I’m right or when I needed to ask for
help. I also used the skills I already knew about with the software I used to create it.
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Did you see growth in your targeted soft skills through the
course of working on this Artifact/Assignment? Explain.

Yes, because now I have more knowledge about technology that people have access to now and
days. Also, I feel like I don’t have to ask for much help anymore because I’m more aware of how
to certain things.
Provide an example of how these academic and/or soft skills are used in a career in which you
are interested.
I will need to know how to maybe insert files onto a computer for a patient, to keep track of the
patients’ history or also need to be able to pull up a patient’s file or need to see how to treat a
certain patient.