IDJ 1: Imagine Yourself as a Superhero

Creative Thinking Skills: Idea Journal One

In Creative Thinking Skills (CTS), we have this project just like in ENBE, where we have to evaluate our creativity to create a visual journal thing, called Idea Journal (IDJ). The topic for the first Idea Journal is "Imagine you're a superhero," and the first time I heard of the topic I had the usual reaction, like have super strength like Superman, having the ability to swing around cities like Spiderman, or collaborating men and machines like Ironman, and I even researched about the different types of superhero powers that appeared in Marvel or DC Comics, until one day I was chilling in Taylor's Library and had a sudden thought: "Why not I make my superhero's power something to do with our usual objects, and then I had decided that using paints and brushes are part of my superhero, who is called the Paint-Illuminator...

Paint-Illuminator will use the paints and brush to draw, with her own powers, and evaluate them into different dimensions. Her main power is to confuse the villeins in a different dimension, and then during their confusing stage, she will use the time to attack him with some of her minor weapons.

Page 1 - Introduction to Paint-illusionor

Page 2 - Weapons and Gadgets

Page 3 - How did she become a superhero?

Reflection: 

After doing this project I realized that trying to create a superhero is not as easy as a snap of a finger. I took quite a long time figuring how should I start my hero and what powers would she have. This project again, really made me think for a lot, and I think it really did make use of my imagination, a lot.

Taylor"s Graduate Capabilities: 

Intrapersonal Skills

Lifelong Learning

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

TJ01: Natural Phenomenon

Elements in Natural and Built Environment: The Journal One

The Journal is an exercise/assignment for the Environment of Natural and Built Environment (ENBE) class, where students could use their imaginations to explore a certain topic they narrowed down from a main topic given by the lecturers. It is an exercise to enhance the student’s creativity, and at the same time it can help one understand more about the subject itself.

This is the first Journal for this year, and the main topic is Natural Phenomenon. I had a several ideas the moment I heard of the topic. I actually hesitated whether to write a disastrous or non-disastrous natural phenomenon. My initial idea was to write something non-disastrous, like Snow Donut, Aurora Boreallis, Double Rainbow, Coloured Waterfall, and more. Later, I changed my mind into drawing disastrous natural phenomenon. Again I had a few ideas, like Golden Tornado, Sandstorm, Snowstorm, but in the end I chose Volcanic Eruption because I had a sudden inspiration to explore more about Volcanic Eruption. I had never wondered how a volcano erupt, so during this project, I put my heart into understanding what was happening inside of a volcano while all people see from the outside was a series of bombs.

Page 1 - Introduction to Volcanic Eruption

Page 2 - Looking into an Erupting Volcano

Page 3 - Things a Erupted Volcano Release

Page 4 - Making Your Own Volcano

Page 5 - Conclusion

Reflection: 
After doing this journal, I was satisfied with what I understood about a volcano. Though I wished I could’ve learned more, but because this exercise only limited us to 5 pages, I managed to grab out sufficient volcanic information that should be considered “more than enough.” I learned things that was a blur to me, like the inside a volcano during a volcanic eruption, process of the eruption, some little facts about volcanic eruption and more. It was a worthwhile project.

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities:

Intrapersonal Skills

Lifelong Learning

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

Digital Literacy

What is E-Portfolio?

So, what exactly is E-Portfolio, you might be wondering.

Basically, E-Portfolio is an academic blog website for us, college students to upload our projects and assignments throughout the two whole semesters of our college life. Students can upload text, images, videos etc onto E-Portfolio to show what had been done for the assignment. E-Portfolio is a compulsory assignment that students have to PASS, in order to get into Degree.

E-Portfolio will not only allows students to watch how they progress throughout the year in each subject, they can also develop some skills of the Taylor's Graduate Capabilities (TGC), such as the
-Discipline Specific Knowledge (Understand what had been taught in the subject)
-Cognitive Capabilities (Related knowledge to life, thinking critically and creatively)
-Soft Skills (Communication skills, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills etc)