My senior project is essentially an informative website about important life skills. Hence, the title of my project being: future skills - Teaching students life skills necessary for adulthood. This website acts as an encyclopedia on relevant information that isn't taught in school. Some of the information the website covers includes: Taxes, Loans, Credit, Insurance, Jobs, etc... Overall, the utility of the website is found in the easily accessible and relevant information.
More so, my website is meant to cater towards students who are ending high school and getting ready to enter the real world. Because of this target demographic, the website is interactive (videos, animations, links, etc...), and is somewhat captivating in terms of aesthetics. The purpose of this being to retain the attention of this young audience who may not want to learn any of this information.
Furthermore, the reason I made this website was because of my own experience. Personally, I was approaching the end of high school with very little practical knowledge. I saw this project as an opportunity to help myself be less naïve when I enter the world. As an extension of this I also saw this as an opportunity to help my fellow peers gain this practical knowledge.
My Work
21st Century Skills First and foremost, the most prevalent 21st century skill that I utilized was financial literacy. Most of my project consisted of learning about insurance, taxes, credit, and more. The most direct consequence of this project on me (personally) was the development of my financial literacy skills. Another skill I used during this project were information skills. During the research portion of this project I had to compile a lot of relevant information. Most of the time spent on this was dedicated towards making sure the sources were reliable. Self directional skills were also relevant to the completion of my project. There wasn't anyone directing me or making sure that I actually completed my project. Because of this time management and self direction were crucial to completing my project on time.