Today you will
- write your Key Assignment reflection (SM4 KA2) on how you did your investigation
- show your teacher the files in your portfolio
- close the Specialism by naming your best piece of work
Warm-up
Think of one moment in your investigation when a source surprised you, let you down, or changed your mind. Keep it in your head, because it goes into today's reflection.
Your SM4 KA2 reflection has five sections about how you investigated, not what you found.
- Investigation process: what you asked, how you searched, and what changed.
- Bias: one source that leaned one way, and what you did.
- Authenticity and authorship: who wrote your sources, and could you trust them?
- Ethics: how you cited sources, kept details private, and used AI.
- Course closing: your biggest learning, your best file and one use after LCA.
Example of bias: a post about a local business only showed good news.
Key Assignment: write your reflection
You will make your {{code:sm4_ka2_reflection}} document with five headings and write a first go at each section. Follow the steps in the box below.
Keep {{code:sm4_search_log}} and {{code:sm4_references}} open beside it. You can use these sentence starters.
Process: I set out to find out… I searched by… When the evidence shifted, I changed my plan by…
Bias: One source that showed slant was… because… So I…
Authenticity and authorship: I checked who wrote… Their role or expertise was… That check held up / did not hold up because…
Ethics: I cited… / I used media under… / For privacy I… / AI helped with…; the judgements are mine.
Course closing: My biggest learning was… My strongest artifact is… Beyond LCA I will use…
Common issues
- My reflection only tells what I found. Rewrite it to say how you worked and what you decided.
- My PDF went to Downloads. Upload {{code:sm4_ka2_reflection.pdf}} into {{code:Project_Portfolio/09_specialism/sm4/}}.
- I used AI and don't know what to write. Add one honest line under Ethics, like the one in this box.
Finish KA2 and portfolio check
- Finish any short sections of {{code:sm4_ka2_reflection}} with real examples from your Something Real project.
- Save the PDF into {{code:sm4}} beside the editable file, if you haven't done it yet.
- Keep working on your sections until your teacher calls you.
- When you are called, open {{code:09_specialism}} and show your teacher your files from sm1 to sm4.
- Go back to your seat and fix anything your teacher says is missing.
- Both versions of my reflection are saved in {{code:sm4}}.
- All five sections are there.
- My examples name real sources or files.
- My teacher has told me what, if anything, is still missing.
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