Diary Entry - Community Engagement (Isabella Maria Rojas Eiser) by Isabella Maria Rojas Eiser

Identify: Which IB value or attribute motivated you to take part in this project? and Analyze: How is it reflected in the actions you proposed?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

The IB attribute that motivated me was caring because with it I could have more empathy for the people living there and I showed it by doing the project explaining the possible solutions that can be easy to do.

Identify: What was your role in this project, and why is it important for the community and its environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

My role was desigfner , it is important because I showed people in a fun and creative way how to take care if the environment.

Analyze: How did you take part in group conversations when organizing the project? What did you contribute in those conversations?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

I shared the information I gathered and I contributed information to those conversations that would later be used on the poster and would be useful for us.

Analyze What did you learn about yourself while working on this project? And explain: What did you discover about the community and its environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

I leraned that I had to have patience to do things better and I discovered how mush plastic affetcs species in Galapágos and waht organixzation I can contact if I want to help.

Analyze: Why do you think the activity you designed can help the community and its environment? And explain: What did you base your decisions on?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

It can help the community because it can show them the other side of the plastic that they use and how it affetcs so many things, I based my decisions by thinking like another person to have a different perspective.

Identify and describe: What specific problem do these communities face, and how did you discover this need?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

They face the problem of plastic polluytion and that animals are getting affetced , I discovered this through testimonies made by locals.

Explain: What did other people in the group think about the project and how did you show respect for their ideas, even if they were different from yours?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

Other people in my group thought this was useful because it helped the environment , and I showed respect by listening and accepting their ideas, and I also saw them in a different perspective to understand their point.

Evaluate: What impact do you think your project had on the people in the school community? and explain: What signs showed you this impact?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

I think it had a big impact because it showed them how sopecies were affected and that can cause more empathy in them, and I saw this impact because I saw how they talked about how bad plastic was .

Explain: What did you personally do to make the project happen? And describe: What was your responsibility?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

I had patience and empathy for my group members and my responsability was to make the information I gathered easy to understand.

Explain: How can your actions help change the way different people or groups contribute to these communities and their environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

My actions can amke peoplke have a different perspective on plastic waste and it can make them more empathic.

Explain: What decisions did you make together as a group to organize this campaign, and how did you collaborate in the planning?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

We decided to use drawings and pictures and also add a contact for people to understand how the can help solve the problem. I collaborated in the planning by giving my opinion.

Analyze: What did you do well during this project? and explain: What was the most difficult part for you?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

The part I did well was gathering information that was easy to understand , and the most difficult thing for me was doing the final poster and presenting because I was so nervous.

Analyze: What problems or difficulties did you face during the project? And explain: What changes did you make to continue?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

I faced the problem of time because I had to do everything in a rush, but I decided to split the tasks between all my group so that we could do thungs faster and deliver the poster on time.

Recognize: Who are the people or groups involved in this project, and how do they work together to reach a common goal?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

The people involved in this are my group members and me and we tried to make people know about how plastic affetcs species and people in Puerto Ayora.

Describe: When did you show empathy toward people in the community and how did you demonstrate it with actions?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

I showed empathy by sharing my ideas in an easy and simple way when doing my exposition because if I was them I would not want to hear boring information so I made the information simple and fun to understand.

Explain: What would you like to do differently or better in a future community project? What goal do you set for yourself to keep growing?

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:05:42 UTC

I would like to have more poatience and more communication with my group member, and a goal I can set for myself is to have more patience and empathy for others.