Diary Entry - Community Engagement (Lisa Baidal Hurel) by Lisa Baidal Hurel

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 17:02:06 UTC

the ib attribute of caring because i helped my friends and also helped to my teachers to understand a little bit more about the theme, becuase i give some actions to help.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

My role was to make the poster and help my friends with their info, and it was important because my group can have my help and make the work better.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

I take part in group conversations when organizing the project by paying attention to other while they were speaking, and I contribute by telling them my ideas and considerating others perspectives

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 17:02:06 UTC

I learn that I had to work my part and I had to ask help if I can not finish fast, and that I had to put my group to work more. That there are a lot of impacts on the animals humans and plant and the contamination affects a lot.

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 17:02:06 UTC

I think that the activity that I designed can help the community and the environment because now more people now about this problem and can help to reduce contamination. I based my decisions on helping the river.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

That there is a lot of contamination in the guayas river and also, and we discovered this need because we search for the environment problems in ecuador and this was the one that call our atention.

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 17:02:06 UTC

The other people in my group sometimes think that the poster

looked like a twister because of the color and also that it was cool, and I show respectfull with their ideas becuase I agry with all of them.

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 17:02:06 UTC

Because now more people know about the impacts of my topic and can be informed and some signs are that one of my classmates answer my question so I know that everyone had clear the topic.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

I make the poster I made the slogan I help everyone with their own part and also did my part and my responsability was to talk about the impacts of the water pollution in the animals, in the humans, and also in the plants

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

Because now with my presentation more people can be more informed by the theme of the water contamination in the guayas river and can help to stop throwing away the trash.

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 17:02:06 UTC

to put all the info in the poster well organized so we can see the info fast, and I help planning because I share all my ideas with all the group and then we can choose the better.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

I did well to organize my ideas and to learn about the topic and the most dificult part was to manage my time and also to remember all the thing that i had to say

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

The difficulties that I faced was that I felt some times that I had to do all the work and also that I was scared because I think that we are not going to finish on time. And the changes were to make some of the project in my house.

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 17:02:06 UTC

The people involved in this project are 3 of my classmates, and we work together to reach a common goal that was to finish the poster by helping us and writing our parts so everyone can finish it.

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

egarcia539 — 2025-10-02 17:02:06 UTC

When we search about all the info to see what was the problem and also when we are going to present our project so more people can be informed

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 17:02:06 UTC

I will like to do better in my next project to organize my time better so I will had more time to learn my part, and the goal was to get a good grade and to make it pretty and colorful.