π™Ώπš›πš˜πš“πšŽπšŒπš πš„πšπš˜πš™πš’πšŠ

π“…π“‡π‘œπ’Ώπ‘’π’Έπ“‰: 𝒢𝓃 π’Ύπ“ƒπ’Ήπ’Ύπ“‹π’Ύπ’Ήπ“Šπ’Άπ“ π‘œπ“‡ π’Έπ‘œπ“π“π’Άπ’·π‘œπ“‡π’Άπ“‰π’Ύπ“‹π‘’ π‘’π“ƒπ“‰π‘’π“‡π“…π“‡π’Ύπ“ˆπ‘’ 𝓉𝒽𝒢𝓉 π’Ύπ“ˆ π’Έπ’Άπ“‡π‘’π’»π“Šπ“π“π“Ž 𝓅𝓁𝒢𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒹 π“‰π‘œ 𝒢𝒸𝒽𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒢 π“…π’Άπ“‡π“‰π’Ύπ’Έπ“Šπ“π’Άπ“‡ 𝒢𝒾𝓂.

π“Šπ“‰π‘œπ“…π’Ύπ’Ά: 𝒢𝓃 𝒾𝓂𝒢𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓅𝓁𝒢𝒸𝑒 π‘œπ“‡ π“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“‰π‘’ π‘œπ’» π“‰π’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘”π“ˆ 𝒾𝓃 π“Œπ’½π’Ύπ’Έπ’½ π‘’π“‹π‘’π“‡π“Žπ“‰π’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉


π™Έπš—πšπš›πš˜πšπšžπšŒπšπš’πš˜πš—

A utopian society is where everything works perfectly, and the society is flawless. Project Utopia was a group project that we began with in English whilst reading and interpreting The Giver. As we progressed throughout the book, we learnt about finding the differences of a utopian and dystopian society. Many of us thought making a perfect society would be easy, but we were soon to find out it wasn’t! This then crossed over into humanities, science and InnovatED. Over the course of term 3 we learnt about liveability factors, being sustainable and being organised. The absolute goal of Project Utopia was to create a utopian society whilst eliminating poverty, hunger, and many more global goals. Many long hours were used to perfect and ideate our models and designs for this project. In the end, we presented our final products to special guests and parents.

πšƒπš‘πš’πšœ πš’πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πšŠπšπšπšŽπš›πš—πš˜πš˜πš— 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πšŽπšœπšŽπš—πšπšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—. π™Ύπšžπš› πšπš›πš˜πšžπš™ πš’πšœ πš™πš›πšŽπšœπšŽπš—πšπš’πš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš™πšŠπš›πšŽπš—πšπšœ πš˜πšžπš› πšžπšπš˜πš™πš’πšŠπš— πšœπš˜πšŒπš’πšŽπšπš’.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™Άπš•πš˜πš‹πšŠπš• π™Άπš˜πšŠπš•πšœ

The global goals were a huge focus on Project Utopia because they all linked together to try and create a flawless society. There were 17 global goals in total that we could try and solve to include in our utopian society. Every group was able to get accredited in the global goals meaning we had proven and given evidence that this goal would be eliminated and solved in our society. Learning about the global goals gave me a deeper understanding about the problems we face in the world and that we must act no matter how big or small to make a difference in our world. For example, getting accreditations allowed me to think creatively about ideas to eliminate hunger, poverty, and gender discrimination.


For gender discrimination, our group eliminated the term gender as a whole and everyone would be given equal pay and responsibilities. Eliminating hunger meant we had strict agriculture laws and grew more food that required less water resources. They allowed me to research and learn to define what each of the global goals meant. In total our group achieved 9 accreditations for displaying and proving we used these nine global goals in our utopian society.

π™Ώπšžπš‹πš•πš’πšŒ πš‚πš™πšŽπšŠπš”πš’πš—πš

Public speaking is something I enjoy but still find nerve-racking. Throughout my school years I have had practice with public speaking but when we presented in class, I felt unprepared. Public speaking played a big part in Project Utopia as we were required to present our speeches in English and to our parents. Many people soon told me; confidence is the key to being a great public speaker. I soon learnt to improve my skills in being more confident and presenting towards my peers and adults. As we continued to progress with public speaking I gradually learnt to speak in a calm and friendly manner. Surprisingly, I found it easier to present in front of the parents instead of the class. I think that if you can appear friendly and open to people, they are more likely to be engaged with your presentation. We had special guests like Dr Kate Brooks who talked to us about community. Anthony Spagnolo who came to us in the very beginning weeks of Project Utopia, and many others. Using hand gestures was a powerful tool I am still learning and investigating with. Hand gestures also help you access memories and I have now learnt that if I could connect with the audience to a deeper level of thinking hopefully I could get my ideas across better. Researchers around the world have found out that hand gestures make people pay attention to the acoustics of your speech.

πš‚πš™πšŽπšŒπš’πšŠπš• 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜 πš πš˜πšžπš•πš πš“πš˜πš’πš— πš˜πšžπš› πšπš›πš˜πšžπš™πšœ 𝚝𝚘 πšπš’πšŸπšŽ 𝚞𝚜 πšŠπšπšŸπš’πšŒπšŽ πš˜πš— πš˜πšžπš› πšžπšπš˜πš™πš’πšŠπš— πšœπš˜πšŒπš’πšŽπšπš’πšŽπšœ.

π™°πš‚π™² π™²πšŠπš™πšŠπš‹πš’πš•πš’πšπš’πšŽπšœ π™²πš‘πšŠπš›πš

πšƒπš‘πš’πšœ πš’πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ π™°πš‚π™² π™²πšŠπš™πšŠπš‹πš’πš•πš’πšπš’πšŽπšœ πšŒπš‘πšŠπš›πš πš’πš—πšπš›πš˜πšπšžπšŒπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜 πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš’πšŽπšŠπš›.

The ASC capabilities chart is a chart divided into three main components, positive relationships, spirited agency, and powerful thinking. In Project Utopia I focused on the positive relationships side of the chart, effective communication. Effective communication is where there is communication between two or more people where the intended message is successfully received and understood by the other. During InnovatED as a group of three we had to learn effective communication so that our thoughts and ideas could be put forward during discussions. For example, we effectively communicated whilst building our model by keeping in contact online and staying organised. We were assertive in our group so that everyone’s voices were heard, and all our opinions were taken into consideration. I learnt that in the future, for effective communication to work well with others, everyone in the group should be assertive and not aggressive or submissive. Compromising is also another vital element in groupwork and effective communication. Throughout this project I worked together with my group to compromise our different opinions and I learnt that everyone has different views from model building and to poster making. Together, as a group we got past these challenges and were a functional group. When everyone is assertive it all ties in together so that everyone is equal within the group.


π™²πš˜πš—πšŒπš•πšžπšœπš’πš˜πš—

Therefore, I believe Project Utopia was an extremely valuable insight to real world problems using the UN Global Goals to create a utopian society. The focus on the global goals allowed us to focus on problems happening in the world today and creatively solving them. This project allowed me to develop my public speaking skills, effective communication skills and deep thinking. In the end of this project I felt like I had accomplished something great and extended my thinking so that I learnt to look at the bigger picture of life. Overall, I feel like I could have achieved more accreditations and been more organised when building my model. We could have brought out materials in earlier so that we would not have been so rushed in the building process. It was quite stressful to try and finish everything in just a few weeks. This project has now taught me many different skills that I will continue to use in high school. All in all, I feel that Project Utopia was a huge and eventful success which allowed everyone to learn something from it.  

π™Ώπš›πšŽπšœπšŽπš—πšπšŠπšπš’πš˜πš— π™°πšπšπšŽπš›πš—πš˜πš˜πš—

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