Pick and reflect on an artifact that proves you have the skills, knowledge, and dispositions represented by the badge.
Required Artifact:
User Manual for a Laboratory Technician- Introduction
- Describe the technique and how it is commonly used in the laboratory.
- Example Results
- Photos of significant unusable results with captions describing what you see that makes each unusable.
- Photo of a usable result with captions describing what you see that makes it usable.
- Troubleshooting
- Given each unusable result, identify the possible causes and how you would fix them to get a usable result. Use text features to organize the information so that a reader can use the manual to troubleshoot results they observe from the technique.
Reflection Prompt:
- Provide context. What is the activity this artifact is representing?
- Explain how the artifact represents the skills, knowledge, and dispositions for this badge.
Rubric:
- Use text features to organize the information so that a reader can use the manual to troubleshoot results they observe from the technique.
- Language is appropriate for the audience.
- Visuals help the reader understand what makes a result usable or unusable.
- The information is accurate, comprehensive, clear, and concise.
- Write about the results and the reasons why particular data points are not useable and how to amend the procedure in order to improve the results.
Resources:
Manuals and protocols for using various pieces of lab equipment. Most can be found on-line or in paper copies.