Professional Skills for ICT Portfolio 4

Running head: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO 4
Professional skills for Information And Communication Technology portfolio 4
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO 4
Part A
The interpersonal skills that involve listening and verbal communication skill are
effective learning I received from the course. It was required in the team project for the
completion of the course criteria. I used my verbal communication skills and listening ability
effectively to communicate with my other team members and coordinate accordingly to carry out
the project.
I had to read several articles, books, journals throughout the course for developing report,
essay and others to fulfill the criteria. I used to set small individual goals for and moved on to the
next after completion. I identified important words that provided me idea of the text needed
further reading, paraphrased the statements and summarized the finding to make a relevant and
sequential report.
My team was composed of three members including myself. As we are from different
cultures, I had to work with my verbal communication skills for coordinating with the other team
members. Moreover, the reliability was also important in the team that I built with maintaining
timely completion of tasks. I prioritized the deadlines for this purpose.
While writing the essay on ethical consideration of ICT, I had to study several articles
available on the internet. Many of them talked about the issues related to the ethics of ICT. One
example I remember is the improper implementation of ICT in the primary school. It is a critical
behavioural issue of ethics that can show negative outcome in the children and needs revision.
Hence, it is important to take the ethics of ICT seriously for getting desired outcome.
According to my opinion, cultural diversity should be prioritized and the best way of
doing so is the transparent communication. The team I was working in was a culturally diverse