Welcome Back
I hope the
summer, albeit short and painfully hot, treated you well and that you had some
time to relax. I also hope you had time to research and work on the first part
of your personal projects. Yes, you were supposed to do some work over summer
on this project.
Here are a few
key items that you need to review and complete BEFORE your first meeting with
your supervisor the end of this month/first week of September.
May/June:
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Complete pages 30-33 in packet
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Select Personal Project
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Submit the proposal for approval
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Upload the proposal on ManageBac
July/August:
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Work on the project
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Develop a calendar
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Conduct research
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Record pictures of process
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Develop a criteria
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Upload process journal entries (Design Cycle titles provided in
each entry indicating what you are doing – Investigation, Planning, Taking
Action, and Reflection).
September
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Meet with Supervisor August 26 – September 3
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Review your process journal on ManageBac
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Fill out first meeting form (sign and date)
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Ask your project supervisor to add notes on ManageBac about your
meeting
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Continue working on the project
€ Record pictures of process
€ Upload process journal entries (Design Cycle titles provided in each entry indicating what you are doing – Investigation, Planning, Taking Action, and Reflection).
October:
€ Work on the project
€ Update your calendar
€ Record pictures of process
€ Upload process journal entries (Design Cycle titles provided in each entry indicating what you are doing – Investigation, Planning, Taking Action, and Reflection).
November:
€ Continue working on the project
€ Informally meet with Supervisor October 29 – November 15 to make sure you are on track for the next checkpoint
€ Finish working on the Personal project - you should have the process and product finished this month because you will begin drafting the paper the first week of December!
€ Update the final entries to the process journal and upload photo evidence of the product
December:
€ Meeting #2 with supervisors needs to happen between December 1 and December 12 to review the process journal an make sure you have everything needed.
€ Begin drafting your report on the project
€ Remember that you will be working on this once you return from the winter recess - but you may want to use some time during the break to work on the report, in order to minimize the impact during the school year.
€ Rough Drafts will be uploaded via ManageBac to turnitin.com through the end of December/first part of January - so document!
January & February:
€ Rough Drafts will be uploaded via ManageBac to turnitin.com through the end of December/first part of January - so document!
€ Finalize working on the report
€ Finalize meeting with supervisor between February 1 and February 10 - once the report is finished, meet one last time to reflect on the report before it is uploaded in final form.
€ Final Drafts will be uploaded via ManageBac to turnitin.com
