Planning#1
There are 3 main sections to this objective
It is also a good idea, at this stage, to roughly 'think ahead' (brainstorm) about how you will achieve your goals and write it in your process journal. The purpose of this is to define the investigation and help in the choice of appropriate sources and materials. Ask yourself questions such as,
• Where do I find the necessary materials?
• Where can I find the information I need to complete my Personal Project?
• Who has information about my topic?
• Do I have to carry out my own experiments?
• Do I need to prepare, circulate, and analyze a questionnaire or survey?
• Do I need to go to libraries other than the school library?
• Do I need to visit museums?
• Do I need to interview individuals?
To achieve 8/8 for this criterion you need to:
The student
State: Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.
Outline: Give a brief account or summary.
Describe: Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Explain: Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.
Highly challenging goals
So, what are challenging and highly challenging goals in the Personal Project:
Challenging goal Highly challenging goal
A student documents his or her self-taught skills of photography. A student documents his or her neighbourhood through a photography exhibition.
A student creates a durable bag using second- hand materials. A student creates a range of bags using second- hand materials to exhibit at the local arts centre with the aim to promote re-use of everyday items.
A student writes an article on a topic of interest for a journal A student writes and publishes an original book- length feature on a topic of (school/academic/special interest) and submits it to an audience. interest with the aim to encourage younger students to write.
Prior Learning
What do you already know about the topic, who and where did you get this information from (for example was it from one of your subjects you have studied before)? List sources wherever you can.
Excellent research skills
Are you able to demonstrate how you have acquired the information you need from a variety of sources that are credible?
Did you prepare a set of questions that need to be answered?
Did you state the types of sources you may need to access and how will you access them? Did you use a wide variety of sources?
Did you state how the information gathered was relevant to your project, did you consider if the information is up-to-date and valid?
A diagram like the one below can often help to brainstorm (use www.coggle.it) the scope of the project and identify possible sources. It may also help identify areas that need actioning quickly (eg looking for conferences and workshops)
- state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal
- state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
- present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
It is also a good idea, at this stage, to roughly 'think ahead' (brainstorm) about how you will achieve your goals and write it in your process journal. The purpose of this is to define the investigation and help in the choice of appropriate sources and materials. Ask yourself questions such as,
• Where do I find the necessary materials?
• Where can I find the information I need to complete my Personal Project?
• Who has information about my topic?
• Do I have to carry out my own experiments?
• Do I need to prepare, circulate, and analyze a questionnaire or survey?
• Do I need to go to libraries other than the school library?
• Do I need to visit museums?
• Do I need to interview individuals?
To achieve 8/8 for this criterion you need to:
The student
- states a learning goal and explains the connection between personal interest(s) and that goal
- states their intended product and presents multiple appropriate, detailed success criteria for the product
- presents a detailed plan for achieving the product and all of its associated success criteria.
State: Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.
Outline: Give a brief account or summary.
Describe: Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Explain: Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.
Highly challenging goals
So, what are challenging and highly challenging goals in the Personal Project:
Challenging goal Highly challenging goal
A student documents his or her self-taught skills of photography. A student documents his or her neighbourhood through a photography exhibition.
A student creates a durable bag using second- hand materials. A student creates a range of bags using second- hand materials to exhibit at the local arts centre with the aim to promote re-use of everyday items.
A student writes an article on a topic of interest for a journal A student writes and publishes an original book- length feature on a topic of (school/academic/special interest) and submits it to an audience. interest with the aim to encourage younger students to write.
Prior Learning
What do you already know about the topic, who and where did you get this information from (for example was it from one of your subjects you have studied before)? List sources wherever you can.
Excellent research skills
Are you able to demonstrate how you have acquired the information you need from a variety of sources that are credible?
Did you prepare a set of questions that need to be answered?
Did you state the types of sources you may need to access and how will you access them? Did you use a wide variety of sources?
Did you state how the information gathered was relevant to your project, did you consider if the information is up-to-date and valid?
A diagram like the one below can often help to brainstorm (use www.coggle.it) the scope of the project and identify possible sources. It may also help identify areas that need actioning quickly (eg looking for conferences and workshops)
You will record the information you have gathered, the source (and citations via NoodleTools (highly recommended) and of course an evaluation of each source in your Process Journals using OPVL. It is recommended that you analyse each carefully to consider:
While research work will go on throughout the project, it should be noted that the bulk of it be completed by October.
- how up-to-date the source is
- how is the information relevant
- the quality/ validity of the information (look at the website name, author credentials, is the information reliable, possible bias etc....
While research work will go on throughout the project, it should be noted that the bulk of it be completed by October.
An example of summarising how I developed my research methodology (your research process) is shown below for section 5 (ii) of your Working Doc
Section 5 (ii) example
Planning #2: Criteria and Plans
This part deals with:
2. state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
3. present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
2. state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
3. present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
1. Developing criteria for the product/ outcome:
This is similar to writing Criteria that you have done in the past in Design. Remember that you are trying to somehow find ways of testing the product/ outcomes success.
Let's look at an example.
Personal Project Goal: To create an art exhibition of original paintings to raise awareness of the plight of street dogs and cause someone to take action
This goal has actually 3 parts (these are at least 3 different parts to make criteria for!).
1. Quality of the painting
2. Raising awareness of the issues street dogs face.
3. People taking action about the issues
What Criteria can we make to test the above are successful?
Let's take each one of the above in turn:
Criteria Tools Target
(to evaluate the success) (how will you measure the success) (how will I know if the criteria was successful?)
The pictures must be of high Rubric created to assess the quality, Target of 80% scored.
quality given to 3 art experts.
To raise awareness of the issues Short test to 20 people in the local village Audience scored 40% more. (They know more than they did about the plight of street dogs before the exhibition and then again after before testing. To test this further, re-test the audience one week later. If the same scores are achieved, we have raised awareness
Someone should take positive action Mayor or other officials in the local village Mayor or other official accept my one year plan to provide
on the issue of street dogs invited to the exhibition food and shelter
A good way to explain the specifications is to
1 Write down (clearly) the specification
2 Explain why you think the specification is important
3 Say how you intend to achieve the specification as your product is being created
4 Explain how you could test (evaluate) that the specification has been met after the product’’s completion.
As an example........
1 Specification: The product should appeal to the target audience (young children aged 4 to 10 years old).
2 This specification is important because the children will not look at or take notice of something that they do not find attractive
3 To ensure that my product will meet the specification I will
• Use a wide range of primary colours
• Have a limited amount of text
• Make use of appealing symbols (animals etc.)
• ...................
4 To test or evaluate this specification, I will ask a total of 20 students aged 4 to 10 years old the following questions in a survey.
If at least 16 students (80%) respond positively then the specification will have been met.
• Did you notice the posters on the entrance to the primary classrooms concerning Cyberbullying?
• What was the message of the posters?
• ...................
This is similar to writing Criteria that you have done in the past in Design. Remember that you are trying to somehow find ways of testing the product/ outcomes success.
- Criteria that helps you see if your project was successful; your goals were met.
- They should be measurable in some way.
Let's look at an example.
Personal Project Goal: To create an art exhibition of original paintings to raise awareness of the plight of street dogs and cause someone to take action
This goal has actually 3 parts (these are at least 3 different parts to make criteria for!).
1. Quality of the painting
2. Raising awareness of the issues street dogs face.
3. People taking action about the issues
What Criteria can we make to test the above are successful?
Let's take each one of the above in turn:
Criteria Tools Target
(to evaluate the success) (how will you measure the success) (how will I know if the criteria was successful?)
The pictures must be of high Rubric created to assess the quality, Target of 80% scored.
quality given to 3 art experts.
To raise awareness of the issues Short test to 20 people in the local village Audience scored 40% more. (They know more than they did about the plight of street dogs before the exhibition and then again after before testing. To test this further, re-test the audience one week later. If the same scores are achieved, we have raised awareness
Someone should take positive action Mayor or other officials in the local village Mayor or other official accept my one year plan to provide
on the issue of street dogs invited to the exhibition food and shelter
A good way to explain the specifications is to
1 Write down (clearly) the specification
2 Explain why you think the specification is important
3 Say how you intend to achieve the specification as your product is being created
4 Explain how you could test (evaluate) that the specification has been met after the product’’s completion.
As an example........
1 Specification: The product should appeal to the target audience (young children aged 4 to 10 years old).
2 This specification is important because the children will not look at or take notice of something that they do not find attractive
3 To ensure that my product will meet the specification I will
• Use a wide range of primary colours
• Have a limited amount of text
• Make use of appealing symbols (animals etc.)
• ...................
4 To test or evaluate this specification, I will ask a total of 20 students aged 4 to 10 years old the following questions in a survey.
If at least 16 students (80%) respond positively then the specification will have been met.
• Did you notice the posters on the entrance to the primary classrooms concerning Cyberbullying?
• What was the message of the posters?
• ...................
2. Creating Possible Solutions
Very similar again to what you have done in the past....designs of your product or solution.
Here you will demonstrate thinking skills in designing different, feasible ways to create your product/ solution.
Examples:
1. Video about street dogs. Use storyboards to sketch the possible designs (scenes, timing, sound, dialogue etc)
2. Websites. Layout and content of webpages. Navigation page.
3. Dress design. Designs of dresses, include fabrics, dimensions, colours, techniques etc
4. Books.
Be sure to include what you have learned from the Investigation stage (what make a good video or website and the knowledge of the topic)
Good designs include details that would allow others to follow.
Here you will demonstrate thinking skills in designing different, feasible ways to create your product/ solution.
Examples:
1. Video about street dogs. Use storyboards to sketch the possible designs (scenes, timing, sound, dialogue etc)
2. Websites. Layout and content of webpages. Navigation page.
3. Dress design. Designs of dresses, include fabrics, dimensions, colours, techniques etc
4. Books.
Be sure to include what you have learned from the Investigation stage (what make a good video or website and the knowledge of the topic)
Good designs include details that would allow others to follow.
3. Developing an Action Plan
Use your Action Planning table in your Working Doc:)
The idea is to be able to effectively plan your work over the months to ensure that you finish on time. You should include the following as a minimum in your plans:
Dates and times for actions (and times you are not available eg CEESA etc)
The actions (logical order)
Resources, locations etc
Valid alterations to the plan and reflections, how your ATL have improved.
Time for testing and making changes to the product/ solution.
The idea is to be able to effectively plan your work over the months to ensure that you finish on time. You should include the following as a minimum in your plans:
Dates and times for actions (and times you are not available eg CEESA etc)
The actions (logical order)
Resources, locations etc
Valid alterations to the plan and reflections, how your ATL have improved.
Time for testing and making changes to the product/ solution.