During your goal reflection and setting today, I will be coming around to check for evidence of progress. Please be prepared to show and/or explain how you met goal #8. We will look at the number of students who set and met their individual goals today and tomorrow in class. This is the final marking period and meeting our goals is the most important goal for the class.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Goal # 8 Reflection and Goal Setting #9
Good morning, today you will assess your progress on your last goal #8 by leaving a comment on your previous post. Please explain how you met your goal and describe your progress including any evidence that you produced last week. When you are finished commenting, post your new SMART goal #9 and begin working on meeting your goal during class today.
During your goal reflection and setting today, I will be coming around to check for evidence of progress. Please be prepared to show and/or explain how you met goal #8. We will look at the number of students who set and met their individual goals today and tomorrow in class. This is the final marking period and meeting our goals is the most important goal for the class.
During your goal reflection and setting today, I will be coming around to check for evidence of progress. Please be prepared to show and/or explain how you met goal #8. We will look at the number of students who set and met their individual goals today and tomorrow in class. This is the final marking period and meeting our goals is the most important goal for the class.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Project Conferences and Finding your expert
Today I will be meeting with each of you to discuss your progress towards completing your project. We are entering the third Marking Period and projects for portfolio will have to be finished and graded by Tuesday May 26th for Juniors and Thursday June 4th for seniors. The rest of our time in Digital Portfolio needs to be used to create, execute, make, image, write, or design your projects. Your final weekly goals should be about making the product.
Today and tomorrow while I conduct conferences, you may work on your project after you spend some time searching for contact information for experts who might be able to answer your questions. Use Google to search for poets, writers, painters, artists, musicians, and/or people working if fields relevant to your own. Many of you have found blogs related to your topics, and you can contact those people with your questions as well.
Try and find contact info for 3 - 5 people you think could answer your expert questions and email me the information at mr.powhida@gmail.com. In your email, include a short 2 -3 introduction that you will send out along with your questions to the experts. Tomorrow, we will try and send out your questions at the beginning of class.
Today and tomorrow while I conduct conferences, you may work on your project after you spend some time searching for contact information for experts who might be able to answer your questions. Use Google to search for poets, writers, painters, artists, musicians, and/or people working if fields relevant to your own. Many of you have found blogs related to your topics, and you can contact those people with your questions as well.
Try and find contact info for 3 - 5 people you think could answer your expert questions and email me the information at mr.powhida@gmail.com. In your email, include a short 2 -3 introduction that you will send out along with your questions to the experts. Tomorrow, we will try and send out your questions at the beginning of class.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Goal Setting and Finding an Expert
Now that the Internet is working, please comment on last week's goal #5(6) regarding your progress and post a NEW smart goal #6(7) on your blog. The marking period ends tomorrow and we will be conducting progress conferences tomorrow and Thursday. You will have time tomorrow and Thursday during those conferences to catch up on any blog posting and goal setting you need to improve your grade, as well as meet this week's goal.
Many of you could use some guidance for your projects, because there is an overwhelming amount of information on the Internet. As you know, information is not valuable unless you are able to comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize, and/or evaluate it. In order to help find some guidance we will be searching for experts, or people who have already applied the kind of higher order thinking you need to do in their own work.
We happen to live in a city of experts. In terms of your projects, many of you will be able to find help and ideas within the school and others will have to look beyond the school walls. How you do find an expert? You search for people and contact information in the industry you are researching and you reach out to several of them until someone responds. I was contacted by a student at the Young Writer's Academy to talk about my work as a writer in Brooklyn. I sat down for an interview about my writing process. The student found my email on the Internet and contacted me. I responded because I thought it would be good for the community (commitment).
Before you start searching for an expert on your project (or area of interest), you will need to think of several questions to ask your expert. For example, Karisha wants to write a fantasy story. She might ask an expert on writing "Why did you get into writing?", "What are some of the steps you take to write a story?", or "How can I develop my characters?"
Each of you needs to write a series of at least seven questions for an expert about your project. They should not be yes or no questions, but ones that will help guide your work. Email me your questions today at mr.powhida@gmail.com
If you finish your questions early, start searching for people in your field of interest or if you know a faculty member that might be able to help, include them in your email today. So, if you are making a video/film search for "Brooklyn, Film makers, production companies". If you are doing fashion, search for "Brooklyn, fashion designers"
Finding an Expert
Many of you could use some guidance for your projects, because there is an overwhelming amount of information on the Internet. As you know, information is not valuable unless you are able to comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize, and/or evaluate it. In order to help find some guidance we will be searching for experts, or people who have already applied the kind of higher order thinking you need to do in their own work.
We happen to live in a city of experts. In terms of your projects, many of you will be able to find help and ideas within the school and others will have to look beyond the school walls. How you do find an expert? You search for people and contact information in the industry you are researching and you reach out to several of them until someone responds. I was contacted by a student at the Young Writer's Academy to talk about my work as a writer in Brooklyn. I sat down for an interview about my writing process. The student found my email on the Internet and contacted me. I responded because I thought it would be good for the community (commitment).
Before you start searching for an expert on your project (or area of interest), you will need to think of several questions to ask your expert. For example, Karisha wants to write a fantasy story. She might ask an expert on writing "Why did you get into writing?", "What are some of the steps you take to write a story?", or "How can I develop my characters?"
Each of you needs to write a series of at least seven questions for an expert about your project. They should not be yes or no questions, but ones that will help guide your work. Email me your questions today at mr.powhida@gmail.com
If you finish your questions early, start searching for people in your field of interest or if you know a faculty member that might be able to help, include them in your email today. So, if you are making a video/film search for "Brooklyn, Film makers, production companies". If you are doing fashion, search for "Brooklyn, fashion designers"
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