Backwards Plan

Creating an independent project for yourself is a big task and often the hardest part is getting started. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the whole idea of a project. In order to help ourselves get started we are going to do some backwards planning. What is backwards planning?

Backwards planning is really just a tactic to take a big project and break it down into smaller, manageable chunks that you feel like you can accomplish.

Now, Imagine it's January and you have just shown your amazing project to our class. In your mind, try and imagine where you are in the school. Try and visualize what you have just shown, read, or presented to your audience. Think about exactly how you presented your project. Close your eyes and imagine exactly what your project looks like and what the audience will see.

You should have an idea of what your final project will look like. The question is 'how did you get all the way there from here?' Instead of starting with the first step, let's start with your end goal. Take 5 minutes and write down 5 steps, in any order, that you think you will have to do to create your project. Leave a comment and make sure to include your name if you are not logged into your Google account.

After looking over some of the steps that you have listed, you will now create a simple blog post and try to round out your list of steps and put them in order from the final goal to the first step. You have already completed some of the steps, so list should get easier as you get towards the beginning.

Please post your plan on your blog under the title "Backwards Plan". This plan will help us set and meet individual goals and create a TO DO list.