Weekly Goal Setting Introduction

Now that you have a preliminary 'backwards plan' for your project you will start a weekly routine of setting personal goals for your individual project. The goals you set for your project should be based on your backwards plan, which many of you will update with new steps that you find out you need to accomplish as you work on your project.

Every Tuesday from here on out you will set new goals to be accomplished by the following Tuesday. Today you will set a realistic goal to accomplish by next Tuesday. Depending on how complex or difficult the goal you may want to set one large, detailed goal or a few small, easily accomplished goals. As we move through the semester you will have project time in class at least once a week, but right now you will have to get some of the work done outside of class.

Next Tuesday, your warm-up in class will be to update your progress on your blog by leaving a comment. Your comments should explain not only whether or not you met your goal, but why or why not. Then, after you've commented on your previous goals, you have to set new ones for the following week as new post.

Today, we will look briefly at some of your backwards plan posts and/comments and try to set some possible goals together. Then you will set your goals based on your backwards plan. Goals must be posted on your blog along with your backwards plan.