Blog 26: Senior Project Reflection

Title: Senior Project Reflection

Label: Presentation

Directions: Please answer the following questions and turn it in to the blog.

Due Date: The day after your two-hour presentation by 8:00 A.M.

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your 2-Hour Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation (self-assessment)?

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples. 

Blog 25: Mentorship

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Title:  Mentorship

Label: Mentorship

Due Date: May 20th by 8AM

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties

·     Contact Name & Number

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.

*Please do not turn in your mentorship hours to the office.  After we collect the total list from all seniors, we will turn in one piece of paper with all hours for everybody.  It is counted as 60 hours (10 from summer, 50 from the academic year) of the 200 you need in order to graduate from I-Poly.

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Grading Criteria (May 20^th)

• 60 hours completed (10 from summer, 50 from the academic year)

• LIA response (submitted to your blog)

• Essential question connection

Blog 24: Exit Interview Questions

"I didn't realize how much I did, what I accomplished, what I took for granted and how it all came together."

Title:  Exit Interview Questions

Label:  Exit Interview

Due Date:  Monday May 13th at 8AM

Content:  

(1) What is your essential question?  What is the best answer to your question and why?

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

(5) What is your product and why?

Blog 23: 2014 Interview

 Your goal:  Be positive and helpful

Title:  2014 Interview
Label:  Interview
Due Date:  5-8 by 8AM

*Assigning who you will interview tomorrow in Purther's rotation.  

Content:

1.  Who did you interview and what house are they in?

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

• Note the question and what you told them. 

Blog 22: 3-Column Chart

"If opportunity knocks and he is not home, opportunity waits."

 

Title:  Final 3-Column Chart
Date:  Friday 5/3 by 8AM
Label:  Research

Content:

• Post your 3-column chart using google docs/drive in the blog post (not on the right hand side). 
• Do not copy and paste the 3-column into a blog post. 

Blog 21: Independent Component 2

Title:  Independent Component 2
Label:  Independent Component
Due Date:  Friday 4/26 at 8AM
Content: 

LITERAL
(a) Statement saying: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component
(c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours)
(d) Explanation of what you completed.   

INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work. 

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ or support one or more of your answers.  Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

Grading Criteria

• Log on a digital spreadsheet
• Evidence of 30 hours of work 
• LIA submitted to blog

Log:  This should show 30 hours of work.  Include dates, hours, description of what you did, and total hours.

Evidence:  Need to show 30 hours of work.  1 photo won't do it.  Give us evidence of 30 hours.   If you want to site prior blogs, then post the link to each blog.

LIA:  Quality responses are expected.   Spend some time on it.  

Blog 20: Three Column Chart

Title: Three Column Chart First Draft
Due:  3/25 at 8AM
Label:  Research

Content:

Ogden will explain the assignment. You will be posting your three column first draft as a blog post.  

Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

“If you want to be a true citizen then, be.”
― Santosh Kalwar

Topic: Senior Project and ESLRs
Label:  Research
Due Date:  Wednesday 3/6 at 8AM

Content:

iPoly has 4 ESLRs. What are they?  Click Here!

1.  What ESLR have you excelled in most in your senior project? 
2.  Please explain why you think you have excelled in this ESLR.
3.  Provide evidence from your senior project to support your claim (evidence is a photo of something you are doing, photo of something you made, etc).

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3
Title:  2-Hour Meeting Answer #3
Label:  Research
Due Date:  Thursday 2/28/2013 at 8AM

Content:

1.  What is your essential question?
2.  What is your third answer to your essential question (write your third answer in a complete sentence)?
3.  What are three details to support or justify your third answer (details are examples or facts)?
4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
5.  What do you plan to study next and why?

On Friday March 1st, you will be going into 2-Hour houses.   In your 2-Hour house, each student will be presenting the following:

• Introduction:  Hello, my name is....my senior project topic is..and my essential question is..
• Say what your first and second answer (don't explain them) and then say your third.
• Provide details to support or justify your third answer
• Conclude by explaining what you plan to study next

*Remember to cite at least one printed source as you present.  Don't wait to the end to tell us your most important sources.  Say during the presentation, "According to..the author and title of the article or book.   If you are going to cite your mentor, cite him or her by saying their name.

MAXIMUM TIME FOR EACH PRESENTATION IS 2 MINUTES. 

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

                  "Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me."
                                                                 -------Craig Ferguson 
Title:  Fourth Interview Questions
Label: Interviews
Due Date:  Thursday, February 21st at 8AM

Content:

Post 20 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.  The first question should be your essential question and the other 19 must help you answer your essential question.   Once you have possible answers, you may want to ask questions to help you get a more in-depth understanding of your answers.


Fourth Interview is due April 19, 2013 by 8AM to turnitin.com (verification form to your house teacher). 

Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

Title:  2-Hour Meeting Answer #2
Label:  Research
Due Date:  Thursday 2/7/2013 at 8AM

Content:

1.  What is your essential question?
2.  What is your second answer to your essential question (write your second answer in a complete sentence)?
3.  What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)?
4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
5.  What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?  (You would say "I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing ____________"?)

On Friday February 8th, you will be going into 2-Hour houses.   In your 2-Hour house, each student will be presenting the following:

• Introduction:  Hello, my name is....my senior project topic is..and my essential question is..
• Sponge: Ask the students "What do you know about?"  Call on 2-3 students.  
• Say what your first answer is and then present your second answer
• Provide details to support or justify your second answer*
• Conclude by explaining what you plan to study next with your second answer and why.

*Remember to cite at least one printed source as you present.  Don't wait to the end to tell us your most important sources.  Say during the presentation, "According to..the author and title of the article or book.   If you are going to cite your mentor, cite him or her by saying their name.

MAXIMUM TIME FOR EACH PRESENTATION IS 5 MINUTES.  NO MINIMUM, YOU JUST HAVE TO COVER WHAT YOU NEED TO COVER.

PLEASE DO NOT USE POWERPOINT OR MAKE A VISUAL OF YOUR EQ.  JUST PRESENT.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Independent component 1 was suppose to be focused on the foundation of your senior project.   Independent component 2 has a different focus.   It is there for you to explore an answer or two of your essential question.

TITLE: Independent Component 2 Plan Approval
LABEL: Independent Component
DUE DATE: Monday 2/4/2013 by 8AM

CONTENT:
(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ? 

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The actual component is due on 4/26/13.

Independent Component Contract:

The independent component is an opportunity for you to add a dimension of creativity and/or an additional outlet for research. Each component must demonstrate 30 hours of work. On the due dates, please turn in the following to your blog:

Log of hours on an digital spreadsheet (with total number of hours included)

Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work,
photographs) as digital artifacts

• LIA

Literal
(a) Statement saying: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) Mentor(s) name and contact information.
(c) Explanation of what you completed.

Interpretive
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.

Applied
How did it help you answer your EQ? Be specific and use examples.

• Grading Criteria

Log on a digital spreadsheet
Evidence of 30 hours of work
LIA submitted to blog

• Discussion Questions to Consider:

How will what you did help you answer your EQ?
What is the important outcome of your independent study experience?
What is the most important piece of evidence you have and why?

• Technical:

Activity log maintained
Margin noted research added to working bibliography
Each component is 30 hours; there are two components, so 60 hours

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

 “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide

Title:  Independent Component 1
Label:  Independent Component
Due Date:  Friday 2/1 at 8AM
Content: 

• LITERAL
  (a) Statement saying: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component
  (c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours) 
• (d) Explanation of what you completed.    
• INTERPRETIVE
  Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work. 
  
• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

Grading Criteria

• Log on a digital spreadsheet
  
• Evidence of 30 hours of work
  
• LIA submitted to blog

Blog 13: Rough Draft of 30 minute presentation

Title:  Rough Draft of 30 minute presentation
Label: Presentations
Due Date:  1/18/2013 by 8AM

Content:

Post google drive document here.  Click here for google drive document.

Note:  You need to download the lesson plan draft in the excel format.  Then, you would complete the draft, upload it to google drive and then share it on a post.  This is the same thing you did for Presentation 1.  

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

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Title:  Third Interview Questions
Label: Interviews
Due Date:   Monday January 14th at 8AM

Content:

Post 10 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.  The first question should be your essential question and the other nine must be about the foundation of your essential question or help you answer your essential question.

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 hours Check

Title:  Mentorship 10 hours check (*remember to title it Blog 11, then the name)
Label:  Mentorship
Due Date:  Friday 1/11/13 at 8AM.

Content:

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
2.   Who is your contact?
3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?  
4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
5.   Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number.   

*You need 50 hours plus the original 10 in the summer by May.   The original 10 from the summer do not count toward the 50.  They are additional. By the end of the year, you will have 60 hours counting that original 10.

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

Title:  Senior Project Update
Label: Independent Component & Research
Due Date:  Sunday December 2nd by 8AM

Content:

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 

(2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

(3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched. 

Blog 5b: Science Fair Proposal

Title: Science Fair Proposal
Label: Science Fair
Due: Friday, November 9th 8AM

1. What is your topic?
2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)
3. What is your hypothesis? (Must be in If-Then form.)
4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.
5. Select one of the following Project Categories for your experiment:
Animal Biology & Physiology
Behavioral/Social Science
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Earth/Space Science
Pharmacology
Physics
Plant Biology & Physiology
Ecology & Environmental Management
Engineering Research & Applications
Mathematics & Computer Science

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

Blog 9:  Working EQ and Possible Answers
Label:  Research
Due Date: Sunday 11/4 by 8AM

Content:  You just completed the presentation on the foundation.   Please review your working EQ and respond to the following:

(1) What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?
(2) Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation? If so, write your revised EQ here.  If not simple write "I am not going to revise my EQ at this time".
(3) What are possible answers to your current working EQ? 

Blog 8: Rough Draft of Presentation 1

Title: Rough Draft of Presentation 1
Label: Presentation
Due Date:  Monday 10/22 at 8AM

Content:

On the senior year webpage "Senior Project" list of documents, there is the rough draft for Presentation. Go there or click here.

Please fill it out the rough draft template, upload it to google docs and then post the link on your blog as a Blog 8 post.

Filling it out means to delete the explanations of what do that are there and type in your plan.  For example, it explains an LIA.  You would delete that explanation and fill in what you plan to do for the L, the I, and the A.  

*I also emailed you the rough draft format just in case you can't open it from the website.