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| This class is what you make of it..."the sky's the limit" (photo credit: Bent) |
This
course is a partially independent, hands on, and student driven. The focus is an independent project based on
each student’s passion for effecting change in their community and beyond. Students will develop knowledge, skills,
and values from direct experiences outside a traditional academic setting. There are opportunities for students to grow
intellectually, creatively, emotionally, and socially through personally
designed learning experiences based on their chosen research and passion.
Academic aspects of
experiential learning:
the student work generated complements more traditional course learning, and
allows students’ choice for reading materials; thus deepening their
understanding and strengthening oral and written skills needed to succeed
beyond high school.
Major Course Work
Submissions: Final
Project Proposal and Plan, Research Paper, Reflections, Completed Blogs, (major
grades), and Culminating Project Presentation (final)
Blog Posts;Directions and Scoring:
Listed below are the Blog Post DUE dates. Please respond to each due date. The title next to the due date is the TOPIC of the blog for the week. Each blog post is due on a Monday, with two exceptions-the Friday before February break, and the Thursday before April break. The scoring for the post is as follows: 25% for on time posts, 50% for content and grammar, and 25% for responding to two other peoples' blog by Wednesday of the post week. For example, your next post is due on Monday February 6th, and your response to others is due on Wednesday February 8th.
Remember you are doing the personal response on a Monday and responses to others on Wednesdays (unless otherwise noted)
Blog Post Due Dates and Topics (stay tuned....I have only added topics to Feb vacation)
Blog Post Three Due February 6th: Skills-Invited Guests-Fishing for Projects
Skills I have, skills I need, and skills I might be able to improve on during this course, and why this might be important for a leadership course?(see google chart). This week your blog is up and running, so invite others to see what you are up to, but do not invite friends, think bigger picture. By now you have an idea of your topic, or you are still fishing-Let me know how it is going.
Blog Post Four Due February 13th: What is the point of resume writing, and why is it so hard to showcase myself in resume form? Where are you in your nonfiction book? Share the title, author, and what you have read so far. By now you should be thinking of a research topic-some aspect of your project- that you want to discover a little more about. What are your thoughts on a topic?
Blog Post Five Due February 17th (this is a Friday one folks and you still need to respond to two others by Wednesday of your vacation): "The Juggling Act"- How are you doing with reading your nonfiction book, researching a journal articles, contacting possible project people and places, and creating a rough draft of your project? Share your progress, and your highs and lows in this juggling act....and think of ways to improve your time management skills. You are going to need them to make this all work.
Blog Post Six Due March 6th: "Getting Back into the Swing"- This week your focus is on finding relevant articles for your research paper, reading them, and creating an annotated bibliography to use when writing the paper.
1) Examine how you approach searching for a topic.
2) Provide at least TWO tips for others searching for articles.
3) Be honest, what do you think of annotated bibliographies?
4) What was the most productive day this week, and why?
5) What was the least productive day this week, and why?
Blog Post Seven Due March 13th: See Post
Blog Post Eight Due March 20th: See Post
Blog Post Nine Due March 27th: See Post
Blog Post Ten Due April 3rd: See Post
Blog Post Eleven Due April 10th: See Post
Blog Post Twelve Due April 13th (this is a Thursday one folks, and you still need to respond to two others by Wednesday of your vacation): See Post
Blog Post Thirteen Due May 1st: See Post
Blog Post Fourteen Due May 8th: See Post
Blog Post Fifteen Due May 15th (this is your last week of class...almost there): See Post
Blog Post Sixteen Due May 22nd: This is a reflection on the process, your performance during the class, things I could change to help the next class next spring, and what your "take away" is for the class. See Post
Blog Posts;Directions and Scoring:
Listed below are the Blog Post DUE dates. Please respond to each due date. The title next to the due date is the TOPIC of the blog for the week. Each blog post is due on a Monday, with two exceptions-the Friday before February break, and the Thursday before April break. The scoring for the post is as follows: 25% for on time posts, 50% for content and grammar, and 25% for responding to two other peoples' blog by Wednesday of the post week. For example, your next post is due on Monday February 6th, and your response to others is due on Wednesday February 8th.
Remember you are doing the personal response on a Monday and responses to others on Wednesdays (unless otherwise noted)
Blog Post Due Dates and Topics (stay tuned....I have only added topics to Feb vacation)
Blog Post Three Due February 6th: Skills-Invited Guests-Fishing for Projects
Skills I have, skills I need, and skills I might be able to improve on during this course, and why this might be important for a leadership course?(see google chart). This week your blog is up and running, so invite others to see what you are up to, but do not invite friends, think bigger picture. By now you have an idea of your topic, or you are still fishing-Let me know how it is going.
Blog Post Four Due February 13th: What is the point of resume writing, and why is it so hard to showcase myself in resume form? Where are you in your nonfiction book? Share the title, author, and what you have read so far. By now you should be thinking of a research topic-some aspect of your project- that you want to discover a little more about. What are your thoughts on a topic?
Blog Post Five Due February 17th (this is a Friday one folks and you still need to respond to two others by Wednesday of your vacation): "The Juggling Act"- How are you doing with reading your nonfiction book, researching a journal articles, contacting possible project people and places, and creating a rough draft of your project? Share your progress, and your highs and lows in this juggling act....and think of ways to improve your time management skills. You are going to need them to make this all work.
Blog Post Six Due March 6th: "Getting Back into the Swing"- This week your focus is on finding relevant articles for your research paper, reading them, and creating an annotated bibliography to use when writing the paper.
1) Examine how you approach searching for a topic.
2) Provide at least TWO tips for others searching for articles.
3) Be honest, what do you think of annotated bibliographies?
4) What was the most productive day this week, and why?
5) What was the least productive day this week, and why?
Blog Post Seven Due March 13th: See Post
Blog Post Eight Due March 20th: See Post
Blog Post Nine Due March 27th: See Post
Blog Post Ten Due April 3rd: See Post
Blog Post Eleven Due April 10th: See Post
Blog Post Twelve Due April 13th (this is a Thursday one folks, and you still need to respond to two others by Wednesday of your vacation): See Post
Blog Post Thirteen Due May 1st: See Post
Blog Post Fourteen Due May 8th: See Post
Blog Post Fifteen Due May 15th (this is your last week of class...almost there): See Post
Blog Post Sixteen Due May 22nd: This is a reflection on the process, your performance during the class, things I could change to help the next class next spring, and what your "take away" is for the class. See Post
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