Personal Project Session One Friday, September 5
Personal Project Session OneFriday, September 5
TodayA Letter from the Past
Visualizing the Personal Project
Where to Start
First Steps
Goals
Global Contexts
A Letter From the PastWhat We Know About Success
To succeed, we must have confidence in our ability
The key is not to eliminate setbacks, but to build up the ability to bounce back from setbacks
One way to build this feeling is hearing from people with experience
Getting Inoculated Against Failure
Expose you to what might go wrong.
Think about what you need to make things go right.
Believe that you can do what needs to be done.
Read Your LetterAt your table
Talk about what your correspondent is telling youMoments in the process that they found difficult
High points that gave them confidence they could succeed
What kinds of help did they get to put them on the right track?
What reassurance do they give that you can succeed?
Any advice that they offer for you.
Investigating Planning
Taking Action
Reflecting
InvestigatingDefine a goal basedon personal interest
Identify priorlearning and subject specific knowledge
Demonstrate research skills
(ATL)
PlanningDevelop a proposal
for action (with criteria for success)
Plan and record the development
process
Demonstrate Self-Management Skills
(ATL)
Taking ActionCreate a Product or
OutcomeDemonstrate
Thinking Skills (ATL)
Demonstrate Communication and
Social Skills (ATL)
ReflectingEvaluate the Quality
of the Product or Outcome
Reflect on Knowledge and Understanding
Demonstrate Development of ATL
Skills and as an IB Learner
Where to Start
Strengths and Weaknesses
School subject
What you want to make
Problem to be addressed
Your Interests
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To design my own electric violin
To research violin design and violin making and then design my own violin
To research violin design and violin making and then design and produce my own 4 or 5 string violin
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To design my own summer clothing collection
To research current fashion trends and then design my own summer clothing collection
To research current clothing trends and how to design patterns. Then design and create a summer clothing collection. Learn how to create a template website and market my designs.
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To raise 50 000 yen to support the education of a child in Southeast Asia
To sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education by raising 200 000 yen
To volunteer at UNICEF Japan over the December break and then raise 200 000 yen to sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education.
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To raise 50 000 yen to support the education of a child in Southeast Asia
To sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education by raising 200 000 yen
To volunteer at UNICEF Japan over the December break and then raise 200 000 yen to sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education.
What’s the Difference?What distinguishes a basic appropriate goal from one that is challenging?
What distinguishes a challenging goal from one that is highly challenging?
Basic goalStating what you’re going to do or what you’re going to make.
Challenging goalOutlining what you’re going to do and explaining what the purpose of your project is.
Highly challenging goalOutlining a goal that has multiple parts and leads to greater learning
Check the number of verbs in your goalMore verbs require greater intensity, complexity, and learning.
Global Contexts
Global Contexts and the Personal Project
Step One:Choose one global context to focus on through your personal projectYou can frame this connection this way
An inquiry into Personal and Cultural Expression
Step Two:Identify which part of the global context you will explore
I will focus on the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity
Step ThreeExplain why you chose this particular global contextUse the explanation included with each context
I chose Personal and Cultural Expression because …
Identities and Relationships https://www.flickr.com/photos/chant3/
Identities and Relationships
Who am I? Who are we?
An inquiry into identity and relationships explores the following areas:
Identity
Beliefs and values
Personal health
Physical health
Mental health
Social health
Spiritual health
Human relationships, including families, friends, communities and cultures
What it means to be human
Personal and Cultural Expressionhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/candiedwomanire/
Personal and Cultural ExpressionWhat is the nature and purpose of creative expression?
An inquiry into personal and cultural expression explores the following areas:
The ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values
The ways in which we reflect on, extend and
enjoy our creativity
Our appreciation of the aesthetic (beauty)
Orientation in Space and Timehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/t_zero/
Orientation in Space and TimeWhat is the meaning of ‘when’ and ‘where’?
An inquiry into orientation in space & time explores the following areas:
Personal histories
Homes and journeys
Turning points in humankind
Explorations and migrations of humankind
Discoveries
The relationships between, and the interconnectedness of, individuals and civilizations, from personal, local and global perspectives.
Technology and Innovationhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/mugley/
Technology and InnovationHow do we understand the worlds in which we live?
An inquiry into scientific and technical innovation explores the following areas:The natural world and its lawsThe interaction between people and the natural worldHow humans use their understanding of scientific principlesThe impact of scientific and technological advances of communities and environmentsThe impact of environments on human activityHow humans adapt environments to their needs
Fairness and Developmenthttps://www.flickr.com/photos/riacale/
Fairness and DevelopmentWhat are the consequences of our common humanity?
An inquiry into fairness and development explores the following areas:
Rights and responsibilities
The relationships between communities
Sharing finite resources with other people and with other living things
Access to equal opportunities
Peace and conflict resolution
Globalization and Sustainabilityhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ironpoison_photos_69/
Globalization and SustainabilityHow is everything connected?
An inquiry into globalization and sustainability explores the following areas:
The interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities
The relationship between local and global processes
How local experiences mediate the global
Reflect on the opportunities and tensions provided by world-interconnectedness
The impact of decision-making on humankind and the environment