Documenti di Didattica
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Generlal Guidelines
1. WHAT IS THE MINI PERSONAL PROJECT ?
REFERENCING CONVENTIONS
The way sources are cited varies with the particular referencing
convention that has been chosen. For example with the author-date
system, page numbers should be given as well as the author-date
when quoting printed material.
If the material is paraphrased only the author-date will be given.
What are appendices?
Appendices are additional materials that students include at the end
of their report in order to support the
completion of their project. The appendices could include secondary
information that may be of interest.
For example, if the student has produced a questionnaire, which has
been described and analysed in thereport, he or she could include
one or two completed questionnaires as examples in an appendix.
It would not be necessary to include all completed questionnaires.
1. Topic.
Steps to choose the topic.Before you choose the topic consider
the following steps:
Something that you have always wanted to learn but have never had
the opportunity.
Education
Using physics to perfect a sport (a pool shot, a hockey shot, a freethrow, etc.)
Pros and cons of school uniforms.
Economy
Developing a marketing campaign to address a Teen Issue, like teen
pregnancy.
Science
Developing a plan for a solar powered car.
Doing a research/lab report for an original scientific idea.
Sports and Health
Developing a new strategy for chess, poker or another game.
The influence of tobacco use on the human body.
Maths
The role of Maths in games and winning strategies.
The use Monte Carlo methods to find areas or to estimate pi.
Environment
Is global warming a hoax? Is it being exaggerated?
How does environmental awareness effect business practices today?
Design
Building something - like a guitar, furniture, etc.
Designing and making jewelery.
Music
How has the music industry been affected by the internet and digital
downloading?
The power of creativity while composing music.
Social Studies
Researching your genealogy.
Reasons of the Fall of Roman Empire.
Make a List of Useful Keywords. Keep track of the words that are
used to describe your topic.
Look for words that best describe your topic
Look for them in when reading encyclopedia articles and background
and general information
Find broader and narrower terms, synonyms, key concepts for key
words to widen your search capabilities
Make note of these words and use them later when searching
databases and catalogs
Record your ideas into your journal.
Journal Entry (Brainstorming the ideas for the research topic):
Brainstorm a list of three things you want to learn more about. Why do you want to learn
more about them?
Journal Entry (Identifying the topic)
Identify one topic that interests you that could develop into a mini personal project. Why is
this topic of interest to you?
Criterion A Selecting a topic
Criteria
Points
1
1
5
Identities and
Relationships.
Project Examples:
Two sides of social networking; an awareness campaign about digital
citizenship and cyber bullying
How online identities impact offline relationships; a research essay
Keeping culinary traditions; a video series following family recipes
with historical relevance
The effect of mass media on teenage identity; a short film
Orientation in Time and Space
Project Examples:
The Euclidean space perspective of the universe; a 3D model
Explorers in search of a new world; immigration over the ages
through visual texts
The Mayflower and the dream of religious freedom; a personal family
history
Charting a family history through archives and a representational
statue
Personal and Cultural Expression
7
Project Examples:
The struggle for water in developing countries; an awareness
campaign
The impact of the financial crises of Europe and the European
Economic Community on the United States; a visual presentation
Education as the tool to change the future of Peru; a workshop for
adults
The role of the developing countries in protecting the tropical rain
forest; a collection of slides
Fairness and Development
What are the consequences of our common
humanity?
Criteria
Points
TOTAL
11
The work you have done in the part Topic will be assessed
according to Criterion A.
Criterion A Selecting a topic
Criteria
Points
TOTAL
2. Research
Step 1 Reserch your topic
In this part of the process you will be researching the information that
will help you learn more about your topic so you can create your final
product.
The best place to begin is the library. The library will have magazines,
newspapers, books on the subject, scientific references, and
electronic resources, each with information about some aspect of your
topic.
Choose the resource you have researched the information in and note
down the information you have researched in the format below:
magazines, newspapers, books on the subject, scientific
references, and electronic resources,
At a minimum, you must find 4 RELIABLE sources of information
during the research process in the library. Identify each source in your
notes and write 1-2 sentences explaining why this is reliable based on
what we learned.
The title:
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Date
Published:
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Why is this source particularly useful?
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Why is this source reliable?
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The title:
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Date
Published:
The title:
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Published:
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Why is this source reliable?
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The title:
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Date
Published:
Points
14
librarian/ICT teacher
Most of the research has been done in the library
TOTAL
Supervisor Feedback 1
Meets the Week of:
Date:
Use these questions as guides to set goals for creating your final
product.
Do you have enough information to achieve your goal in creating the
product? If not, what additional information could you collect?
How can you best plan your time to complete the project by the
deadline?
How can you best plan your time to complete the project by the
deadline?
Next meeting date:
When?
Deadline
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Writing a book
Creating a blog
Preparing a stage performance
Writing a poem
Writing a script
Writing a song
Developing a marketing campaign to address a Teen Issue, like teen
pregnancy
Training a pet
Composing a song
Building something - like a guitar, furniture, etc.
Developing a plan for a solar powered car
Developing a recipe
Designing and making jewelery
Producing and directing a movie
Producing and directing a music vide
Producing and directing an exercise video
Demonstrating how to do something
Drawing a mural
Throwing pottery
Preparing a poster or a model
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Criteria
Points
TOTAL
Supervisor Feedback 2
Meets the Week of: October ______________
Date_____
The product/project you wish to create:
Your
project:
Aligns closely with the chosen Global Context
Links indirectly with the chosen Global Context
May be better focused with a different Global Context
Detailed
Points
18
TOTAL
5. Process Journal
Your process journal is where you have been documenting your learning throughout your
project. All your journal entries helped you to reflect on the process and get ready for the
final presentation. You have been doing it electronically and have regularly received the
feedback from your supervisor.
While recording the information into the process journal your responsibility was:
Points
TOTAL
19
Title page
Table of contents
Introduction, defining the goal of the project and an explicit focus on the chosen
Global Context, and providing an outline of how you intend to achieve the
Goal.
Description of the process, including production steps, the characteristics, aspects
or components of the work
Analysis of the inspiration, research, and influences guiding the work, the findings
and decisions made, the resulting product and the process in terms of the goal and its
focus on the Global Context
Analysis of the Approaches to Learning (skills) which helped you to work on the
process.
Conclusion, where you reflect on the impact of your project, and on new
perspectives that could be considered
Works Cited
Appendices, where appropriate (this is a good place to put pictures of your product)
To achieve my goal, I
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My plan for creating my product was (what you planned to do, not what
actually happened)
Step 1:
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Step 2:
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Step 3:
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Step 4:
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Step 5:
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Analysis
What did you learn from source 1? How did this help you create your final product?
(INCLUDE A PARENTHETICAL CITATION)
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What did you learn from source 1? How did this help you create your final product?
(INCLUDE A PARENTHETICAL CITATION)
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What did you learn from source 1? How did this help you create your final product?
(INCLUDE A PARENTHETICAL CITATION)
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Analysis of the findings and decisions made
What decisions did you make through the process? Why were
your decisions good?
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Analysis of the resulting product
How successful was your product? How do you know? What are
you proud of?
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Conclusion
What was the impact of your project on yourself and on
others?
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What new perspectives did you develop as a result of this
project?
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How do you plan to continue learning about this topic?
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Appendix Section
Attach any pictures, illustrations, work samples,
graphs, charts, or diagrams that clarify or illustrate
what you document in your project report.
Criterion F
Report
Criteria
Points
TOTAL
20
Supervisor Feedback 3
Meets the Week of:
Supervisor Signature_____________________ Date_____________________
Does the essay outline mirror what the student did to complete
the project?
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Does the essay include information from the research the
student gathered?
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What is the student most proud of as a result of completing the
project?
Add additional questions as they are appropriate.
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7. Presentation
Before you present you project, take a picture of your product an submit
it.
Criterion G-Presentation
Criteria
Points
10
10
10
25
10
10
TOTAL
50
Signature
Student
Supervisor
Project topic
Approaches to Learning
Often
Generally
Someti
mes
Seldom
Selecting a topic
Research
Taking action
Process Evaluation
Maksimum
level
5
5
5
5
Process Journlal
26
Achievement Level
F
G
Report
Presentation
20
50
Toplam 100
Signature
Student
Supervisor
Project topic
Approaches to Learning
Often
Generally
Someti
mes
Seldom
Selecting a topic
Research
Taking action
Process Evaluation
Maksimum
level
5
5
5
5
Process Journlal
F
G
Report
Presentation
20
50
Toplam 100
27
Achievement Level
App 3
28