Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Assignment 8 - Final to-do list

With only a couple weeks to go until the completion of our Genius Hour Passion Projects, now would be a perfect time to review your progress and make a final do-to list of what you need to accomplish between now and your presentation date. Please answer the following questions in a new blog post by the end of class on Friday, Dec. 1:
1) What is the status of your passion project? Is it done? Almost done? Halfway done? Less than halfway done?
2) How have you documented your progress? What have you taken pictures or video of? Remember, you want to have some kind of visual evidence of your progress and journey.
3) What platform are you going to use to share your project? Will you be publishing it on YouTube? Instagram? Spotlight153.com? Something else? Whatever you end up choosing, you'll want to be able to link to it from your blog so we can all see your work.
4) What has been the most enjoyable aspect of your project so far? What has been the most fun or meaningful or personally satisfying?
5) Do you have any questions about how to complete your project? Is there anything your classmates or I could help you with in order to ensure your project is done by the due date?

      

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Assignment # 7 - Documenting and publicizing your project

One important aspect of a Genius Hour Passion Project is its documentation and publication. As you proceed with your project, please be sure to capture pictures and video of yourself which can highlight your journey on the way to completion. For this blog post, please think about and answer the following five questions:
1) What, specifically, are you doing for your project?
2) How many steps or tasks does your project involve? What do you have to actually do between now and the end of your project?
3) Which of these steps or tasks would work well for documentation? What could you take photos or videos of?
4) How do you plan to share and publicize your work? Will you publish a video to YouTube and share the link with friends and teachers? Will you write an article for the Spotlight Media Group for publication on spotlight153.com? Will you create and publish a photo gallery on the Spotlight website or Instagram or some other form of social media?
5) How close are you to being done with your project? Please keep in mind that all projects must be completed before we leave for the holiday break on Dec. 22.  
Please answer these five questions in a new blog post by the end of class on Monday, Nov. 13.