Personal Project Information Session August 24

Announcements PP Drop-in Sessions in Rm. 1107B on: - Tuesdays after school - Thursdays at lunch - Thursdays after school Ms. Lee’s weekly homeroom visits In a few short days, teachers will “pick” the projects they want to supervise. Starting next week 

Provisional Timeline What? When? Students receive supervisors Early Sep Students submit Crit. A + B of written report 15 Dec Supervisors provide feedback for Crit. A + B Mid-Jan Students submit Crit. C + D of written report 24 Jan Supervisors provide feedback for Crit. C + D Mid-Feb Students submit final version of written report Early Mar PP Exhibition 9 Mar Supervisors mark + moderate written reports Mid-Mar Ms. Hill submits sample PPs to IB 20 Apr

A key point from the pp guide The Goal The goal should be realistic and achievable based on the time and resources available. Students are expected to spend approximately 25 hours working on their personal project.

Another key point Research A student’s prior knowledge is not enough. Students must use a range of sources (surveys, interviews, scholarly essays, newspaper + magazine articles, blogs, videos, podcasts, etc.) You can access a lot of written information through databases like JSTOR or Gale’s Database. Learn more in a library session with Ms. Ho 

Another key point Research It’s not just about finding information and copying + pasting it into the process journal. You must interact with the information to make it meaningful: This can replace OPVL. Source Creator Target Audience Key Findings Impact of Findings on Project/Decisions Values or Limitations of this Source MLA citation Is s/he credible? Was this made for me?

Another key point Process Journal Students must record evidence of: - investigating - planning PP criteria - taking action - reflecting Visit Rm. 1107B to see samples from last year’s Y10 students

And another point Supervisor Responsibilities Give you guidance during the entire journey of your project Make sure your work is your work Give you feedback on the 1st draft of your written report Use the PP assessment criteria to evaluate your work Submit your final PP grade to Ms. Hill

And another point Supervisor Meetings How often? About once every two weeks. For how long? 15-20 minutes What happens? Discuss your progress. Set work goals. Determine actions to take to solve problems.

Remember the magic number: 25 hours Work goals August (now) Determine a clear and realistic goal, and get Ms. Lee’s approval. Do research. Write in your process journal. Remember the magic number: 25 hours

Remember the magic number: 25 hours Work goals September Do the core of your research. Set criteria for your product/outcome. Write in your process journal. October Make a plan for completing your project. Work on the product. Record your progress. Write in your process journal. November Finish the pro-duct. Use your project criteria to eval- uate your pro-duct. Write in your process journal. Remember the magic number: 25 hours

Work goals December Write 1st draft of Criteria A+B of the written report. Submit 1st draft by 15 Dec. January Write 1st draft of Criteria C+D of the written report. Submit 1st draft by 24 Jan.. February Write the final version of the entire written report (includ- ing extracts).

Work goals March Submit the final version of your written report. Be amazing at the PP Exhibition on 9 Mar.