NOTE - We will not be completing 1 minute videos, pitching the What, How and Why of a project idea. This is simply due to the technology limitations. However, you will still give a one minute elevator pitch for the What, How, and Why of a project idea live, and in person on Friday. 1 minute is very short. Write notes.
PROJECT ADVISORS - If you haven't already guided the process of developing an organizational system for students to capture their daily goals, notes, ideas, resources, research, etc. Please take time to do that today.
ACTIVATOR: What do you think: Can a paper airplane be a p-block project? Why or why not?
- Move to the front of the room if "yes"
- Move to the back of the room if "no"
- Must choose one or the other for one reason or another.
- Discuss and share reasoning.
- What is the project? What is the question or interest he pursues?
- Why did this person create this project? Why should other people pay attention to this project?
- How did the project come to be? How did the project get created?
So, is this a project? If not, what would it take to make it one?
How should we go about determining the right "size" or "scale" for our own projects?
WRITE YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH:
- You will have one minute. Timed.
- What, How, and Why does not have to happen in order in your elevator pitch.
- Prompts:
- What is a project idea that you have? What question or interest does it explore?
- Why is it important to you? Why will it become important to other people?
- How will you go about beginning this project? How will you try to communicate the ideas you discover through this art form?
PRACTICE YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH 3x!
*Remember this isn't your formal proposal, but it is an essential exercise in focus. By the end of today, you will know whether or not this project is one you want to continue with or if you should go home and write a new elevator pitch for tomorrow.
*You will write a formal proposal soon. What else do you need to get to a project idea that really matters?
