- Proposal: Have you clearly communicated the What, How, and Whys of your project? Have you written this in a formal proposal? If not, what steps do you need to take to get there?
- Driving Question: What is the central wonder that makes your project interesting to you and to others? What are you trying to do or figure out?
- Scale of Project: There are two and a half months of making left in this semester. How will you maximize this time to create something that has never existed before?
BEYOND THE PROPOSAL
Project already approved? Great. Continue your reading and figuring things out. Specifically, focus some time this week on techniques you are considering applying to your project. During making time at the beginning of the semester, we spent a whole day exploring a technique by looking at a professional model, analyzing its parts and purposes, and trying to make something. Do this.
1) Search for a professional model
2) Analyze its parts and purposes
3) Identify the characteristics/style or specific technique used
4) Commit a day to playing with this technique. It does not have to be specific to your project (yet). Just test it out playfully.
5) Reflect on the relevance for your project.
6) Document this experience in your process journal
REMINDER
Research and Creation Phases are running concurrently this semester, meaning that they are both on-going at the same time. Individuals need to manage their time devoted to each of these. The project must have academic and creative substance. Do not spend the entire semester just reading or just creating. Document all your thinking, testing, playing, reading, etc in your Process Journal.
THIS WEEK
Suggestions below. Advisors may re-arrange as is relevant to ritualized week. Each day should include short gatherings, goal setting, documentation, reflection.
Monday:
- Review proposal expectations, deadlines, and everything required to achieve approval of the project.
- Review Process Journal writing prompts. All students should have 3 complete. If not, please spend time writing today.
- Research plan....what is yours? On Friday, everyone identified at least two immediate next steps. Take them.
- Research resources here.
Tuesday:
- Look at "Beyond the Proposal" above as a whole group. As individuals or in small groups, begin identifying professional models and following the steps above.
Wednesday:
- Juniors & Seniors will attend a required presentation by LTC. The presentation will define what a technical college is and compare it to other future options.
- Sophomores & Freshmen will be able to get individualized support from Project Advisors. Challenge: Prepare flash (2 min) talks about 1) what they made yesterday OR 2) their project in general.
Thursday:
- Juniors & Seniors at Wisconsin Education Fair from 9:00-11:00am
- Opportunity for all Freshman & Sophomores to get completely on track with projects, providing all required evidence for project approval & ELA Process Journals.
Friday:
- Process Journal #4
