Each project block should have developed or started to develop rituals or routines for their weeks. Please revisit those decisions at the beginning of this week, and evaluate the effectiveness of those procedures so that they can be adjusted to meet the needs of the group. It is important to make individual student expectations clear.
This week is all about narrowing down all of the possible projects to a single project that is personally engaging and relevant to others. Remember that a project has to contribute to an ongoing conversation not be the same as an ongoing conversation. It has to be innovative. Groups should explore the following through their gatherings, reflections on professional models, and feedback:
What does it mean to be innovative?
What is the goal of the project?
Discuss what it means for a project to: Contribute, comment on,
respond to, interpret, question, correct a misconception,
uncover, amplify, correct, complicate, etc in various contexts.
What are the open and closed questions that must be explored in this project?
What is the driving question at the center of this project?
Recall making time themes. Where are the connections? What techniques are involved? How can we remix this?
*Note: The resources under the proposal tab will be updated this week, to include a catalog of formerly used workshops for driving questions, staff generated "must haves" for proposals, and more. Please look there for whole group and individual ideas. Project Advisors who have proposal expectations//directions specific to their groups should send information to Kimberly to be posted there.
