Monday October 24th, 2016 | Creative Intent

Guiding Questions:

• What you are going to create? 
• Why are you creating your end product? 
• What are the parts and purposes of those parts in communicating research? 
• Who will be impacted by the creation? 
• How you will go about creating it? 

Announcements

• Students watch your email for updates from Addie about your final writing component. She will email you to pick up your rubric during IDEAS Block once she has graded your paper. 
• Students will stay with research advisors and rotate to new advisors tomorrow. 
• Any students who are completing the process for Yearlong Projects, please email Tim as soon as possible for a check point on panel meetings and formal writing components. 

Research Group Attendance Sheet


Do Now: (10 minutes)

• Quick Jot/Draw - Create a Headline OR Draw a color, shape, and line to represent to represent your answer(s) to the question. Please record this in either an interactive notebook, electronic notebook, or even on visible Post-Its as a group. 
• What is your creative intent for your project? How do you see the creativity in the ideas of your project blossoming? 
• Circle up - Share out your intent in a Go-Around 
• Keep your creative intent in a safe place, it will continue to exist throughout your project! 

Do Next: (10 minutes) Introduce a method for material listing and calendar

Example Methods:

• Bill of Materials (Example) (Blank) 
• Gantt Charts (Example) (Blank) 
• Calendar
• Remember to name your documents as FIRSTNAME LASTNAME | [title of document] | Fall 2016 
• Establish Choose from the following options for Studio Time that best represent your needs
• DO NOT Revise right now! - Use your own time. Your formal writing component was due on October 21st and Addie is making her way through to write feedback on everyone of our 160 formal writing components. If you were given feedback on your paper and there are any standards that are less than proficient, please revise with patience. Revisions will most likely not be recorded or adjusted in the gradebook immediately.
• Materials List: This should not take long, so please get your list completed. The Material survey and ordering must be turned in by Thursday, October 28th if you need materials ordered through the school. Materials will be purchased on a first come, first serve basis. 
• Calendar: Establish a calendar or Gantt chart for your creation phase. Your deadline for creation is December 9th. Please account for this as well as evidence check periods in your art forms. 

Studio Time Goal Setting: (10 minutes)
Follow the format below or use the Studio Time Journal Document

PLANNING

• What is today’s goal? 
• What tasks will you complete to achieve your goal? 
• What materials do you need? 
• What type of space will you work in? Why? 
• What is your “stretch goal” if you accomplish your goal for today before studio time ends? 

REFLECTION

• What evidence do you have from today’s studio time that shows accomplishment towards your goal(s)? 
• How would you rate your Habits of Work and Self-Discipline (1-4)? Explain why. 
• What next steps do you need to take to achieve the rest of your project goals? 

Share Goals and make them visible in the classroom

• Circle up to share 
• Write them on a large whiteboard for everyone; have someone record 
• Encourage them to challenge each other's goals to be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timebound). 

Studio Time (30 minutes) Suggestion for studio time today: Creating your calendar plan for creation phase or planning out materials I need asap!

25 minutes: Start studio time with directed purpose behind what you are accomplishing. Last 5 minutes clean up the room if studio time involved building materials or art supplies

5 minutes - Take time to Pair-Share your accomplishments and quick feedback before you write your reflections.


Reflection on Studio Time (5 minutes)
Students must be back in classroom spaces at 11:00. Manage your time wisely.


Ticket Out (10 minutes)
Place any documents into your IDEAS Block folder for Fall 2016.

If you need to switch IDEAS Block advisors for Creation Phase, please write a formal email to your Research Advisor, Art Form Advisor, and Tim with the following information linked: (This must happen today in order to move this week).

• Creative Intent 
• Calendar 
• Materials List

Thursday, Sept 15th | Organizing & Questioning

Who are we as a community of thinkers, innovators?
What do I need to know about myself and my community, in order to develop a project?
How can I document and share my thinking through effective routines and organization?
Thank you all for engaging conversations about professional models yesterday.
Please remember to take Attendance.

So far this week, we have had the opportunity to brainstorm different topics and survey different art forms. It is valuable, at this point, to have more than one topic to take deeper into ideation. Please keep in mind that many considerations go into a successful proposal, and project advisors will only approve viable proposals.

Today we will set up an organizational system used to capture thinking as well as communicate thinking to project advisors. We will also generate questions and consult different advisors to test our topics.

DO NOW: (10:00-10:10)
As a group, walk through the process of creating and curating a Google Drive folder for the semester.

Google Drive >> New > Folder

• Name this folder : Firstname Lastname | Project Block | Fall 2016
• Example : Jacob Bartz | Project Block | Fall 2016
• Share this folder with your current project advisor.

Inside the folder, please place any documents already created and name them clearly with your name and a title for what the document is/says/does

• Example : Jacob Bartz | Ideation Lists | Fall 2016
• Example : Jacob Bartz | Ideation Mind Map | Fall 2016

DO NEXT: (10:10-10:30)
Use Question Starters to begin generating questions about a topic.

• Click on the link above.
• Rename the document: Firstname Lastname | Question Starts : Topic | Fall 2016
• Move the document into your new folder for Project Block.
• Use the document to generate questions - keeping in mind that we are still seeking possibilities, ways of framing the topic that will lead to a project. Driving questions will emerge after some initial research and conferences with advisors.
• Repeat this process for each topic you are considering (more than one)

Q&A: (10:30-11:00). Students should check the list of advisors on the Ideation Page. They should prepare specific questions for certain advisors, based on content area.  Communicate with a purpose.  In a professional email, students should contact at least two different advisors with specific questions.  Students need to understand that a reply will not be immediate, and that the conversation may continue over the next few days, either in person or through email.  Students considering Year Long Projects need to email Erin NOW about proposal expectations. Students working with collaborators need to email those partners right now.

Sharing: (11:00-11:15) Students share out their progress - What questions were answered? How did that stimulate your thinking? What questions remain unanswered? What are your next steps?


Tomorrow, we will set up structures for initial research and begin working toward driving questions. .

Thursday, Sept 24th | Proposal Revision & Reading

STAFF NOTES:

• Attendance: Please take attendance using the attendance spreadsheet. Add days, if needed. Sam is requesting that we update the sheet within the first 15 minutes.
• Disciplinary Groups: On Monday, we will rearrange students into their disciplinary groups and launch formal research. Prior to Monday, please review all proposals of students entering your discipline for the semester and consider recommended reading for their research.
• Revised Proposals: As you work with students on their proposal revisions, please update the Jupiter assignment for "Proposal - Wondering" (A 3 is an approved proposal, please use comments to update/clarify any details, reminders for the student.) Also, update the "IDEAS Project Block | Proposal Submission (responses)" document, so that we know which disciplinary group students should be placed in.
• Appointments: Please note that Addie is only available by appointment and Beckah will communicate about the students she is meeting with in advance. Please do not send any students.

Who are we as a community of thinkers, innovators?
What do I need to know about myself, in order to develop a project?
How does the world work?  How does the world work relative to my project?
How can (and do) my values, beliefs, skills, and bias interact with the world, my project?

DO NOW:

• Share out one specific question that you need to answer today. (For example, it might be a closed question for your research.)

REMINDERS:

1. Proposal overview
2. Year Long Project overview
3. Submission by form only
4. Addie and Beckah are available by appointment only! 

DO NEXT: 

• Set a goal for studio time: What will you complete/revise by the end of IDEAS Project Block today
• Write a work plan for studio time: What steps will you need to take, in order to complete your goal? What resources will you use?
• Set a stretch goal for studio time: If you finish your goal, what will you do next?

STUDIO TIME: Document/share goals. Make it all happen!

• Advisors should try to meet briefly with each student to find out the status of their proposal, project, and course of initial research. 
• Students beginning research are encouraged to review the Academic Research page on the Humanities Website for a definition and the Research and Annotation page for specific sources and guidelines for keeping track of what is being read. (Note: There will be specific lessons to support this next week.)

CLOSING CIRCLE: Wave-around! (Again) Share one thing that is challenging you about your proposal or research.

Tuesday, Sept 22nd | Proposal Deadline

Please take attendance using the spreadsheet. (Add days.)

Who are we as a community of thinkers, innovators?
What do I need to know about myself, in order to develop a project?
How does the world work?  How does the world work relative to my project?
How can (and do) my values, beliefs, skills, and bias interact with the world, my project?

DO NOW:

• Prepare resources for a day of questioning, initial research, and proposal writing. 

REMINDERS:

1. Proposal deadline is today at 3:00 p.m.
2. Year Long Projects  have additional expectations
3. Submission by form only

DO NEXT:

• Set a goal for studio time: What will you complete by the end of IDEAS Project Block today
• Write a work plan for studio time: What steps will you need to take, in order to complete your goal?
• Set a stretch goal for studio time: If you finish your goal, what will you do next?

GATHERING: Wave-around! Share out / document studio time goals.

STUDIO TIME: Make it all happen!

CLOSING CIRCLE: Wave-around! (Again) Share one work that captures the essence of your proposed project!

Thursday, Sept 17th | Organizing & Questioning

Please take attendance using the spreadsheet. (Add days.)

Who are we as a community of thinkers, innovators?
What do I need to know about myself and my community, in order to develop a project?
How can I document and share my thinking through effective routines and organization?

Thank you all for engaging conversations about professional models yesterday. All advisors are encouraged to share their models with Kimberly, so that they can be added to this blog as reference. 

So far this week, we have had the opportunity to brainstorm different topics and survey different art forms. It is valuable, at this point, to have more than one topic to take deeper into ideation. Please keep in mind that many considerations go into a successful proposal, and project advisors will only approve viable proposals. 

Today we will set up an organizational system used to capture thinking as well as communicate thinking to project advisors. We will also generate questions and consult different advisors to test our topics. 

DO NOW: As a group, walk through the process of creating and curating a Google Drive folder for the semester.

• Google Drive >> New > Folder
• Name this folder : Firstname Lastname | Project Block | Fall 2015
• Example :  Jacob Bartz | Project Block | Fall 2015
• Share this folder with your current project advisor.
• Inside the folder, please place any documents already created and name them clearly with your name and a title for what the document is/says/does
• Example : Jacob Bartz | Ideation Lists | Fall 2015
• Example : Jacob Bartz | Ideation Mind Map | Fall 2015

DO NEXT:

• Use Question Sorts to begin generating questions about a topic.
• Click on the link above.
• Rename the document: Firstname Lastname | Question Starts : Topic | Fall 2015
• Move the document into your new folder for Project Block.
• Use the document to generate questions - keeping in mind that we are still seeking possibilities, ways of framing the topic that will lead to a project. Driving questions will emerge after some initial research and conferences with advisors.
• Repeat this process for each topic you are considering (more than one)

10:30 a.m. At this time, students are encouraged to review Advisor Profiles on the Ideation Page. They should prepare specific questions for certain advisors. On a whiteboard (or another place) each person should sign out - Stating their names & where they are going and who they intend to talk to.

10:35 a.m.  Students can leave classrooms with a purpose....and notebooks, Chromebooks, post-its, etc to have brief conversations with advisors who have an interest or expertise related to the topic. (Note: Rod and some Mosaic teachers may not be available. Find them after school.) This could also be a time for collaborators to bounce ideas off of one another. 

11:05 a.m.  Students return to original groups and share out their progress.

Tomorrow, we will set up structures for initial research and begin working toward driving questions. Students considering year long projects need to read this.

Week of May 18 - 20th | Preparation for Exhibitions

We are a week away from the exhibitions that culminate the thinking, questioning, experimenting, creating, and realizing of project block. Let's take a moment to appreciate that we have, in our story of learning, the opportunity to design and live in our own projects for over an hour every day (and even more when we need or want to). So awesome! Peers, staff, and community members are proud of the process each project entails and look forward to seeing how each individual/group chooses to reveal their learning to an audience. Thank you for being part of this creative, intellectual community!

THIS WEEK

Monday - Rehearsals
Tuesday - Rehearsals
Wednesday - Rehearsals (+ Town Hall review of EoL HoPs)
Thursday - Tweak and Practice
Friday - No school

NEXT WEEK

Monday - No school
(Need something? Plan ahead!)
Tuesday - Exhibitions 10:00am - 6:00pm
(See schedule for details. Gallery set up is at 8:00am. SASD Teacher Award at South 6:30pm.)
Wednesday - Exhibitions at school 8:00am-9:00am
(See schedule for details.)
Thursday - Exhibitions 2:00pm - 8:00pm
(See schedule for details.)
Friday - Reflection & Exhibition at Paradigm Theater Annex 4:00pm and 6:00pm

.......

Here are the details to help get you through the week. If there are any inconsistencies below, please email kjohnson@etudegroup.org AND mking@etudegroup.org as soon as you notice them.

EXHIBITION PRESENTATION

1. Plan
2. Practice
3. Seek and use feedback to improve
4. Revise
5. Practice
6. Practice

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

1. Confirm your rehearsal time and place
2. Note your required and planned audience times and places
3. Questions? Ask Molly!

SPRING EXHIBITION AND VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE

1. Confirm your exhibition time and place
2. Sign up to volunteer
3. Sign up for roundtables
4. Create a schedule for yourself of where you will be and when throughout EoLs
5. Need help? Ask a friend, your advisor, your project advisor!

Week of April 20-24 | Professional Models and Habits

At the end of this week we will be one month from Exhibitions of learning! This is "gut-check" week! The week you ask yourself: "What do I have to do to make this project happen? to meet the expectations that I set for myself? to create a high quality interpretation in order to engage an audience in new thinking about my topic?"

Habits of Professionalism:

• EARLY WEEK: Revisit your Habits of Learning Conversation from early in the semester (connecting it to the creation phase now) and/or Habits of Work Paper Sculptures (giving the opportunity for revision or remaking, as a reflection on the creative process). Everyone should have the intention of organizing or maintaining evidence for their Evidence Check on Friday.
• MID WEEK: Professional Models are always important, there are two significant experiences to consider this week. How will the Lexicon of Sustainability (Re: Karen Mead Library on Wednesday) and Camille Brown (Grades 9 and 10 at JMKAC on Wednesday) CONNECT/EXTEND/CHALLENGE your project?
• FRIDAY: Evidence Check. As a disciplinary group, you will follow through on your evidence plan for this semester. Advisors are encouraged to have a whole group, small group, or 1:1 conference to review evidence and connect the evidence to Habits. This evidence check will be reported to Jupiter to give students, parents, and everyone an indicator of how projects are progressing. 

Exhibitions of Learning: 

• If you have not completed the form to sign up for an Exhibition space, please see Molly's email and do so as soon as possible. 
• Exhibitions are on May 26th and 28th. Please take off of work and plan accordingly.

Research Paper Redux:

• Communicate and meet with Addie to make sure that your completed or revised Research Papers are reviewed.

UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL MODELS:

(Please adjust your calendars, as these will take place during P-Block.)

APRIL 29th - Colleen Machut and the Huzzah Theater Troop will be performing as a professional model for the creative process and for an Exhibition of Learning. This will be at IDEAS. (We are looking for a staff volunteer to cover Coleen's first class.)

MAY 14th - Louder Than A Bomb is a documentary about young spoken word poets showing at the JMKAC. They are just beginning a residency that will continue into the fall. They are doing a special showing of the film for us. 

The Week of April 7-10th | Exhibition and Evidence Planning

This week disciplinary groups will use the routines and structures that were set up before break. Groups are encouraged to discuss, evaluate, and tweak routines, as the creation phase progresses. Any changes made should be documented in the Ritualized Weeks document. Please use the same document to support students with multi-disciplinary projects and who may need to participate in the professional models, feedback, or other aspects of another discipline. 


INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
Students, with the support of their advisors and disciplinary groups, should ensure they manage the following:

• Language Arts - Please communicate with Addie regarding Bridge Paper revisions. Schedule Writing Conferences. Make sure that she has access to your Project Block Google Folder within your LA folder.
• Calendar - At this point, each person should have a hard copy calendar filled out to the end of the trimester. Each day should have some specific project intention or a school/group intention. Best practice is to update each day as they happen, but don't erase your intention. Instead, reflect on the factors that are affecting your progress. What did you intend? What did you actually do? What's your next step?
• Exhibitions of Learning - Advisors will conference with each student to help complete the Spring Exhibitions 2015 form. The information documented on this form will be used to schedule venues and publish programs. It is essential that you take the time to envision your project and your exhibition prior to completing the form. Exhibitions are on May 26th and 28th.

DISCIPLINARY GROUPS

• Routinized Week - If you have not already created and shared your daily/weekly routines, please do so in the Ritualized Week document. Please look at the examples in the document and the previous post for some ideas. Please do this by THURSDAY, APRIL 9
• Evidence of Learning - As a group, identify the types and purposes of evidence you'll have for Habits of Work and Habits of Communication throughout the Creation Phase. Please do this by FRIDAY, APRIL 10. The first evidence reflection will be at the end of April.