Week of December 1st - 4th | Create, Critique, Refine

The deadline for creation is Friday, December 11th! This week is about seeking feedback, so that final decisions made about your project are inclusive of your intention and an audience's response. 

Recommendations for this week:

Reconnect. Report out on work goals established before break; How did you do? How can your group support you?

Maintain daily routines and document goals, progress, and reflections. 

As a group, determine feedback needs and create a shared schedule for the next two weeks. Respect time needed. Revisit expectations for quality feedback.

Have an experienced student share their vision for their Exhibition of Learning with the others. Consider: How will the final product be introduced to an audience?  What are the key ideas and choices that must be shared in order to engage the audience? Anticipate the selections of research that might best support your work in your exhibition.

 

 

 

 

Week of November 23rd | A week to yourself! Wait, what?

Monday is our only day of IDEAS Project Block for a whole week. This is the true test of your Habits of Work. Don't leave without a detailed plan. Project Creation Deadline is December 11! 

Remember, we will meet briefly after Seminar Previews on Tuesday. See Advisory plans for more detail.

REMINDERS

Exhibitions of Learning>>

The Exhibitions of Learning planning team (Madison, Molly, and Kimberly) need to know how you envision sharing your work out to the public in January. Please communicate with us. We hope to be able to confirm venues and schedules soon.

Art Form Feedback>>

Advisors should provide feedback on the progress of each student's art form using a disciplinary rubric and Jupiter with notes. This will help facilitate the conversation about IDEAS Block at Presentations of Learning next week. 

 

Week of November 16th - 20th | Accountability & Creation

This week's focus is on what you are creating in your discipline to communicate your research-based ideas. As we progress through studio days, feedback sessions, and professional models ... we are also making things. We are making models, prototypes, drafts, iterations, and sketches. It is time, in the timeline of Project Block, to approach the final drafts. Advisors will provide feedback on any evidence is available of a final product, using a disciplinary rubric. This feedback is not weighted in the grade book but it is valuable feedback to you and those who attend your Presentation of Learning.
RITUALIZED WEEKS>>

Please use your ritualized weeks and be aware of what is happening in other spaces. Remember that each day should include some documentation of progress, thinking, reflection, planning ahead, etc. This might be through the use of studio journals, and/or calendars. THIS WEEK, have a conversation about what evidence students should use for their presentations of Learning.

MONDAY>>

Madison, Molly, and Kimberly are still conferencing with students in order to clarify their EoL visions. We will find the students we need to see. At the END OF THIS WEEK, Jupiter will reflect the details that we have and we will iron out any inconsistencies next week.

WEDNESDAY>>

Plan ahead for students being absent for the MSOE/MIAD Campus Visit and UW-Whitewater Writers' Festival!

Don't forget! Young Chicago Authors 18th - 20th at 7:00pm - Information & Tickets

FRIDAY>>

 Advisors and students will collaborate to create/review/revise disciplinary rubrics and then evaluate the progress of each product, using the rubric, and enter that into Jupiter. Please include the name of each standard along with any other comments in the comments section of Jupiter. 

NOTES

Please see last week's post if you need supplies. Hint: Communicate with StuART.

The next Habits of Professionalism check in is scheduled for November 27th in Jupiter, however we have a two-day week next week. Advisors may delay one week, however the date cannot change in Juipter due to the end of the Trimester. Questions? Ask Kimberly.