20% Time Project

Project guidelines

• Will spend every Friday in world history on your 20% Time project
• May work on your own or with a group of up to four people
  • Choose wisely!
  • 20% Time is not about hanging out with friends - it IS about creating something freaking awesome
• Choose something you wouldn’t normally get to do in a class at school
• Must produce some sort of product or reach some sort of goal
• Must positively impact your community: school, town, etc
• Failure IS an option: failing and reflecting is the most powerful learning
• If you get lost, overwhelmed, or otherwise off course, make time to meet with me
  • Like right away
• Must create a finished product (or an attempted finished product)
  • Need a THING, not a bunch of ideas at the end of the semester

What is graded?

• Project proposal (done in September, link here to get the proposal)
• Weekly reflections (done every Friday at the end of class for the entire year)
• Outside interview (done in fall semester)
• Two minute (or so) reflective talk on fall semester and next steps for spring semester (done in December)
  • pass / fail
• TED-style reflective presentation on the entire experience (done in May)

What is not graded?

• Your final product
• All the support, creativity, ideas, and inspiration you give your classmates
  • This is expected - #BetterTogether