What is your why Mission Statement
What is your why Mission Statement
Due on Wednesday 9/4 at 12:30pm
Due on Wednesday 9/4 at 12:30pm
When I have studied motivation, a common theme that comes up is understanding our "why" for doing something. When you think about your college journey, motivation is going to come and go, but remembering your "why" can help you stay on track to graduate. For this assignment I want you to reflect and come up with your personal motivation to earn a college degree. By doing so, my hope is that you will develop a sense of purpose and direction that can help fuel you throughout your college degree.
To kick off this assignment, I encourage you to grab a blank sheet of paper and brainstorm as many reasons as you can for why you want to earn a college degree. If you find yourself stuck, keep asking yourself 'why' to dive deeper into your motivations. Once you've compiled your reasons, your next task is to create 'mission statement' that expresses your 'why.'
After creating your mission statement, it's time to unleash your creativity! Utilize Canva or another creative platform (can also be done by hand and scanned into a PDF) to design a poster featuring your mission statement. I want you to create a poster that not only reflects your aesthetic preferences but also serves as a source of inspiration and motivation for you.
AI Use is optional on this assignment. If you plan to utilize it, please read my guidelines for this specific assignment below!
Appropriate Use- Remember, if you use AI, you must write in the submission box what platform you used and how you used it:
You are allowed to use AI platforms to help you brainstorm ideas, deepen your ideas, or narrow down your ideas, but they must still be your ideas and written by you.
Example 1: You can prompt AI by saying, I have to write a mission statement capturing what my why is for being in college. Ask me 10 questions to help me brainstorm the most important reasons for wanting a college degree. You can then use these questions to journal and deepen your thoughts before writing your mission statement.
Example 2: You can tell AI that you have come up with 30 reasons you want to earn a college degree but that you want to narrow it down to your top 10 and have it ask you questions to help you narrow down your ideas.
You are allowed to take the mission statement written by you and have an AI platform help you create a creative background to put it on.
You are free to use spell check, grammar check, and synonym identification tools (e.g., Grammarly, and MS Word).
You are free to use app recommendations when it comes to rephrasing sentences or reorganizing paragraphs you have drafted yourself.
You are free to use app recommendations when it comes to tweaking outlines you have drafted yourself.
Inappropriate Use-
Having AI do the entire or majority of the assignment, including writing the mission statement for you.
Not letting me know how you utilized AI during your process.
Student articulates their "why" for wanting a college degree
Student creates a creative mission statement
Student turns assignment in on time
Student only articulates thier "why" for wanting a college degree but does not create a creative mission statement
Student turns assignment in late
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