Define a clear LEARNING GOAL based on your personal interests, create a PRODUCT that communicates your learning, REFLECT on the ATL SKILLS you used in order to complete the personal project.
Keep a PROCESS JOURNAL
An evolving record of intents, processes, accomplishments
A place to record thoughts, developments, brainstorming, further questions
A place for storing useful information
A place to store photos of the process
A place for reflection
You must embed process journal entries within your final REPORT (see below for more information on the REPORT)
Your process journal can be:
Written
Visual or Audio
A combination
Have a PRODUCT or an OUTCOME
Examples:
An original work of art (visual, dramatic, performance, etc.)
A piece of literary fiction (creating writing, writing a play)
An original science experiment
An invention or specially-designed object or system
The presentation of a developed business, management, or organizational plan (i.e. a fitness plan, an entrepreneurial business, etc.)
Creating a sport or game
Learning a new skill
You will have to submit evidence of your project or outcome.
It can be:
5 still images
30 seconds of audio/video
1 page of text
Write a REPORT
The report demonstrates student’s engagement with his or her personal project by summarizing the experiences and skills recorded in the process journal.
Can be:
Written (1,500 - 3,500 words)
Visual or Audio (13 - 15 minutes)
A combination
3 minutes and 1,200 – 2,800 words
6 minutes and 900 – 2,100 words
9 minutes and 600 – 1,400 words
12 minutes and 300 – 700 words