Welcome!
Please pick up your Chromebook,
log in and take a look at the
handout on your desk.
Launching your Personal
Project: 2015-2016
Did you know?
You are part of a worldwide community of
students who are all beginning their
projects of inquiry right now.
This is your chance to do what
you’ve always wanted to do and
get school credit for it.
So where do we start?
Today: Getting started on your Proposal
Activity
Getting Connected
Time
5 minutes
Google Classroom, Website and Twitter
What do we need to know?
10 minutes
What goes into a Proposal
Getting ideas on paper
20 minutes
Writing your proposal
What next?
Parent meeting, supervisory meetings and checkpoints / reflections
10 minutes
Getting Connected: Systems for
Communication on the Project
• Google Classroom
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Open Classroom App (or type in classroom.google.com)
Click the + to add class
Type in class code imvdzzc
• Website
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New tab - Google Search “RMHS MYP Project”
All materials posted here, along with calendar updates
• Twitter - Follow the Project on Twitter for updates and
reminders, ideas and examples of projects from around the
world. @RMHSMYP_Project
• ManageBac? We will be using this system later. You will
get an invite email and we will review how to submit your
reflections.
What do we need to know?
Last year, you started by thinking about a topic of interest.
Now is the time to ask yourself:
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Am I still interested in that topic?
If not, what AM I interested in?
If so, what changes might I need to make to my idea in
order for it to be feasible?
This is essentially what you will do today in writing your
proposal.
Remember the ABCDs
All projects need to be:
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Assessable - you can measure your own success
Believable - you can achieve this in the next five months
Challenging - it’s worth your time and effort
Desirable - it’s something you want to do
Please look at the handout on your desks. This outlines the
content of your proposal.
Parts of a proposal
Topic
Goal
General subject of interest
What you will do or achieve
Running, National Culture, Robotics,
Family History, etc.
Think: I will be successful if I...
Context
Resources
Narrow or focus your inquiry What do you need?
Look carefully at the descriptions of
the Global Contexts. What sounds
like your project?
Think in broad terms, research can
include interviews, surveys, books,
videos or other more traditional
sources of information like databases.
Now it’s your turn!
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Proposals are turned in on a page on
the school website.
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You can enter your
proposal directly
into the form on the
website.
You can write in
another document
and copy and paste
it in later.
A copy of your
handout is in the
classroom folder.
You must use your
account to do this!
Let’s get started!
What’s next?
All proposals must be received by October 9th. Once you’
re done, mark the assignment as “turned in” on Google
Classroom.
Your proposals will be given to your supervisor to discuss
at your first meeting
Parent Meeting - October 6th (Auditorium) 6:30 -7:30 PM to
review the process and answer questions.
First Supervisory Meeting - October 21st 11:00 AM.
How do supervisory meetings work?
Supervisory Meetings
4th Period – Receive student folder and Handbook, as well
as a copy of your proposal and pass to the gym, main office
or guidance office.
• In
• At
11:00 - There will be an announcement dismissing you to
the gym, main office or guidance office for your meeting.
• In
the gym, you’ll find your way to the table with your number
on it.
• You
will wait for your supervisor to arrive. If your supervisor is
not in school on that day, you will need to reschedule your
meeting with him or her.
Supervisory Meetings
• Your
supervisor will meet with you, sign off on your folder and
you’ll be dismissed to lunch.
• You
may not leave the gym until you have met with your
supervisor.
will be coming to the gym from their 4th period
classes. It will take them 7-10 minutes to get there.
• Supervisors
• Supervisory
meetings begin when your supervisor gets there
and end at 11:30.
• During
your first meeting, you will discuss your proposal and
plans for getting started on the project.
Where to get help
Ms. Clarkson - Room 200
[email protected]
Other resources:
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Current 11th graders who completed a project
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Parents, siblings, mentors and friends
Remember: this project is about you and what you are
interested in. Choose wisely to make sure that you are
pursuing something that is worth your time.