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Personal Project Introduction
Investigating Planning
Taking Action
Reflecting
InvestigatingDefine a goal basedon personal interest
Identify priorlearning and subject specific knowledge
Demonstrate research skills
(ATL)
PlanningDevelop a proposal
for action (with criteria for success)
Plan and record the development
process
Demonstrate Self-Management Skills
(ATL)
Taking ActionCreate a Product or
OutcomeDemonstrate
Thinking Skills (ATL)
Demonstrate Communication and
Social Skills (ATL)
ReflectingEvaluate the Quality
of the Product or Outcome
Reflect on Knowledge and Understanding
Demonstrate Development of ATL
Skills and as an IB Learner
Where to Start
Strengths and Weaknesses
School subject
What you want to make
Problem to be addressed
Your Interests
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To design my own electric violin
To research violin design and violin making and then design my own violin
To research violin design and violin making and then design and produce my own 4 or 5 string violin
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To design my own summer clothing collection
To research current fashion trends and then design my own summer clothing collection
To research current clothing trends and how to design patterns. Then design and create a summer clothing collection. Learn how to create a template website and market my designs.
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To raise 50 000 yen to support the education of a child in Southeast Asia
To sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education by raising 200 000 yen
To volunteer at UNICEF Japan over the December break and then raise 200 000 yen to sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education.
Outlining a GoalState a Basic and Appropriate Goal
Outline a Clear and Challenging Goal
Outline a Clear and Highly Challenging Goal
To raise 50 000 yen to support the education of a child in Southeast Asia
To sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education by raising 200 000 yen
To volunteer at UNICEF Japan over the December break and then raise 200 000 yen to sponsor a Southeast Asian child’s university education.
What’s the Difference?What distinguishes a basic appropriate goal from one that is challenging?
What distinguishes a challenging goal from one that is highly challenging?
Basic goalStating what you’re going to do or what you’re going to make.
Challenging goalOutlining what you’re going to do and explaining what the purpose of your project is.
Highly challenging goalOutlining a goal that has multiple parts and leads to greater learning
Check the number of verbs in your goalMore verbs require greater intensity, complexity, and learning.
Global Contexts
Global Contexts and the Personal Project
Step One:Choose one global context to focus on through your personal projectYou can frame this connection this way
An inquiry into Personal and Cultural Expression
Step Two:Identify which part of the global context you will explore
I will focus on the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity
Step ThreeExplain why you chose this particular global contextUse the explanation included with each context
I chose Personal and Cultural Expression because …
Personal Project Essay: First Drat Due to Advisor by March 23, Final Essay March 31
Word Count: between 1,500 to 3.500 words
12 point, double spaced, Times New Roman font and Modern Language Association (MLA)
Title Page: name, title of project, advisor, word count, school name, year
Table of Contents
Introduction: define your goal and context of the project based on your personal interests, identify prior learning and subject specific knowledge relevant to project
Body: Divide this section into the following sections: Investigation, Planning, Taking Action and Reflecting.
In the Investigating section, discuss your research, including which research was the most vital for your project.
In the Planning section, explain the rigorous criteria that you developed for the product and outcome in response to your goal, discuss how this relates to your chosen global context and research, demonstrate the self management skills you learned during the process
In the Taking Action section, evaluate the quality of your product against your initial criteria for success; reflect on how the project extended your knowledge of the topic and global context
Conclusion: reflect on your development as a learner using the IB Learner Profile
Bibliography: , list alphabetically every source used to research your project, formatted according to MLA guidelines. Student must have a minimum of 8 varied and relevant sources. Print, internet, and personal interviews are all appropriate sources.
Appendices: include materials directly relevant to the achievement of the project as appropriate. For example, if you have produced a questionnaire or survey that has been described and analyzed in the report, you would include a segment of that completed survey.
Furthermore, you must include the following:
at least 10 process journal extracts
survey or interview questions, if applicable
any supporting visual aids used during the presentation, if applicable
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