Since we will be away from our projects for a week and because many of us will be pausing our work on these projects as we begin a table build, we are going to write ourselves (and me) some quick reminders about the current status of our projects. Additionally, make sure you have completed the self-evaluation form for your portfolio (the link is in the previous blog post, but I will repost it here)
To-Do before you leave: 1. Fill out this google form about your current project status (one needed per team)https://goo.gl/forms/Xpm5VRMvJWs7rutt1 2. If you didn't fill out the self-evaluation form yesterday, do it now! (everybody needs to fill this out, not just one per team) https://goo.gl/forms/zCIiJFer2DvstiaZ2 I hope you all have a good break and I look forward to seeing you in 9 days!
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As a reminder, your portfolio should be completed by the end of the day on Wednesday.
After you complete and PUBLISH your portfolio, complete the following self-evaluation. Once you complete this, this is my cue that you are ready for me to grade your portfolio. Here is the link to the self-evaluation: https://goo.gl/forms/9SG5GobwrUwQHTWl1 By the end of the day on Wednesday, you should have documented your three week learning plan's project current status on your portfolio. For some of you this will mean a fully completed project. For others of you, this will mean just designs, planning and maybe some initial work. To account for this difference, I will use one of two rubrics below to grade your portfolio, both of which are designed over the following Engineering Design Process:
The Two Rubrics I Will Choose From:
Helpful Resources Having a hard time understanding what I'm expecting from this? Below are a couple of my Applications and Research students' portfolios from projects they have done an awesome job on:
***AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON YOUR PORTFOLIOS*** The intention of our portfolios are that these are something that you can show to a potential employer or in an interview setting. As such, write not for an audience of me (who knows you well and has seen the work on your project every day), but for an audience of someone who has no idea what your project is, why you are doing it or what this class is. What this means is you should have some sort of objective which says what your project and why you're doing it (~learning goal), and that you should include as much pictures and documentation of your work as possible. I will be grading your portfolios as if I am an interviewer who hasn't seen anything you've done for the past three weeks, so include as many pictures, evidence of work and documentation as you can!
The PTSA association has approved our grant for our table build! Expect more details of this to come, but we will begin this in earnest after we complete our current 3(ish) week learning plans which will happen once we get back from the break.
For this unit covering your first learning plan, there will be two summative grades. The first is a grade covering what you learned (worth 50 points and "due" February 6th) and the second is a grade for your project (worth 100 points and will be "due" ~February 13th). We will go over these in more detail as the date approaches, but I wanted to put them here for those of you that like to plan ahead.
Info, template and Rubric for the learning reflection (50 point assignment due February 6th): Rubric for Project (tentatively due February 13th): Before you leave, please fill out this form to let me know what you are doing, what you will be learning, and what you need from me:
goo.gl/forms/2C7BFacgstOKp2843 I'm out for a conference today! Please be nice to our lovely sub and be sure to ask before using any power tools. Additionally, if it is their wish to not use any power tools today then please respect their wish and wait until tomorrow.
Here are your working options today:
I hope you all have a great day, and feel free to shoot me an email if you have any questions! Engineering is an incredibly broad field covering far more interests and content than can be covered in one (or three classes). Because of this, there is no reason to force everyone to learn the same things and do the same projects all year. Instead, I hope to let everyone take a higher degree of ownership for their own learning and to pursue knowledge and projects of their interest. Just letting you free to go work on whatever project can be overwhelming, however, and it is my feedback that guided instruction and learning is something which most of you still want. To find this balance between guided instruction and freedom of projects & learning, we will each create individual Learning Plans for the next approximate three week (tentatively ending February 8th, but subject to change!).
This learning plan will outline: 1. What is your learning goal for these three weeks
2. What final project do you hope to create (should tentatively take ~1½ weeks to plan and complete).
3. What you need to learn in order to create this project and meet this learning goal. These fall into three categories: 1. Procedural skills to master
4. What steps can we take in order to learn these? (~1½ weeks)
5. How will you know when you have learned these learning goal categories?
6. Are there any resources needed or anything else that needs to be addressed before you get started?
ACTION ITEM
For the upcoming weeks, we will be refining our big picture understanding of Engineering and then focusing on a specific field. Before we do this, we're going to do some reading.
After this, Complete the following google form regarding which fields you are interested in: https://goo.gl/forms/dh4xxll4s8d0wh6i1 As we begin getting into more hands on work in the classroom, I think it will be worthwhile to go over some of the tools we have in the classroom. Here is a pdf you can refer back to of the specific tools you will find and can expect to become familiar with throughout this semester: notes_toolsinthisclass.pdf
As I mentioned on day 1, we will be having tool training sheets for some of the tools in this classroom. Once you have demonstrated a working knowledge of the use and maintenance of these tools you can sign of on the appropriate sheet. After we go over these notes today, it is my hope that we can get a significant number of students trained and signed off on these tools. |
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