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Graduation Week! Exhibition Prep!

5/20/2019

This blog post has everything you'll need to wrap up senior project and prepare for exit interviews! We'll go over all of this as a cohort at the start of class on Monday.

Letter from Evan Roth with important links for Powerhouse stuff
Exit Interview Schedule
How to Prep for Exit Interviews
When is Senior Celebration? Tuesday, 5-7:30 at the Powerhouse
Y'all need to be set up by 3pm at Powerhouse tomorrow so we can make sure everyone is dialed and that gives you enough time to run home/to Ace Hardware, etc... to get last minute items.
If you want, you can head over today after cohort (11:30) to look at your space at Powerhouse)

Other important dates/times for the week

Thursday, 6-8pm at AHS: Senior Supper
Thursday, 2:40-3:25 at AHS: Senior Impersonations
Graduation Rehearsal: Friday, 8:30-10:30 at Community Concert Hall
Friday: 4pm Graduation!

Today's Work Time Goals

Complete the final weekly reflection
Finish your project/exhibition set-up
Begin your exit interview reflection (32F)
Discuss your plan for exhibition one more time w/ a small group/partner. Discuss these three questions:

How can you convey the scope and purpose of your project at exhibition without needing to verbally explain it?
If you were a member of the audience what would draw you in for more information?
What questions do you anticipate from the audience?

Monday, May 20th: Day before exhibition!

5/20/2019

Agenda

Finalize your work for tomorrow's exhibition
Conference with Ashley if needed
Prep for Exit Interviews (see below)
Head to the Powerhouse at 11:45

Exit Interview Format

Time: Interviews will be scheduled in 15 minute intervals.
Participants: Interviews will be conducted by your Senior Project Cohort leader and at least one other senior team teacher.
Preparation:
1. 3-2-F: Be prepared to speak to the following:
  1. 3 aspects of your project you’d like to celebrate
  2. 2 areas of growth you or your project need
  3. 1 piece of FEEDBACK about the structure of senior project
2. Evidence: Please bring evidence to showcase the quality of your work and to prove that you demonstrated fidelity to your Personal Assessment Plan (PAP).
3. Additional questions we may ask are listed below.
Dress: No need to go full Exhibition dress, but please dress somewhat nicely for these. Look professional!

Passing Determination: At the end of the interview, we will determine whether or not you pass your senior project. If you do not pass, we will work together to determine a plan forward.

Potential Questions:

Are you proud of the work you did on this project? Why/why not? Get specific.
What is the best thing about your senior project? What is the worst thing about your project?
What did you hope to accomplish with this project? How successful were you at meeting your goals for this project?
What significant challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
How did your project extend the understanding of your content? If it didn’t, why not?
What have you learned from this process that you can apply to future work?
If you were going to do this project over again, what would you do differently in design and/or execution?
What’s one piece of advice you would give to next year’s seniors about senior project?
What advice do you have for the senior team in setting up projects for success?

Last day for Project Tune #2

5/14/2019

Announcements

Not here yesterday? Please check-in with me to make sure you got all the info and did all the things required of as outlined on yesterday's DP.
Who has completed the requirements for adding to your page of the Senior Project website? Who has not? 100 burpees!!!
Project tunes need to be done today if they haven't yet.
Monday, 5/20 at 11:45: We are going to the Powerhouse to scope out the space and have each student go stand where they will present and see what they will need. Each student will then be responsible for bringing every resource they need, including extension chords if needed. We will leave at 11:45 from cohort.
Make your DP for the website Ce created! This is now a 5-point assignment toward the senior project pass/fail grade.

Starter
1. Who has a good project tune dilemma/question? Share it out so you can inspire greatness in others!
2. Write down your project tune dilemma/question.
3. Turn it into me!

Work Time

Project Tunes
Project Tune Reflection
Check-ins with Ashley

Monday, May 13th: Last FULL week before Senior Celebration

5/13/2019

Starter: Exhibition Presentation Brainstorm

Ashley will first talk about Caeley and Owen's presentation ideas
Now you need to come up with as many ideas as you can in the next 5 minutes for how you could present at Senior Celebration in an engaging/interesting/interactive/dynamic way. Write each idea down on one sticky note. Draw if you need.

Beta Testing

Get up and boogie to the beat. When the music stops, find a group of 3-4 people.
Share out your project pitch and then all of your presentation ideas
If possible, test out 2 of your favorite on them-- like actually model the process they'd go through if you were at exhibition and they were a parent, etc...
Feedback/Suggestions/Favorite idea?
SWITCH

QUESTIONS TO ASK EACH OTHER

If you walked up to your own exhibition presentation what would make you stoked to be there/ engage you right away?
How can you avoid text heavy presentations?
How many different ways can you think of to present the fundamental concept or idea behind your project so that the audience can understand and engage with it?
How can you draw your audience in?
How can an audience member quickly understand what your project is about?

Reflecting and Capturing the Collective Inspiration
All y'all need to share out to the whole group what your idea is NOW for exhibition as well as what your dilemma or question is for this week's final project tunes

Announcements

Sign up for Exit Interviews is you haven't already
2019 Senior Project Website is "live" and you all need to do what Ce tells you to before Thursday of this week (in time for All School Exhibition)
I won't be here Friday--- you will be in the same cohort reassignments on Friday as the last time I was gone. Y'all remember, right? Thus, I need to do check-ins with you either tomorrow OR Thursday. Sign up!
Make sure to do project tunes tomorrow and then project tune reflections.
Come to Lydia's TED Talk at Pineneedle, Wednesday 6pm

DO THIS NOW
1. Add your senior project work to the website link Ce sent you
2. Sign up for a check-in with me
3. Complete your weekly reflection and set your goals for this week

Week 4 of Action Project and All-School Exhibition Prep

5/7/2019

SENIOR CLASS BIZ

1. THANKS to Sadie and Ce for tackling the website project. On Monday, all seniors will need to hop onto the link Ce sends them and upload the required content regarding your thesis, TED Talk and project.

2. Take the survey Kyle sent out for All-School Exhibition! AND the one Kurt sent out for Senior Project Exhibition. Both are in your emails.

3. Sign up for EXIT INTERVIEWS

4. Who has NOT taken this survey to give Animas feedback. Please take it now. Don't wait.

Work Time and Check-ins

Did you complete the weekly reflection and goal setting for this week?
Have you scheduled or done your project tune #2? Remember, you need a total of TWO. You can do the 2nd one this week or next.
Sign up for a check-in with Ashley on the whiteboard

Project Tunes, Conferences with Ashley and Work Time!

5/2/2019

If you still haven't completed your 1st project tune, please do so today. Don't forget to complete the project tune reflection (prompts are located at the bottom of your Senior Project To Do document)
If you weren't here yesterday, be sure to complete your weekly reflection and set goals for this week.
Announcement about COHORT change while I'm gone on Monday! (see below for your assignment)
Work Time and Conferences with Ashley

KYLE (3rd and 4th periods) Sadie, Owen, Janey, Lydia, Cady, Baylee, Amanda

KURT (3rd and 4th periods) Aidyn, Ce, Finn, Caeley, Harley

LORI (5th and 6th periods): Atlantia, Emma, Emery, Soma

The Daily

Graduation Week! Exhibition Prep!

Monday, May 20th: Day before exhibition!

Last day for Project Tune #2

Monday, May 13th: Last FULL week before Senior Celebration

Week 4 of Action Project and All-School Exhibition Prep

Project Tunes, Conferences with Ashley and Work Time!

Ashley Carruth

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