This week I used my time to brainstorm ideas about what to do for my Personal Project. To make sure I did not cram all of my brainstorming until the last minute, I set aside a certain amount of time each night this week to think exclusively about the Project.
Communication
During a few of my brainstorm sessions, my father helped me by suggesting ideas that I could possibly use as my product. Sometimes he built on my ideas as well to make them better. It was through such a session that I thought of my product: a calendar to raise environmental awareness. In addition to my father, my supervisor, Mrs. Grace gave me feedback about my ideas and told me about the key elements I will need to get a good grade.
Information Literacy
I learned that coming up with good ideas takes a lot of time and effort. Also, other people’s suggestions can be invaluable when brainstorming ideas. One idea can lead to another, others can build on it and eventually one will have a great concept of what they will do. This does not apply only to the Personal Project, but also to other projects in various school subjects, and to solve problems in many situations such as within one’s family, church, or business. In addition, I discovered that talking and note taking are more of my personal means to brainstorm, not mind mapping or drawing my ideas. However, probably the most important thing of all that I learned this week was the rubric that everyone will be graded on and the Summative Checklist near the end of the Personal Project guide. If I follow each of the criteria, hopefully my chances of getting a good grade will be higher.
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