Goals

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Tuesday-Wednesday, May 11-12, 2010 1. Check to complete Animoto promo video. a. I have completed the Animoto promo video for my project.

2. Continue to get more pictures for presentation. a. I have found a few more photos for my presentation.

Monday-Tuesday, May 10-11, 2010 1. Look at previous wikispace and catch up to the previous class I missed. a. I have caught up to the previous classwork after looking on the class wikispace page.

2. Update goals and mentor meetings a. I have updated my goals and caught up on my mentor meetings.

Friday-Monday, May 7-10, 2010 1. Organize wikispace to prepare for portfolio. a. I have organized my wikispace to prepare it for the portfolio on Monday.

2. Update mentor and plan meeting for next week. a. I have emailed my mentor and made a meeting for her next week.

Thursday-Friday, May 6-7, 2010 1. Finish the voice for the video project topic 5 to conclusion. a. I have finished recording my voice for my video project.

2. Make final edits for the video project. a. I have finished my video project.

Wednesday-Thursday, May 5-6, 2010 1. Complete citing for pictures on the powerpoint. a. I have completed citing my pictures so far for my powerpoint.

2. Start to record voice for my video project. a. I have started to record my voice for the video project introduction to topic 3.

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 4-5, 2010 1. Take pictures and videos for project topic 5 to the conclusion. a. I have taken pictures and videos for topic 5 to the conclusion.

2. Start to edit all pictures and videos. Erase any not needed pictures. a. I have started to edit all pictures and videos for my project.

Monday-Tuesday, May 3-4, 2010 1. Start to take pictures and videos from intro- Topic 2 for project. a. I have taken pictures and videos from the intro to topic 2 for my project video.

2. Take pictures and videos for project video topic 2-5. a. I have taken pictures and videos for my project video topics 2-5.

Friday-Monday, April-May 30-3, 2010 1. Start to gather pictures for the Promo video a. I have gathered about six pictures for the video.

2. Lay out the pictures in the video and put everything in order. a. I have gathered pictures and put them in order for my Promo video.

Thursday-Friday, Apirl 29-30, 2010 1. Start to catch up on previous class periods. a. I have started to re-read the previous class periods and catch up on the work I missed.

2. Develop a script for what to say on the Promo video. a. I have developed a script for the Promo video.

Wednesday-Thursday, April 28-29, 2010 1. Continue to find pictures to put on my presentation powerpoint and cite them. a. I have cited and found pictures and put them on my presentation powerpoint.

2. Continue to write a script for my project so I can start filming in the next day or two. a. I have continued to to write my script for my project.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 27-28, 2010 1. Gather and cite more photos for my presentation powerpoint a. I have gotten more pictures for my presentation and powerpoint.

2. Continue to write the script for the reasons of the topics 3-5. a. I have continued to write the script for the reasons of my topics 3-5.

Monday-Tuesday, April 26-27, 2010 1. Write script for the reasons for topics 1-3. a. I have writen the script for the reason for topics 1-3.

2. Gather more photos for my powerpoint part of my presentation. a. I have gathered more photos for my powerpoint presentation and I have cited these pictures.

Friday-Monday, April 23-26, 2010 1. Continue to write script for project, topic 1-4. a. I have written the script for my project topic 1-4

2. Continue to write script for my project, topic 4-5 and review the previous four scripts a. After reviewing the previous scripts, i have written the other few topics for my project.

Thursday-Friday, April 22-23, 2010 1. Update wikispace account and make sure my goals are in order. a. My goals are in order and my wikipage is up to date.

2. Check up with Mentor and collect mentor emails to put them in order. a. I have found and collected my mentor emails and put them in order in my email account.

Wednesday-Thursday, April 21-22, 2010 1. Start to write a script for the video. a. I have started to create a script for the video I am making

2. Draw more pictures for my project. a. I have continued to draw and scetch more pictures for my project.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 20-21, 2010 1. Play around with the new video makers to get use to them and get ready for filming. a. I have been observing and fiddling with the new programs so I can discover which one is better for me to make my video.

2. Finish filling out information on the Project page of my wikispace. a. I have started to fill out the information on the Project page of my wikispace, but I have questions on the other parts.

Monday-Tuesday, April 19-20, 2010 1. Meet again with Mr. Rodoff to discuss the creation of the video. a. I have finally met with Mr. Rodoff and discussed how to create the video and other tips I should use to be successful.

2. Meet with Dr. Valenza to also discuss the creation of my video. a. I met weth Dr. Valenza today and she also gave me great ideas on how to do my project through Windows Media and more.

Friday-Monday, April 16-19, 2010 1. Layout the video in greater detail so thoughts will be more clear and easier to put together. a. I have layed out the video in greater detail so my thoughts will be more precise and easier understood by all.

2. Start to develop a storyboard to figure out the order in which my video will be presented. a. I have developed a storyboard so my ideas and thoughts will be presented in the best order possible.

Thursday-Friday, April 15-16, 2010 1. Continue to Sketch potential main characters and props for video. a. I have continued to sketch the potential main characters and props for the videos.

2. Try again to meet with Mr. Rodoff after school to discuss the making of the video. a. I have not been able to meet with Mr. Rodoff today after school.

Wednesday-Thursday, April 14-15, 2010 1. Sketch the potential main characters and other props of the video. a. I have started to think about and sketch potential drawings I can use for the video.

2. Brainstorm ideas for what to say in the video a. I have thought about what messeges I want to say in the video.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 13-14, 2010 1. Get in contact with either Mr. Rodoff or Dr. Valenza to get an idea about how to make a video. a. I have emailed Mr. Rodoff to try to get further information about how to create my video for my project.

2. Start to lay out different situations for my project, include information that I talked to with Dallas the day before. a. I have found four topics so far to help build my project, and I have thought out many reasons that I can help the viewers of the video.

Monday-Tuesday, April 12-13, 2010 1. Email mentor and start to gather information to catch her up with the class and go into detail about the project. a. I have been in contact with my mentor and I have started to gather information about what to talk about with her to improve my project.

2. Lay out ideas for possible project information to change the current project listed on the homepage on the wikispace. a. I have layed out possible ideas for the project portion with changing the idea on my homepage to a idea I like more.

Friday-Monday, April 9-12, 2010 1. Put finishing touches on mini project to get it ready for hand in Monday. a. I got it ready and put the finishing touches on it to hand it in on my wikispace account for Monday.

2. Start to think about what to do for project and explore ways to talk about appearance. a. I have started to gather ideas on what I should do for my project and how to relate it to appearance.

Thursday-Friday, April 8-9, 2010 1. Finish the second worldly issue and the four reasons of improvement for mini project. a. I have finished the second worldly issue and the four reasons of improvement for my mini project.

2. Finish the wrap up of the mini project slide show. a. I have completed the final slides of my mini project.

Wednesday-Thursday, April 7-8, 2010 1. Start to plan slides and lay out for mini project. a. I have planed the layout of my slides and started to lay out the background and people

2. Finish the first worldly issue and the four reasons of improvement a. I have finished the first worldly issue and for reasons if improvement in my mini project

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 6-7, 2010 1. Plan out ideas with partner for the mini project. a. I planed out ideas for who to use in the mini project and which mini project to choose with my partner.

2. Find two world issues and four reasons of explanation of how he'd help for project. a. I found two world issues and four ideas of how he would help solve the problem.

Wednesday-Tuesday, March-April 31-6, 2010 1. Get up to date with all meetings for class, make sure to not all behind. a. I am up to date will all meetings for class and I not behind on the classes.

2. Start to plan meeting with mentor and organize information to talk about with mentor. a. I have made a meeting time with mentor and have gathered information to talk about with her.

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 30-31, 2010 1. Start to gather ideas for project a. I have started to gather ideas for the project and I have my main ideas sorted out.

2. Fiddle with the website to complete the project. a. I have started to fiddle with the website and I understand more about how to work the site.

Monday-Tuesday, March 29-30, 2010 1. Give paper to mentor to have her review paper before turning it in. a. I have given my paper to my mentor to review it so I can turn it in later on in the day.

2. Finish last meetings I was unable to complete last friday on the class wikispace. a. I finished the last meeting I was unable to complete last friday on the class wikispace.

Friday-Monday, March 26-29, 2010 1. Make final edits to paper with parent. a. I made final edits to my paper with my parent.

2. Start to make indentation corrections and review rubric to meet expectations of paper. a. I finished the making the correct indentations and I have started to review the rubric.

Thursday-Friday, March 25-26, 2010 1. Complete all changes on paper. a. I have completed all changes on my paper.

2. Give paper to parent and have her help to edit it. a. I gave my paper to my mother and we reviewed the paper together and made further corrections.

Wednesday-Thursday, March 24-25, 2010 1. Start to make changes on paper, pages 6-8. a. I have made my changes on my research paper, pages 6-8.

2. Start to review all changes and check sources and other notes. a. I have reviews all of my changes to my paper and started to check my sources and other notes left by my peers.

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 23-24, 2010 1. Start to make changes on paper, pages 1-3. a. I have started to make changes on my paper form pages 1-3.

2. Start to make cahnges on paper, pages 3-6. a. I have made changes to my paper on pages 3-6.

Monday-Tuesday, March 22-23, 2010 1. Start to annalyze the papers that I have recieved back from my peers. a. I have annalyzed the papers that I have recieved back from my peers.

2. Make a list of changes that need to be done to improve my paper. a. I have made a list of things I need to change to improve my paper.

Friday-Monday, March 19-22, 2010 1. Start to peer review paper for Kenny. a. I have completed peer reveiw for Kenny.

2. Gather all three review papers and organize it. Make sure i completed each step. a. I have finished organizing all of the peer reviews and they are ready to hand in.

Thursday-Friday, March 18-19, 2010 1. Start to peer review paper for Peter. a. I have completed peer review for Peter.

2. Start to peer review paper for Rebecca. a. I have completed peer review for Rebecca.

Wednesday-Thursday, March 17-18, 2010 1. Finish the final two pages of my research paper. a. I have finished the final two pages of my research paper.

2. Put the completed paper onto my researach paper tab of my wikispace. a. I have finished my paper and have pasted it on my wikispace account.

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 16-17, 2010 1. Finish the fifth and sixth pages of my research paper. a. I have finished teh fifth and sixth pages of my research paper.

2. Paste the completed pages on my research paper tab of my wikispace account. a. I have completed pasting the finished pages of my research paper on my wikispace account.

Monday-Tuesday, March 15-16, 2010 1. Complete the first four pages of my paper. a.I have completed teh first four pages of my paper.

2. Paste the first four pages of my research paper on my wikispace. a. After completion of my first four pages of my paper i Pasted them on my Wikispace.

Friday-Monday, March 12-15, 2010 1. Start writing up to my fourth page on my research paper. a. I have completed the first page of the second two pages of my research paper.

2. Edit the first few pages of my paper. a. I have edited the first three pages of my research paper.

Thursday-Friday, March 11-12, 2010 1. Finish writing first two pages of research paper. a. I have finished writing the first two pages of research paper.

2. Paste the first two pages onto the research paper tab on my wikispace. a. I have finished the first two pages of my paper and pasted it on my wikispace.

Wednesday-Thursday, March 10-11, 2010 1. Start to Cite each of my eight sources and past them on my Wikispace page. a. I have finished all but one of my eight sources and pasted them on my Wikispace page.

2. Paste the annotations for each of my sources under my bibliography page of my Wikispace page. a. I have pasted the annotations for each of my sources under my bibliography page of my Wikispace page.

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 9-10, 2010 1. Complete all eight sources. a. I have completed finding and making notes for all eight sources.

2.Start to work on outline on my wikispace. a. I have started to complete my outline on my wikispace.

Monday-Tuesday, March 8-9, 2010 While I have been conducting my research: A-- I acknowledge that I have one habit that has helped me be successful and one habit that I should change to be more successful: a) I acknowledge that one habit that helps me succeed is that I make a check list that I have to complete in the order of how I should complete them. b) I acknowledge that one habit that i chould change to be more successful is that I should be working more outside of school. I work a lot on it in class and in itinerant, but not enough when I am home. B-- I have learned two skills or methods which have enabled me to support my claim/conclusion: a) Sticking to my work and getting things done according to my own personal checklist goals have helped me move forward. b) By exaggerating the work needed to be done, I not only finish the work, but also get more information that I need. C-- I understand that in order to be more successful with my progress in this course I have to… a) Get down to work and not procrastinate as much as I have. b) Make this class more of a priority. I have been putting other classes ahead of this one and I need to have a balance so I can complete all I need to get done.

Friday-Monday, March 5-8, 2010 1. Start type my sources on my Bibliography page. 1-4. a. I have finished annotating my first four pages on my bibliography page.

2. Organize my checklist and put them in cronological order. a. I did organize my checklist and have started to complete each of my goals.

Thursday-Friday, March 4-5, 2010 1. Start organizing my notes and sources 6-8. a. I have finished these sources and completed taking notes on them.

2. Finish organizing all eight sources and all of the notes. a. I have organized these notes and i am starting to post them in my Wikispace.

Wednesday-Thursday, March 3-4, 2010 1. complete finding sources 6-8. a. I have found those three last sources.

2. start taking notes on 6-8. a. After finding these sources i have started to take notes on my findings.

Tuesday March 2; __computer mishap__

Wednesday-Thursday, February 24-25, 2010 1. search for sources 3-5. 2. take notes and highlight information 3-5. 3. complete notes and elaborate on information recieved from notes 1-5. 4. organize notes specify and narrrow down information from topics.

Tuesday-Wednesday, February 23-24, 2010 1. Edit homepage, goals and proposal page. 2. continue to highlight and take notes on sources 1-3.

Monday-Tuesday, February 22-23, 2010 1. Keep track of Cited sources and make sure they are credible enough to use as a source. 2. Highlight and take notes on sources 1-3.

Friday-Monday, Febrary 19, 22, 2010 1. Continue working on material I fell behind on last Thursday. 2. Start searcing for credible and scholarly sources.

Thursday-Friday, February 18-19, 2010 1. Find more research on all of my four topics so I can narrow down my topics and answer questions on Brainstorming. 2. Edit goals and Brainstorming, organize old binder. Keep old useful material, get rid of not-useful material.

Wednesday-Thursday, February 17-18, 2010 1. Edit mind maps, make sure I complete everything that needs to be done on the mind map. 2. Add tabs to page and catch up on work that I missed on Thursday.

Tuesday-Wednesday, February 16-17, 2010 1. narrow down main ideas for mind maps, (ie... what do i mean by "today?" What time period am i talking about?). 2. organize mind maps, make it easier to find my topic and see what i specificly mean in my topic questions.

When I type my goals, it is required that I use the following 22 terms to indicate my goal:

categorize................. complete deduce..................... demonstrate determine................. diagram distinguish................ elaborate examine................... explain generate................... interpret justify....................... measure organize................... quantify qualify...................... redesign relate........................ revise simplify..................... synthesize type.......................... annotate