BLOG PROMPTS FOR THE HDWIDTF PROJECT
Blog Prompt #21 Next Project!
If you were in charge of designing the next NWP Project, what would it be? Give a brief but thorough description. Include ideas about what products students would create, what the exhibition would look like, and why your idea is something we should consider.
Blog Prompt #20 Vlogging Concerns
Review the directions for "Benchmark 8 - Innovate". Think about what concerns you about the process of vlogging. Discuss your concerns and explore possible ways to confront them.
Blog Prompt #19 Innovate!
in·no·vate
verb
to make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/innovate
We have now reached the phase of the project which requires you to generate and describe your innovative solutions to your root problem. The key here is not just to come up with solutions, but to be innovative in the design of your solution (see definition above). Describe 3 of the most innovative, useful products, ideas, or methods out there right now. What makes them innovative? How are they different from past ideas, products, or methods? Why is innovation an important aspect of solution to problems today?
Blog Prompt #18 - Present and Future
Lately your work at NWP has been razor focused on the present and future benchmarks. You read current articles on your topic, presented them to your group members, and discussed them in a video summary. You plotted key moments from your research on a “Past to Present Map”, and then summed up your take-aways in a series of paragraphs that described the past, the present, and the key agents of change. You defined your groups key “Problem” and engaged in the 5 Whys activity to determine potential root causes for this problem. Finally, you got to brainstorm innovative solutions to address your problem, based on these root causes. Choose one part of either the present or the future benchmark to discuss. Explain it. Provide a view of your experience. Was the activity effective? Difficult? Could the teachers have designed it in a way that would better suit your needs? Let teachers know how this experience was for you.
Blog Prompt #17 - The Journey So Far (Vlog)
How has this school year, and the project to date, been like a journey? What sort of journey has it been? How? Why? Discuss with your audience.
Blog Prompt #16 - Project Topic (student written prompt)
Do you like the area of focus of your project or would you rather it was something different? Were you persuaded into using the topic you have now? How? What are the pros and cons of your topic? If you don't like it, what would you choose today?
Blog Prompt # 15 - Reflection on Self (student written prompt)
What have you learned about yourself since the beginning of this project? Discuss.
Blog Prompt #14 - Developing the Skillset
There are only two more weeks of the semester. Look back on you project thus far. Consider you struggles and your successes. Now think of these in the context of the NWP Leadership Skills (about half way down the left side of the page, in blue). Which skill do you think you have made the most progress in during the HDWIDTF project? Give detailed examples to support your answer.
Blog Prompt # 13 - What Do You Take Pride In?
Think about your life outside of school. What activities do you spend a generous amount of your time and energy doing? What do these efforts contribute to your life? Do they change the way you feel or act? Do these efforts contribute to anyone else's life besides your own? Explain. Compare and contrast your approach to this activity with your approach to your IT project work. What do you make of the difference? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #12 Shifting Gears
Your IT teachers decided to change the way things work these past couple of weeks. What is different? Does it feel more effective or less effective to you? Explain. Why do you believe the teachers made this change? In other words, why has it been necessary for the IT teachers to delegate tasks to individuals? What has prevented you (or your group members) from doing this independent of your teachers’ guidance?
Blog Prompt #11 Looking Back at Notecard Research
Look back on your recently completed Notecard Research. What aspects of this process helped you to develop a deeper understanding of your area of focus? What were the most helpful things about this process, and what were most difficult or frustrating things? Provide specific examples and explain them thoroughly (remember that outside readers need to be able to understand your blogs). What would you suggest we change about Notecard Research? Provide some thoughful reasoning for your suggested changes.
Blog Prompt #10 Quality and Clarity of Writing
So far this semester you have written nine blogs. Review and edit each of these previous blogs. Fix spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure issues. Make your writing clear and smooth. Aim for writing that conveys your ideas and thoughts clearly, and that shows your true writing abilities. When your editing and revising is complete think about the most common errors you encountered. Discuss them. What issues are recurring in your writing? Why? What should you do about this?
Blog Prompt #9 Staying Organized and Delegating Tasks
At Northwest Prep things run a bit differently. From where you get instructions to how you turn in work, we speak our own language. How do you stay organized at Northwest Prep? What methods do you use? What resources can you turn to? How do get assistance when you're stuck? What changes can you make to help your group stay organized? We often have many tasks going on at one time. How do you delegate tasks? How successful have you been at this? What can you do to improve your group's organization and task delegation?
Blog Prompt #8 Reflection on B4
B4 is over. How did you do? How do you feel about the body of research your group has amassed for the PAST portion of the project? Is it substantial enough to inform the creation of your Experiential Piece? Do you feel like you missed any critical areas of study? What did you discover about your levels of motivation and discipline? What are some of your big take-aways from this experience? What would/will you do differently next time?
Blog Prompt #7 Compare and Contrast
Step back and view this semester’s project through the eyes of a student from a more traditional school. Think about how your group’s work has developed its tone and shape, how and from where you’ve collected your information, and what you are doing with that newfound knowledge. Compare and contrast your experience with that of a typical school goer. Include specific examples.
Blog Prompt #6 Creativity
Start your post by crafting your own personal definition for the word “creativity”. What does the word mean to you? (Resist the temptation to look the word up in the dictionary; it will make coming up with your own wording more difficult). Next, watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZgjpuFGb_8&list=PLMo9vqiZPs0RQa_kypIS3tchANZa-MJGO
What parts of this video stick out in your mind? Why? Describe some of the ways in which you are creative in your everyday life. What has the HDWIDTF project taught you about your own creativity? Discuss your opinions about the strong emphasis that NWP places on creative thinking.
Blog Prompt #5 The Trials of Internet Searches (Vlog)
This week’s prompt is actually a vlog prompt. Start by drafting a scripted response on a Drive document, then practice, film yourself, and post the link!
As you work through the research portion of this project you are probably discovering how tough it can be to find information that is both relevant to your GQ and published by a credible party. Discuss (in detail) some of the obstacles you have grappled with, and describe how you’ve dealt with them. What advice would you give to a student at the beginning stage of their research? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #4: Success!!!
Highlight 2-3 moments of success thus far in the school year.
What and who* contributed to them?
Give specific examples and describe the experiences.
* Please leave out specific names. You may say things like: "One of my group members..."
Blog Prompt #3: Looking Forward
Now that the project is well underway and your group is beginning to investigate your SDQ from past and present perspectives, think about your “what is”. Have you begun to conceive of a “big picture” with respect to how you’ll link the past and present realities of your “what is”? At this point your group’s work should be taking on a particular shape. Is it the shape you’re going for? What might be missing? What needs to happen to move things in the direction you want them to go?
Blog Prompt #2: Misstep
Think back on your first week or two of school. You've chosen certain paths, made a number decisions. Think of one choice you made that is possibly turning out to be a mistake. Write about it. Why did you make the choice you did? How are you responding to having possibly made this mistake? What do you think would be the best way to respond at this point? Why? How might this response affect the future?
Blog Prompt #1: Looking at Week One
Think back on the activities from your first, second, and third days of school here. Choose one activity as your focus for this blog post. Describe the activity. Next, recall which of NWP’s seven Leadership Skills your group created an icon for. Refresh your memory of the Leadership Skill by re-reading it at http://www.northwestprep.org/ . Now examine the various ways in which this first week activity helped you to develop this Leadership Skill. If you cannot arrive at any ways in which the activity helped in your development of the skill, discuss how the activity could have been better designed to do so.Blog Prompt #21 Next Project!
If you were in charge of designing the next NWP Project, what would it be? Give a brief but thorough description. Include ideas about what products students would create, what the exhibition would look like, and why your idea is something we should consider.
Blog Prompt #20 Vlogging Concerns
Review the directions for "Benchmark 8 - Innovate". Think about what concerns you about the process of vlogging. Discuss your concerns and explore possible ways to confront them.
Blog Prompt #19 Innovate!
in·no·vate
verb
to make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/innovate
We have now reached the phase of the project which requires you to generate and describe your innovative solutions to your root problem. The key here is not just to come up with solutions, but to be innovative in the design of your solution (see definition above). Describe 3 of the most innovative, useful products, ideas, or methods out there right now. What makes them innovative? How are they different from past ideas, products, or methods? Why is innovation an important aspect of solution to problems today?
Blog Prompt #18 - Present and Future
Lately your work at NWP has been razor focused on the present and future benchmarks. You read current articles on your topic, presented them to your group members, and discussed them in a video summary. You plotted key moments from your research on a “Past to Present Map”, and then summed up your take-aways in a series of paragraphs that described the past, the present, and the key agents of change. You defined your groups key “Problem” and engaged in the 5 Whys activity to determine potential root causes for this problem. Finally, you got to brainstorm innovative solutions to address your problem, based on these root causes. Choose one part of either the present or the future benchmark to discuss. Explain it. Provide a view of your experience. Was the activity effective? Difficult? Could the teachers have designed it in a way that would better suit your needs? Let teachers know how this experience was for you.
Blog Prompt #17 - The Journey So Far (Vlog)
How has this school year, and the project to date, been like a journey? What sort of journey has it been? How? Why? Discuss with your audience.
Blog Prompt #16 - Project Topic (student written prompt)
Do you like the area of focus of your project or would you rather it was something different? Were you persuaded into using the topic you have now? How? What are the pros and cons of your topic? If you don't like it, what would you choose today?
Blog Prompt # 15 - Reflection on Self (student written prompt)
What have you learned about yourself since the beginning of this project? Discuss.
Blog Prompt #14 - Developing the Skillset
There are only two more weeks of the semester. Look back on you project thus far. Consider you struggles and your successes. Now think of these in the context of the NWP Leadership Skills (about half way down the left side of the page, in blue). Which skill do you think you have made the most progress in during the HDWIDTF project? Give detailed examples to support your answer.
Blog Prompt # 13 - What Do You Take Pride In?
Think about your life outside of school. What activities do you spend a generous amount of your time and energy doing? What do these efforts contribute to your life? Do they change the way you feel or act? Do these efforts contribute to anyone else's life besides your own? Explain. Compare and contrast your approach to this activity with your approach to your IT project work. What do you make of the difference? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #12 Shifting Gears
Your IT teachers decided to change the way things work these past couple of weeks. What is different? Does it feel more effective or less effective to you? Explain. Why do you believe the teachers made this change? In other words, why has it been necessary for the IT teachers to delegate tasks to individuals? What has prevented you (or your group members) from doing this independent of your teachers’ guidance?
Blog Prompt #11 Looking Back at Notecard Research
Look back on your recently completed Notecard Research. What aspects of this process helped you to develop a deeper understanding of your area of focus? What were the most helpful things about this process, and what were most difficult or frustrating things? Provide specific examples and explain them thoroughly (remember that outside readers need to be able to understand your blogs). What would you suggest we change about Notecard Research? Provide some thoughful reasoning for your suggested changes.
Blog Prompt #10 Quality and Clarity of Writing
So far this semester you have written nine blogs. Review and edit each of these previous blogs. Fix spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure issues. Make your writing clear and smooth. Aim for writing that conveys your ideas and thoughts clearly, and that shows your true writing abilities. When your editing and revising is complete think about the most common errors you encountered. Discuss them. What issues are recurring in your writing? Why? What should you do about this?
Blog Prompt #9 Staying Organized and Delegating Tasks
At Northwest Prep things run a bit differently. From where you get instructions to how you turn in work, we speak our own language. How do you stay organized at Northwest Prep? What methods do you use? What resources can you turn to? How do get assistance when you're stuck? What changes can you make to help your group stay organized? We often have many tasks going on at one time. How do you delegate tasks? How successful have you been at this? What can you do to improve your group's organization and task delegation?
Blog Prompt #8 Reflection on B4
B4 is over. How did you do? How do you feel about the body of research your group has amassed for the PAST portion of the project? Is it substantial enough to inform the creation of your Experiential Piece? Do you feel like you missed any critical areas of study? What did you discover about your levels of motivation and discipline? What are some of your big take-aways from this experience? What would/will you do differently next time?
Blog Prompt #7 Compare and Contrast
Step back and view this semester’s project through the eyes of a student from a more traditional school. Think about how your group’s work has developed its tone and shape, how and from where you’ve collected your information, and what you are doing with that newfound knowledge. Compare and contrast your experience with that of a typical school goer. Include specific examples.
Blog Prompt #6 Creativity
Start your post by crafting your own personal definition for the word “creativity”. What does the word mean to you? (Resist the temptation to look the word up in the dictionary; it will make coming up with your own wording more difficult). Next, watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZgjpuFGb_8&list=PLMo9vqiZPs0RQa_kypIS3tchANZa-MJGO
What parts of this video stick out in your mind? Why? Describe some of the ways in which you are creative in your everyday life. What has the HDWIDTF project taught you about your own creativity? Discuss your opinions about the strong emphasis that NWP places on creative thinking.
Blog Prompt #5 The Trials of Internet Searches (Vlog)
This week’s prompt is actually a vlog prompt. Start by drafting a scripted response on a Drive document, then practice, film yourself, and post the link!
As you work through the research portion of this project you are probably discovering how tough it can be to find information that is both relevant to your GQ and published by a credible party. Discuss (in detail) some of the obstacles you have grappled with, and describe how you’ve dealt with them. What advice would you give to a student at the beginning stage of their research? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #4: Success!!!
Highlight 2-3 moments of success thus far in the school year.
What and who* contributed to them?
Give specific examples and describe the experiences.
* Please leave out specific names. You may say things like: "One of my group members..."
Blog Prompt #3: Looking Forward
Now that the project is well underway and your group is beginning to investigate your SDQ from past and present perspectives, think about your “what is”. Have you begun to conceive of a “big picture” with respect to how you’ll link the past and present realities of your “what is”? At this point your group’s work should be taking on a particular shape. Is it the shape you’re going for? What might be missing? What needs to happen to move things in the direction you want them to go?
Blog Prompt #2: Misstep
Think back on your first week or two of school. You've chosen certain paths, made a number decisions. Think of one choice you made that is possibly turning out to be a mistake. Write about it. Why did you make the choice you did? How are you responding to having possibly made this mistake? What do you think would be the best way to respond at this point? Why? How might this response affect the future?
Blog Prompt #1: Looking at Week One
Think back on the activities from your first, second, and third days of school here. Choose one activity as your focus for this blog post. Describe the activity. Next, recall which of NWP’s seven Leadership Skills your group created an icon for. Refresh your memory of the Leadership Skill by re-reading it at http://www.northwestprep.org/ . Now examine the various ways in which this first week activity helped you to develop this Leadership Skill. If you cannot arrive at any ways in which the activity helped in your development of the skill, discuss how the activity could have been better designed to do so.
If you were in charge of designing the next NWP Project, what would it be? Give a brief but thorough description. Include ideas about what products students would create, what the exhibition would look like, and why your idea is something we should consider.
Blog Prompt #20 Vlogging Concerns
Review the directions for "Benchmark 8 - Innovate". Think about what concerns you about the process of vlogging. Discuss your concerns and explore possible ways to confront them.
Blog Prompt #19 Innovate!
in·no·vate
verb
to make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/innovate
We have now reached the phase of the project which requires you to generate and describe your innovative solutions to your root problem. The key here is not just to come up with solutions, but to be innovative in the design of your solution (see definition above). Describe 3 of the most innovative, useful products, ideas, or methods out there right now. What makes them innovative? How are they different from past ideas, products, or methods? Why is innovation an important aspect of solution to problems today?
Blog Prompt #18 - Present and Future
Lately your work at NWP has been razor focused on the present and future benchmarks. You read current articles on your topic, presented them to your group members, and discussed them in a video summary. You plotted key moments from your research on a “Past to Present Map”, and then summed up your take-aways in a series of paragraphs that described the past, the present, and the key agents of change. You defined your groups key “Problem” and engaged in the 5 Whys activity to determine potential root causes for this problem. Finally, you got to brainstorm innovative solutions to address your problem, based on these root causes. Choose one part of either the present or the future benchmark to discuss. Explain it. Provide a view of your experience. Was the activity effective? Difficult? Could the teachers have designed it in a way that would better suit your needs? Let teachers know how this experience was for you.
Blog Prompt #17 - The Journey So Far (Vlog)
How has this school year, and the project to date, been like a journey? What sort of journey has it been? How? Why? Discuss with your audience.
Blog Prompt #16 - Project Topic (student written prompt)
Do you like the area of focus of your project or would you rather it was something different? Were you persuaded into using the topic you have now? How? What are the pros and cons of your topic? If you don't like it, what would you choose today?
Blog Prompt # 15 - Reflection on Self (student written prompt)
What have you learned about yourself since the beginning of this project? Discuss.
Blog Prompt #14 - Developing the Skillset
There are only two more weeks of the semester. Look back on you project thus far. Consider you struggles and your successes. Now think of these in the context of the NWP Leadership Skills (about half way down the left side of the page, in blue). Which skill do you think you have made the most progress in during the HDWIDTF project? Give detailed examples to support your answer.
Blog Prompt # 13 - What Do You Take Pride In?
Think about your life outside of school. What activities do you spend a generous amount of your time and energy doing? What do these efforts contribute to your life? Do they change the way you feel or act? Do these efforts contribute to anyone else's life besides your own? Explain. Compare and contrast your approach to this activity with your approach to your IT project work. What do you make of the difference? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #12 Shifting Gears
Your IT teachers decided to change the way things work these past couple of weeks. What is different? Does it feel more effective or less effective to you? Explain. Why do you believe the teachers made this change? In other words, why has it been necessary for the IT teachers to delegate tasks to individuals? What has prevented you (or your group members) from doing this independent of your teachers’ guidance?
Blog Prompt #11 Looking Back at Notecard Research
Look back on your recently completed Notecard Research. What aspects of this process helped you to develop a deeper understanding of your area of focus? What were the most helpful things about this process, and what were most difficult or frustrating things? Provide specific examples and explain them thoroughly (remember that outside readers need to be able to understand your blogs). What would you suggest we change about Notecard Research? Provide some thoughful reasoning for your suggested changes.
Blog Prompt #10 Quality and Clarity of Writing
So far this semester you have written nine blogs. Review and edit each of these previous blogs. Fix spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure issues. Make your writing clear and smooth. Aim for writing that conveys your ideas and thoughts clearly, and that shows your true writing abilities. When your editing and revising is complete think about the most common errors you encountered. Discuss them. What issues are recurring in your writing? Why? What should you do about this?
Blog Prompt #9 Staying Organized and Delegating Tasks
At Northwest Prep things run a bit differently. From where you get instructions to how you turn in work, we speak our own language. How do you stay organized at Northwest Prep? What methods do you use? What resources can you turn to? How do get assistance when you're stuck? What changes can you make to help your group stay organized? We often have many tasks going on at one time. How do you delegate tasks? How successful have you been at this? What can you do to improve your group's organization and task delegation?
Blog Prompt #8 Reflection on B4
B4 is over. How did you do? How do you feel about the body of research your group has amassed for the PAST portion of the project? Is it substantial enough to inform the creation of your Experiential Piece? Do you feel like you missed any critical areas of study? What did you discover about your levels of motivation and discipline? What are some of your big take-aways from this experience? What would/will you do differently next time?
Blog Prompt #7 Compare and Contrast
Step back and view this semester’s project through the eyes of a student from a more traditional school. Think about how your group’s work has developed its tone and shape, how and from where you’ve collected your information, and what you are doing with that newfound knowledge. Compare and contrast your experience with that of a typical school goer. Include specific examples.
Blog Prompt #6 Creativity
Start your post by crafting your own personal definition for the word “creativity”. What does the word mean to you? (Resist the temptation to look the word up in the dictionary; it will make coming up with your own wording more difficult). Next, watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZgjpuFGb_8&list=PLMo9vqiZPs0RQa_kypIS3tchANZa-MJGO
What parts of this video stick out in your mind? Why? Describe some of the ways in which you are creative in your everyday life. What has the HDWIDTF project taught you about your own creativity? Discuss your opinions about the strong emphasis that NWP places on creative thinking.
Blog Prompt #5 The Trials of Internet Searches (Vlog)
This week’s prompt is actually a vlog prompt. Start by drafting a scripted response on a Drive document, then practice, film yourself, and post the link!
As you work through the research portion of this project you are probably discovering how tough it can be to find information that is both relevant to your GQ and published by a credible party. Discuss (in detail) some of the obstacles you have grappled with, and describe how you’ve dealt with them. What advice would you give to a student at the beginning stage of their research? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #4: Success!!!
Highlight 2-3 moments of success thus far in the school year.
What and who* contributed to them?
Give specific examples and describe the experiences.
* Please leave out specific names. You may say things like: "One of my group members..."
Blog Prompt #3: Looking Forward
Now that the project is well underway and your group is beginning to investigate your SDQ from past and present perspectives, think about your “what is”. Have you begun to conceive of a “big picture” with respect to how you’ll link the past and present realities of your “what is”? At this point your group’s work should be taking on a particular shape. Is it the shape you’re going for? What might be missing? What needs to happen to move things in the direction you want them to go?
Blog Prompt #2: Misstep
Think back on your first week or two of school. You've chosen certain paths, made a number decisions. Think of one choice you made that is possibly turning out to be a mistake. Write about it. Why did you make the choice you did? How are you responding to having possibly made this mistake? What do you think would be the best way to respond at this point? Why? How might this response affect the future?
Blog Prompt #1: Looking at Week One
Think back on the activities from your first, second, and third days of school here. Choose one activity as your focus for this blog post. Describe the activity. Next, recall which of NWP’s seven Leadership Skills your group created an icon for. Refresh your memory of the Leadership Skill by re-reading it at http://www.northwestprep.org/ . Now examine the various ways in which this first week activity helped you to develop this Leadership Skill. If you cannot arrive at any ways in which the activity helped in your development of the skill, discuss how the activity could have been better designed to do so.Blog Prompt #21 Next Project!
If you were in charge of designing the next NWP Project, what would it be? Give a brief but thorough description. Include ideas about what products students would create, what the exhibition would look like, and why your idea is something we should consider.
Blog Prompt #20 Vlogging Concerns
Review the directions for "Benchmark 8 - Innovate". Think about what concerns you about the process of vlogging. Discuss your concerns and explore possible ways to confront them.
Blog Prompt #19 Innovate!
in·no·vate
verb
to make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/innovate
We have now reached the phase of the project which requires you to generate and describe your innovative solutions to your root problem. The key here is not just to come up with solutions, but to be innovative in the design of your solution (see definition above). Describe 3 of the most innovative, useful products, ideas, or methods out there right now. What makes them innovative? How are they different from past ideas, products, or methods? Why is innovation an important aspect of solution to problems today?
Blog Prompt #18 - Present and Future
Lately your work at NWP has been razor focused on the present and future benchmarks. You read current articles on your topic, presented them to your group members, and discussed them in a video summary. You plotted key moments from your research on a “Past to Present Map”, and then summed up your take-aways in a series of paragraphs that described the past, the present, and the key agents of change. You defined your groups key “Problem” and engaged in the 5 Whys activity to determine potential root causes for this problem. Finally, you got to brainstorm innovative solutions to address your problem, based on these root causes. Choose one part of either the present or the future benchmark to discuss. Explain it. Provide a view of your experience. Was the activity effective? Difficult? Could the teachers have designed it in a way that would better suit your needs? Let teachers know how this experience was for you.
Blog Prompt #17 - The Journey So Far (Vlog)
How has this school year, and the project to date, been like a journey? What sort of journey has it been? How? Why? Discuss with your audience.
Blog Prompt #16 - Project Topic (student written prompt)
Do you like the area of focus of your project or would you rather it was something different? Were you persuaded into using the topic you have now? How? What are the pros and cons of your topic? If you don't like it, what would you choose today?
Blog Prompt # 15 - Reflection on Self (student written prompt)
What have you learned about yourself since the beginning of this project? Discuss.
Blog Prompt #14 - Developing the Skillset
There are only two more weeks of the semester. Look back on you project thus far. Consider you struggles and your successes. Now think of these in the context of the NWP Leadership Skills (about half way down the left side of the page, in blue). Which skill do you think you have made the most progress in during the HDWIDTF project? Give detailed examples to support your answer.
Blog Prompt # 13 - What Do You Take Pride In?
Think about your life outside of school. What activities do you spend a generous amount of your time and energy doing? What do these efforts contribute to your life? Do they change the way you feel or act? Do these efforts contribute to anyone else's life besides your own? Explain. Compare and contrast your approach to this activity with your approach to your IT project work. What do you make of the difference? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #12 Shifting Gears
Your IT teachers decided to change the way things work these past couple of weeks. What is different? Does it feel more effective or less effective to you? Explain. Why do you believe the teachers made this change? In other words, why has it been necessary for the IT teachers to delegate tasks to individuals? What has prevented you (or your group members) from doing this independent of your teachers’ guidance?
Blog Prompt #11 Looking Back at Notecard Research
Look back on your recently completed Notecard Research. What aspects of this process helped you to develop a deeper understanding of your area of focus? What were the most helpful things about this process, and what were most difficult or frustrating things? Provide specific examples and explain them thoroughly (remember that outside readers need to be able to understand your blogs). What would you suggest we change about Notecard Research? Provide some thoughful reasoning for your suggested changes.
Blog Prompt #10 Quality and Clarity of Writing
So far this semester you have written nine blogs. Review and edit each of these previous blogs. Fix spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure issues. Make your writing clear and smooth. Aim for writing that conveys your ideas and thoughts clearly, and that shows your true writing abilities. When your editing and revising is complete think about the most common errors you encountered. Discuss them. What issues are recurring in your writing? Why? What should you do about this?
Blog Prompt #9 Staying Organized and Delegating Tasks
At Northwest Prep things run a bit differently. From where you get instructions to how you turn in work, we speak our own language. How do you stay organized at Northwest Prep? What methods do you use? What resources can you turn to? How do get assistance when you're stuck? What changes can you make to help your group stay organized? We often have many tasks going on at one time. How do you delegate tasks? How successful have you been at this? What can you do to improve your group's organization and task delegation?
Blog Prompt #8 Reflection on B4
B4 is over. How did you do? How do you feel about the body of research your group has amassed for the PAST portion of the project? Is it substantial enough to inform the creation of your Experiential Piece? Do you feel like you missed any critical areas of study? What did you discover about your levels of motivation and discipline? What are some of your big take-aways from this experience? What would/will you do differently next time?
Blog Prompt #7 Compare and Contrast
Step back and view this semester’s project through the eyes of a student from a more traditional school. Think about how your group’s work has developed its tone and shape, how and from where you’ve collected your information, and what you are doing with that newfound knowledge. Compare and contrast your experience with that of a typical school goer. Include specific examples.
Blog Prompt #6 Creativity
Start your post by crafting your own personal definition for the word “creativity”. What does the word mean to you? (Resist the temptation to look the word up in the dictionary; it will make coming up with your own wording more difficult). Next, watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZgjpuFGb_8&list=PLMo9vqiZPs0RQa_kypIS3tchANZa-MJGO
What parts of this video stick out in your mind? Why? Describe some of the ways in which you are creative in your everyday life. What has the HDWIDTF project taught you about your own creativity? Discuss your opinions about the strong emphasis that NWP places on creative thinking.
Blog Prompt #5 The Trials of Internet Searches (Vlog)
This week’s prompt is actually a vlog prompt. Start by drafting a scripted response on a Drive document, then practice, film yourself, and post the link!
As you work through the research portion of this project you are probably discovering how tough it can be to find information that is both relevant to your GQ and published by a credible party. Discuss (in detail) some of the obstacles you have grappled with, and describe how you’ve dealt with them. What advice would you give to a student at the beginning stage of their research? Be specific.
Blog Prompt #4: Success!!!
Highlight 2-3 moments of success thus far in the school year.
What and who* contributed to them?
Give specific examples and describe the experiences.
* Please leave out specific names. You may say things like: "One of my group members..."
Blog Prompt #3: Looking Forward
Now that the project is well underway and your group is beginning to investigate your SDQ from past and present perspectives, think about your “what is”. Have you begun to conceive of a “big picture” with respect to how you’ll link the past and present realities of your “what is”? At this point your group’s work should be taking on a particular shape. Is it the shape you’re going for? What might be missing? What needs to happen to move things in the direction you want them to go?
Blog Prompt #2: Misstep
Think back on your first week or two of school. You've chosen certain paths, made a number decisions. Think of one choice you made that is possibly turning out to be a mistake. Write about it. Why did you make the choice you did? How are you responding to having possibly made this mistake? What do you think would be the best way to respond at this point? Why? How might this response affect the future?
Blog Prompt #1: Looking at Week One
Think back on the activities from your first, second, and third days of school here. Choose one activity as your focus for this blog post. Describe the activity. Next, recall which of NWP’s seven Leadership Skills your group created an icon for. Refresh your memory of the Leadership Skill by re-reading it at http://www.northwestprep.org/ . Now examine the various ways in which this first week activity helped you to develop this Leadership Skill. If you cannot arrive at any ways in which the activity helped in your development of the skill, discuss how the activity could have been better designed to do so.
