Passion for Projects

Why should you think of it as a graduation project as opposed to a senior project?

-It is your chance to bring somethign that you are very passionate about that you never brought up in school and never talked about before.

What are the four educational goals that a graduation project aligns with?

-Communication

-Math and Science

-Integrating experience and knowledge to form reasoned judgement to solve problems

-Understanding the importance of work

What is a natural component of graduation project? Why?

-Technology, because it should be a natural component and a tool you should use on a day to day basis.

What are some examples of graduation project products?

-A student who suffered from Dyslexia did his grad project on conducting research on it and then helping younger boys with it.

-Serial killers basically talk about how serial killing came about and where some of them are from giving a presentation.

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Based on your reading and your notes, what is a graduation project?

-Cumulative project

-Long-term project

-Cross-disciplinary topic

-Students choice

-Shows what the students have done and learned

-Sums up their school academic and extracurricular life.

Based on your reading, notes and discussion, describe the attributes ofa student that can successfully complete a graduation project?

-Know how to use technology

-Be passionate

-Have good time management

-Know your strengths and weaknesses

-Research skills