Right now with our project we are kind of at a stand still. Our group has been on 1 hike but I wasn't a part of it because it was over Chinese New Year and I was away. We have a trip planned for next week to Llama Island, and maybe another one to somewhere else. I'm not sure of where, I just heard it's somewhere by pretty beaches. With our Llama hike, Janine has her friends coming with us because they know the trail although I think it'd be more fun to travel it by ourselves and if we get lost, then we get to figure out how to get out. In life you won't always have someone there holding your hand and showing you the way, you have to go out on your own and get lost once or twice and figure it on your own. Same situation. I just think that her having her friends there will be annoying because she could "forget" the reason why we're there which is for our senior project, and just leave me and Carolyn hanging. I do feel like we aren't getting anything done, because I did tell my group we should do it over Christmas Break as well but they said exams were in the way. Just one day wouldn't have hurt.
I feel we should have done something that wasn't so physically time consuming because we have to plan hikes for the weekends but everyone's always busy with homework, friends, or other things so we haven't done any. I hope we can pull this off when May comes, because with me doing track, and Carolyn doing softball we will be away a lot for tournaments, busy with practices, Interim is coming up, then 7s, Spring Break, AP exams and then we present. I hope they realize how soon it's coming, and how soon we need to get to hiking.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Monday, November 21, 2011
Step 2:
Where are you now with the project? What have you done? What reading, researching, writing, thinking, viewing, talking---- Write about all the learning activities you have been engaged in so far with your project.
We haven't done anything except for talk about when we are going to meet to discuss when we are going to hike.
What have you learned so far? about your topic? About your work habits?
so far nothing, because i haven't done anything for my project.
What are you pleased with so far? why?
um to be honest, nothing so far.
What problems have you encountered? How are you dealing with these?
i feel like my project isn't anything special and it's not something I don't really want to do. right now i haven't dealt with it because i'm afraid to tell my group i'm not doing it.
What changes are you making as you proceed?
i might be working alone, but i'm not sure yet.
What discussions have you had with your mentor? What questions have you asked?
we haven't decided one yet.
How are you working with your partner/group? Any problems? How are you dealing with these?
we haven't worked together on it yet.
What are you going to work on next? What do you expect to accomplish by next week?
i do not know, because i am not sure if i want to continue working in this group.
We haven't done anything except for talk about when we are going to meet to discuss when we are going to hike.
What have you learned so far? about your topic? About your work habits?
so far nothing, because i haven't done anything for my project.
What are you pleased with so far? why?
um to be honest, nothing so far.
What problems have you encountered? How are you dealing with these?
i feel like my project isn't anything special and it's not something I don't really want to do. right now i haven't dealt with it because i'm afraid to tell my group i'm not doing it.
What changes are you making as you proceed?
i might be working alone, but i'm not sure yet.
What discussions have you had with your mentor? What questions have you asked?
we haven't decided one yet.
How are you working with your partner/group? Any problems? How are you dealing with these?
we haven't worked together on it yet.
What are you going to work on next? What do you expect to accomplish by next week?
i do not know, because i am not sure if i want to continue working in this group.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Step 1. Thought Process
What interests you? What areas would you like to work on? You can list as many as you like? Which attract you most?
Something I'd like to do is something physically demanding so I can push myself, animals, or exploring of some sort.
How would you like to invest your time and energy in a way you will find fulfilling?
Personally I was wanting to do something with maybe the SPCA to help volunteer at the animal shelter walking dogs, playing with hamsters, cats, dogs, or any other animals they house in their facility.
How do you like working? alone? with a partner ? a small group? What kind of people do you work best with? Why?
It really depends on the type of project I'm doing if I want to work alone or not. When it comes to big tasks with 10 minutes or more of presentation I'd rather do on my own, only because I feel I'm strong at presentations and I don't want someone to drag me down who may not be as equally strong as myself. If I were to work in groups I'd like to be partnered with someone who is as much as a hard worker as I can be when I work on something as serious as this. I don't want to be partners with someone who is going to go out the night before we have something dealing with our project to do.
Who would you like to work with if you had a chance? Why?
Carolyn Kim, and Janine Ng only because I know they are both hard workers, and they are the two most helpful I met here at the school that has helped me with everything along the way.
What kind of support will you need? Who do you think you would like to have as a mentor? what kind of person?
Well our project is going to be hiking various trails in Hong Kong to discover Hong Kong that we've never seen, be demanded physically and mentally, and maybe also discover cultural parts of Hong Kong along the way so our mentor would have to be someone who hikes a lot so he/she can show us beginner trails that have some roughness for us to push ourselves. Also our mentor can teach us first aid care in case an accident happens while we are hiking along the trails.
What do you know about yourself - and your work habits - that will help you complete this project? What will you need to watch out for? What habits/difficulties will you need to overcome?
When it comes to something as serious as thing I tend to work very hard, and don't procrastinate on work like this. I tend to be very picky about what is said, shown, or the overall appearance. I like presenting in front of people, so I do not have a huge problem of that. I think my only fear as of right now that I would have for myself is that when I get nervous I can tend to talk to fast.
What media would you like to work with? Remember this needs to be a multimedia presentation. List the media you plan to use.
We plan to use cameras for video and picture purposes. We are going to be making video diaries of how we accomplished something on the trail, our condition, and the reward at the end of the trails. We also plan to take photos of us hiking, climbing, taking breaks, and the views along the way.
How might you connect what you do with the school wide learning results? See below.
For me it's more of a Self Motivated Learning basis only because when I think of hiking I think of the physical and mental demands. As for my group members they see it more as a Character Development and Chineses culture. I don't see it as a Cahracter Development because the goal for it is "-I will try to do everything to make my classmates appreciative and happy." With us hiking we aren't doing anything to make our classmates happy with what we are doing.
Something I'd like to do is something physically demanding so I can push myself, animals, or exploring of some sort.
How would you like to invest your time and energy in a way you will find fulfilling?
Personally I was wanting to do something with maybe the SPCA to help volunteer at the animal shelter walking dogs, playing with hamsters, cats, dogs, or any other animals they house in their facility.
How do you like working? alone? with a partner ? a small group? What kind of people do you work best with? Why?
It really depends on the type of project I'm doing if I want to work alone or not. When it comes to big tasks with 10 minutes or more of presentation I'd rather do on my own, only because I feel I'm strong at presentations and I don't want someone to drag me down who may not be as equally strong as myself. If I were to work in groups I'd like to be partnered with someone who is as much as a hard worker as I can be when I work on something as serious as this. I don't want to be partners with someone who is going to go out the night before we have something dealing with our project to do.
Who would you like to work with if you had a chance? Why?
Carolyn Kim, and Janine Ng only because I know they are both hard workers, and they are the two most helpful I met here at the school that has helped me with everything along the way.
What kind of support will you need? Who do you think you would like to have as a mentor? what kind of person?
Well our project is going to be hiking various trails in Hong Kong to discover Hong Kong that we've never seen, be demanded physically and mentally, and maybe also discover cultural parts of Hong Kong along the way so our mentor would have to be someone who hikes a lot so he/she can show us beginner trails that have some roughness for us to push ourselves. Also our mentor can teach us first aid care in case an accident happens while we are hiking along the trails.
What do you know about yourself - and your work habits - that will help you complete this project? What will you need to watch out for? What habits/difficulties will you need to overcome?
When it comes to something as serious as thing I tend to work very hard, and don't procrastinate on work like this. I tend to be very picky about what is said, shown, or the overall appearance. I like presenting in front of people, so I do not have a huge problem of that. I think my only fear as of right now that I would have for myself is that when I get nervous I can tend to talk to fast.
What media would you like to work with? Remember this needs to be a multimedia presentation. List the media you plan to use.
We plan to use cameras for video and picture purposes. We are going to be making video diaries of how we accomplished something on the trail, our condition, and the reward at the end of the trails. We also plan to take photos of us hiking, climbing, taking breaks, and the views along the way.
How might you connect what you do with the school wide learning results? See below.
For me it's more of a Self Motivated Learning basis only because when I think of hiking I think of the physical and mental demands. As for my group members they see it more as a Character Development and Chineses culture. I don't see it as a Cahracter Development because the goal for it is "-I will try to do everything to make my classmates appreciative and happy." With us hiking we aren't doing anything to make our classmates happy with what we are doing.
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