When composing your IT Blog keep the
following guidelines in mind:
following guidelines in mind:
- The key objective of blogging at NWP is to reflect, and to learn from your reflections
- Details are important: think concrete examples, not overly general content
- Answer the entire prompt
- Find your voice; write in a way that feels natural to you, but that is appropriate for school
- Written blog responses should be at least 150 word for middles school and 200 words for high school
- Leave names out of your blog responses
- You ALWAYS have the option of creating your blog in a vlog (or video) format!
- Blog prompts are posted each Monday, and are due at the end of your Bloggerhall class
Blog Prompts
for HDWPATAZ Completion of blogs is tracked
on the IC Checklist |
Blog #1: Initial Observations on Group Dynamics Last week in IC you got a taste of what it's like to work with your new group members. Think back to the two blocks in which you tackled your first benchmark and sought your first sign-offs. What aspects of your group members' personalities and/or work habits came out that were worrisome, hopeful, surprising, or otherwise notable? Discuss your thoughts around what you observed. Remember to use a diplomatic tone, and to leave out all names. Blog #2: Enhancing your TAZ Now that you have decided how you will provide your TAZ with the seven basic needs, it is time to figure out how to enhance your TAZ. This could mean coming up with additional (perhaps non-essential) options for filling your intentions, or for providing for your seven basic needs. In short paragraphs, come up with more items that need to be powered in your TAZ. Describe the different ways these new items may be powered and explain how they would contribute to life in your TAZ or help you achieve your main intentions. Blog #3: The Pros and Cons of Project X Discuss your thoughts. What are the positive and negative aspects of the Project X system at NWP? Back up your opinions with support. Blog #4: Your Executive Functioning Read about the following skills called "executive functions." Which do you excel at? Which do you struggle with? Give concrete examples from your own experience to explore how these play out in a project. Blog #5: Not-a-Blog This one really is not a blog. Still, it should be done on your blog document, and will be checked off as a blog on the IC Checklist.
Blog #6: Making it to Exhibition The exhibition is on May 9th (only 11 IC days away!). What will be your key challenges in meeting this deadline? Be specific. If you will have no trouble at all, discuss how that situation came to be. Give specific examples. Last Blog! #7 Answer one or more of the following questions:
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