Anyone who's ever met me knows I get a lot of life inspiration from Chipotle. It's a real thing.
In the last two weeks you've begun to identify experts who might be able to serve as mentors for your project. As you begin to answer your research questions from last week, you'll get a very clear sense of your project's direction. Use that to narrow your scope of experts/mentors.
On Monday, February 29, your annotated bibliography should be posted. It will outline the validity of four highly-reliable sources you've found. While that assignment will be submitted on your blog, you should still be blogging your progress each week between now and then.
When it comes to research, you're looking to answer the driving questions you wrote two weeks ago. As you learn more, you will inevitably develop more questions. THAT'S A GOOD THING!
The focus of your research should be in outlining and clearly defining your PROBLETUNITY, not in a solution just yet. I love this Charles Kettering quote:
In the last two weeks you've begun to identify experts who might be able to serve as mentors for your project. As you begin to answer your research questions from last week, you'll get a very clear sense of your project's direction. Use that to narrow your scope of experts/mentors.
On Monday, February 29, your annotated bibliography should be posted. It will outline the validity of four highly-reliable sources you've found. While that assignment will be submitted on your blog, you should still be blogging your progress each week between now and then.
When it comes to research, you're looking to answer the driving questions you wrote two weeks ago. As you learn more, you will inevitably develop more questions. THAT'S A GOOD THING!
The focus of your research should be in outlining and clearly defining your PROBLETUNITY, not in a solution just yet. I love this Charles Kettering quote:
Kettering's message could not be more relevant to Genius Hour. When asked about their project, I hear many kids start their explanation with a SOLUTION, not a PROBLEM. Hold up, ponies. Without looking into the depths of our problems, we can't even begin to appropriately devise solutions. Research and development looks like this:
Friends, Royals, countrymen... we're in stage ONE.
For our next blog post, identify TWO MORE sources that will help to outline your problem and launch you into a solution. Blog your progress. Talk about obstacles and triumphs. Your post is due on Monday, 2/22 by 11:59pm.
Let's go to war!
- Define problem in painstaking detail.
- Devise strategic solutions based on research.
- Write an implementation plan.
Friends, Royals, countrymen... we're in stage ONE.
For our next blog post, identify TWO MORE sources that will help to outline your problem and launch you into a solution. Blog your progress. Talk about obstacles and triumphs. Your post is due on Monday, 2/22 by 11:59pm.
Let's go to war!