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IB MYP Personal Project

IB MYP Personal Project. THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL !. What skills do our students need to be successful in the future?. In The Global Achievement Gap , Tony Wagner identifies 7 key skills : CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING COLLABORATION ACROSS NETWORKS AND LEADING BY INFLUENCE

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IB MYP Personal Project

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  1. IB MYP Personal Project THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL!

  2. What skills do our students need to be successful in the future? In The Global Achievement Gap, Tony Wagner identifies 7 key skills: CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING COLLABORATION ACROSS NETWORKS AND LEADING BY INFLUENCE AGILITY AND ADAPTABILITY INITIATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EFFECTIVE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ACCESSING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION CURIOSITY AND IMAGINATION

  3. IB Approaches to Learning:Building the skills for success! • The IB Programme has also identified key skills that students must acquire before they exit the program. • Students will utilize, build, and reflect on how they are developing these skills throughout their project. • What skills are their strengths? Weaknesses? • How can they take advantage of their strengths and improve upon their weaknesses? ATL SKILLS

  4. The Personal Project is an opportunity for students to develop the SKILLS Tony Wagner argues are critical for future success as well as demonstrate the WILL, on an independent project of their choice, to persevere, innovate, and make a difference in their communities.

  5. The Personal Project “The personal project is an opportunity to develop their known strengths and discover new ones. It allows them to explore the extent to which they are developing the attributes of the IB learner profile and becoming lifelong learners….” MYP Personal project guide 2011, “Introduction to MYP personal project” pg2 IB Learner Profile Attributes

  6. What exactly is the Personal Project? • Personal and creative work initiated and developed by YOU based on your interests and needs! • YOUR own inquiry aimed at developing the skills necessary to be independent, lifelong learners • YOU: • Generate your own ideas • Plan steps for completion • Determine how you will assess whether YOU met YOUR goal

  7. The Process:The Personal Project and learning in the IB Turning Knowledge into Action “IB learners act at home, as well as in classrooms, schools, communities and the broader world. Action involves learning by doing….” From What is an IB Education? • How will you use what you are learning to have a positive impact in your home, school, community, etc.?

  8. Three components: • The process journal • The messy thinking • Documentation of resources • The product/outcome • The report • Addresses all of the objectives • Does not have to be written • Structured according the objectives

  9. What do I write in my process journal? • TRACK every step of the process • DATE every entry • DOCUMENT ALL SOURCES • books, websites, interviews, videos, music, etc. • Include notes, lists, diagrams, print outs, sketches, interviews, photographs • ANYTHING related to the process. • REFLECT ON • The initial goal and progress toward achieving it • Your learning and use of approaches to learning • Connection between the project and the Global Context • Your growth as a learner and the qualities of the Learner Profile

  10. What format can I use for my PJ? • The process journal can be almost any format: • notebook, sketchbook, or binder • Paper or electronic • Written or audio • You will be asked to select 10 entries as examples that best represent key aspects of the project’s execution • If you use your process journal effectively, most of your report will be done by the time you have to write it!

  11. Process Journal Sample

  12. The Hardest Part:Picking your Topic Brainstorm • Something that you’ve always wanted to learn • Major issues facing your community • What are they and how can you address them? • I would like to construct, compose, improve… Don’t forget – this is YOUR project. If you choose something that you’re genuinely interested in, you will be more successful with it! You do not have to change the world to make a difference! Think global, act local!

  13. Select a…

  14. Define your Goal • Must be: SMART • Specific • Measurable • Achievable/Attainable • Realistic • Timely • Must be highly challenging to maximize learning

  15. Develop your criteria for success How will you measure whether or not you successfully achieved your goal? You get to decide what your measures of success will be! Do a little research first, then make your specs. Criteria Template

  16. How will my project be assessed? Four Criteria Rubric: • Criterion A: Investigating • Criterion B: Planning • Criterion C: Taking Action • Criterion D: Reflecting Please refer to the Personal Project Rubric for details.

  17. Expectations • Contact supervisors, meet monthly, and meet deadlines. • Bring process journal to ALL of your meetings with your supervisor & take notes and set goals as you meet(once per month) • Produce the 3 components of the MYP Personal Project: • Process Journal • Product/Outcome • Project Report • Provide evidence of student research, planning, development, and organization • Be an authentic demonstration of student work

  18. Resources: • IB MYP Personal Project Guide • Mrs. Heyman, IB MYP Coordinator • jheyman@aacps.org • 410-969-9010 ext. 319 • School/Community Librarian • Community members, organizations, and businesses • Your personal project advisor

  19. Thank you for being here!

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