LibGuides: Personal Project: Getting started

What's involved?

Rubric with task specific clarifications
Read this document thoroughly before beginning your project so that you are fully aware of the requirements.
Assessment marking sheet
The project is assessed as a written report.
Word limit: 1500 - 3500
The assessor will use this document to assess your report.
Each of the four assessment criteria have a possible achievement level of 1-8. The total possible achievement level for the project is 32.
Each criterion has three 'strands' that assessors use to make 'best fit' judgments about students' progress and achievement.

Project Proposal
Complete in consultation with your mentor.

Decide on a goal

Decide on what you want to achieve (goal) based on your passion, interests, hobbies or something new you want to learn.
Link your goal to a Global Context
Decide on a product that will best achieve your goal

Investigate

Investigate (research) your topic to help you achieve your goal and learn more about the Global Context
Use a variety of sources
Evaluate your sources of information
Record summaries and annotations in your process journal
Record all bibliographic details of the sources of information for your bibliography

Create a plan

Create a detail step-by-step plan for the entire project
Use a GANTT chart or similar tool (whichever suits you)
What, when, how it's going to be achieved

Create a rigorous criteria and create a product

Create a rigorous criteria for the product
Create a substantial product that meets your criteria
The criteria should enable you to evaluate the success of your product and whether it has achieved your goal

Written Report (this is how the project is assessed)

Write a report 1300 - 3500 words based on your process journal material
Address all criteria on the rubric and use examples and evidence to back up your statements
Use the report checklist
Submit a draft report to your supervisor for feedback 2 weeks before the due date

Decide on a process journal - either digital or visual diary and begin recording your ideas and thoughts.

Read through the Personal Project Plan to clarify your thoughts.

Personal Project Plan
This project plan will give you direction as you begin your learning journey and help you to focus on the task ahead.
Personal Project Plan Word doc
Work with your mentor and use this word document to complete your project plan and submit by the due date as a Major Milestone.

Personal Project Themes

Base bag project
Read about a project initiated by a Year 9 student, helping the homeless with the production of a cotton bag printed with a map of Melbourne highlighting help centres, crisis accommodation, food vans and emergency telephone numbers.

Date	Major Milestones
November 2018	Project launch
21 February 2019	First meeting with Mentor
21 March 2019	Goal, global context and product decided Planning Form due (online form: see Planning Form tab on Getting Started Page) Record meeting on Academic Honesty form
2 May 2019	Research complete
16 May 2019	Product criteria due (Mentor to provide feedback) Record meeting on Academic Honesty form
25 July 2019	Product due Record meeting on Academic Honesty form
25 July 2019	Draft report due (Mentor to provide feedback) Online Synopsis form due
8 August 2019	Personal Project due (report & process journal) Student and Mentor to sign and authenticate Academic Honesty statement PDF copy emailed to co-ordinator
27 August 2019	Presentation Evening

Personal Project: Skills for Success eBook
Click this link to take you directly to the eBook.
Log on to borrow with your student ID number and password.
Check with Learning Commons staff for the password. Borrow for 3 weeks.

Become an independent, lifelong learner and achieve your best possible project grade, while strengthening and practising your ATL skills. - Engage in practical explorations through a cycle of inquiry, action and reflection. - Build ATL skills with strategies, detailed examiner advice, expert tips, and infographics in every chapter for visual learners. - Clarify IB requirements with concise and clear explanations, including assessment objectives and rules on academic honesty. - Foster the attributes of the IB learner profile with explicit reference made throughout to link with your research. - Progress independently through your project with advice, tips and common mistakes to avoid.