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PERSONAL PROJECT
Personal Project
Personal Project: Skills for Success
Second Edition
PRINT & EBOOK
Laura England and Angela Stancar Johnson
Helps students to unpack the Personal Project objectives to gain a
clear understanding of the overall process, while building the ATL skills
required to become an independent, lifelong learner.
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CHAPTER
Chapter 2 Docum
enting
2 Documenting the process
■ ATL skills
■
the process
EXPERT TIP
It is very impor
tant that you
document and
each of the object
curate eviden
ives and their
ce that clearly
corresponding
your guide for
demonstrates
the level of detail
strand
and type of respon s. Use the command terms
as
se that you docum
ent.
Reflection skills
Organization skills
Ways of docume
nting the
process
There are many
different ways
that you can
project proce
document and
ss. You may choos
curate the perso
e to:
nal
use a process
journal to docum
Communicator
ent the devel
will be familiar
opment of your
with the practi
personal projec
ce of documenting
the
and can draw
t. You
to document and curate
the
on
required
devel
are
appro
you
opment of a
aches used to
project,
project
(ATL) skills and
design folder
document the
Throughout the personal
or similar workb
arts process journa
your approaches to learning
show
can
you
that
ooks in other
l, the
process. This is a way
■ use a range
subject group
of tools, theref
s
integrity.
ore documenting
also demonstrate academic
as you engag
evidence acros
e in the proce
g as a means of providing
somethin
s
record
a
to
variet
ss
means
of
y of platforms
completing your
To document
■ develop
■ Document:
personal projec
your own forma
t
t and design,
with a template.
or perhaps your
evidence.
tation.
school will provid
and present your documen
means to select, organize
e you
■ Curate: To curate
The media you
choose to docum
goal and create your product,
ent your perso
to achieve your learning
be written, visual
g and
nal
organizin
,
As you set about seeking
projec
selecting
,
audio or a comb
t process is up
process by
ination of these
to you. It can
There is a wide
consistently record the
, and it can be
think of how you may
variety of docum
digital or other
entation tools
choose from:
wise.
at your finger
presenting this process.
tips that you
may
are:
■ Google
Docs™ is a great
Questions to keep in mind
tool to use for
my learning goal visible?
you the optio
documenting
the progress in achieving
ns for embedding
your process
■ How am I making
and allows
research, image
■ Google
creating the product visible?
s and hyperlinks
of
Slide
process
the
s™
making
is a great tool
to sources.
how I am
■ How am I
to use for docum
you the optio
to document clearly showing
enting your proce
ns for embedding
of evidence I am selecting
ss and allows
■ Are the pieces
research, image
Google Slide
product?
s and hyperlinks
Deck works effect
goal and creating the
to sources.
achieving my learning
ively with Goog
planning docum
le Drawings so
specific
ents you have
it is easy to embe
project objectives outline
created in Goog
■ Google
chapter, the personal
d
le Drawings.
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As you saw in the previous
project.
serve
as a feed that
you to embed
to complete the personal
documents your
steps to take in order
other docum
progr
ents
ess
as well. You can
and allows
Google Curre
set up supervisor
nts and you and
led to that goal.
Planning
conferences on
your supervisor
how a personal interest
through the comm
or mentors can
for the project and explain
product.
ents and likes
i State a learning goal
engage in dialog
e success criteria for the
appropriat
featur
develop
invite
and
es.
ue
Furthermore,
others to provid
and for achieving its associated
ii State an intended product
you can create
e feedback throu
plan for achieving the product
polls and
gh quick surve
■ If you
iii Present a clear, detailed
are more of a
ys and questionna
tactile learner
ires.
success criteria.
and like to physic
process you may
ally write and
wish to use a
goal.
draw your
visual arts diary
Applying skills
especially if you
to help achieve your learning
. This is an effect
are developing
skill(s) was/were applied
your product.
ive tool to use
i Explain how the ATL
a visual arts-r
applied to help achieve
■ Anoth
was/were
elated
skill(s)
er
ATL
projec
medium that
t.
ii Explain how the
you may choos
you with space
e is a lined noteb
to document
ook. This can
Reflecting
your process
or your learning.
provide
organize the
and use sticky
of the project on yourself
documentation
i Explain the impact
notes to bookm
of your proce
based on the success criteria.
ark and
■ On all
ss.
ii Evaluate the product
smartphones
there are voice
recording apps
use to docum
ent your proce
that
you can down
ss. These can
load and
you can also
be used for record
use them to record
ing
reflections and
interviews that
research proce
you may engag
ss.
e in as part of
the
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