OVERVIEW
Learning Intention
Success Criteria
We are learning to
explain the
importance of the
process journal and
identify important
components in each
phase of the Personal
Project
Students will be
successful when they
can identify the
important
components of the
process journal and
revise their entries to
include any missing
information
An evolving record of the activities that
you complete to develop, achieve, and
reflect upon your final project
IS:
THE PROCESS JOURNAL
◇Used throughout the project to
document its development
◇An evolving record of intents,
processes, and accomplishments
◇A place to record sources and
maintain a bibliography
◇A place to store information qutoes, pictures, ideas,
photographs
◇A means of exploring ideas and
solutions
◇A place for evaluating work
completed
◇Record of feedback and
reflections
IS NOT:
◇Written up after the
process has been
completed
◇Additional work on
top of the project; it
is part of and
supports the project
◇A diary with
detailed writing
about what was
done
◇A static document
with only one
format
PROCESS JOURNAL:
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER
Final Product
Process
Journal
Paper
➔ The process journal holds together your final product
and your paper. This is where a lot of work in Personal
Project goes.
◆ The final paper will consist of references to your
process, and a reflection on that process
◆ The process journal is your way of keeping track of
your progress toward your final product
DO ALL OF MY PROCESS JOURNAL
ENTRIES HAVE TO BE WRITTEN?
Although most of the prompts that you will
be given in ELO require a written response,
you can (and should) include pictures,
videos, etc. into your process journal.
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
THE PROCESS JOURNAL
Your process journal entries should evolve with
the phase of the project you are in - The next
several slides provide an overview of topics that
have been covered, and should be covered in your
process journal
Investigating
Planning
Taking
Action
Reflection
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
Investigating
Planning
Taking
Action
Reflection
● Development of your
goal
● Determining your Global
Context
● Researching
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
THE PROCESS JOURNAL
Process Journal Entry Topics:
Investigating
1. Selecting your topic
** THIS PHASE
SHOULD BE
COMPLETED
ALREADY**
✓ Why did you select your topic?
✓ What makes your topic interesting to you?
2. Developing your goal
✓ Why is your goal highly challenging?
✓ How did you get to your final goal?
3. Selecting your global context
✓ How do your global context and goal relate?
✓ What will you be investigating through the lens of
your global context
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
THE PROCESS JOURNAL
Process Journal Entry Topics:
Investigating
4. ATL Skills
** THIS PHASE
SHOULD BE
COMPLETED
ALREADY**
✓ Where are you now on each of your ATL skills?
✓ Which skills will you be focusing on throughout the
project?
✓ How will you show growth in your ATL’s?
5. Research
✓ What information do you need to find to learn more
about your topic?
✓ What types of sources do you need
✓ Citations of sources used - you should have at least 5!
→ This can include interviews!
✓ What information have you found? Where did it come
from?
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
Investigating
Planning
Taking
Action
Reflection
● Development of your
success criteria
● Development of your
timeline
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
THE PROCESS JOURNAL
Process Journal Entry Topics:
Planning
** THIS PHASE
SHOULD BE
COMPLETED
ALREADY**
1. Developing your success
criteria
✓ What it look like when your project is complete?
✓ How will you measure the overall success of your
project?
✓ What will you be presenting at the showcase?
2. Developing your personal
timeline
✓ Why is your goal highly challenging?
✓ How did you get to your final goal?
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
Investigating
Planning
● Work towards
accomplishing your goal
● Record your process in
response to your
personal timeline
Taking
Action
Reflection
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
THE PROCESS JOURNAL
Process Journal Entry Topics:
Taking
Action
You will be
working on this
phase for the
next several
weeks!
1. Showing Progress
✓ What steps have you taken toward your final goal?
✓ Have you needed to alter your timeline or success
criteria? If yes, why?
✓ What roadblocks have you hit along the way?
✓ What ATL skills have you been addressing? How
have you shown growth in these ATL skills?
✓ What ATL skills do you need to continue to develop
✓ How are you setting yourself up for success at the
showcase?
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
Investigating
Planning
Taking
Action
Reflection
● Response to your
success criteria and your
project
● How did your skills
develop throughout the
process?
PERSONAL PROJECT PROCESS
THE PROCESS JOURNAL
Process Journal Entry Topics:
Reflection
1. Accomplishing your Goal
✓ What made you successful?
✓ What steps did you take to be successful?
✓ How did your plan evolve throughout the project?
You will be
working on this
in January and
February
2. ATL Skills
✓ Which ones did you focus on?
✓ How did your ATL skills improve? What did you do
to improve them?
3. What have you learned?
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE REFLECTION PROCESS JOURNAL ENTRIES WILL BE PROVIDED
IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY!
Make sure that you are
recording everything in
managebac! This will make
your life easier when you
need to write the final paper
If you need help with managebac - use the
handouts provided or see Mrs. Felten in room
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