09.18 - Project Selection

Today everyone worked in groups to identify which projects would be the best projects for our class to work on this semester. In groups of four, everyone discussed the following three questions:

1 - Which projects out of the list do you feel would be the most meaningful for our community?
2 - Which projects out of the list do you feel would hold the most educational value?
3 - Which three projects out of the list do you think would be best for the class to undertake?

Each group had 15 minutes to discuss these questions (5 minutes per question). At the end of this time, groups shared out their responses and I kept track of group responses noting which projects were labeled as being meaningful (red text), educational (green text), and top choices (blue text).

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Our discussion showed the visiting senior citizens, helping to winterize senior citizen homes, and a coat/mitten drive for the elementary school students as clear top picks. After some discussion, the class felt that the two senior citizen initiatives could be combined to enable an additional project to be picked up. The class elected to choose the ice skating rink renovation as a project that would diversify our work and meaningfully impact the community.

At the end of class, everyone ranked their choices for the projects. Based on individuals' rankings, I will try to create even groups for our projects.


Homework:

Revise and submit a polished draft of your college essay or resume.

Helpful materials:

Common Application prompts are available here.

Sample essays are available here.

Resume worksheets are available on pages 3 - 6 of the  Hamilton Resume Guide with detailed directions for helping you build your resume and a number of resume examples.

Other sample resumes are available here.