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Weds- Senior Project Ideation

10/13/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Seminar Reflection 2 Revision. DUE: Monday, 10/17, Midnight.
Expert Interview + Notes. DUE: Friday, 10/21, End of Class.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Data That Matters. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Thursday, 10/13, MIDNIGHT.

Finish Idea Fishing
You should have notes on THREE total sources that relate to your thesis question!

Charette Protocol
Students in groups of 5 (see below)

Model Charette
(someone from first group, Kyle and I participate)

Student Charette
3 rounds of Charette, using YES, AND. Each round is 2 minutes each.

What could I research?
What could I create?
What community connections could I develop?

Poster Expectations
Using a piece of butcher paper, create a poster that includes:

Overview or summary of topic
2 potential research questions (questions that you are still wondering after you read your resource)
2 project ideas
1 opportunity for collaboration with a peer
1 organization that is working on this topic (local, global or national)
A visual image
A reflection, what is your level of excitement about this project? Explain.
Next Steps (at least three) ,what do you want to look into further?

Tuesday- Interview Critiques and Scheduling

10/11/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Sr Project Idea Fishing Notes. DUE: Wednesday, 10/12, End of Class.
Seminar Reflection 2 Revision. DUE: Monday, 10/17, Midnight.
Expert Interview + Notes. DUE: Friday, 10/21, End of Class.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Data That Matters. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Thursday, 10/13, MIDNIGHT.

Announcements:

Make sure you have Idea Fishing finished enough that you can complete it in 30 minutes tomorrow!
Seminar Reflection Revisions are due on Monday, 10/17 at midnight
Honors- Don’t forget about your 1 page written response!
Come see my theatrical endeavors in the 10 Minute Plays this weekend! Friday, Saturday, or Sunday!

Starter 22: Interview Guidelines
Read through the documents (Interview Strategies and Questions to Avoid) I gave you with guidelines and questions to avoid. List for me:

The three most important tips you want to keep in mind when you are writing your interview questions.
The three most important tips you want to keep in mind when you are interviewing.
Revisions you want to make to your interview question draft based on what you read here.

BY END OF CLASS:

Interview questions are written, grouped into themes, and have been critiqued and revised.
You have sent an email or called to schedule an interview
You have signed up for an interview conference with Lori either today or on Thursday
You have updated the class document with the person, their organization, their contact information, and the scheduled date and time of your interview.

Revise Interview Questions- 10 minutes
Make sure you have the following:

Warm up/background questions (things like…how did you get interested in this work? Stuff to build rapport and learn about them/their organization)
2-4 broad themes you want to address, with questions under each theme
Closing question

Question Critiques
Once you've finished writing your questions, leave them up on your screen. Stand up, and move to another computer. On that computer, leave 3 comments:

A question that should be revised, and WHY it should be revised
A question you think is strong, and WHY it is strong
A general suggestion for sequencing, a question to add, a theme to consider

Repeat for 3 rounds. You cannot repeat the feedback that someone else has given.

WORK TIME:

Revise your questions
Sign up for a conference with Lori (this should be done after you think your questions are solid).
Email or call your person to schedule your interview (remember, you can interview during Humanities MTuThFr, 1st or 4th Weds, or in any of your own time). In person interviews are preferable, but Zoom is also okay if in-person is not an option.
Update the class document with your interview information.
Done with all of this? Work on missing work or Seminar Reflection revisions.

Monday- Dialogical Interviews + Interview Prep

10/10/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Sr Project Idea Fishing Notes. DUE: Wednesday, 10/12, End of Class.
Expert Interview + Notes. DUE: Friday, 10/21, End of Class.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Data That Matters. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Thursday, 10/13, MIDNIGHT.

Announcements:

Wednesdays from now → Thanksgiving
1. 1st Period- Catch up/work time
2. 2nd/3rd periods- Senior Project Work with Kyle and Lori
3. 4th Period- Catch up/work time with Kyle or Lori
Sign Up for Conferences on Wednesday!

Starter 21 (10 min)

How comfortable are you interviewing people? Explain.
What are some important skills or things to think about in preparing for and completing an interview?

Dialogical Interviews (30 min)

Going to be paired randomly with another person in this class, to conduct a 10 minute interview.
You are going to conduct a dialogical interview- this will create a stronger class community, but also let you practice your interviewing skills in a low-stakes setting.
Essential Question: How can we better understand how class and inequality affect us?
See linked handout above for more details!

Interview Requirements (10 min to review assignment)

GOAL = to talk to an expert (preferably local, but not necessarily), and gather information to help further hone your understanding of:
1. How this issue presents itself in Durango, how it impacts people
2. What can be done about it
3. What is being done
Can be done individually or in pairs
Need to make sure we are not double-contacting the same person
MUST be completed no later than the end of next week (10/21)

By the end of class today, you should have...

Chosen a person you would like to interview, and find their contact info
Put that information on the board and in the class document
Written a draft of interview questions to ask that person
Written a draft email to that person asking for an interview- DO NOT SEND IT YET!

Possible Interview Candidates (find their info online)
Housing

Project Moxie
Manna
SW Housing
Homes Fund
Homeless Shelter (see Lori for contacts)
Dr. Ben Waddell (prof at Fort Lewis)
Alejandra at Westside Mobile Homes (see Lori for contacts)
John Egan, River View Mobile Home Park
Christina Rinderle (realtor)
Mark Williamson (developer)
Housing Solutions of the SW
Habitat for Humanity
Sara Price (teacher at AHS, experience with low income housing)
Erin Skyles’ best friend
Durango Herald housing reporter

Post-Secondary Education

Erin C-R
Trio program (talk to Erin C-R for contact here)
Fort Lewis Financial Aid department
John Fisher (prof at San Juan College)
College counselor at DHS
Jess Adams (former AHS college counselor, Director of SW CO Education Collaborative)
Southern Ute Dept. of education
Profs at Dine College
Education professors at Fort Lewis
Head Start Durango
Preschool teachers
Professors who research equity and education
CO Dept. of Ed (see Erin CR for contact here)
Current college student

Interviews Prep:

Interview choices-- Who do you want to interview? Put it on the board and in the class document.
Interview contacts- Write the email or script for your phone call. DO NOT SEND/CALL YET!
1. Polite salutation
2. Who you are
3. Brief explanation of project (essential question + general topic), and what we’re doing
4. What you would like, how long it will take, topic of interview
5. How they can reach you
6. Your deadline/timeframe (needs to be completed by next Friday, can interview before/after school, during Humanities class, 1st or 4th on Wednesday).
Interview questions
1. Major themes
2. Follow up questions

Friday- Sociology Ethics + Idea Fishing

10/7/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Sr Project Idea Fishing Notes. DUE: Wednesday, 10/12, End of Class.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Data That Matters. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Thursday, 10/13, MIDNIGHT.

Announcements

Seminar Reflection Revisions due next Sunday at midnight
Today and next week will be spent learning about sociological research and conducting various interviews
Then, week after…it’s project design time!

Starter 20

What is the most interesting thing you found in your Data That Matters research?
What do you know about research ethics? In other words, to conduct ethical research, what are some of the things you need to consider? What kind of rules do you need to follow, and why?

Data that Matters Discussions
I’m going to put you in a small group. In that group, I’d like you to discuss the following questions:

Go around your group, and share what topic you studied (housing or education).
What are the most interesting things you discovered or learned about this as you researched? Work to make connections between your research and knowledge here!
What big questions arose for you as you started to think about this research?
What are the implication of this research for policy? What are some possible solutions to the issues you see here?
How can you connect what you and your group members found to what you’ve observed in your own life, or in our observations of Durango?

Ethical Principles + Case Studies
Give students the Ethical Principles handout.

Have students read through the handout.
Next to each principle, they must: Draw a symbol that represents this principle
Give students case studies, and put them into groups of 4. One person should read the case study out loud, and then the group should discuss and jot down bullet points about their consensus.
Debrief case studies as a class

Senior Project Idea Fishing
Use any time we have remaining to work on your Idea Fishing for Senior Project! Read your sources, watch your videos, take your notes!

Thursday- FINISH Data That Matters!

10/5/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Senior Project Brainstorm 1: 3-2-1 Brainstorm. DUE: Wednesday, 10/5, Start of Class.
Data That Matters. DUE: Thursday, 10/6, MIDNIGHT.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

None.

Starter 19
Pull up your Data That Matters assignment on your screen. Trade with the person next to you. Read ONE of their analyses.

On their document leave two comments- one of something they did well (be specific!), and one revision suggestion.
In your starter, write down two revisions you need to make, based on what you saw in their analysis, or your own self-assessment of what you have been working on.

Work Time Priorities:

Finish your Data That Matters Assignment
Trade with someone else who is done to proofread your work
Turn that sucker in!
If you’re done, work on the Idea Fishing Assignment for your Senior Project

Weds- Sr. Project Idea Fishing

10/5/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Data That Matters. DUE: Thursday, 10/6, MIDNIGHT.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

None

Idea Fishing

The Goal:
Sometimes we get our ideas from other people's ideas. At least that’s a good place to start. So for senior project ideas we are going to go IDEA FISHING. Your teachers have populated the following document with resources they use to get inspired.

The Process:
In total you will pick 3 articles, podcasts or videos to get inspired. These should be related to your general topic that is inspiring you right now for your senior thesis/project. For each source you need to do the following:

Create a New Heading on your Senior Project Brainstorm Document: Idea Fishing 10/4/22
For each source, please list the TITLE of the source, and then include the following in your notes:

Notes on key ideas and messages
Capture an image that encapsulates the main argument
Include the key arguments (2-5)
3 questions it left you wondering
Copy and paste the url

Tuesday- Citations + Work Time

10/4/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Senior Project Brainstorm 1: 3-2-1 Brainstorm. DUE: Wednesday, 10/5, Start of Class.
Data That Matters. DUE: Thursday, 10/6, MIDNIGHT.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Seminar Reflection + Writing Goals. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Tuesday, 10/4, MIDNIGHT.

Announcements:

Wednesdays from now → Thanksgiving
1. 1st Period- Catch up/work time
2. 2nd/3rd periods- Senior Project Work with Kyle and Lori
3. 4th Period- Catch up/work time with Kyle or Lori
Sign Up for Conferences on Wednesday!

Starter 18

What questions do you have about how to cite things?
What makes citations hard?

Citation Workshop

MLA Citation Cheat Sheet
MLA In Text Citations
Review them
Do an example on the board for someone.

SHOW ME

Full citations for your articles (should have 2-3)
One example of an in-text citation

Conclusion
After you finish the analysis of your 3 figures, you need to have a ONE PARAGRAPH conclusion at the end of this. In your conclusion, I am looking for one paragraph that draws together and synthesizes the data you looked at in your analysis. This should include

Larger conclusions you are drawing from this research- how can you synthesize all this information?
What is still uncertain and should be studied further (essentially, what are questions you can’t answer from this data)

Work Time!
Goal =

To be completely done with 2 analysis, and started on the 3rd.
To have completed your Works Cited section at the end of your paper

Don’t forget, every analysis must have:

Introduction
Summary

Monday- Data That Matters

10/3/2022

DUE DATES- ON TIME

Senior Project Brainstorm 1: 3-2-1 Brainstorm. DUE: Wednesday, 10/5, Start of Class.
Data That Matters. DUE: Thursday, 10/6, MIDNIGHT.

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)

Seminar Reflection + Writing Goals. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Tuesday, 10/4, MIDNIGHT.

Announcements:

Wednesdays from now → Thanksgiving
1. 1st Period- Catch up/work time
2. 2nd/3rd periods- Senior Project Work with Kyle and Lori
3. 4th Period- Catch up/work time with Kyle or Lori
HONORS- Want to meet 4th period on Wednesday?
Sign Up for Conferences on Wednesday!

NO STARTER TODAY!
Let’s get right to work!

Data That Matters
Goal for Today = Analysis for one figure completely done, and started on the analysis for the second.

I will do a citation workshop TOMORROW, so feel free to cite now, but we will have time and space set aside for that tomorrow.

We will also talk about the CONCLUSION piece of this assignment tomorrow, as some people will likely be ready to write that at some point tomorrow. If you get there today, let me know!

Exit Ticket

What % of this assignment do you have complete (remember, you have to analyze 3 data figures, and then write a paragraph conclusion)?
Are there other writing workshops on specific skills(other than citations) that you think would be helpful for this particular assignment?

Forward>>

Weds- Senior Project Ideation

Tuesday- Interview Critiques and Scheduling

Monday- Dialogical Interviews + Interview Prep

Friday- Sociology Ethics + Idea Fishing

Thursday- FINISH Data That Matters!

Weds- Sr. Project Idea Fishing

Tuesday- Citations + Work Time

Monday- Data That Matters

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