Project Proposal

20% Time Project Proposal

 

Name: Maggie Tennant

Project Title: Genius hour

Project Start Date: November 7, 2014

Project Completion Date: May 15, 2015

Mentor’s Name: Dayna Browning

Brief Description: A continuous online discussion of current events and life’s unanswered questions

 

Overview of Project Proposal

 

7)      Project Objective:

            For 20% of my time in Mrs. Browning’s class I will be researching and writing a blog to answer a life question. I will post my thoughts and opinions on my blog at least once a week. I will research the current events and then post a monthly  article that follows this event and helps answer the question.

 

2) Project Rationale:

            I am doing this project because I enjoy doing this. This year, I signed up to take a journalism class, and it’s not delivering the same thing I asked for. I do like putting on the school news, but it is lacking the reporting aspect. This project will help me satisfy that feeling, and improve my writing and world views at the same time.

 

3) Project Steps:

- identify mentors

- set publishing goals

- ask life question

-research event

-publish article monthly

-answer question!

-present ted talk

- present project

 

4) Timeline of Activities:

November 2014: find mentor, set publishing goal, ask question, find event, research

December 2014: write article, think about question, research

January 2015: research, article

February 2015: research, article

March 2015: RESEARCH, ARTICLE

April 2015: RESEARCH, ARTICLE

May 2015: RESEARCH, ARTICLE

 

5) Available Human and Material Resources:

·         NPR

·         Time magazine

·         Huffingtonpost.com

·         Nytimes.com

 

6) Possible Road Blocks:

·         Losing interest in the project

·         procrastination

7) Research Questions:

·         Are all the hours and resources spent on saving and improving lives worth it if human’s just hack the system anyways?

·         How much is a human life worth?