July 5th - Next steps (Entry #11)

After having my new topic decided, I decided to set some goals for the summer to complete before school starts, this will help me keep on track and I am going to be strict on myself so that I can finish what I told myself I was going to do. Here is a list I wish to complete before school starts:

• Decide on a method of organising all research
• The design aspect of the project (designing the report) 
• Finish the basics of investigating to give myself a better idea of the project
• Design problem
• Design brief 
• The business aspect of the project
• Find possible suppliers for hotdogs
• Calculate final cost
• Determine price through research
• Estimate demand
• Brainstorm materials needed
• Research procedure for making mass amounts of hotdogs 
• Brainstorm pages for the business report
• Determine roles of volunteers on hotdog stand
• Create an action plan

My process journal + Spring break goals (Entry #4)

I finally decided that I was going to go with an online blog as my process journal for the upcoming personal project that I will be working on the whole year. I was debating between a blog and an actual journal, even though keeping a written journal would look much nicer, I thought that it would take too much time to write and scan and page. Other reasons why I chose a blog as my process journal:

• Able to archive posts to see every reflection posted per month, this is great for looking at progress
• Posts separated by tags and categories, can be easily found
• Easy to use and less time consuming
• Accessible to everyone, anywhere

I'd say this week is the week everyone officially "started" their personal project, which includes setting up their personal project and having a meeting with their supervisor. Since the spring break is coming back, I have a lot of free time in my hands and I'd like to set up some goals for myself. By the end of spring break...

• Finish the school handbook and submit to committee to proofread
• Email Karen to see if there's anything she wants me to do
• Contact CDNIS teachers who agreed to participate in event (Mr. Lovegrove and Mr. Hughes)