Goals

=Goals=

When I type my goals, it is required that I use the following 22 terms to indicate my goal: categorize, complete, deduce, demonstrate, determine, diagram, distinguish, elaborate, examine, explain, generate, interpret, justify, measure, organize, quantify, qualify redesign, relate, revise, simplify, synthesize, type

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Thursday-Friday, May 13-14, 2010 1. a. 2. a.

Wednesday-Thursday, May 12-13, 2010 1. a. 2. a.

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 11-12, 2010 1. Complete additional 5 slides for presentation. a. See powerpoint in presentation page. 2. Complete additional 5 slides for presentation. a. See powerpoint in presentation page.

Friday-Tuesday, May 7-11, 2010 1. Complete animoto presentation a. See Presentation page 2. Complete Portfolio a. See completed and organized wikispace

Thursday-Friday, May 6-7, 2010 1. Generate and send mentor meeting follow-up. a. See Mentor Meetings page. 2. Organize additional images/cartoons for use in presentation. a. See saved images on flashdrive.

Wednesday-Thursday, May 5-6, 2010 1. Type specific outline of Presentation. a. See outline in notebook. 2. Organize 5 images for use in presentation. a. See saved images on flashdrive.

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 4-5, 2010 1. Generate and send mentor email for next mentor meeting. a. See Mentor Meetings page. 2. Examine various powerpoint designs. a. See chosen powerpoint design on flashdrive file.

Monday-Tuesday, May 3-4, 2010 1. Generate evaluation section of proposal. a. See project page 2. Generate abstract section of proposal. a. See project page

Friday-Monday, April 30- May 3, 2010 1. Generate additional two paragraphs of proposal "design" a. See project page 2. Examine Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition letter to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology February 15, 2010 a. See annotations in notebook.

Thursday-Friday, April 29-30, 2010 1. Organize LEEP forms and turn into main office. a. LEEP forms turned into main office on April 30, 2010 2. Complete additional paragraph for proposal. a. See project page on wikispace.

Wednesday-Thursday, April 28-29, 2010 1. Complete LEEP forms and create wiki page a. See LEEP wiki page 2. Revise paragraph of proposal design. a. See project page on wikispace.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 27-28, 2010 1. Generate goals for project proposal. a. See project page on wikispace. 2. Generate one paragraph of proposal design page. a. See project page on wikispace.

Friday-Tuesday, April 23-27, 2010 1. Generate introduction for proposal. a. See introduction on Project page. 2. Type and send next mentor meeting email. a. See mentor meetings page.

Thursday-Friday, April 22-23, 2010 1. Organize resources for proposal. a. See outline/notes in notebook. 2. Generate citations on sources used for project. a. See citations in notebook for today.

Wednesday-Thursday, April 21-22, 2010 1. Complete mentor meeting follow up. a. See mentor meetings page. 2. Organize research paper information to be included in proposal. a. See notes in notebook for today.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 20-21, 2010 1. Interpret "Reshaping Mathematics, Science, and NCLB" a. See highlighted and annotated printout in notebook for today. 2. Interpret "Fixing US STEM education is possible, but will take money" a. See highlighted and annotated printout in notebook for today.

Monday-Tuesday, April 19-20, 2010 1. Email Matt Zieger, the PA STEM Chief Operating Officer a. See email printed in notebook for today. 2. Interpret CRS Report for Congress a. See highlighted and annotated printout in notebook for today.

Friday-Monday April 16-19, 2010 1. Complete responses to class activity number 5 a. See Presentation page 2. Determine what project will be completed. a. See notes in notebook for today.

Thursday-Friday, April 15-16, 2010 1. Complete responses to class activity number 4 a. See Project page 2. Generate initial outline of project. a. See Presentation page as this information was transferred here on Sunday, April 18, 2010.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 13-14, 2010 1. Synthesize notes from meetings with Rohrbach and Hackney. a. See typed notes in notebook for today. 2. Examine bill format from Youth in Government member. a. See bill format in notebook for today.

Thursday-Friday April 8-9, 2010 1. Organize questions for meeting on Friday at 10am with Mrs. Rohrbach. a. See selected questions in notebook for today. 2. Type and send email to Arne Duncan at arne.duncan@ed.gov for information regarding new testing plans. a. See email in notebook for today.

Wednesday-Thursday April 7-8, 2010 1. Organize Blueprint for Reform document provided by Mrs. Pirmann a. See selected pages annotated in notebook for April 5, 2010 2. Deduce STEM program posted by PA Dept of Education a. See selected pages annotated in notebook for April 5, 2010

Monday-Tuesday March 28-29, 2010 1. Generate email to mentor regarding second mentor meeting. a. See Mentor Meetings page for email etc. 2. Determine specifics regarding project. a. See notes in notebook for March 29.

Friday-Monday March 26-28, 2010 1. Revise draft based on Maggie's revisions. a. See Research Paper page for updated version. 2. Examine draft for organizational issues. a. See See Research Paper page for updated version. 3. Complete final paper. a. See Research Paper page and final paper turned in during class on Monday.

Thursday-Friday, March 25-26, 2010 1. Revise draft based on Sals's revisions. a. See Research Paper page for updated version. 2. Revise draft based on Tierney's revisions. a. See Research Paper page for updated version.

Wednesday- Thursday, March 24-25, 2010 1. Complete enhancement notes A-D for Tierney's revisions. a. See Research Paper page. 2. Complete enhancement notes A-D for Maggie's revisions. a. See Research Paper page.

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 23-24, 2010 1. Complete enhancement notes A-D for Sal's revisions a. See Research Paper page. 2. Generate email to Mentor for meeting for tomorrow. a. See Mentor Meetings page.

Thursday-Friday March 18-19, 2010 1. Organize works consulted page. a. See Bibliography page documents. 2. Complete three rough drafts for Friday's class period. a. See hard copies in class on Friday March 19, 2010.

Wednesday-Thursday March 17-18, 2010 1. Organize works cited page. a. See Bibliography page documents 2. Revise Rough Draft for errors a. See Research Paper page for revised document.

Thursday-Monday, March 11-15, 2010 1. Complete research paper rough draft. a. Completed on 3-13-10, see research paper page.
 * Due to the workload needed to complete this goal, I feel that it satisfies the two goals required per day.

Wednesday- Thursday, March 10-11, 2010 1. Generate notes on "States Develop Nation Set of Standards, Hope to Improve US Education" Article a. See notes in notebook for today. 2. Update bibliography page. a. See updated Bibliography page for updated version as of 3-10-10.

Monday - Tuesday, March 8-9, 2010 While I have been conducting my research: A. I acknowledge that I have one habit that has helped me be successful and one habit that I should change to be more successful: a. I am very organized in note taking and am on top of all source notes b. Leaving the citations for another time has caused me to catch up on the bibliography several times, in the future I should cite and annotate after taking notes.

NOTE: Mr. Alexander gave my permission to complete only 2 goal days per week.

1.Examine "Administration Outlines Proposed Changes to 'No Child' Law" a. See Notes in notebook for today 2. Interpret "A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools" a. See notes in notebook for today 3. Generate questions for Wednesday meeting with Principle Hackney. a. See questions in notebook for today.

Friday-Monday, March 5-8, 2010 1. Revise Bibliography page a. See updates on bibliography page. 2. Interpret __The Myth and Reality of No Child Left Behind__ a. See notes in notebook. 3. Generate outline a. See completed outline on Outline page.

Thursday - Friday, March 4-5, 2010 1. Examine "How to Fix No Child Left Behind" a. See notes in notebook. 2. Interpret the United States Department of Education letter regarding Pennsylvania's successes under NCLB. a. See notes in notebook.

Wednesday - Thursday, March 3-4, 2010 1. Examine Nick Anderson's "Administration pushes to rework No Child Left Behind law" article a. See notes in notebook. 2. Interpret Mary K. Bruce's "Obama to Overhaul 'No Child Left Behind'" Article a. See notes in notebook.

Tuesday- Wednesday, March 2-3, 2010 1. Examine "Testing Is a Crucial Part of Measuring Educational Accountability” –Christina Fisanick a. See notes in notebook. 2. Interpret “Management in Philadelphia Schools” –Paul E. Peterson and Matthew M. Chingos a. See notes in notebook.

Friday-Tuesday, February 26 - March 2, 2010 1.Examine "Unintended Educational and Social Consequences of the No Child Left Behind Act" a. See notes in Notebook 2. Deduce arguments in "Time to Kill 'No child left Behind'" a. See notes in Notebook 3. Generate bibliography page. a. See bibliography page - updated as of 2-28-10.

Thursday - Friday, February 25-26, 2010 1. Generate topic ideas from __No Child Left Behind and the Illusion of Reform__ a. See notes in notebook. 2. Deduce arguments of __The Assessment Debate__ a. See notes in notebook.

Wednesday - Thursday, February 24-25, 2010 1. Finish interpreting the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Standards Aligned System. a. See completed notes in notebook. 2. Synthesize No Child Left Behind. a. See notes in notebook.

Tuesday- Wednesday, February 23-24, 2010 1.Examine //Education Week//'s "Standardized Testing and Its Victims" article. a. See notes in notebook. 2. Begin to interpret the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Standards Aligned System. a. See notes in notebook.

Monday - Tuesday, February 22-23, 2010 1. Interpret "Improving Public Schools" Article from //Pittsburgh's Future//. a. Goals and key points listed in notebook. 2. Examine Family Education's "Choosing a Quality High School: Five Questions You Should Ask" article. a. Elaboration on questions in notebook.

Friday-Monday, February 19-22, 2010 1.Examine the Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign's Press Conference from January 23, 2008. a. Listed important points and goals of the committee in notebook. 2. Interpret Philadelphia Magazine's "Schools 2009: ranking Methodology" article. a. Organized categories etc. in notebook.

Thursday-Friday, February 18-19, 2010 1. Deduce "Methodology: America's Best High Schools" a. Listed components on "best high schools" in notebook. 2. Examine various mission statements of high schools in area to learn about school goals. a. Researched several school district/high school mission statements and listed in notebook.

Wednesday-Thursday, February 17-18, 2010 1. Examine the Media Awareness Network's "Marketing to Teens - Advertising Strategies" article. a. Assessed and listed successful marketing strategies in notebook. 2. Interpret "Teens Both Fickle about and Obsessed with Brands" article. a. Organized statistics in teen branding in notebook.