February 5
Group presentation
You are being asked to provide honest and supportive feedback to your peers regarding the presentation you saw today. Note that comments about your rating are required for each area. Providing only positive feedback, without critical assessment, does nothing to help your peers improve their presentation technique. Please ensure that your feedback is respectful and professional. Refer to the Assignment page for descriptions of the assessment criteria.
write about yourself
- What are you naturally good at? What is the thing you do better than others?
- What fills you with joy? What fills you with passion? What do you love to read about, talk about, dream about? What is your favorite hobby?(Note: Not your parents, teachers, or friends, rather YOU!)
- What makes time disappear for you? What activities really engage you? What makes the rest of the world fade into the background?
- What makes you different? What special talents, skills, and interests make you different?
- In what ways do you help others? What do your friends ask you for help with? What do your friends ask for advice about?
- What did you love to do as a child? When you were a child, what did you do when you had extra time? If you have all of the time in the world, how would you spend your time?
- What would you do if money didn't matter? What would you do if you already had a billion dollars and never had to think about earning money again?
february 7
pop quiz
Based on the readings for this cycle of FutureCasting work, please complete the quiz below.
Identity Package
This is a continuation of our discussion in class from Monday.
Personal S.W.O.T. analysis
To complete your own S.W.O.T. Analysis
- Find pictures on the Internet that represent the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in your life.
- Make a copy of one of the versions of the SWOT Analysis Templates provided below.
- For each picture you find, locate the picture on the Cartesian coordinate system (see an example below!). The x axis will range from weaknesses to strengths, and the y axis will range from threats to opportunities. As you place each picture on the Cartesian plane, make sure to consider where the picture best fits on the plane and provide a caption that explains why you placed the picture in that quadrant. Remember: You have to consider the relationship between the external factors and the internal factors when placing them on a Cartesian plane!
SWOT Analysis Templates:
To view the Google Drawings version go to bit.ly/sem-tech-swot To make a copy go to bit.ly/sem-tech-swot-copy To view the Google Slides version go to bit.ly/sem-tech-swot-slides To make a copy go to bit.ly/sem-tech-swot-slides-copy |
February 12
Who Will you be?
This is a continuation of the discussion about answering the question: Who are you?
Now we seek to answer the question: Who do you want to be?
Now we seek to answer the question: Who do you want to be?
Business Cards
During class today, a stack of business cards will be passed around. I want you to look at the stack and through the stack. Consider the following:
- Which cards stand out and why?
- How do the logos on the card communicate something about the person the card represents?
- How do logos, tag lines, and handles reinforce knowledge or understanding about the person the card represents?
- Which fonts are easiest to read?
- When you think about designing a business card for yourself, what do you consider imperative information? Why?
Today's work
There are several things you can be working on today. Here is a list of ways to focus your work as I have conferences with each of you.
- Continue to develop your website.
- Start on tonights homework: The Academy of Achievement.
- Begin developing your identity package.
- Read about developing a logo.
- Read about developing effective slides for presentation.
- Work on developing questions for your self-history.
- Write a journal reflection to answer the questions: Who are you? and Who will you be?
- Other: Defined by YOU!
The Academy of Achievement
Go to: http://www.achievement.org/find-my-role-model/www.achievement.org/find-my-role-model/
Use the drop down menus to identify achievers who had similar goals, personality, and challenges in life.
From the results, select one person that you want to learn more about
Use the drop down menus to identify achievers who had similar goals, personality, and challenges in life.
From the results, select one person that you want to learn more about
- Read his or her biography
- If there is a video available, watch the video
- Conduct additional online "research"
- Compare and contrast their experiences with your own (i.e. identify similarities and differences)
- Write a reflection about the similarities and differences as well as the inspiration your chosen role model provides you.
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