Task 2: Journal
The journal will need be written in each week for the entire semester. It is a good idea to set one lesson aside each week to update your journal and reflect on your progress as you go.
The pro-forma for the journal is on Daymap and looks like this:
The pro-forma for the journal is on Daymap and looks like this:
- 1st column, list all tasks performed
- 2nd column discussing the skills and knowledge you have gained from that week.
This could be anything from organisation skills, communicating with people, researching skills, learning to reference, testing out art media, drawing designs to problem solve, etc. - 3rd column, reflect and evaluate your work from the week.
-Were you successful in the tasks that you set out to do?
-Did you encounter any problems?
-What could you have done differently to get better results? - 4th column, reflect on how you have used and how you are developing your chosen capability as well as literacy and numeracy. If you don't feel as though you are developing this capability, you need to reflect on how you can develop it.
- 5th column, what evidence do you have?
This can be anything from: the contract itself, your research pages, notes from videos, any drawings or media experiments, photos of your progress, Daymap messages with your mentor or other teachers about your project, written feedback from mentor or other people, etc.
For example: