On Service Learning

        Public schools in the United States have been requiring students to actively participate in service learning by volunteering, attending events, and helping the community for decades. Service learning, or community service is one of the most beneficial activities that a young student could be involved in. Not only does service learning help improve the community, it benefits the student by presenting the unique opportunity to gain more knowledge, experience, and a sense of community through healthy interactions, meeting new people, and exposure to unique and individualized scenarios.

CyberFair Planning Guide

CyberFair Connecting Youth Through Volunteerism

Global SchoolNet Project Planning Guide

Scope: Define and describe your project.

·      What are you trying to accomplish?

I want to create a website to house the projects created by cal Coast Academy.

·      What is the story you are telling?
How Cal Coast Students are involved in service learning and volunteerism

·      How will you share it? (e.g. making live presentations, social media)
I will create a website, use social media, and link blogs

Time Management:

·      When does the project start and when is it over?
1/30/14-5/15/14

·      What are the important milestones?
3/15/14 the projects are due,

·      Estimate how much time you will spend each day working on your project.
I will be working 1-2 hours on the project a day

·      How will you log and track your activities?
I will use my blog to keep track of my work on my project

Resources Needed: What do you need to complete your project?

·      People
Partnering with Alex and other Cal Coast students, and multiple teachers for help.

·      Technology
Social Media Sites, the internet, and various computer programs for editing.

·      Other

Risk Analysis: What could possibly go wrong and if it does, how will your handle it?

I could use various programs, back up files, and use multiple computers in case of computer failures.

Evaluation: What is the significance of evaluation?
The significance of evaluation is to look back at your work and to learn how to make improvements or repeat success.

·      Self Evaluation: How will you evaluate your own project?
I will use my blog to evaluate the project.

·      Peer Review: Are you familiar with the Peer Review process?

Yes

·      Teacher Evaluation: How will your teacher evaluate your project?

Time Management: Estimate how much time will be allocated to each of these elements.

Tasks		Entire Project	Weekly	Daily
Planning and preparing 2/7/14 1-2 hours of brainstorming. 2/11/14 30 minutes of setting up blog
Doing original research and collecting assets (e.g. images, videos, interviews) 2/7/14 30 minutes looking at websites for ideas 2/21/14 2 hours researching tools for website
Telling the story (e.g. web, video, blog, narrative) 2/26/14 2 hours learning how to create a website 3/9/14 5 hours at Rancho Coastal Humane Society 3/1/14-3/15/14 6 Hours Designing Website
Evaluating 3/14/13 45 minutes evaluating two cyberfair projects
Outreach and sharing
Other