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