IE Reflection Term 4 2017
This term for my ie I researched ancient Mayans, my questions that I asked included; 1. Who were the ancient Mayans? 2. Where were they from? 3. What was their religion? 4. Why did they do sacrifice? 5. Did they invent anything that significantly impacted modern culture?
I enjoyed researching this topic because it really interested me and the Mayans have a very interesting culture and were quite an amazing people. My summary of my IE is the Ancient Mayans were an old civilisation who lived in Mexico. They invented the Mayan calendar and lots of historically important things they did a lot of sacrifice, they had lots of temples and some of which remain intact and some of which are in ruins, most are popular tourist sites. the Mayans still have a lot of relatives and descendants alive today, round about 7 million, they still live around Mexico, Central America and areas like Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula. The Mayans were and still are, a culturally significant people who invented lots of amazing things.
I like doing IEs because you actually get to pick a topic that interests you, at quite a lot of other schools you don’t get to do something as cool as this, you all have to learn about the same thing, I think, for example, if you aren’t interested in how engines work then you shouldn’t have to learn about how engines work, you should learn a topic that interests you.
This is the Success rubric that we used to determine how well we did:
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Ignite
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Came up with some ideas with support and needed extra support to think of an idea to investigate.
A positive attitude was encouraged and supported by teachers.
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Could brainstorm some ideas and with some support could relate these to an IE project.
A mostly positive attitude was shown towards IE learning.
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Brainstorm ideas about self/ Identify strengths/weaknesses/Identify curiosities and used these to choose a topic for IE.
I am curious, I ask questions and I look up things that interest me.
A very positive attitude was shown towards IE learning.
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Inquire
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Thought of questions to ask, with support.
1 - 2 questions asked.
Vocabulary Building:
0 - 4 keywords identified.
Finds some information.
Read some information from the internet.
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Asked some questions, mostly closed, independently.
3 - 4 refined questions asked.
Vocabulary Building:
5 - 10 keywords identified.
Collects relevant information from a small range of sources, including the internet.
Some information is summarised into own words.
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Asks purposeful, open, driving questions relevant to the topic.
Ideas and questions are connected to a real life issue or concern.
5 or more refined questions asked.
Vocabulary Building:
11 or more keywords identified.
Researched and read information from a variety of internet sites, as well as other sources, linking these sites.
Summarises all new information learnt into own words.
Engaged in deep reading and researching from a variety of resources, including internet, books and people. Linking all resources used. Interacted with a variety of media to explore wonder and learn about a topic. Making new connections to new learning.
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Dive
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A teacher booked me into conferences and workshops.
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Attended some workshops and used some conferences to get support with stretching learning.
Asked some new questions from new learning.
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Participated fully in workshop activities that were on offer.
Deep Learning was stretched by…. knowing what I needed to learn, asking questions, discovering and exploring new resources, booking into and participating in workshops.
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Create
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With support I made a plan and completed a creation for my IE.
Followed instructions or used a template to make my creation.
A creation was made.
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Planned my own idea and then had support to find resources and manage my time to complete my creation.
Adapted an idea for my creation.
Creation displays new learning.
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Planned an original idea that was related to my topic and followed it through to completion.
Created an original design, sourced my own resources and materials and managed my time effectively.
Creation has a social impact or shows the connection to the real life issue or concern.
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Share
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Some information and new learning is shared.
Shared a visual presentation.
Some visual language features have been thought about.
A template was used to share my new learning.
Oral presentation:
Speaks clearly sometimes, with little eye contact or confidence. Relies heavily on notes, reads presentation.
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Information and new learning is shared.
Visual presentation uses some of my own words and some correct spelling/punctuation.
Some visual language features have been used.
Some support was given to share my learning in an original way.
Oral presentation:
Speaks slowly and clearly. with eye contact, expressing some main points; logical sequence; checks notes sometimes.
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Information and new learning is clearly shared.
Visual presentation shares learning in my own words with clear information and spelling/punctuation most of the time.
Visual language features are used effectively:
Fonts, colours, layout, visuals/images.
New learning was shared in a personalised way.
Oral presentation:
Speaks slowly and clearly; eye contact; expressing main points; effective use of visual aids; with confidence; hand gestures; keeps a consistent pace; engaging the audience; finishes within time limit.
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Reflect
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Can identify what I did well and what I need to improve on.
Shared a blog post
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Can describe and reflect on some of the stages of my IE.
Can identify at least 2 next steps.
Shared a blog post with links to documentation,
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Can describe, explain, evaluate and reflect on all the stages of my IE.
Can identify new ideas and next steps.
Can relate new learning to a specific curriculum area and explain this new learning,
Write about my new learning in a detailed blog post and share the IE Rubric.
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