While the deadline has passed to sign up, new students can certainly do their own passion projects and submit them for sharing.
So far we have students writing and sharing songs, blogs, websites, stories and a novel, poems, code, interviewing alumni, teaching classes and mentoring projects for younger students, doing a Ted Talk, making and editing videos, making masks, and starting a baking business. They will be learning and teaching about the Chinese Exclusion Act, food science, fogponics, how to code, gentrification, current politics, the crisis in Yemen, comparing Covid in different countries, discrimination in health care, climate change, how to reduce plastic in businesses, sharing college advice, staying organized with schoolwork, how not to raise a serial killer, photography, how to make miso and more. I am impressed with the initiative these students are taking! It is not too late to delve into an independent learning project. Projects due by Aug 25th to [email protected].
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With the lack of summer jobs, internships, and other opportunities in 2020, students are looking for ways to learn and expand their experiences while at home. An independent passion project (aka 20% time project) is a great way to take advantage of this time to delve into personal interests and it also shows student initiative. Projects that involve research and learning can be shared with teachers who write recommendation letters, be incorporated into college essays, and included on applications.
The Summer Passion Project involves a student (or a group of students) developing their own project and learning about something they are passionate about, but also sharing the learning in a way that could be useful or potentially useful. Product Something that is key about a passion project is making a product and connecting with a real audience and purpose. Think about what you love doing or want to challenge yourself to do (such as public speaking). Here are some examples of projects:
Learning What do you wonder about? If you were looking for a class to take, what would it be? Be creative - it could be anything from microbes to motorcycles. Notice if there are themes to the books you want to read or podcasts you want to hear. What is something you would like to improve (eg. Equity, climate, health)? What bothers you? Who do you want to help (eg. children, seniors, English Language Learners, protesters, other Tech students)? Try a brainstorm starting with “what if…” Here are some examples of what students have done just to get an idea of the range of possible projects. Note that some would need more learning to be a Passion Project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGkm5XDDagI or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xupHuEk8p7g |
AuthorMs. Ferguson is one of the librarians at Brooklyn Tech. She has a background in service learning and this is one of her passion projects. Archives
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