New Challenge: Projects :)
Hello!
Time for a new challenge! This means you have one week to finish the last one.
As always, extra credit for sharing your work in a public way so that others may benefit from your learning.
So, before we start.
Get paper and pencil (or whatever) and write down the following. Just a note to yourself about what you are thinking of. One sentence, or just a few words is fine. NO RUSH here, if it takes you a minute, that is great, if you need to go think about it for an hour or two, also great. DO NOT READ THE NEXT SECTION UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN THE FOLLOWING:
Two projects.
The first is a project that you could do in the next few months. So, you need to already know most of the skills, have most of the physical tools, and understand at least the general research in this area.
The second is your dream project. You have unlimited time, funding, and resources. What do you make???
NO LOOKING AHEAD!!! ONLY CLICK AFTER YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN YOUR TWO PROJECTS!!!!
New challenge = write a proposal (or two).
So, what is a proposal? It is a short piece of writing which lays out the background research and methods for how you would do a project, before you start the project.
Ideally, please do both of these following, one as a full proposal (at least two pages), the other as a single paragraph. The single paragraph is more of an "idea" proposal, whereas the longer one is designed to make you think about both the why and how of your project.
What goes into a full proposal? Two parts, the introduction and the methods. Introduction = the whys of this project. Why are YOU interested in doing this project? Why would other people be interested in it? Does it use new methods, research, etc? Why is it interesting in general? Why would it be awesome for you to dedicate your time and money to THIS project? Why is this project awesome? Why does your research support THIS interpretation? Why do you think medieval people would have used THIS thing and not some other form of it?
Methods: the HOWS of your project. Go as far into detail here as YOU need to complete the project. You always need to describe EXACTLY HOW you will complete this project. Timelines, budgets, materials lists, all that goes HERE. If YOU don't need those things, that is fine, but you do need at least a general discussion of things like what tools you will use, and other descriptions of HOW you are going to make your thing.
PLEASE NOTE, in order to do a full proposal, you will need to have references/research done. Yes, that is a hint (GO DO MORE RESEARCH IN YOUR FIELD and/or pull out all those papers and books you've been hording and read through them again).
So, as usual, you have about a month. Let's say September Crown :)
Just a note, I will have prizes at September Crown for those who have been playing along, and likely another set of prizes at 12th night, since the fun will continue after September Crown!
Time for a new challenge! This means you have one week to finish the last one.
As always, extra credit for sharing your work in a public way so that others may benefit from your learning.
So, before we start.
Get paper and pencil (or whatever) and write down the following. Just a note to yourself about what you are thinking of. One sentence, or just a few words is fine. NO RUSH here, if it takes you a minute, that is great, if you need to go think about it for an hour or two, also great. DO NOT READ THE NEXT SECTION UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN THE FOLLOWING:
Two projects.
The first is a project that you could do in the next few months. So, you need to already know most of the skills, have most of the physical tools, and understand at least the general research in this area.
The second is your dream project. You have unlimited time, funding, and resources. What do you make???
NO LOOKING AHEAD!!! ONLY CLICK AFTER YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN YOUR TWO PROJECTS!!!!
New challenge = write a proposal (or two).
So, what is a proposal? It is a short piece of writing which lays out the background research and methods for how you would do a project, before you start the project.
Ideally, please do both of these following, one as a full proposal (at least two pages), the other as a single paragraph. The single paragraph is more of an "idea" proposal, whereas the longer one is designed to make you think about both the why and how of your project.
What goes into a full proposal? Two parts, the introduction and the methods. Introduction = the whys of this project. Why are YOU interested in doing this project? Why would other people be interested in it? Does it use new methods, research, etc? Why is it interesting in general? Why would it be awesome for you to dedicate your time and money to THIS project? Why is this project awesome? Why does your research support THIS interpretation? Why do you think medieval people would have used THIS thing and not some other form of it?
Methods: the HOWS of your project. Go as far into detail here as YOU need to complete the project. You always need to describe EXACTLY HOW you will complete this project. Timelines, budgets, materials lists, all that goes HERE. If YOU don't need those things, that is fine, but you do need at least a general discussion of things like what tools you will use, and other descriptions of HOW you are going to make your thing.
PLEASE NOTE, in order to do a full proposal, you will need to have references/research done. Yes, that is a hint (GO DO MORE RESEARCH IN YOUR FIELD and/or pull out all those papers and books you've been hording and read through them again).
So, as usual, you have about a month. Let's say September Crown :)
Just a note, I will have prizes at September Crown for those who have been playing along, and likely another set of prizes at 12th night, since the fun will continue after September Crown!