Friday, January 6 -- Weeks 17 and 18 TRADITIONAL CALENDAR

 

Just keep swimming!  You are almost to the finish line!

 

Your final exam activities are listed in Weeks 17 and 18 and are due when our course ends on Friday, January 13. Please read the separate announcement posted in this forum about final exam activities as well as the last two announcements posted before the break -- you will find important information in each.

All weeks are open from January 2-January 9 to allow you to catch up on any missing work.  Remember that late work penalties apply to any missing work you turn in during this time.  Be sure to message me in the course when you have added a reply to any discussion board -- I do not see your replies automatically.  Your module work counts as 75% of your final grade so take advantage of this opportunity!

Your Final Exam consists of three activities averaged together to equal 25% of your grade.  Here is the break-down:

• Course Feedback    6.25%
• Leadership Inventory   6.25%
• Leadership Guidebook Proposal    12.5%

Below you will find the overview of your assignments I have posted in previous announcements.  I have highlighted pieces of the overview that have been an issue in the assignments I have graded already:

• Course Feedback - This assignment asks you to answer 5 questions about the course.  Remember to answer each question honestly and thoroughly.  Please do not post short, vague, and/or incomplete answers.  Each question should be answered with a well-developed paragraph.
• Leadership Inventory - This assignment asks you to answer 5 questions about your leadership journey.  It is a reflection.   The purpose of the assignment is for you to describe your experience and how it has changed you or helped you grow.  You should offer specific details from your experience AND from the texts used in the course.  When your inventory is finished, anyone who reads it should have a clear picture of how this experience affected you and how you have made progress.  Keep in mind that saying you have not grown is not an answer -- if you did even one assignment in this course, you have grown.
• Leadership Guidebook Proposal - This assignment is weighted more than the others.  To show your understanding of the content and to help other teens on their leadership journeys, you will create a guidebook proposal for a book about leadership development.  You have the opportunity to be very creative for this assignment!  Be sure to include all of the requirements (i.e. title, table of contents, etc.) in your proposal.  Be sure you are following the directions. I created a template (posted in the assignment) to guide you.  You do not have to use PowerPoint -- the template is suggested but it does include the required parts as well as ideas for going above and beyond.  You are welcome to make a copy of the template and then add your information.  Or use the template for details about each element however you may use any web tool you want to use to create your final product.  Here are a few web tools that may be help you:  1.  Microsoft Office and/or Open Office and/or Google Applications -- each of these tools include a presentation maker, 2.  Prezi -- free version available, 3.  Posterini -- free version would be great for creating your book cover, 4.  Piktochart -- infographic maker free version available, 5.  Smore -- free version available (I love this tool and it is easy to use).

Headings created by Melissa Dettman using Canva.