I think 20 time was an amazing project. People who embraced it made it really special and learned from it. For others it was free time to not be in class, but even those people learned the repurcussions of procrastination and can hopefully improve their work ethic.
For students who do this next year it should be all year, instead of only one semester. They should also make more detailed schedules. My schedule was only based on weekly progress, but I think it would have been better if I had made daily goals for myself to avoid procrastination.
Definetely don't take away the freedom of this project. I felt like I had no limits during this semester's project, and it has been a great way to work. Also, weekly blog posts should stay at that interval because the updates are close enough where you can see the project's small steps but also far enough apart where you can reflect on the week.
More students should be able to do a 20 time project because it teaches about yourself and whatever else you are learning about. I'll talk a lot about this in my Ted Talk on Tuesday (!!!), but basically it's important for school to be partially interesting and this may be the only way to do that. It's also a good way to prepare for college/future jobs because we don't have as many guidelines or structure.
My advice to future 20 timers: don't give up. Even if you have to take a raincheck once and a while, always try to improve. It's so much better to see how far you've come with bumps in the road than looking back and seeing where potential was lost. Ask for help, and keep going.
I wish I could have done more research on each individual country so that I could have made better presentations to the class. I also wish transportation of the food to school could have been better because there were some mishaps there. Other than logistics I really like where this project got me. Now I am more globally aware I feel more comfortable in the kitchen and experimenting with things, and I eat a lot healthier now. I also feel like I taught people information they didn't already know and opened my classmates up to different foods. I'm really pleased with how our class did our projects.
For students who do this next year it should be all year, instead of only one semester. They should also make more detailed schedules. My schedule was only based on weekly progress, but I think it would have been better if I had made daily goals for myself to avoid procrastination.
Definetely don't take away the freedom of this project. I felt like I had no limits during this semester's project, and it has been a great way to work. Also, weekly blog posts should stay at that interval because the updates are close enough where you can see the project's small steps but also far enough apart where you can reflect on the week.
More students should be able to do a 20 time project because it teaches about yourself and whatever else you are learning about. I'll talk a lot about this in my Ted Talk on Tuesday (!!!), but basically it's important for school to be partially interesting and this may be the only way to do that. It's also a good way to prepare for college/future jobs because we don't have as many guidelines or structure.
My advice to future 20 timers: don't give up. Even if you have to take a raincheck once and a while, always try to improve. It's so much better to see how far you've come with bumps in the road than looking back and seeing where potential was lost. Ask for help, and keep going.
I wish I could have done more research on each individual country so that I could have made better presentations to the class. I also wish transportation of the food to school could have been better because there were some mishaps there. Other than logistics I really like where this project got me. Now I am more globally aware I feel more comfortable in the kitchen and experimenting with things, and I eat a lot healthier now. I also feel like I taught people information they didn't already know and opened my classmates up to different foods. I'm really pleased with how our class did our projects.