Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Action Project reflections

The last page of your Report on an Action Project booklet asks you to reflect on the project.

Here are some ideas for you to consider:

Did the project go well?
What went well?
What did you do well?
Could you have done anything differently?
What did others do well?
Do you think the project was well organised?
Did anything affect you and make you change your mind about the subject?
Did  you learn anything about working in a team?
Did you learn anything about yourself?
Were you surprised about what you learnt?
Did you learn any new skills?
What are you most proud of in this action project?
Did your project turn out as you first imagined it? What changed? How did you respond to those
changes?

If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently?
What did you learn about collaboration and teamwork through this project? What was satisfying about it? What was frustrating?
What problems did you encounter as you carried out your plan? Did you hit any roadblocks? If so, how did you respond?
How has your understanding of the topic changed over the course of this project?
How have you developed civic responsibility through this project?


Have you any recommendations if another group decided to do a similar project?
Such as:
Time to complete the project.
Good team activities.
Activities that were not successful .
Resources needed.
Websites visited for information.
People to contact.
Problem solving techniques.

Some information for this post gathered from here

Monday, October 3, 2011

The impact of Fair Trade

See how Fair Trade can impact the lives of one Pakistani village.


and here see how Fair Trade can support young entrepreneurs.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Irish Presidential elections

Concept: Democracy

Here is a link to how the President of Ireland is elected.

www.environ.ie

Monday, September 26, 2011

Administrative Skills

The following skill will be useful for your Action Project

Administrative Skills
  • Writing
  • Typing
  • Filing
  • Telephoning
  • Making bookings
  • Accounting for funds
  • Keeping records

Skills of Analysis

The following skill will be useful for your Action Project

Skills of Analysis
  • Reading and understanding materials and arguments
  • Thinking about arguments and viewpoints
  • Identifying other views and judging them
  • Finding and gathering as well as presenting facts and figures
  • Preparing graphs and diagrams

Debating Skills

The following skill will be useful for your Action Project

Debating Skills
  • Speaking
  • Arranging your materials
  • Identifying key arguments and points
  • Being able to back up an argument
  • Seeing many sides to an argument
  • Being skilful with language

Presentation Skills

The following skill will be useful for your Action Project

Presentation Skills
  • Public speaking to large or small groups
  • Deciding on what to present and which arguments to use
  • Structuring what you want to say
  • Using visual materials to present your facts or arguments or those of others