Student Interview #2

Rick:

1. Do you mind having a project posted around the school?

No, I don't mind. 

2. What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?

Yes, I am quite satisfied with my work. But if we had a little more time, I would have maybe edit the sound effects better than now because I couldn't here it very well. 

3. What were some challenges? How did you solve those?

There were some challenges in preparing the costumes. I solved the issue later naturally.

4. Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?

No, actually it was straight forward.

5. How do you feel about the recommendations?

I'm quiet satisfied with the teacher's recommendation. :)

Thomas:

1. Do you mind having a project posted around the school?

Yes, actually I mind. 

2. What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?

Yes, I'm satisfied with it.

3. What were some challenges? How did you solve those?

One challenge was the time. We had to finish the Aurasma project in a short time, so we solved it by doing some individual work at home.

4. Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?

Well, the main motivation was the teacher assigning us the project as an assignment. I think we managed to make a "creative" project because the character we featured in our video had a clear connection to the real world, so it was easier to make a video.

5. How do you feel about the recommendations?

Good!

Project #3 Teacher Interviews

Ms. Robins

What project did your class work on?The 10th graders were working on making a literary journal based on a book about child soldiers, which is A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah. They were required to include enough drawings, analysis, photos, and a lot of stuff that can make their works more interesting.

Do you have any recommended works for our project?Yes. I was impressed in several journals done by Deanna Pistono, Maria Philip, Anastasia Irina Groenestijin, and Cindy Park.

Why do you think it deserves to be recognized?
Their journals were really creative. Their use of expression and the works of connecting literary elements with visual ideas were quite impressive to me.

Project #2 Teacher Interview

Ms. Battioni

• What project is your class currently working on?

Students chose a partner and worked together (Collaboration ESLR) to create an expert analysis of an assign Animal Farm character AND the person, idea or historical event that character represents in the time period of the Russian Revolution and immediately afterwards. They had to use their character's actions, dialogue and other details about the character and the historical figure he/she represents. Finally, they had to create a trigger image, make a short 2-minute video and Aurasmatize the whole thing!

• Do you have any recommended works for our project?

Yes, Rick Choi and Thomas Kim analyzed Old Major and tied his actions, ideas and speeches to those of Karl Marx, who is considered by man to be the "Father of Communism".

• Why do you think it deserves to be recognized?

I mention theirs because they…

- worked very well together on all parts of their project.
- independently conducted additional research on Karl Marx, his ideas and writings
- expertly analyzed the connections between Old Major and Karl Marx and
- communicated their information clearly and in an effective and entertaining way.
- independently managed their time in and out of class to produce work that showed creativity, engagement and complex thinking.

Interview: Ryan / Nikita

Student Interview
Ryan

1. Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
No, I do not mind having my project posted around the school.

2. What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
I am satisfied with my work because I was not expecting too much.

3. What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
Planning the FITT plan was not really challenging. However, it was challenging for actually doing the plan, it made me very tired.

4. Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
Yes, I did had some inspirations. I got ideas from the work-out we did in class until now, such as Tabata work-out. It was pretty challenging and fun.

5. How do you feel about the recommendations?
I was very surprised that Ms. Knoflick and you guys have chose my project. Before, I did not really had confidence on my work.

Niki

1. Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
Yes, I do not really want to have my plan posted around the school, but  I do not mind being posted online on the blog.

2. What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
I am not very satisfied with my work, because I have noticed that I could have done better. I want to make some changes for improvements.

3. What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
When actually doing my FITT plan, I was physically incapable of doing some of the movements. I had found out that I have to alter my workout to my own fit level.

4. Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
The motivation was that I felt I have been not doing much exercise nowadays that I needed to push myself to be more fit.

5. How do you feel about the recommendations?
I was surprised that I was chosen.

Project #1 Student Interviews

Avivi

Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
No, it's okay. 

What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
I am quite satisfied with the outcome, because I worked pretty hard this time. It was a little tough to find the colors, and to fill in Ms. Yung's requirements. 

What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
As I said, some colors were really hard to find and match together, for the gradations of color. Also, it was hard to match the sizes of the magazine pieces together. 

Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
Actually I had an inspiration from a pretty dolphin picture that I found online. The original picture was also showing dolphins under sunset, so I thought I also want to make an artwork like this. 

How do you feel about the recommendations?
Actually I was really surprised! I never expected that my work will be recognized by people other than my art teacher :)



Donald

Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
Yeah, sure. It's fine for me. 

What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
I think I could have done better, so I'm not very satisfied. I ran out of time, so it is kind of not totally complete for me. 

What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
For me, the challenge was matching the different types of papers and colors. 

Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
I wanted to involve eagle in my project, which represents the American emblem, freedom. 

How do you feel about the recommendations?
Cool!

Interview: Mr. Gray

   1. Do any students come to you with the lack of self-esteem?

Yes, students concerning their self-esteem is very common in high school, since it is closely connected to their academical and social success. 

   2. Do any students come to you because they are not recognized enough?

Actually they do, but not consciously. There certainly are students who feel that way, because they are struggling with the expectations to satisfy their teachers, parents, as well as themselves. 

   3. What are some of your advices for those students?

I would suggest them to recognize your own strengths. I think self-awareness is extremely important for high school students, and of course all the students must be recognized in different ways. Everyone of us is unique, so appreciate your powers. 

   4. What do you think about our project?

Cool! Your projects will reveal a lot of great things that were unnoticed before. Working and communicating with the teachers is a big part in this project, and courages are greatly needed in order to put those out from the closed classrooms and be recognized in the community. Also, your project creates positivity!

   5. Do you have any suggestions for us?

I would suggest to maybe present your idea in assembly and present your creative ideas. There are certain students who receives honors and recognized, but I want everyone to be recognized.