#12 University Research Project

Link to McLeans Online Magazine

Your Assignment: 

1. In groups of 2 or 3...snoop through the Maclean's Website and select a Canadian University to research. 

Note: You may also choose to research a trade school or any other college that is not mentioned in this magazine article.

2. Tell Ms. Echols which school/training program you are going to research (and who you are working with) Note: If you have not picked a school to research by next class, Ms. Echols will assign you something!

3. Assignment Critera:

• You will be creating a 1-page handout/flyer about your chosen institution that can be photocopied and given to each person in the class (including Ms. Echols)
• You will also be doing a 5 minute presentation to the class about your chosen/given school....

a) Who are they? (name)

b) What is the atmosphere/culture like?

c) Where exactly is the school?

d) Why would someone want to go there? (What is the school best known for?

e) How would you get there? (Entrance requirements, Cost...etc)

f) Anything else you think would be relevant

4. You will be assessed by your peers. 

5. Due Date: Friday, June 10th (no lates, no exceptions). 

At the end of the day...everyone will be expected to have a copy of each presentation (19 in total) added to their Planning 10 process journals.

Block D1 ~ Schedule

Friday, June 10        Institution Name:                     Student Names:

12:20-12:25	McGill	Aquayla	Ahnika
12:30-12:35	UNBC	Amanda	Delilah
12:40-12:45	Acadia	Solene	Sebastian	Yi Fei
12:50-12:55	Mount Allison	Erin	Julia

Monday, June 13       Institution Name:                  Student Names:

1:20-1:25	McMaster	Samara	Mackenzie
1:30-1:35	OCAD	Maria	Suhyun	Youjin
1:40-1:45	Emily Carr	Lauren	Sarah	Brooke
1:50-1:55	Queens	Kassidy	Zoe
2:00-2:05	Concordia	Jinu	Christian

 Block D2 ~ Schedule

Friday, June 10        Institution Name:                     Student Names:

1:20-1:25	UBC	Trevor	Kevin
1:30-1:35	UVIC	Kaitlyn	Brooke
1:40-1:45	U of T	Mel	Anne	Jenny
1:50-1:55	SFU	June	Lena
2:00-2:05	Capilano University	Emma	Davinia

Tuesday, June 14       Institution Name:                  Student Names:

1:20-1:25	Quest	Sofia	Cindy	Madison
1:30-1:35	Alberta U	Teyha	Haley	Josie
1:40-1:45	York	Ricky	William	Angel & Joy
1:50-1:55	BCIT	Luke	Joel	Austin
2:00-2:05	KPU	Monica	Jackson

  

#11 Big Brothers Big Sisters

Big Brothers Big Sisters Prezi Presentation

#10) Book Binding Instructions

~The Crazy 8's~ 

~A4M1~

~Crazy 8's~

~Team LAMS!~

Lauren, Solene, Amanda, Mackenzie

~The Queens~

Emma, Teyha, Hyein, Joy

~Team Sleep~

~The Yifei Group~

Jinu, Delilah, Brooke, Yifei

#9) The Importance of Sleep

Watch these 2 videos on the importance of sleep. Take DETAILED notes. You will be expected to create a formal response based on what you have learned....

1. 

Click on this link: How to Succeed = Get More Sleep

In this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our sleep deficits, she urges us to shut our eyes and see the big picture: We can sleep our way to increased productivity and happiness — and smarter decision-making.

Click on this link: Why Do We Sleep?

Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives. In this talk, Foster shares three popular theories about why we sleep, busts some myths about how much sleep we need at different ages — and hints at some bold new uses of sleep as a predictor of mental health.

Here are some previous student examples...

#7) Guest Speaker ~ Drew Dudley, Nuance Leadership Inc.

Drew Dudley

Drew Dudley, Nuance Leadership Inc.

Drew Dudley

Our guest today is the Founder & Chief Catalyst of Nuance Leadership Inc., which helps organizations around the world increase their leadership capacity.  His clients have included some of the world’s most dynamic companies and organizations, including Dreamworks Animation, JP Morgan Chase, and over 75 colleges and universities.

Prior to founding Nuance, he spent 8 years as the Director of one of Canada’s largest leadership development programs at the University of Toronto, and served as National Chair of Shinerama, which mobilized 35,000 volunteers to raise a million dollars annually to support the work of Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

Drew has spoken to over 250,000 people on 5 continents, been featured on The Huffington Post, Radio America, Forbes.com, and TED.com, where his “TED talk” has been voted “one of the 15 most inspirational TED talks of all time” with millions of views around the web.

His friends will tell you that he would be significantly more impressive if he didn’t have an embarrassingly large stuffed penguin collection for a grown man.

Ladies and Gentlemen............................please welcome Drew Dudley!

https://www.ted.com/speakers/drew_dudley

http://drewdudley.com/

By the way....the presentation that Drew did at LFAS was not the one he usually gives to high school students. He gave a similar speech to the one he does for "Corporate" clients (as in the one he would normally bill $15,000 for) because he thought you were all advanced enough to handle it. How lucky are we?!!! This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and as a thank you, I expect you all to do your BEST WORK when you create your responses. Here are some ideas on what you could do:

1. Write Drew a personal "thank you" letter (make sure it's legible!)
2. Type 3 paragraphs:  What?/So what?/Now what?
3. Create a poem or a song
4. Visual Response using collage, text, and/or drawing

~Ms. Echols will be colour copying all your responses and turning them into a book that we will send to Drew as a big "Thank You!"