Mentor Logs

Go to p. 8-3 in your capstone handbook (or view for the capstone handbook online) for an overview of what to include in every mentor log. Post a mentor log to your blog within three days of spending time with your mentor and/or working on your physical project. 

• It is up to you how you format your mentor logs, but you must make sure to include the required content.

•  The mentor logs are very important to your project-- it is how you monitor your progress throughout the physical project, it is how your mentor observes your progress, and it is how I evaluate you on your capstone project. 

• Share your blog URL with your mentor!

•  Use your best judgement as to how frequently you should post a mentor log (if you spend 10 minutes on something, you probably don't have much to write about.)

For an example of what is considered to be a thorough and well-done mentor logs, go to http://austingumban.blogspot.com/. This former SSFHS student did an excellent job documenting his work on his physical project and setting goals along the way. 

A Future Full of Passion

First, I wanted to thank you all for your thoughtful, moving posts last week about your heroes. I learned so much about your life experiences from your powerful descriptions of the heroes in your lives!!

In light of next week's events regarding CAPSTONE PROJECT (formerly known as "Senior Project"), today's blog activity will incorporate all of the following:

• Your blog post about following blogs from October 5
• Discussion around passion (Steve Job's speech, passion freewrite)
• Beginning to think about the Capstone Project

Some of you may know what you want to pursue as a career or major in when you go to college, while some others of you might be thinking of a few different  options, or some of you might draw a blank stare when asked what you want to do after high school. (When I was in high school, I thought I had an idea, but then as soon as I got to college, I had no clue for my entire first year!)

No matter where you lie on the spectrum, today will help you identify some possible areas of study or career fields you might be interested in!

Here's what you need to DO:

1. Go to http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/PCCPinterests.shtml. This is an interests assessment that will generally assess what you might be interested in. 

2. After finishing the assessment, click on the link to your "type" in which you scored the highest. Spend some time reading your "type" and click on "Gather Information" at the very bottom after you finish reading.

3. On the "Gather Information" page, check out what suggestions or resources are offered in relation to career options that are connected to your "type."

NOW.... here's what you need to 
POST TO YOUR BLOG:

Make your "type" the title of your post. In your blog post, include:

• Your type and a brief summary of what that means.
• A few possible majors AND career options related to your type.
• A reflection that addresses the following: Are the results from this career/interest inventory what you expected or are they entirely different from what you thought? If you already have an idea of what you want to pursue after high school, did this exercise connect to what you originally had in mind? If you went into this activity with no clue, did this help you consider some potential options.

Commenting:

• Comment on MY BLOG by telling me what your type is. (Sentence frame: My type from the survey is __________.)
• And, as always, read and comment on AT LEAST THREE OTHER BLOGS.