Next week we will be looking at the Success Projects you have produced. Remember to make a copy that you can include in your portfolio. These projects need to be hard copy - not just on a diskette or CD. YOu can hand in the diskette or CD but I also want to see a hard copy that can go on display next week. You will be handing the projects in at the end of the period after everyone has had an opportunity to look at them.

This week you and your team will take an exam and give feedback to the team that created it. They will take your exam and give you feedback. You can then see how they were perceived by those who took them. Each team will make necessary revisions before the final copy is handed in next week.

The final copy of the exam and answer key are to be handed in with the team's evaluation forms on December 1 or 3. This gives each team time to revise the exam and answer key based on feedback from those who took them. Please include a 1 page summary of the team's presentation.

The Evaluation Forms

• There needs to be one evaluation form for each member of the team.
• Be sure your name is on your evaluation form. The only way to to do this is to be fair in your evaluation of yourself and others.
• Note the tasks each of you completed successfully.
• Assign a number from 1 to 5 to rate each person on the team.  5 points is the maximum you can give.
• Add any comments that clarify the rating you give each of the team members
• Be sure to rate yourself from 1-5 as well.

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Final Course Evaluations

I find it very helpful to get any suggestions you have for improving the course. Your suggestions can cover any ideas you may have.  What you write will not change the number of points you have in the course so you may be as honest as you like without fear that giving your opinions will affect your grade for this course.  The following is the evaluation I will be handing out in class. If you want to go ahead and work on your evaluation, you may print out this page and hand in the answers. Do not put your name on this evaluation. You can say what you like and it doesn't affect your marks.

Points to consider in your evaluation could cover (but are not restricted to) the following list which will be given out in class:

1. Reading assignments - was the content of the reading material helpful? unhelpful? Explain.

2. Written assignments - was writing in the book a good way to review the reading? Taking notes? Is it better to hand in more assignments? Why? Why not?

3. Should there be more quizzes given in this course? If not, why not?

4. How could the library online assignments and quiz be improved?

5. Did you like the activities in class like reading an article together to take notes?

6. Do you prefer to have discussions as a whole class or do you like small groups or teams for working in class?

7. Do you think the topics covered (memory, note taking, tests, etc.) were helpful? What other topics should be covered in the course?

8.  Did you like the mySeneca Web activities - posting messages to the Forum to introduce yourself, creating a homage and do you wish there were more activities online? Did you like having your marks online?

9. Was it helpful to have a course main page where you could read about the class activities and assignments each week?  If so, what other links would be helpful to have there?

10. What did you think of the team projects - the activity and the final exam? What did you like best about this project? Least? How could it be improved?

11. What do you think of the success project to create something on your own to use as a guide to being a successful student? Is this the best way to review and bring together all you have learned in the course? What would be a better assignment?

12. Overall, what was the most valuable thing you gained from the experience of taking this class?

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Portfolios

Next week please bring your portfolios to class to be examined - I will look at your portfolio and comment on it.  I will not be keeping your portfolio but will return it to you by the end of class.

Looking Ahead

Now that you have had the opportunity to look at what it takes to be a successful student, you hopefully have a better idea of any progress you have made and in which areas you may need to work harder. It might be a good idea to look at those chapters in your POWER book again - so for example, if  you are still not doing as well in reading or in time management as you would like to do, go back over those chapters to find more helpful tips that you may have missed in the first reading.

You may also want to use your library research skills to find other helpful resources as you strive to become a more successful student. You know how to use key words to search for topics so perhaps  putting in the keywords "success" and "student" or "tests" and "study habits" for example, would locate helpful ideas.

As you all know, the key to learning most things is practice whether it's playing the piano or how to pitch a fast ball. Practice the skills you have been learning in this course and try new ones that may be even better than what you have done so far.  Best wishes for every success in your college career here at Seneca, and more than that, as a life long learner. My e-mail address is on the course main page - stay in touch and let me know how you are doing. Thanks for a very challenging semester together. Selia

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Week Twelve: November 29 - December 3, 2004