Selection of Support Team
(Activity One)
The first task for Orientation is to build a support team for your involvement as an autonomous learner. These will be the people who will support you and facilitate your journey. Here are the people you will need and a brief statement of the roles they can fulfill for you. You may want to work on your own, but give this approach a try. It works, and you will understand why as you continue through this process!
Teacher/Facilitator
Please select a teacher to be your advisor, facilitator and teacher. This is a person with whom you relate well and have an established relationship. Tell this person about this opportunity you have for autonomous learning, and what you want to do. Share the entire website and explain what you will be using in the website. Ask this teacher if he/she will be willing to serve in this capacity. Your teacher may have many questions for which you will have to develop answers. Be creative and expand your understanding of what you will be doing.
Technological Support
If you have outstanding technology skills, you will not need to select a person for technological support. However, if you will need some help in the future with your projects, please select someone to serve in this capacity. This person may be a friend, parent, or teacher. At this time, you may not need support for your involvement, but it is always possible to contact the Spotlight faculty to request assistance.
Peer Learners
You will need to decide as you travel in this journey whether you want to work alone or in a small group of peers that you select yourself. You may choose to have others participate with you on some activities and work alone on others. The choice is totally yours!
Family and Friend Involvement
It is important to have your family members and close friends involved in your journey. Do you want them to discuss your progress, give you feedback, be an audience for your finished projects? You decide how they can be supports for you.
Mentor
Start looking for a mentor. Who do you relate to? Who has the knowledge to guide you? Who shares the same passions you do? During the first three dimensions of the ALM please start defining what you want for a mentor and who that may be. A mentor is a facilitator, guide, knowledge giver, supporter, and a person who believes in you. This person may live in your town or may live somewhere else in the New Mexico.
You do not need the mentor now but it is essential to have a mentor for the Seminar and In-depth Study Dimensions of the ALM. At this time it is best to have one or two people who are willing to help you. These would be people who are content specialists in your topic area. It is not their role to teach you directly but to provide you with information and direction.
Your Support Team
Now is the time to make your selections. Please make a list of your support people, their roles and some information about them. This information will be included in your Personalized Learner Portfolio.
Selection of Support Team
(Activity One)
The first task for Orientation is to build a support team for your involvement as an autonomous learner. These will be the people who will support you and facilitate your journey. Here are the people you will need and a brief statement of the roles they can fulfill for you. You may want to work on your own, but give this approach a try. It works, and you will understand why as you continue through this process!
Teacher/Facilitator
Please select a teacher to be your advisor, facilitator and teacher. This is a person with whom you relate well and have an established relationship. Tell this person about this opportunity you have for autonomous learning, and what you want to do. Share the entire website and explain what you will be using in the website. Ask this teacher if he/she will be willing to serve in this capacity. Your teacher may have many questions for which you will have to develop answers. Be creative and expand your understanding of what you will be doing.
Technological Support
If you have outstanding technology skills, you will not need to select a person for technological support. However, if you will need some help in the future with your projects, please select someone to serve in this capacity. This person may be a friend, parent, or teacher. At this time, you may not need support for your involvement, but it is always possible to contact the Spotlight faculty to request assistance.
Peer Learners
You will need to decide as you travel in this journey whether you want to work alone or in a small group of peers that you select yourself. You may choose to have others participate with you on some activities and work alone on others. The choice is totally yours!
Family and Friend Involvement
It is important to have your family members and close friends involved in your journey. Do you want them to discuss your progress, give you feedback, be an audience for your finished projects? You decide how they can be supports for you.
Mentor
Start looking for a mentor. Who do you relate to? Who has the knowledge to guide you? Who shares the same passions you do? During the first three dimensions of the ALM please start defining what you want for a mentor and who that may be. A mentor is a facilitator, guide, knowledge giver, supporter, and a person who believes in you. This person may live in your town or may live somewhere else in the New Mexico.
You do not need the mentor now but it is essential to have a mentor for the Seminar and In-depth Study Dimensions of the ALM. At this time it is best to have one or two people who are willing to help you. These would be people who are content specialists in your topic area. It is not their role to teach you directly but to provide you with information and direction.
Your Support Team
Now is the time to make your selections. Please make a list of your support people, their roles and some information about them. This information will be included in your Personalized Learner Portfolio.
Activity Two - Personal Website