CAD in Aviation
Project Assignments
Flight Log:Ý You will need
to keep a daily flight log of your individual and group progress.Ý You and your group will decide the layout of
your log and whether you will have one group log or individual logs. Remember
the log(s) must be clear and understandable to the outsider.Ý You will receive a grade based on your individual
or group log.ÝÝ Decide how your work
should be recorded and what is the best way to handle keeping track of all
your work.
Timeline:Ý You have one
semester to complete your final products.Ý
Since this is a collaborative work, make sure your team confers with
the other groups in this CAD class along with other participating classes
to see when intermediate products should be ready for proofing.Ý Leave time for editing and compilation of materials
into one written document and one multimedia presentation that will represent
all parties involved.Ý Timelines can
be difficult to design.Ý Do not hesitate
to ask for help from the staff members that are involved.
Source Log:Ý You will be
searching the Internet for information, contacting aviation experts, and using
traditional sources to complete your investigation.ÝÝ Any resources that you use to complete your project must be
correctly cited.Ý You must keep track of
this information by answering these four questions for each source you
find/consult/use:
1.
How did I find
it?Ý (What keywords, search engines,
directories, etc. did you use?)
2.
Where did I find
it?Ý (What is the URL, bibliography, or
address of the source?)
3.
What did I find
out?Ý (What information did you
find?Ý Was it useful?Ý How/why?)
4.
Is this a valid
source?Ý (Did I check out the author and
its links for validity?Ý See link
checkólink to come later.)
Written Document:Ý At the end
of your investigation you will have created a written document that the counselors
can use as a recruitment resource.Ý Whatever
kind of document you decide to create representing CAD in aviation, it should
be created with public relations as a main purpose and the community as your
audience.Ý Your document must be of
professional quality.Ý You need to
know your audience and you need to understand the key elements of advertising.Ý
It is important to remember that this written document will be compiled
with other classes into one final product.Ý
It would be a good idea to coordinate your efforts with those classes
in polishing this work.Ý A document
rubrics will be used for student feedback and grading purposes by
the teacher.
Multimedia Presentation:Ý
At the end of your investigation you will have created a multimedia
presentation that the counselors can use as a recruitment resource.Ý Whatever kind of presentation you decide to
create representing CAD in aviation, it should be created with public relations
as a main purpose and the community as your audience.Ý Your presentation must be of professional quality.Ý
You need to know your audience and you need to understand the key elements
of advertising.Ý It is important to remember that this presentation
will be compiled with other classes' work into one final product.Ý
It would be a good idea to coordinate your efforts with those classes
in polishing this work.Ý A multimedia
rubrics will be used for student feedback and grading purposes by
the teacher.
Editing/Revision:Ý The other
project classes--math, English, history--will be sending some of their multimedia
work for you to edit and compile into one multimedia product that will be
used to promote the development of an aviation academy and the recruitment
of students to the program. Again, your teacher will direct you to online
editing sources and will work with you in class.
Rubrics:Ý You will
develop assessment rubrics for various components of the project.Ý Your teacher will guide you and offer online
sources for you to use as guides as well.Ý
Your evaluations of your own work and of your peersí work will be
weighted in the grade your teacher assigns to your project.
Presentation:Ý You may be
selected to present your products to the School Board and community leaders
for review.Ý Your teacher will help
your with formal rules of presentation.
Student Directed
Assignments:Ý
as in the ìreal-worldî you may find that you needóor, gasp!Ý Want ñ to add a task to the project that the
teacher hasnít suggested.Ý An innovative
team might have a creative idea that is feasible and worth of ìreal-assignmentî
status.Ý See the teacher so that you can
be given credit for your extra work or brilliant idea.
Group Evaluation:Ý You will
develop rubrics to grade your individual and group performance.Ý The teacher will also use a rubric to score
your group.
You now have the foundation for your flight.Ý Your next thought is probably how will this be graded.Ý You can check that out at the CAD
assessment site.
Created for the Fermilab
LInC program sponsored by Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory Education Office
and Friends of Fermilab,
and funded by United States Department of Energy,
Illinois State Board of Education,
North Central Regional Technology in Education
Consortium which is operated by North
Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), and the National
Science Foundation.
Author(s): Jim Connelly (vhsjconnell@myschoolmail.com)
School: Vallejo High, Vallejo, CA
Created: February 15, 2001 - Updated: December 28, 2002
URL: /lincon/w01/projects/aviation/CADassign.htm