GRACE 2010

Dear Marists


If you are in GRACE 2010, please visit this website.

2009 GRACE Survey

Dear Marists


Please complete ALL 3 Surveys listed in the previous posting.

Below is the link to the list of marists who had completed the survey(s).
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rhG6xyUiwXCNVnYJiROUjdw&single=true&gid=0&output=html

Please complete the Survey(s) that you have not completed.

Thank you.

2009 GRACE Evaluation Survey

Dear Marists


We are coming to the end of the GRACE programme soon.

We would like you to help us with the following survey questionnaires.


1. Survey Questionnaire (Part 1)

2. Survey Questionnaire (Part 2)

3. Survey Questionnaire (Part 3)



Thank you.

Term 2 Week 9:Oral Presentation

Dear Marists,

During this week , after your SA1, you will rehearse your Oral Presentation.
Next week, you will have your actual Oral Presentation.

Procedures for Oral Presentation

(1) All groups will be given 20 minutes to present their projects.
(2) All members in the group must speak.
(3) Please bring along all your products, powerpoint slides, video clips etc for the presentation.
(4) All groups will stay in the class for the presentation.
(5) The order of presentation will be as follows: Index nos. 1-4 will present first, then Index nos. 5- 8 , and so on.
(6) All groups must also post their powerpoint presentations and video clips on the GRACE BLOG.
(7) The Chairman for each class will also save all the powerpoint presentations in his MacBook and burn them on a CD which will be given to the GRACE Committee.

Outstanding Matters.

(1) For those groups which have not handed up their group reports, you have the June Holidays to refine and improve on your reports. Hand them up immediately when school reopens.
(2) If your products are not ready, you have the June Holidays to improve on the products, and submit them to your teachers when the school reopens.
(3) Remember that your reports and products command a significant amount of marks in your final grading.

Best Project Competition

(1) In each class, the best three or more projects will be selected for the Best Grace Project 2009 Competition.
(2) The groups will present at the Year-Head Assembly and prizes will be given to the winners. Bonus points will also be given to the prize winners.

Term 2 Week 9: Oral Presentation (Preparation)

Dear Marists

On week 9, you will need to prepare for your Oral Presentation.

Take note of the assessment rubrics to help you in your preparation.

GRACE Lesson This Week

Dear Marists,


Please note that there will be GRACE lesson this week. The posting below is meant for next week, when SA1 starts.

Term 2 Week 7 to 8: Short Break for SA1

Dear Marists


You may take a break from week 7 to week 8 for your SA1.

Take note of the deadline for your reports oral presentation assessment.

You will need to submit your written reports by 30 April 09, as stated in the previous post.

All the best for your SA1.

Term 2 Week 5: Learning About Oral Presenation

Dear Marists


You will be presenting your projects during the post exams activities (25 to 26 May 2009). (Check the GRACE calendar).

Come together and discuss what and how you are going to present. Your presentations will be assessed by a team of minimum 3 teachers. You may wish to check the assessment rubrics on the Oral Presentation.

Click here to download the lesson resources.

Deadline for handing up of report

Dear Marists,

Please sumbit a hardcopy of your report to your teacher by 30th April 2009.

The oral presentation is after the SA1.

Term 2 Week 4: Group Report Writing

Dear Marists


You should be starting to write up for your project reports.

You may wish to make use of "google docs" in writing the reports collaboratively among your members. "Google docs" is recommended as you can publish your reports on your group blogs, even it is still in working stage. You can use your gmail account to login to the google docs. (google docs can be access at http://gocs.google.com)

Click here to download the lesson resources.

Term 2 Week 4

Resources

Term 2 Week 2 & 3: Brainstorming on Product (Design & Construction of Prototype)

Dear Marists

During Term 2, week 2, some of you would be attending the Sec 2 camp and therefore miss the GRACE lessons.

Hence, for those who will miss the lessons, please proceed with your projects at your own time or arrange a meeting with your teachers/facilitators.

In these two weeks, you will cover "Brainstorming on Product (Design & Construction of Prototype)"

Click here to download the lesson resources for these 2 weeks.

Term 2 Week 1: Presentation of Survey Data & Findings

Dear Marists

Are you using your term break (school hoilday) to prepare your survey data?

In term 2 week 1, you will be presenting your survey data and findings.

Click here to download the lesson resources.

Term 1 Week 10: Conducting Survey / Collection & Analyzing of Data

Dear Marists


Click here to download the lesson resources.

Term 1 Week 8 & 9: Short Break for Common Tests

Dear Marists


For Term 1 Week 8 & 9, we shall take a break for you to prepare for your Term 1 common test.

However, immediately after your common tests, please proceed on with your projects. Please do not wait and waste time.

All the best for your common tests!

Term 1 Week 7: Learning About Survey / Drafting Survey Questions

Dear Marists

For week 7, you will be "Learning About Survey / Drafting Survey Questions".

Click here to download the lesson resources.

Term 1 Week 6: Project Planner

Dear Marists


For Term 1 Week 6, you are to plan and schedule your projects.

Click here to download the lesson resources.

Best Blog Of The Month Rubics

Dear Marists,

Click here to view the BEST BLOG of the month rubics.

Term 1 Week 4 & 5: Brainstorming of Research Questions & Identify Areas of Research and Tasks to be Done

Dear Marists

For the next two weeks (Week 4 & 5), you will brainstorm your research questions (sometimes known as RQs) & at the same time identify areas of research and tasks to be done.

The lesson will spread across TWO weeks due to the fact that some of you may miss the GRACE lesson due to Chinese New year holidays. Those who miss the GRACE lessons will have to complete their assignment online, even though you will not be meeting your teachers/facilitators.

Click here to download lesson resources.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Enabling Site Feeds on Your Blogs

Dear Marists


There were some group blogs that had their "Site Feeds" disabled and were unsure how to activate the site feeds.  Some of the groups were using some downloaded "skins" which do not allow site feeds.  If your skins does not allow site feed, please change. 

To activate site feeds, please follow the following 6 steps in activating your site feeds. CLICK ON THE PICTURES/IMAGES TO ENLARGE THE VIEW.

RSS Feeds and Comment Posting on Your Blog

Dear Marists


I can see that many of you had taken effort to decorate your blogsites. Keep it up.

However, do take note that if you use any skin from any source, please obtain permission from the owners.

Secondly, please enable the rss feeds on your blogs so that your updates would appear on the GRACE info blogsite.

Thirdly, please enable the posting of comments, this is to allow your teachers and facilitators to comment on your postings (which is also a form of communication). But you could choose to moderate the comments so that you do not receive spams. I think blogger.com is quite safe about spam, unless someone called themselves "SPAMERSPAMERSPAMER" comment on your postings.

Mediafire - Online file sharing/storage

Dear Marists

When you select a file-sharing/hosting site, please read the terms and condition.

Please read carefully the terms and condition carefully if you wish to use mediafire.

Here are the issues I had with mediafire.

1) For free account users, the files will be deleted by mediafire if you do not access it for more than 30 days. Don't forget that those are your project files and do you want them to be deleted?

2) High downtime.

I'm bringing up this because I noticed one group is using mediafire http://2009s2i1.blogspot.com/2009/01/our-upload-url.html. And the link to their files is dead.

Your GRACE Blogs and Assignments

Dear Marists


We did a very quick scan through your blogs and find that some of you are quite innovative and creative in coming up with your blogs.

However, we realised that some of the blogs only contain weekly self/group reflections. We don't think that the group blogs should just host your weekly reflection alone. As we have mentioned earlier, we would like to see your ASSIGNMENT,PROJECT UPDATES etc.

Some of you have creatively used different methods of showing your assignments, which are quite recommendable and you may wish to take a look.

Blog 1:http://2009s2b5.blogspot.com/
This group make use of the http://www.box.net which host their assignment document and files. If you have an account with such online file storage, you can upload your written reports and presentation slides for sharing.

Blog 2: http://2009s2i25.blogspot.com/
This group copied their assignment questions on their blog and answer those questions on the blog posting directly.

Blog 3: http://2009sec2i21.blogspot.com/2009/01/our-group-formation.html
This group did screen captures and post it online.


Hence, we would like to see more improvement on your group blogs.



Mr James Peh

Please Read ALL Postings

Dear Marists

We had been informed that there were Marists who claimed that they were unable to locate the posting on lesson resources on this GRACE Blog.

Please scroll down to postings with links to lesson resources.

Alternatively, you may click on the links located on the right-hand side of this website, under the TITLE "Label" (See below image)

Term 1 Week 3 Lesson: Drafting of Project Proposal

click here to download powerpoint slides.

click here to download worksheet.

Another Video Clip on GRACE

Blog List on GRACE Blog

Dear Marists

It was brought to our attention that some of the blogs were not in the blog list on this website.

If your group blog is not in my blog list and you wish to show the shortcut to your blogs, please leave a comment in this posting so that I can add you in this (GRACE) blogsite.

Term 1 Week 2 Lesson: Project Topic and Task Selection

Dear Marists


Here are the resources for term 1 week 2 (12 - 16 Jan 2009)

Slides: Click here.

Worksheet: Click here.

Group Blog NOT Individual Blogs

Dear Marists


You just need to have a group blog where all members are the authors of this group blog.

I understand that the assignment indicated that you are to upload your work on the "individual" blog. Please change it to "Group" blog.



Mr James Peh

Project Ideas

Dear Marists


To refresh your memory on some project ideas shared on 20 Oct 2008, here is the link to the presentation slides.

http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dzmzntq_47c5dwsqf5&skipauth=true

1st Meeting with your Facilitator

Dear Marists

During the first meeting with your facilitator, remember to update him/her with your group blogs url.