20 Time. Passion Project. Genius Hour.
All different names for the same idea. In our case for 20 Time, we were allotted 20% of class time (Monday class periods) to work on our own, personalized, project. At first, I was opposed to the idea, purely due to my own laziness. However, as time passed on and I continued to brainstorm my own "passions", I realized that 20 Time was ingenious. In our traditional educational system, students unfortunately are not given much room to explore creative pursuits for themselves within the classroom. Ranging from volunteer work to intellectual endeavors, students just like ourselves stretched the boundaries of our conventional ideas of education and learning and made an impact for themselves and others. These kinds of projects provide the opportunity for real-life application and extension of the knowledge students have acquired.
After giving this project much thought, I decided to combine three of my interests: health (the 5 pillars), YouTube, and helping/entertaining people.
From this, I was able to come up with a purpose and goal:
1) to learn video-editing and put it to use
2) to educate others on the importance of & science behind health in a fun, engaging way
The "essential question" that I asked next was: How can I learn video editing and inform people on health in a fun way at the same time?
With an essential question and a goal, it became clear to me what I should choose as my 20 Time project. I would film and edit a YouTube mini-series about:
-social health
-nutrition
-sleep
-stress
-exercise
The videos would include information from
-class notes
-relevant outside research
-personal insight/ anecdotes
-everyday application ideas
-activities
I recognize that there will be challenges that I will face when completing this project, including the following:
-tech-challenged
-1 person filming
-informative + fun + engaging
-speed of progress
Moving forward, I plan to complete the following tasks:
-research the 5 Pillars of Health in depth to add information
-learn & perform video-editing
-brainstorm ideas for activities
-write script for video
-film activities and lectures
For example, my general layout for my stress video could possibly be:
-explain different kinds/ cortisol/ detrimental effects/ how to control or lessen
-personal anecdote on how I dealt with and controlled my stress
-stress-lessening activities
and for my exercise video:
-explain different kinds of exercise/ how much time/ benefits
-step by step sample workout activity
-how to incorporate exercise into daily life
In terms of measuring my personal progress, I will set dates for myself for when I should be done doing certain steps of the process, which I will further delineate in my next post.
