uproot creator Olli J talks about the ideas + ethos behind the project:
uproot
a comprehensive guide and co-learning project
a look at the original project proposal:
Contents
months:
supplementals:
september
things to include in this month's video: talking about how eager I was to begin the project, the first iteration of my proposal and rationale, how many hours I did the first month, the initial set up of my work and how I started off collecting sources/researching. Three goals I would say I had: to start as early as possible, to complete about 46 hours, and to keep my book to only 10 pages. Three things I would have done differently were how I handled procrastination, change how I began my research, and to take time to really consider why I was starting the project.
october
make this video extra short. say I decided not to work on my capstone this month. I was swamped with personal life, taking a trip, and getting some college things in order. Something that I did notice, though, when I looked back at the planning I had done to do all this research and reading, I realized I wrote down that I was going to do pretty much the same thing every day, so even though the month was busy, I have to call myself out on procrastinating. I don't really have three goals involving the capstone this month, but three things I would have done differently: reflecting on my notetaking and research process much eariler on, would have saved me from moving in the wrong direction. Scheduled fewer hours for myself at a time, I overwhelmed myself and wasn't mature enough at this point to see it. the last one would be have the direction of the project more clearly in mind, I started early in the year but because of all the overwhelm and lack of direction, I drowned a bit.
november
This month was pretty much a repeat of october, and I'm not proud of it. I love this project, but I didn't have the skills to balance working on it piece by piece with all the other things going on in my life. Working on college applications- I let it swamp me. Three things I would have done differently: a repeat of the changes from october, but also knowing myself more. I will say though, I learned from the mess I made of my planning and progress in the early months.
december
This was the month that we started our official Capstone class- and the month that I started to get my shit together. What did I do? I flushed out the next draft of what my project would look like, did the beginning of the work to organize the resources I have into some research categories, started my journal and doing the journal entries, talked with my teachers and got some necessary perspective on the obvious problems with my project, and figured out that I needed to pair my zine with a social media account. I started to actually reflect on my project, as well as the beginning of the first iteration of my serious note taking. Three goals I had this month were: to find a way to make my very research based project tangible, to really figure out what the purpose behind my project needed to be, and realizing how to shift gears and fix some of the issues that had slowed the project and made it bad early on. Three things I wish I could have changed: using my time even more effectively than i did. This was the most hours I had ever completed in a month, but I still have way more days with 0 hours than not. Secondly, I wish I could have noticed the obvious block: I only got work done when I focused on one aspect of the climate crisis that was basic knowledge, something that could connect more to my overall goal. Third, I wish I could have done all the preliminary research in this month about all the general things, because, recording this in February, I see how much farther in this process I could be.
january
three things I did well: started understanding that I had started in the wrong place and started to actually research things that delt directly with my subject at a base level. I also learned a lot about a really complex subject, eco capitalism, and while I wish I hadn't focused on it as much, I did gain some good knowledge that will be useful in understanding the motivations behind any mentors I talk to. Lastly, I stuck to my categories, and had a better understanding of what was going to relate to my state directly.
Changed: been much more focused in my work, as I again oversheduled myself and then didn't follow up. Also, not let myself get caught up in the green capitalism learning. It will be key to my project, but I need to learn so much more and hyperfocusing like I did was the wrong move. I also should have done more self check ins.
febuary
goals: continuing researching consistently and intensely like I have been. If I can keep this up all month, I should be able to make up for the work I missed out on in the early months. another goal: start my social media page and really develop an ethos behind it, and be intentional. my other goal is to present a website that shows both how much work I have actually done and continue to do, but also hold myself accountable for what I needed to do better. I will write in my reflections later on.
march
goals will come at the beginning of the month, changes after
april
goals will come at the beginning of the month, changes after
may
goals will come at the beginning of the month, changes after
final product/project
this will be an overview of my final product, describing the culmination of my project, what form it took, how i shared it with people, what reception was, how close to my own idea of completion it came to.
reflection
This will be my final reflection
note links
I want to find a way to link all of the notes I took perhaps? I'm really not sure but I want to do something with this to show just how many notes I took
journals
this will be a video of all my journals month to month with me talking about them, as well as images of all of them
resources
this will be a master list of every place I got my information from
