Set your personal goals

nicoolas25 commented 5 years ago

Why this project?
What motivate you?
How does this project fits into your life?
How much time do you want to invest in this and for how long?
What is the criteria that will tell you that you succeeded?

Markentoine commented 5 years ago

Why this project? This project intends to solve several problems I encounter during writing sessions with students like:

commitment: improve engagement for students by pairing or working differently when it comes to writing from scratch.
efficiency: improve help and advice I can give on the fly during the session
evaluation of work with others: without stats, it’s difficult to differentiate the one who really worked from the one who just stared at the work.
vary the activities around writing: it’s difficult to propose different activities through an entire group with different levels of mastery

This project is also a way to put my fresh skills on the test; a way to challenge myself; give myself a "Capstone" to perfect my training.

Markentoine commented 5 years ago

What motivates me?

I want to set the bar higher than my actual skills can reach. My core skill: learning and pushing the boundaries. That’s always the main force that pushes me forward. So, I know that I will find reasons to move on if I'm facing what I consider a challenge.
The second incentive is the produce something tangible, that exists in the outer world, meaning outside of my head.

Markentoine commented 5 years ago

How this project fits into my life?

Since two years now, I dedicate a good portion of my life to gain new skills in this domain, so the project seems in line with the trajectory my life has followed until now.

Markentoine commented 5 years ago

How much time do I want to invest in this and for how long?

Following on from the previous statement on my lifestyle, I would say that I can spend about 20 hours a week on the whole project on average. I can work there quite regularly because I am now used to studying almost 3 hours a day. As I have extra time thanks to my "food job" I can also make more effort from time to time, which means for example that I can work full time during my holidays, every 6- 7 weeks.

I am mentally prepared to put one year at least in this project.

Markentoine commented 5 years ago

What are the criteria that will tell me that I succeeded?

Have shipped a piece of software that works
Have produced something useful for me as a teacher
Have built helpful something for students and other people they can access freely and easily.

nicoolas25 commented 5 years ago

Very clear, thank you for taking the time to state all that.

Markentoine / koeditor

Set your personal goals #1