So as Juniors in the Open Program Passions class (OPP), we have a certain criteria or quota of assignments we have to meet as students by the end of the 2nd semester. The idea of 2nd semester OPP is going to mimic the 2nd semester in OP: it's going to be completely open. That is, students will have the block of time to work on whatever they please, keeping in mind, however, the criteria of assignments they must complete by the end of the semester in OPP.
The word 'assignments' has a super connotative vibe, and I really wish there was a better word I could use in its place. The reason being, the quota of 'assignments' given to us to complete are serious preparations we'll need anyhow. A portfolio of things like college applications, resumes, scholarships, essays for scholarships, and other well prepared documents to ready us for life to come.
Along with that, we'll also have to choose a much larger, overarching project to complete over the entire course of 2nd semester (sound familiar?). The diversity between these projects is quite incredible! We have students who are job shadowing, interning, publishing educational videos, creating classes; all of which are super diverse and incredibly interesting.
What I have chosen (to attempt) to do, however, is create OP/OPP's website. It's going to be a landing zone for everything open: information about the program, student pages for OP and OPP members, their blogs/achievements this year or past years, and any other information pertaining to the program and it's status and accomplishments. I have taken Kaden Humphrey and Dylan Geesey sort of under my wing for this project. I plan on teaching them the basics of HTML, CSS, and maybe a little JavaScript in order to help me build the pages for the site. I believe they both plan on doing their own personal sites as well.
Speaking of personal sites, I finally launched mine last night chancemerrill.com ! It's not a whole lot of anything as of now, but I have a lot of cool future plans for it! If you have any questions or advice/suggestions on OP's site please let me know and comment on this post or contact me at chancemerrill@chancemerrill.com
