TWO MAIN GOALS

Students focus on a learning goal and a product they will make

to demonstrate the success of the learning goal.

Objective A: Planning
● state a learning goal for the project and explain how a
personal interest led to that goal

● state an intended product and develop appropriate success

criteria for the product
 TWO MAIN FOCUSES - EXAMPLES
Students focus on a learning goal and a product they will make to
demonstrate the success of the learning goal.

Learning Goal Product

Learn Japanese Create a children’s book with Japanese and
English

Develop my cooking skills and learn about Create a YouTube channel where I cook
Bosnian food Bosnian food and explain the culture
significance of each dish

Understand homelessness in my community The organisation of an event where students

and take action to support the homeless prepare donation boxes for the local
community homeless centre
THE IB'S PERSONAL PROJECT GUIDE HAS THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION REGARDING SETTING A GOAL:

Students may draw inspiration from their prior experience in the MYP, such as:
• a global context that they find particularly compelling
• a service as action experience that they would like to build on
• a unit of inquiry that they would like to explore further.

Inspiration for goals might come from anywhere! A hobby, an

interesting article, a documentary...
SEE HOW BOTH THE PRODUCT GOAL AND
LEARNING GOAL ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT:
Objective A: Planning
 State a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that
goal.
 State an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
 Present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success
criteria.
Objective B: Applying skills
 Explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal
 Explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.
Objective C: Reflecting
 Explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning.
 Evaluate the product based on the success criteria.
STUDENTS MIGHT START WITH A PRODUCT
GOAL...
Based on the student’s product
goal, they might decide on one of
I want to the following learning goals - to
learn;
m a ke
c ook book ● about traditional Bosnian
cooking
● about food photography
● about book binding, marketing
and publishing
● about making interactive e-
books
● recipes significant to my family
STUDENTS MIGHT START WITH A LEARNING
GOAL...

I want to Based on the student’s learning goal,

they might decide to make one of
le a r n a bou t the following products;

Bos nia n ● A Bosnian cookbook

Cook ing... ● A YouTube cooking channel
● An app with Bosnian recipes
● A cooking class for students
● A Bosnian food sale
● A calendar with recipes and
photographs or significant
Bosnian dishes!
SOME GUIDING QUESTIONS...
● What have you always wanted to do?
● What do you do in your free time?
● What would you like to do in your free time?
● What IB learner profile attribute best describes you?
● What IB learner profile attribute would you like to develop?
● Which global context interests you the most?
● Which interdisciplinary or design project interested you the most?
● Which experience of service as action did you find the most satisfying?
● What problem within your community most affects you?
● Which is your favourite academic discipline?
● Which research project would you like to develop?

These are from the handbook for students and supervisors

STUCK FOR AN IDEA - TRY THESE
STRATEGIES!
IDENTIFY AN AREA OF FOCUS
There are infinite possibilities for your area of focus for the project. Any individual has many
unique facets to their personality, cultural background, and interests.

 Skills  Past experiences

 Future professions
 Passions
 Inspirational people
 Hobbies  Culture and heritage
 Academic interests  Family/friend
2 WAYS TO START YOUR PROJECT
There are two ways to start your personal project, both equally valid:
PRODUCT INITIATED LEARNING GOAL INITIATED
Identify the product that you wish to create and Identify what you want to learn whilst completing the
identify the learning experiences that you want to personal project and identify a product that you can create
focus on whilst creating the product. that will allow you to learn and demonstrate this
knowledge/skill.
MAKE YOUR GOAL S.M.A.R.T
Before you finalize your goal, you should complete a SMART goal chart to determine its suitability. Smart
goals require you to look at many different factors that may affect the quality of your outcome.

The guiding questions

should be carefully
thought through and
described in detail,
though not all will
necessarily be
relevant to you.
MAKE YOUR GOAL S.M.A.R.T
You can present this
information in a table or
list (Table example).
BONUS RESOURCES!
 7 Design Challenge Generators: Learn, Train, Get Inspired
 Creative thinking - how to get out of the box and generate ideas: Giovanni Corazza at
TEDxRoma
 The Good, the Bad, and the Future of Creative Collaboration
 How to build your creative confidence | David Kelley
 IDEO: Brainstorming and Other Ideation Techniques
 IDEO Brainstorming Video from IDEO U
 My Creative Type (Quiz)
 Sharpen
 Sir Ken Robinson - Can Creativity Be Taught?
 Top 11 Ideation Techniques to know about
 Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
 Why Creativity Comes From Collaboration And Nowhere Else