Second Semester Course Requirements

INTAC2 SS
Semester 2, School Year 2008-2009

REVISED SCHEDULE & COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Revised Schedule (to be discussed in class)

Course Requirements

A. Exposure Trip Output

Individual Reflection Paper
The individual reflection paper should not only narrate the individual’s experience before, during and after the exposure trip, but also reflect and assess the impact of the exposure trip to his/her person. You may use the following questions in doing your reflection paper:

• What happened during the exposure trip?
• What were the highlights of your experience? High points? Low points?
• How did you feel after your exposure trip?
• What insights did you get from your experience?
• How did the experience impact you as a person? As a student of the Ateneo?

The reflection paper must follow the standard format:

• Font Face: Garamond or Baskerville Old Face
• Font Size: 12; 1.5 inches spacing
• Paper Requirement: 8.5 x 11 inches (short bond paper); minimum of two pages; maximum of four pages
• Heading:
  INTAC2 SS Date submitted
  Semester II, School Year 2008-2008 Homeroom adviser
  Last name, First name, Middle initial Student facilitator
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The individual reflection paper is due on 28 January, class time. Late reflection papers will not be accepted. This is one of the major requirements for InTACT this semester, so do not take this for granted.

Block Audio-Visual Presentation (AVP)
The block must cooperate and work together to create a block audio-visual presentation/movie. The AVP must present the exposure trip experience of the whole block.
Standard requirements:

• AVP that runs up to a maximum of 5 minutes only
• Photos of the block during the exposure trip
• Music (chosen by the block)
• Must be burnt on a blank CD/DVD
• Must be compatible with any DVD Player/VLC/Quicktime Player

This is spearheaded by the Documentations Committee for the Exposure Trip. You may consult/work together with your Student Facilitator for this.
The Block AVP is due on 04 February, class time.

B. Class-related Outputs

Alternative Assessment Semestral Project: InTACT Journal
You must complete a minimum of 18 entries for this, either online or offline. You may write anything on the weekly themes assigned.
Themes for weekly entries:

• Week of January 19: Expectations for the Exposure Trip
  BAKA (fears, apprehensions)
  SANA (hopes)
  DAPAT (what should happen)
• Week of January 26: Individual Reflection Paper
• Week of February 2: Me and My Family
  (introduce your family and tell us what your family is like, interests, etc.)
• Week of February 9: Free Entry
• Week of February 16: Free Entry
• Week of February 23: InTACT Synthesis: How did InTACT impact me?

Complete the 18 entries and you get an A for this component.

Final Project
Your InTACT Final Project synthesizes your first year in the Ateneo. You are to make a video about your college life tackling up all the aspects of a freshman we took up in InTACT: goal setting, academics, social life, community life, block life, etc. You need to incorporate these in conceptualizing the story board/plot of your final project. The final output must present your own experience as a freshman in the Ateneo.
In groups of 3-4, conceptualize your final project. It may be a documentary (extremely suggested), short film, or music video. After conceptualizing what you’ll include in your output, make a proposal paper (not more than 500 words, typewritten on short bond paper). Include in your proposal the members of your group, type of output, and a short summary of what we’ll expect from your video or a synopsis. The proposal paper is due on January 30, Friday, 5:00pm. Submit your proposals to your beadle and the beadle will place them inside my locker.
For the final output, your group may answer the following guide questions or do the following:

• Narrate your first year experience
• Show an experience you will never forget
• Tell something about your block
• What have you learned this first year in college?
• What changes occurred in you?
• What adjustments did you have to go through this year?
• Briefly, how has InTACT helped you or impacted you in your freshman year?

You are to follow these guidelines:

• Choose only one type of output: music video, documentary or short film
• Minimum running time: 15 minutes; maximum running time: 45 minutes
• Must be burnt on recordable blank DVD
• Must run using Quicktime Player/VLC/any standard DVD Player

The final output is due on February 20, Friday, 3:00pm. Submit your DVDs to your class beadle and he/she, in turn, will place them inside my locker. Don’t forget to label and be creative in designing your project.