Forester Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 We create a blog for our CAS diaries.@Rohit: yea I run out of things to say as well. Towards the end of the semester my reflections are one liners.Example: That was another fun-filled session of basketball.... lol Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdk9008 Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I also write it as a diary format..but sometimes there is not much to write about when I basically do the same things as last time...By the way, how long are your CAS Journals?Mine is usually 1/3 or 1/2 a page (Font : Times New Roman, Size : 12, single spaced)would this suffice? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 For each entry? omg that's awesome.My ones vary, usually they are three lines. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roma_k13 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Do you write your CAS diary?! How should it be structured? And do you describe every activity you do?At our school, they say the most important thing is to set goals and in your diary, reflect on them, every time something new happens or every time you get closer to achieving your goal. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LauraheartsLife Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 At our school we have a booklet and each time we do any hours for our activity we have to write: What we did, what we learnt about the activity, what we learnt about ourselves, what we learnt about working with others. So if we did 50 hours of an activity in one hour installments, for each hour we would have to answer those questions =| Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanbob Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Are there any avaible documents to download regarding CAS? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 don't need to make effort in the diary entries,...its the activities that matter. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnIBer Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 we just do basically anything we want, including photos, a description, stuff like that. All our councillor cares about is if you get the hours done and they're recorded. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davshere Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 CAS journal? what's that? All I have to do is fill out some forms... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck10112 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Do you write your CAS diary?! How should it be structured? And do you describe every activity you do?I don't think you write an actually diary as you do your community service, rather you write a reflective paper on how your community service experience was like. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delione Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Do you write your CAS diary?! How should it be structured? And do you describe every activity you do?Well I write my CAS diary as a normal Diary!u need to write everything formal, u need to write down what kinds of activities u did and what u learned from it to prove them u did your CAS ~^^ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgonq Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 I understand that the IB bigwigs shun drone work? That just means you have to write a good diary that explains how carrying tables helped you come closer to the meaning of life. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 My school doesn't do CAS diaries/journals. We just have to fill in the reflections for any activity that's 10 hours or longer and then do the overall CAS reflection. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loser123726 Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Is it necessary to put in photos that are taken during my CAS hours into the diary?cos the thing is, i lost some of those photos... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthis1no Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I hate doing cas diary.....but i love CAS so much....only three CAS diary i had done....I just fill the AEF form....huhuhuhuh Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest syrianstar Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Our school made us do CAS portofolios...you know the whole thing where you buy a scrapbook cut out pictures and make it look (or try to make it look) creative, interesting and attractive. Yeah right. I can't draw/ be creative to save my miserable IB life so I ended up designing a website where I upload the pictures and edit my blogs and 'reflect'. Phew a lot less work to do but now I can't pretend I left my scrapbook at home if I didn't finish a journal entry lol Our IB coordinator contacted the IBO about it to see if a website was ok and they said yes. Has anyone else thought about doing one? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandiloquence Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 For each entry? omg that's awesome.My ones vary, usually they are three lines. Haha, really? Our school requires that will fill out a form with a description of the activity, dates, supervisor's signature and phone number, get pre-approval, then get the supervisor to sign again, comment upon our performance, write the number of hours, and then we start our reflection and self-evaluation. We have to do at least 75 words per every 10 hours earned, and our CAS coordinator encourages us to talk about "personal growth" in them. Really, how much personal growth can you undergo by collecting trash on the highway or something? This means that we have to pick "deep and meaningful activities". Haha, so I get to write about how dancing (for action hours) encouraged me to look for the deeper and aesthetic beauty of things, as well as the importance of working together to improve ourselves. That should be interesting. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenSara Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 We call it 'CAS log notes' and well, it's just a plain diary. E.g. "Today I participated in Body Jam, it was really fun because bla bla bla.. I feel like I'm improving bla bla, etc. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBMan9000 Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 We just have to complete a form with a few questions on it when we turn in our hours. It's mostly things like: how did this activity help others? how did you improve over the course of this activity? Did you encounter any problems? etc.Even a diary without pictures on it seems like too much effort. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreameronherknees1 Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) Do you write your CAS diary?! How should it be structured? And do you describe every activity you do?Our school requires lengthy evaluations which basically address things like: "How did the activity assist other ppl," "Which area does it address (creativity, action or service)" "what did you learn from the activity" "did you develop any new leadership qualities" "what skills did the activity require" "who did it involve" ect. I think what makes a good reflection is, naturally, good structure, consistent structure for all evaluations, ample evidence (perhaps an award or letter a thank you for your effort or participation in some event, or photographic evidence) and good CAS portfolios tend to reflect good organization and structure. Also, ensure that your responses are not stupid (" I liked serving the homeless people because I got to meet new people" - first of all, volunteering at a soup kitchen is not a social activity, if you must write about the ppl, write about the diversity of people, their different life experiences and write something about developing the ability to empathise with ppl of different backgrounds, how you actively helped soceity etc.) and try to articulate yourself eloquently. Our school takes CAS seriously, we have this CAS bulletin where there all these organizations calling for assistance, club and society stuff, our CAS co-ordinator is pretty damn strict, so we really can't evade the requirements for CAS.-Neways, good luck with CAS, I mean as if the IB wasn't demanding enough, why don't we give 150 (or something) hours to the community??? I guess its productive in a way and exposes one to different experiences, although, seriously, sometimes I canNOT be stuffed. Oh well... I'm kinda postponing my hours, I've only done like 25, but I have a year and a half left... Edited May 18, 2008 by dreameronherknees1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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