Music: Influence on Teenagers: Work in Progress

By: Irin F. 11C

Topic, AOI Focus, Goal

Topic: Music and Writing AOI Focus: Human Ingenuity
Why and how do we create? What are the consequences?

Goal: To learn and share with the NIST community how music influences teenagers lives

Specifications
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Content of the book must be based on interviews of 3 people (young, mid-age, and adult) about music and how it has influenced their lives Product must be a tangible printed book Book must use proper grammar and punctuation Product must explain how music influences people and more specifically teenagers Book must include at least 3 statistics about the influence of music on people outside of the NIST community Book must include pictures that relate to the topic or content of the book Book must include features of a "coffee table book" Language, presentation and tone of the book must be suitable towards target readers (NIST community)

Selecting Sources
Primary
Interviews with Ivy, Jenny and Mr. Trebesh

Secondary
Websites such as Dummies.com, Lifehack.org

Most helpful or important sources

Mr. Trebesh not only a primary source but also a first hand witness of the influence of music Dummies.com same creators and writers as the infamous For Dummies guide or reference books

Applying information
Research Topics
What makes a good coffee table book? How to ask good questions? Contacting the Publisher Who I should interview

Achieving the goal

Where am I up to in creating my product?
In the process of writing book

What else do I need to do to complete it?

May have to conduct more interviews with the same people May have to conduct some last-minute research

ATL Skills
Strengths
Collaborative Skills, Problem solving and thinking skills, information literacy

Weaknesses
Organizational skills and attitudes towards work

What I have learnt so far:

Whats the best thing that I have learnt so far?
More about my topic How much it truly influences people

Whats the most interesting thing that I have learnt so far?

More about Mr. Trebeshs background

Whats the most surprising thing that I have learnt so far?

How much music influences Jenny

Whats the most useful thing that I have learnt so far?

How to critically select my sources