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What’s Next?

Imagining Your Future

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A Guide to Your

Honors in Action Journey

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Nevada/California Regional Alumni Association

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Faustina Washburn, President

Barbara A. Dimopoulos, Treasurer

Monica Hernandez, Sponsor Liaison

Ebony Neeley, Director-at-Large

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Presenters

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• Explore What’s Next: Imagining the Future
• Foundations of Honors in Action (HIA)
• Cultivate HIA using the HIA Workbook
• A brief note on AI (Artificial Intelligence)
• Questions & Answers
• HIA Kahoot Challenge

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Today’s Journey

Honors in Action is designed to engage students in informed, intentional action through the lens of the Honors Study Topic.

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To do this:

• Explore the Honors Program Guide to connect with
• the Topic and its Themes.
• Read and Analyze the HIA Planning and Judging Rubric
• Create your chapter’s HIA Journal
• Develop a research question
• Analyze credible sources

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Honors in Action (HIA) At a Glance

What’s Next: Imagining the Future

Development and Big Picture

“Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.” ~ Charles Kettering

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• Honors Program Council initial brainstorm:
• “Division and Connection”
• “Sustainability”

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• This is a future-oriented Honors Study Topic!
• Really think about “what’s next” building on current

trends, your investigation, and your imagination.

Themes 1 - 4

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1: In what ways can individual and collective

identities create connections for the future?

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2: How will people recognize the appropriate need,

time, and manner for separation and reconciliation?

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3: How will people navigate the tensions between

conviction and culture?

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4: How will future societies balance individual liberties

and social responsibilities?

Themes 5 - 8

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5: How will migration and exchange influence

the future of communities?

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6: In what ways will data in all forms influence

decision-making for the future?

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7: Where and how will humans live, work, and

play in the future?

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8: How can humans design a better future, and

what barriers stand in the way?

Resources

Click here to access HIA Resources

HIA’s Three Phases

Investigate and Analyze

Review the Honors Program Guide and Workbook Prompts 1-6

Phase 1: Investigate and Analyze

Prompt 1: Exploration and Theme Selection

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Prompt 2: Investigate Selected Theme

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Prompt 3: Develop Your Research Question

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Prompt 4: Research Objectives

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Prompt 5: Investigate Credible Sources

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Prompt 6: Research Conclusions

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Phase 1: Investigate and Analyze

Prompt 1: Exploration and Theme Selection

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• Convergent or Divergent Approach?

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• Review Themes

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• Convergent: Brainstorm first, then pick theme.
• Divergent: Pick Theme first, then brainstorm.

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Phase 1: Investigate and Analyze

Prompt 2: Investigate Selected Theme

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• Intentionally read the theme’s overarching question.
• Analyze question components
• Identify keywords to guide further reading
• Reflect on relevant contexts or issues

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• Read the theme’s introductory essay three times:
• Scope
• Context
• Action

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Phase 1: Investigate and Analyze

Prompt 3: Develop Your Research Question

• A strong HIA research question is specific (focuses on a single issue), answerable (requires evidence to draw conclusions), and purposeful (leads to specific action).

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Thumbs UP or Thumbs DOWN?

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1. Is immigration good or bad? OR

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2. How does access to culturally specific resources (e.g. language

support, community centers, legal aid) affect the long-term social

integration of recently arrived immigrants in mid-sized US cities?

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Phase 1: Investigate and Analyze

Prompt 4: Research Objectives

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• Research objectives are measurable outcomes you hope to achieve.
• What do you want to learn and how do you want to learn it?

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• Examples include:
• The number of people to serve on your team.
• Developing a timeline for your research plan.
• Summary of multiple perspectives.

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Phase 1: Investigate and Analyze

Prompt 5: Investigate Credible Sources

• Begin gathering initial resources with varied viewpoints about your selected theme and research question. Consider:
• What is the purpose of the source?
• Is the source current, or is it a classic?
• Is there detectable bias?
• Are the conclusions well evidenced?
• Explain what you learned from each source as it relates to your research question.

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Phase 1: Investigate and Analyze

Prompt 6: Research Conclusions

• Reflect on and analyze what you learned from your research summaries. Consider:
• What themes emerged from your research?
• How did your investigation help answer your research question?
• What were the main points your sources made?
• What new ideas about the Honors Study Topic and your selected theme did you build from the investigation?
• Draw two to three conclusions drawn from your sources.

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Act and Collaborate

• Review the Honors Program Guide

and Workbook Prompts 7-11

Phase 2: Act and Collaborate

Prompt 7: Connecting Research to Action

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Prompt 8: Action and Collaboration Objectives

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Prompt 9: Identifying Collaborators

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Prompt 10: Action Phase Planning

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Prompt 11: Executing Your Plan

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Phase 2: Act and Collaborate

Prompt 7: Connecting Research to Action

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• Revisit what you learned and your research conclusions and consider:
• How does the issue you researched appear on your campus or community?
• What real-world problem related to your research requires action?

• Brainstorm ideas on ways you can use what you learned to positively impact your campus or community.

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Phase 2: Act and Collaborate

Prompt 8: Action and Collaboration Objectives

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• Develop clear action and collaboration objectives to address the problem. Consider:

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Phase 2: Act and Collaborate

Prompt 9: Identifying Collaborators

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• Identify collaborators on campus and in the community who can help complete your HIA project.

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• Consider:
• Who can best enhance your project?
• Who may bring diverse perspectives to the project?
• How will you gather feedback about your project?

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Phase 2: Act and Collaborate

Prompt 10: Action Phase Planning

• Develop a planning process with clear timelines, delegation, and opportunities to review. Consider:
• What resources do you have (or will you need)?
• With whom will you collaborate?
• How will you communicate progress?
• How will you identify required skills and learn what you need to learn?
• What conflicts might arise and how will you address them?

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• Consider using a planning document and collaboration tools (e.g. an “HIA Journal”) to keep the team making relevant progress!

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Phase 2: Act and Collaborate

Prompt 11: Executing Your Plan

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• Keep track of your plans! Document key activities, milestones, and observations as you implement your project.

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Record:

• Key activities and dates (work backward from completion date)
• Challenges encountered and solutions implemented
• Collaborator feedback

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• Again, make use of your planning document(s) and collaboration tools so everyone can contribute.

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Assess and Reflect

Review the Honors Program Guide

and Workbook Prompts 12-15

Phase 3: Assess and Reflect

Prompt 12: Project Evaluation

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Prompt 13: Team Reflection

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Prompt 14: Assessing Objectives

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Prompt 15: Preparing your Submission

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Phase 3: Assess and Reflect

Prompt 12: Project Evaluation

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• You’re nearly done! Review everything you’ve recorded in this workbook and your planning/collaboration documents, HIA Journal, etc.

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• Consider:
• How did you grow as scholars and leaders?
• How did your project contribute to your understanding of the Honors Study Topic?
• What were the qualitative and quantitative outcomes of your project?

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Phase 3: Assess and Reflect

Prompt 13: Team Reflection

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• Collect insight and feedback from your team to strengthen your Hallmark entry.

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• Consider:
• What skills did you develop because of this project?
• What did team members learn about the Honors Study Topic?
• How did the team heighten their awareness of self and community in relation to global issues?

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Phase 3: Assess and Reflect

Prompt 14: Assessing Objectives

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• Review the research, action, and collaboration objectives

you set and reflect on whether they were met (or not).

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• Provide evidence of each objective’s outcome.

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Phase 3: Assess and Reflect

Prompt 15: Preparing your Submission

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• Visit my.ptk.org to access the Hallmark Award submission page. Before you begin:
• Advisors report Hallmark Delegates
• Review the HIA Planning and Judging Rubrics

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• Writing Process Tips
• Use your HIA Journals and align content with entry prompts.

You won’t use everything!

• Write in a single voice.
• Ask for help – Proofreaders, PTK Workshops, etc.
• SHOW, don’t TELL!

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The HIA Process

AI as a Tool For Deeper Engagement

Beyond “Googling”

Collaborating with AI early frees you up to:

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• Explore ideas more deeply.

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• Build more authentic connections to content.

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• Produce higher quality work!

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How?

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AI is great at producing “C-Level” work quickly, so adding your effort on top of that should get you to “A-Level” work (Bowen & Watson, 2024).

• Use AI to assist in developing options for a research question.
• Use AI to identify themes from summaries of your credible sources.
• Use AI to review and improve your Hallmark submissions.
• Think About:
• What are some other ways you could use AI to support HIA?
• Review PTK’s AI Policy

Using AI as an HIA Collaborator…

Ethical Use of AI

PTK’s AI Statement

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• Generative AI apps are valuable tools to help students organize, explore, and refine their work.

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• AI should NOT be the author of submissions for PTK Competitions including Scholarships, Hallmark Awards, Nota Bene, Founders Medal Award, and the Honors Case Study Challenge.

• We consider copy-paste of AI-produced work plagiarism. When plagiarism is discovered, the entry may be disqualified.

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• Outstanding entries are those that authentically share students' personal experiences in their own words.

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• Prompts are a step-by-step guide through the complete HIA process.

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• Use as part of your HIA Hallmark Awards entry.

Use the Workbook!

Adapted with permission from an HIA presentation by:

M.C. William Dimopoulos

HIA Kahoot Challenge

1. Go to web browser and type in: www.kahoot.it
2. Enter the Game Pin Number on the screen.
3. Enter a “nickname” for your player name.

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1. Scan the QR Code on the screen with your camera.
2. Game Pin Number will automatically be entered.
3. Enter a “nickname” for your player name.
4. Your “name” will appear on the screen.

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Winners: Please stay to provide contact information

to receive your Amazon e-Gift Card Scholarships.

HIA Kahoot Challenge Instructions

HIA Kahoot Challenge Scholarship Winners

Congratulations!

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1. Kendall Tofft – 1 ^st

$50 Amazon e-Gift Card

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2. Jade Samaniego – 2^nd

$25 Amazon e-Gift Card

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3. Majin Perez – 3^rd

$25 Amazon e-Gift Card

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Faustina Washburn, President - faustinawashburn.ptk@gmail.com

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Barbara A. Dimopoulos, Treasurer – bdimopoulos.ptk@gmail.com

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Monica Hernandez, Sponsor Liaison – monicahernandez.ptk@gmail.com

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