Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Senior Project Complete!
I am graduating!!! This year was a struggle for me and I think it has been for some of my other peers but we were able to make it together. After all our hard work I do think it was worth it because we were able to master the block presentation. Working at my mentorship was an invaluable experience for me to go through because I was able to learn in great detail what speech pathology was about making it an even more valuable experience because at the start of my project I had no idea what it was. Thanks to all the mentors that I had I was able to form a project that I know I will remember throughout my life.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection
(1) Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I am proud of making time because I did not have faith in myself that I was going to make it to 30 minutes of speaking time and I actually did make it. I looked at this presentation as a challenge that I had to beat and I felt accomplished at the end of my block presentation because when I first started my freshman year I was not able to present or even stand in front of people, so being able to present for 30 minutes and by myself was a personal growth that I had been waiting to occur for a long time. I am also very proud of the research I did during my senior project because it was complimented by Mr. Pang, and everything I learned through my research was able to help me when I was explaining my answers.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
I was able to find a mentor that was willing to help me throughout my project and teach me about different things she does to help children with Autism communicate. When doing my second independent component, professor Laubie was more than happy to let me observe her college course and it really helped me because I was able to master how special education works.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I think that if I could go back in time I would want to change my first independent component to doing something on National Autism Awareness Day to promote awareness throughout the school. I think it would have fit in with my answer of integrating a family centered therapy, more than doing more mentorship hours.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
During the course of this project, we had a lot of research checks that we had to do and I think that learning how to find research, not only in google but through the Cal poly database and through books, has helped me learn what is going to be expected of me once I start college in the Fall. Through experience taking college classes I have noticed that most college students do not know how to present in front of a class and I really feel that this presentation has giving me a lift when talking in front of people. This project also showed me to network with people and it could be related to the real world because that is the way people get jobs, the more people you know they more opportunities you will have. I had to find my mentor through talking to different people. This senior project really is the most valuable project I will take from I-poly! Thank You Senior Team!!
What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I am proud of making time because I did not have faith in myself that I was going to make it to 30 minutes of speaking time and I actually did make it. I looked at this presentation as a challenge that I had to beat and I felt accomplished at the end of my block presentation because when I first started my freshman year I was not able to present or even stand in front of people, so being able to present for 30 minutes and by myself was a personal growth that I had been waiting to occur for a long time. I am also very proud of the research I did during my senior project because it was complimented by Mr. Pang, and everything I learned through my research was able to help me when I was explaining my answers.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
I was able to find a mentor that was willing to help me throughout my project and teach me about different things she does to help children with Autism communicate. When doing my second independent component, professor Laubie was more than happy to let me observe her college course and it really helped me because I was able to master how special education works.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I think that if I could go back in time I would want to change my first independent component to doing something on National Autism Awareness Day to promote awareness throughout the school. I think it would have fit in with my answer of integrating a family centered therapy, more than doing more mentorship hours.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
During the course of this project, we had a lot of research checks that we had to do and I think that learning how to find research, not only in google but through the Cal poly database and through books, has helped me learn what is going to be expected of me once I start college in the Fall. Through experience taking college classes I have noticed that most college students do not know how to present in front of a class and I really feel that this presentation has giving me a lift when talking in front of people. This project also showed me to network with people and it could be related to the real world because that is the way people get jobs, the more people you know they more opportunities you will have. I had to find my mentor through talking to different people. This senior project really is the most valuable project I will take from I-poly! Thank You Senior Team!!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Blog 21: Mentorship
Content:
LIA Response to blog:
Literal
· Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog
· Contact Name and Mentorship Place
- Alexandria Nicks -Speech Language Pathologist
- Casa Colina Children's Center
Interpretive
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
- The most important thing I gained from this experience was learning what the role of a speech pathologist is and how much of an impact they have on children with speech impediments. This was a valuable experience for me because I was interested in going into the field of speech pathology and it gave me a chance to actually see for myself I will like working in that environment.
Applied
How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.
- My EQ is "What is the best way for a speech pathologist to help a child with Autism communicate?" and for my mentorship I observed speech pathologist treating children with speech impediments. A lot of the children that I observed were diagnosed with Autism, I saw how speech pathologist treated them depending on what they were working on. I also observed a therapy session titled "Kid's Crew" where they treat children diagnosed with Autism and help them practice social skills, it has helped me answer my EQ because I have been working with Speech pathologist and observing how they help children with Autism communicate.
*Please do not turn in your mentorship hours to the office. After we collect the total list from all seniors, we will turn in one piece of paper with all hours for everybody. It is counted as 50 hours of the 200 you need in order to graduate from I-Poly. The 10 hours in the summer have already been added to your community service total.
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Grading Criteria (May 13th)
50 hours completed (50 from the academic year)
LIA response (submitted to your blog)
Essential question connection
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