Blog 24: Last Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

I am proud that I was able to get through my presentation and I do not think I was as worse as I thought I would be. I think my presentation came out better than I expected it to.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

I think I would give myself a P on my presentation because I did provide answers to my essential question and gave content relating to my essential question, came dressed professionally, and completed my activity.  

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

I would give myself an AP because I feel I did most of the work needed but I did turn some things in late.

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

I think I found a good mentor who was very informative on my topic and helped me a lot during the process.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?

I would not procrastinate on finishing blogs or updating my senior project notebook notes because I would have a lot of work when it piled up.

(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

I think presenting in front of a class of students helped me with my presenting skills, the more I presented the better I presented my topic and this project helped me experience something new that I probably wouldn't have done otherwise.

Exit Interview

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?
EQ: How can an optometrist best use technology to improve eye care?
1st Answer: An optometrist should use technology to view the interior structure of the eyes.
2nd Answer: An optometrist should use technology that is helpful to identify and correct refractive errors?
3rd Answer: An optometrist should use technology that is useful and reliable?
Best Answer: 1st Answer, because it is important to keep your eyes healthy and without the health of your eyes it is possible to develop an eye disease or encounter an issue where it will become impossible to see again.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
I talked to my mentor and observed around the clinic, I observed how technology was used around the clinic and my mentor would explain the importance of a healthy eye, to arrive at this answer.

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?
At first I had problems with my essential question and figuring out what part of my subject and research I would be focusing on, however this problem was solved with the experiences and observations I had at mentorship.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?
The two most significant sources I used to answer was my essential question was a book and an interview I had with my mentor. Both these sources helped me with my questions and answers.

Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ___ hours of work.”
I Alicia Ramirez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

• Miller, Korin. "Online Eye Exams Have Arrived. But Are They Accurate?" Health Tech, 30 Sept. 2015. 

• "Optical Coherence Tomography: An Emerging Technology for Biomedical Imaging and Optical Biopsy1." PMC. NCBI, Jan. 2000. Web. 4 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1531864/>.

• Murphy, John. "New Technology: Good for Patients, Good for Business." Review of Optometry. 15 Aug. 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2016. <http://www.reviewofoptometry.com/content/d/technology/c/42411/>.

• Chapman, Bill. "Understanding the Eye." Coping with Vision Loss. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Alameda: Hunter House, 2001. 272. Print.(pg.22-34)

(d) Explain what you completed.    
I made a picture book out of drawings explaining and showing examples of technoloy used in an optometrist clinic, which relates to my topic.

(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   
The book is based on my answers to my essential question and has helped me learn more about my answers.
Pictures of Book: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0rov5tGK-Kx5Rxo1FTbRT1fhTNdK8sXLRnP7kfSou8/edit

(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

My component helped me answer my essential question because I had to list and draw the types of technolgy that are part of my answers. I had to organise what type of technology fits where in my answer catigories.

(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
Independent Component 2 Log: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aNNDlcG9CzHrDpRoBfhQ6GMogQoCLR3r3JUnPKto_ak/edit#gid=0

Blog 17 - Interview 4 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  
The most important thing I learned from this interview is the advantages and disadvantages the increase of advanced technology may have on people.2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?
What I learned about  optometry technology will go towards my final lesson and provide more insight on my answers.

Interview: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2CHyS5HgX9QfkNmVnh6UXZtdThEcWFRZkg3LTVjY0s2YTdSRkZYNnZiLXlKMmRXYmlCQjQ?ths=true

Third Answer

• EQ 

How can an optometrist best use technology to improve eye care?

• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*

An optometrist can use technology that is useful and needed for an optometrist to improve eye care.

• 3 details to support the answer
• Optometrist need tools that will provide them to help deciper information.
• There are some instruments that are used to amese patients instead of being useful.
• Things such as keeping track of records on computers is improtant for eye care. 

• The research source(s) to support your details and answer
• Cole, Robert M., O.D., Pamela J. Miller, O.D., J.D., Irving Bennett, O.D., and Linda Casser, O.D. "Remember When... The Evolution of Diagnostic Technology." Review of Optometry. Johnson Medical Information, 15 Aug. 2007. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http://www.reviewofoptometry.com/content/d/diagnostic_technology/c/15366/dnnprintmode/true/?skinsrc=[l]skins/ro2009/pageprint&containersrc=[l]containers/ro2009/simple>.
• Strong, James. "Retinal OCT Imaging." Ophthalmic Photographers' Society. The Ophthalmic Photographers' Society Inc., 2013. Web. 4 Feb. 2016. <http://www.opsweb.org/?page=RetinalOCT>.
• Get Your next Eye Exam on a Smartphone. Dir. Andrew Bastawrous. TEDMED, 2014. Film.

• Concluding Sentence: Therefore, my third answer is technology that is useful and needed for an optometrist to improve eye care, because there is some technology out there which has no point for an optometrist to use, so it wastes the optometrists time and the patients time.

Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
How can an optometrist best use technology to improve eye care ?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

My first answer to my essential question is  by using technology to view the internal structure of the eye.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
My second answer to my essential question is by using technology to help those who have refractive errors.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Refractive errors are nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism, which are the most common eye complications.
• Glasses and prescriptions are needed for those with refractive errors, and most people who visit the optometrist go for glasses.
• In order to get glasses, optometrist must first get your prescription using technology tools .

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• Murphy, John. "New Technology: Good for Patients, Good for Business." Review of Optometry. 15 Aug. 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2016. <http://www.reviewofoptometry.com/content/d/technology/c/42411/>.

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• "What Is A: Phoropter." EyeGlass Guide. EyeGlass Guide. Web. 21 Jan. 2016. <http://www.eyeglassguide.com/my-visit/vision-testing/phoropter.aspx>
• Chapman, Bill. "How We See." Coping with Vision Loss. 1st ed. Vol. 1. Alameda: Hunter House, 2001. 272. Print.(pg.35-42).

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

In conclusion my second answer to my essential question, “How can optometrist best use technology to improve eye care?”, is by using technology to help those with refractive errors, such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Many go to the optometrist in order to get glasses so this is relevant answer to my question.

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?

The most important thing I learned from this interview is my mentor's view of how technology influences his field of work.  

2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?
My approch to interviewing has changed over the course of my senior project by the questions I ask my mentor.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2CHyS5HgX9QXzFIRm0wYTFUd3M