Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
I plan to make a stop motion video. I would spend 1 hour making a script, 1/2 an hour looking up fun facts about the eye, 2 hours to make paper props, and the rest of the time to make the video.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
I will have the video and script as my evidence.
3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
This topic will help me to learn more facts about the eye and to present them in a different way.
4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MqB7V8CTqR6zHJc0qLDnzQCti0YKfAh39RQBHz4ppMI/edit#gid=0

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
• (a) Write: “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.

My mentor, Dr. Wong, helped me complete my independent component.

• (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aNNDlcG9CzHrDpRoBfhQ6GMogQoCLR3r3JUnPKto_ak/edit
• (d) Explain what you completed. 

I did an extra 30 hours of mentorship for my independent component separate from my Senior Project hours.   

• INTERPRETIVE
• Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

Shadowing my mentor and others who work in an optometry clinic is significant to my project because I get a deeper view on the things that happen in an optometry clinic. I have a log of the hours of mentorship I did. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D3TMyUXMnnmlAS8Tt_S9HroMBxlgr4yhMwRB7fsaXL0/edit#gid=0

• APPLIED
• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this.

My independent component helped me learn more about optometry by spending more time around the optometry office, and at mentorship.

Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

In my Lesson 2 Presentation, the thing I was most proud of was that I did not stutter or say “Umm” as much as I did in Lesson 1. I think I am proud of this presentation because I improved compared to my Lesson 1 Presentation.

2. a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

   AE    P       AP    CR    NC

I would give myself a P on the Lesson 2 Presentation.

b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

I feel I met all requirements needed for a P in the Lesson 2 component contract.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

I think my pictures worked for me because I had examples and visuals to refer to.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

I think I would better arrange my activity, with clearer instructions.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

I think my answer #2 will be about how technology helps us to cure the eye.

Third Interview Preparation

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

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

I plan to interview my mentor, Dr. Wong. His area of expertise is optometry.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?

My mentor has state he is free on either Tuesday or Thursday for my interview; however I have not clarified a date and time yet.  

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

What type of technology is out there for optometry practices?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

What activity will help others understand my topic and essential question?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

Explain the types of technology specifically that assists an optometrist’s job, including technology that helps patients see and those that help optometrists determine eye complications?

What is the significance of technology in an optometrist’s point of view?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am doing my mentorship at Golden Optometric Group.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

My contact is Andrew Wong. Dr. Wong is an Optometrist, who has been in his line of work for 10 years, has graduated from UC Berkeley Optometry School and has also taught before at the Optometry School at UC Berkeley.

3.   How many hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

I have done 15 ½ mentorship hours so far during the school year.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

During my mentorship hours I have been shadowing my mentor while he works and I have shadowed some Opticians as well. My mentor and I have been working well together towards my mentorship. I plan to complete my remaining hours by shadowing him and other Opticians some more.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

I worked on my notes in my senior project notebook and thought of some ideas for activities.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

I learned many things from my research and notes, when I was working on my notebook. The most important thing I learned was how much technology is involved in the process of optometry.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

I plan to talk to my mentor for my third interview concerning possible answers for my EQ.

Blog 11: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?

The thing I am most proud of in my presentation is that I actually got through my presentation even though I was so nervous, because I was afraid I was going to freeze or start stuttering in the middle of my presentation, so I am glad it didn’t turn out as worse as it could’ve.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.

I think I deserved an AP on my presentation, because I know I did not present all the criteria required of me and there were some flaws in how I presented; however I did present and presented most of the information required of me.

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?

If I could go back I would change many things I did in Lesson 1. I would review and prepare more on my presentation. Also, I would make more eye contact with the audience and not read off the paper as much as I had during my presentation, I used my paper as a safety precaution and was too dependent on it. I think the knowledge of knowing my mistakes in Lesson 1 will help me correct and learn from my mistaks to avoid them in Lesson 2 in the future.