Thursday, February 18, 2016

Blog 17: Interview 3 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  
*That graphic design is for the consumer and knowing what the consumer wants.
2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?
*Just being involved with the interviewee and listening to their stories.  The interview also flowed better.  


Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

Blog 15: Independent Component 1

  • LITERAL
    (a) Write: “I, Alek Redmon, 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.
    (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.
  • (d) Explain what you completed.    
  • 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.  
  • APPLIED
    How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 


  • “I, Alek Redmon, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  • http://www.seankenney.com/ helped inspire what the cultures show look like
  • I have created multiple Lego Designs based off real world items




















Blog 14: Interview 3 Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 
3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
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).
5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?
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).
4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

*You need 50 hours plus the original 10 in the summer by May.   The original 10 from the summer do not count toward the 50.  By the end of the year, you will have 60 hours counting that original 10.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:

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

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

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

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

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

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

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


  1. My power-point and activity I felt the most proud of.
  2.  AP, I did mess up in the middle of my lesson just an awkward silence.
  3. My activity
  4. I would fix some areas in my power-point so that I can prevent the awkward silence.
  5. Right now I have nothing for my second answer.