Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Please review the component contract on page 12 of the senior project packet.   The Independent Component 2 is an opportunity for you to add a dimension of creativity and/or an additional outlet for research.  The goal of the component is for you to explore your answers in more depth.  On Friday, April 24, 2014, you will be turning in the following to your blog to prove completion of this component:

• Log of hours on an digital spreadsheet (with total number of hours included)
• Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work,  photographs) as digital artifacts.
• My mentor will call.

• LIA

The senior team expects that your log will be on the right hand side of your blog in the Senior Project Hours link.   In addition to this,  we expect that you will be able to prove the total 30 hours of work by submitting evidence to the blog by the due date.  For this blog post and approval, please answer the following questions.

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• I will continue attending group therapy sessions.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I will co-facilitate the sessions with my psychologist.

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• It will enhance my research as I observe my peers

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

• Link

Your answers to the questions should be supported with details and examples for the senior team to understand what you plan to do.   Once we review your Blog Post 15, your house teacher will discuss with you the approval of your plan.  If it is approved, please start working on it.  If it is not approved, your house teacher will explain why.  It is your job to address the concerns so you can get your component approved.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Content:  

• LITERAL
• (a) Write: “I, __________________________, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ____ hours of work.”
• I Lauren Coronado, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 20 hours of work.
• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• Mrs. Eastwood.
• (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.
• Link
• (d) Explain what you completed.
• I have completed some sessions of group therapy and sessions of therapy just with Mrs. Eastwood.
• 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.  
• These sessions give me the experience and the knowledge I need for my answer to my essential question.
• APPLIED
• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this.
• Sessions help involve people to learn from themselves and from others. Learning from my other peers has helped me better understand myself.

Grading Criteria

• Updated log in Senior Project Hours Link
• Evidence of 30 hours of work
• LIA submitted to blog

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• I will have one-on-one therapy with Mrs. Eastwood and help her co-facilitate group therapies with her in order to gain experience in my topic.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I will follow a schedule when the group therapies take place. Also, I would come to see my mentor on Mondays and Tuesdays. Those are the days where I can do one-on-one or group.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• I will experience both sides of the project as the counselor and the client.

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

• Okay.