Blog 23: Final Lesson Reflection

Blog 23: Final Lesson Reflection

Title: Blog 23:  Senior Project ReflectionLabel: PresentationDirections: Please answer the following questions, and submit them to the blog.Due Date: The day after your block presentation by 8:00 A.M.
(1) Positive StatementWhat are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?What I am most proud of is the fact i was able to use my dogs in one of my activities becuase I think that thy brightened up my presentation and help keep it interesting.(2) Questions to Considera.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?I would give myself a P+ because if the fact that i did what i was supposed to do and also that i was able to incorporate live animals. AE       P          AP       CR       NCb.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?On my overall Grade i would say P because i did everything i was supposed to do and that i completed every thing. AE       P          AP       CR       NC(3) What worked for you in your senior project?What worked for me was that it was easy to come up with an interesting activity. (4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?What didn't work for me was that the fact we had to have our mentors call the school. So what i would have done differently was have my mentor call before its due so I don't have to deal with all the things that get when your mentor don't call on time because he has other priorities. (5) Finding ValueHow has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.This has helped be find out that I really want to become a vet. As well as help me understand what it means to be a vet. Like what they have to do and how they do it. Also it showed me how much work is really needed to become a vet. This has helped me understand that to be a Vet that i need to work at it and never give up.

Blog 22

Title:  Blog 22: Mentorship
Label: Mentorship
Due Date:  Thursday, May 14 by 8AM

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

Over 60 hours of community Sercice under Dr. Signh at the San Dimas Animal Hospital.  

·     Contact Name and Mentorship Place Dr. Sighn, Sandimas Animal Hospital. 

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing that I gained was that I was able to learn from professionals that ha years of experience and I was able to learn from them. Because of this i was able to get information from the source and form a connection with them. 

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain. 

This has helped me answer my EQ because of the fact i was able to ask my mentors and as well as to try my answers at the hospital ant try them out to prove that they are correct. 

*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.

Grading Criteria (May 13^th)

• 50 hours completed (50 from the academic year)

• LIA response (submitted to your blog)

• Essential question connection

Blog 21: Exit Interview

Blog 21: Exit Interview

Title:  Exit Interview
Label:  Exit Interview
Due Date:  Thursday, May 7th by 8AM

Please be advised.  The senior team will not conduct any exit interview in which the student has not turned in a passing research count and completing this blog.  In addition, you are expected to dress as you would for a job interview.

Content:

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

My EQ is How can a vet reduce stress in an animal during a veterinarian visit. My first answer is  Interact with the animal while it is inside the kennel. My second answer is Comfort the animal before during and after the procedure. Then my final answer is Doctor Patient communication. Then my best answer is to interact with the animal because the natural thing most animals want is attention and giving them attention and interacting with the animal reduces the stress in the animal.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer? The process that I took was looking which one had the most facts on it and a=which one was mostly used at my mentorship. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them? The problems i Faced during my project was the fact that getting real evidence for my topic and i solved it by asking my mentors and doing more in depth searching.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why? The two main sources i used was Beetz, Andrea, Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Henri Julius, and Kurt Kotrschal. "Psychosocial and Psychophysiological Effects of Human-Animal Interactions: The Possible Role of Oxytocin." Frontiers in Psychology. Frontiers Research Foundation and Physiology & Behavior 87 (2006) 537 – 5. Physiology & Behavior 87 (2006) 537 – 541 Human Interaction and Cortisol: Can Human Contact Reduce Stress for Shelter Dogs? becauseof the fact that they have real research about my best answer.