2 Hour Reflection

PART I: Two-Hour Presentation

Two-Hour Presentation Student Assessment

(1) What assessment would you give yourself?

I think i deserve an AE because I did meet the time requirements for the content and also for the total length time. My answers really did answer my EQ and I also had citations visible on what I was talking about. My activities were very hands on and similar to what would happen in a real wedding. During both activities the student had to apply everything that I had taught them about. During the activities some of the students would come up to me and tell me that they really were learning stuff that they did not know before and that I really made it clear to them and they understood what I was talking about.

(2) What is one thing you think you did well in the two-hour and why?

I think I did good not only on explaining my answers to the students but also the way that the activities were planned. They  really did apply what I had taught them in my answers. When I was looking at the photographs that they took themselves I was able to see my answers in the photographs. That showed me that they did understand what I was talking about in my answers. 

PART II: Overall Senior Project Experience

(3) What do you think you did well on in the project?  What could you have done better?  Please explain.

I think I did very well on my independent tasks and my ISearch paper. I was really proud of myself when I completed my second independent task because I attended my friends wedding and took photographs through out the whole day. I also photographed my sisters engagement photo shoot. I was really nervous to do these two events because it would be a first time for me on both of them. However I was able to get some pretty good shots, my friends teachers, and family thought they were good. I was able to prove to myself that I really am capable of doing something that big if I dedicate myself to it. I also think I did good on my ISearch paper because I was able to address my EQ with my three answers, not only did I meet the requirement on the word count I went above it. I used all the sources that helped me come up with the three answers that I had for my EQ. I could have done better on the Science Fair component. I could of gotten more data than that that I had, and possibly look up similar experiments done to mine to compare the other results to the ones that I got. 

(4) What is your EQ and what is the best answer to your EQ?

My EQ is "What is most important in capturing a priceless moment with quality photographs?" My best answer is Emotion. Emotion in a photograph is very important because it shows the viewer how that person felt at that instant. Not only will the viewer of the photograph see how they felt but they will also be able to feel that same feeling within themselves. When a photographer captures the emotion in a photograph, that photograph will then be eye appealing to the viewer because it will catch their eye faster rather than having the viewer look at the photograph and have to look at the meaning of the photograph.

(5) How has the last month of culminating events (e.g. I-Search, Two-Hour, Exit etc) affected your answer to your EQ?  Has it changed?  Why or why not?

The last month with all these projects really did help me feel more confident with the answers that I had for my EQ because when I would look back at my research when it talked about that and it would really address it. Not only did these projects make me see that the answers that I had were correct but they also helped me go into more detail about each of them. In the last few research checks I would go into more depth into each one of my answers and I would learn more about each as well. With all these projects they really helped me back up my answers with good sources.

(6) What suggestions do you have in order to improve the senior project?

The senior projects as a whole is a very good project and it also gives us the students freedom to learn about what we like and are interested in. However there are a few things that I think could be done in making it a little less stressful to other seniors in the next years to come. There seemed to be a period of time were we didnt really have any projects due during the second semester. Then towards the end of the year we have a lot of deadlines with the 3 column chart, service learning, independent task 2, binder, exit interview, and isearch paper. These components individually are very good projects that help up understand our projects a little more and see were we are going with the answers. However it was really rushed and cramped. I think that during that period when we did not have that many stuff to do on the SP we could have started on some of those that way it would be more spaced out and less stress on the students. That would also give us more time to focus on the answers that we came up with and understand them a little more. Another thing is back in the first semester when we had a break from SP because of the model assembly project. That really side tracked all of us from our SP and we left our SP off to the side and did not focus on it that much. That month that we lost could of really helped us alot with the content on our projects. I just think that MA got in the way of our SP which seems alot more important than the MA project. I am not saying that the MA project has to go away, just that maybe the senior team should still have some class time were the students have time to go back to their SP that way the student dont put it off to the side.

(7) Overall Senior Project Assessment

As an overall grade on my Senior Project I would give myself a P+ because I met the requirements for all of my components and on some I did go above than what was being asked for. I really did learn a lot about my topic and have learned to have a new appreciation to all the work that really does go into it. I have spent countless hours working on components for this project but I am really proud of myself because I was able to get through it. Also all of my answers did really answer my EQ.