Blog 27: Senior Project Reflection

1. Positive Statement

I am most proud of my activities during my 2-hour. I believed they were really strong and reinforced the content of my answers very well. I had the class actually solve some chess puzzles and then share-out and all of the groups seemed really interested so I can take pride in the fact that my hard work planning and practicing paid off.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation? Why?

a.

I feel I deserve an AE on my 2 hour because I prepared thoroughly prior to doing it, and I think everything turned out very well. I met the necessary talking time, I had strong activities that supported my answers, and I covered all the topics I wanted to cover.

What assessment would you give yourself for your senior project? Why?

b.

For my senior project as a whole, I would give myself a P+ because I received that same grade for my exit interview and all of my senior project work throughout the year has met the requirement for a proficient.

3. What worked for you in senior project?

I liked the fact that we had so much freedom with our 2-hour presentation. We weren’t tied down by a strict plan for how we should present. We were basically given the freedom to convey our content in any way we deemed fit.

4. What didn’t work for you in senior project?

I didn’t like the constant looming threat of getting on the NC rules list. It never motivated me more to do an assignment and it only made the people who were on the list hate senior year. While I see the advantages of having such a system in place, I believe it is a cruel way to punish those who haven’t turned in a component and an unnecessary rule throughout senior year.

5. Finding Value

My experience presenting during my 2 hour has really given me the confidence for future presentations of any size. After talking for over 30 minutes, it’s hard to get nervous over a simple 10-minute presentation. I have also found that with the large amounts of important deadlines in the year, I have actually become more responsible with turning my work in earlier. 

2-Hour Presentation

Service Learning

1. (1) LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

•       Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties

Calendar link 

54 hours at Cal Poly Pomona Chess Club. 

Contact: Sandra Luna (keeps track of log-in sheet's)

Phone: (909) 524-5477(personal cell)

Email: sandraluna1202@gmail.com

Interpretive

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

There are countless things I learned from my time with the club. First of all, I got most of the ideas for my answers were derived from various interviews that I conducted with the experienced members of the club.  I was able to reconfirm most of the content I learned from my research with the helpful members of the club. The club also provided me with possible activities for my 2-hour presentation (ex. using a display board to have a chess puzzle for the class to solve). And finally, the club provided me with the experience that led me to my product of the year, which is I am now able to manage a chess club at a college-level.

Applied

How did what you did help you answer your EQ?  Please explain.

My hours at the chess club helped me answer my EQ(What is the best way to win a game of chess) by providing me  a place to conduct most of my interviews. These interviews often led me in the right direction when it came to finding value in my research. The members of the club were very helpful in making sure I had proper answers for my EQ and that I was spending my time effectively finding research from proper sources. They would often give useful advice whenever I asked them their opinion on my possible answers, and would always be willing to answer my questions or participate in my interviews. Overall, the answers for my essential question would be of far less quality today if I had not been lucky enough to participate in this chess club.

I Search Paper Draft

I-Search Draft google doc.