Showing posts with label Service Learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Service Learning. Show all posts

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Service Learning


1. (1) LIA Response to blog:
    Literal
•       Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties
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.



Thursday, January 12, 2012

Service Learning

·  Where are you working for your service learning?

I have currently begun working with the Chess Club at Cal Poly University. We meet up at Ursa Major Room A every Wednesday. 


·  Summarize the services you have performed to complete the 10 hour requirement

At these meetings held every week, I play against the other members of the club and I take notes on things that could be of use to me. I also help set up everything and clean up. I try to learn as much as I can from these players, because most, if not all, have been playing their entire lives, and they play extremely well. 

·  How many hours have you worked?

So far, I have only attended one of these meetings due to previous schedule issues. I have 2 hours logged in and plan to increase that number as fast as possible with every week.