Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

The Independent Component 2 is an opportunity for you to add 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. Please answer the following questions.

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
    For my previous independent component I did 30 extra hours of mentorship because I believed
    that to truly understand my topic I had to observe the kids in their natural environment and that
    proved to be very useful to me. However, I wasn't able to implement my own ideas for activities
    because the kids are in school and they have their academic material they must get through, which
    unfortunately didn't allow me to explore my topic. So for my independent component 2 I want to
    be able to do so but with myself as a subject.
    If approved I want to collaborate with a fellow I-poly senior [shout-out to Ingrid Mata] who has a
    topic similar to mine and make videos and create a blog where we make activities, crafts,etc., for
    others to follow. This way we get to share ideas, bring them to life, and maybe even help teachers
    out there in the world who need inspiration!

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
    As I mentioned we would create a blog- we would post a link to each of our individual
    blogs- and share new ideas for activities, post up videos, discuss topics of interest related to either
    of our specific answers. We would also post pictures of things we have completed and the process
    of completing them.

This is an actual blog of a teacher who discusses and gives details of what she does  to help her children learn certain subjects while also posting activities for others to do for themselves. This is something we would try to simulate.

3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
    This component will help me explore my own topic in that I will be in control of what I want to do;
     prove or disprove any of my possible answers for my essential question, what is the most
     important skill a child develops in preschool that best helps them excel academically in   
     kindergarten? I will also have someone who will help me think of possible ideas for my own
     presentation and I will hopefully provide new ideas for her too.

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