1. What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project?Why?
For my block presentation, besides the obvious (making time!), I was honestly really proud of how put together my PowerPoint was. I had lots of compliments about how it really flowed and how the transitions were great. I was also really proud of my activity and how everyone was engaged in building their marshmallow sculptures.
As for my senior project, I was most proud of my independent components, both my first and second, just because they provided me with so much information that it made me comfortable to giving other people information on Early Childhood Education. My first independent component where I did extra hours at my mentorship allowed me to spend more time with an expert in the field and just see how a regular day goes for them. My second one allowed me to apply all I have learned from research and collaborate with another fellow iPoly student, Ingrid Nicole Mata, and that helped me explore more on my own, independently.
2.
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
3. What worked for you in your senior project?
What really helped me was that I was never short on research material. It was tricky to find very recent articles but anything that wasn't necessarily recent I could ask my mentor, or one of the other teachers at my mentorship. So if I had to pick one main thing that really worked for me in my senior topic was my mentorship and my mentor, Ms.Chami.
4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?
Honestly, I can't really think of much that didn't work in my favor for senior project. If I could travel back in time I probably would do everything the same with the exception of being more prepared. Being prepared and knowing my topic by heart is definitely something I would've worked on; not because I didn't know my topic well enough but mostly to help me have more confidence on what I was talking about.
5. How has senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
At the very beginning I didn't really think my senior project would have a huge impact on myself or my future career choice, I just made the connection that it helped me practice working with younger children and learning how they worked.
However, today at the very end of my presentation when a girl asked me, "Why did you choose early childhood education as your topic?" I had to think fast because I've been working on this project all year long so I thought I was going to respond with the usual "It intrigued me." but I didn't. I realized that I choose it because it has always been a viable career option for me. Just because of my personality and because I really enjoyed working with younger children; they have so much potential for the future. So this project subconsciously helped me realize a back-up plan in case med school doesn't work out (fingers crossed) and it does cross along the same lines of child development. If all goes well, however, I already have some basic knowledge on how children develop mentally, physically, and emotionally all thanks to my senior topic.
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