Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement
            What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

                  Overall, I would say my presentation.  I felt like I explained my three answers so that both the seniors and juniors in the class would understand how I came to the conclusion of those answers. I explained components of each answer to make sure that the students in my presentation understood, and were able to grasp why I choose my answers to be answers to my EQ.

(2) Questions to consider
           a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation(self-assessment)?
                          P+
           b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project(self-assessment)?
                         P
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
              My activity. What I did for my activity, was I translated a poem from English to Italian. I gave every other student a name tag to wear around their neck and they would be the "teachers". While the ones who didn't have a name tag were the "students". The teachers (had the poem in english) role was to best teach to their capabilities and from what they learned in my presentation, from my first two answers to use those strategies and techniques to teach the student (with the italian poem) what the poem said. The students in my presentation were able to feel a E.L. student's struggle learning a new language and the "teachers" were able to understand the complexities first grade teachers face when wanting to teach an E.L. student English. They only had to teach one student whereas a first grade teacher would have to teach a class of 32 students with E.L. or non-E.L. in the class.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
                              I would probably pace myself. I wasn't nervous when doing my presentation, but when I presented , the whole time the students in my presentation were dead silent, so I took it as they were getting bored. Which I didn't want, so I tried to speak faster so that I could retain their attention until the activity. I made time but I would , now, not take the silence to mean they are bored but that they are attentively listening.

(5) Finding Value
            How has the senior project been helpful to you and your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
                       Senior project has helped me look more closely at future careers I might want to do going to college and all now. I really liked first grade teaching and I have found myself looking at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to see the projected amount of jobs in the next couple of years, and when I will graduate from college to see my success of getting a job in the market. I am trying to find all the information I can to possibly pursue this as my future career.

Mentorship

Literal:

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Interpretive:
      What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
   
         The most important thing I gained from this experience was about finding opportunities where I could find a mentorship in what ever area of field I want to study in when I go to college.Also, being able to work in a field where I might go into with some experience with help me a great deal just because I will have some prior experience  besides textbook knowledge.  I also gained working with others. I worked with the teachers I helped, I have worked with peers, so working together well with a diverse group of different personalities.

Applied:
    How has what you've done helped you answer your EQ? Please explain.

          I gained my first two answers from my experience with my mentor. Being able to work with these first graders and being able to get hands-on experience was able to provide me with the ability to best "teach" first grader english learners. I was able to better comprehend my answers: social learning through oral language. I was able to notice that when I was helping these first graders, the english learners and non-english learners would constantly communicate(talk to each other). My other answer is interactive teaching through oral language.This one I was able to observe first hand throughout my mentorship because of how the teacher included english learners and their responses.