Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Due Date:  Thursday, 2/13 by 8AM

Content:

Please review the component contract at page 12 of the senior project packet.   The independent component 2 is an opportunity for you to add a 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.  On Friday April 25, 2014, you will be turning in the following to your blog to prove completion of this component:

·       Log of hours on an digital spreadsheet (with total number of hours included)
·       Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work, photographs) as digital artifacts
·       LIA
 The senior team expects that your log will be on the right hand side of your blog with your WB, independent component log 1 and mentorship log.   In addition to this,  we expect that you will be able to prove the total 30 hours of work by submitting evidence to the blog by the due date.  For this blog post and approval, please answer the following questions.

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

For the 30 hours, I plan on taking an online class for independent component 2. I plan on taking an anatomy class because it will support one of my answers to my essential question, which is "In order to rehabilitate a patient after a traumatic skiing or snowboarding injury you need to make sure you know the human body well." The reason I have this as one of my working answers is because if you don't know the body then you won't know how or where to asses the body yet alone document it. Here is a link to the class I will be taking: http://www.saylor.org/courses/bio302/

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will screenshot tests/quizzes if there are any. Also I will take notes in a notebook and upload pictures to my blog and/or turn in my notebook when I'm done. I will also take a screenshot of the class as I go and a screenshot of the final exam and my score to show as evidence. 

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This class will help me explore my topic more in depth because although I took the Outdoor Emergency Care class for my first independent component, they really didn't cover anatomy as much as I thought they would. Taking this anatomy class will help me with the assessment of patients because I will know the body more, especially the vital organs. The vital organs are hard to remember so this class will help me get a better understanding of how the body works. Understanding how the body works will help me with assessments of patients because I will have a better idea of what might be wrong with the patient if it isn't obvious already.  

4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your other logs and call it the independent component 2 log.

Look at blog.

Your answers to the questions should be supported with details and examples for the senior team to understand what you plan to do.   Once we review your Blog Post 15, your house teacher will discuss with you the approval of your plan.  If it is approved, please start working on it.  If it is not approved, your house teacher will explain why.  It is your job to address the concerns so you can get your component approved.