Senior Project Reflection

1.) I'm proud that I didn't have to use any note cards and that I knew the information from the top of my head without really having to pause or think about what I was going to say. I reviewed the power point like once, and I think I did pretty decently.

2.) I think I would give myself a P+. I think I really explained my information more than thoroughly. My first activity was really engaging and I could see a lot of people had fun with it, and it explained the concept I was teaching extremely well. I really knew my information and I had all my materials prepared and ready.

For my Senior Project I think I deserve an AE-/P+. I learned a great deal of information and I'm one of the few projects where I can apply what I've learned throughout the rest of my life. My research was solid and on more than one occasion I've been told my presentations were good by more than one teacher and student. I was able to do a great independent component and my service learning was decent.

3.) The research was good. The independent learning was also pretty good. I had fun with that and learned a bit. Everything pretty much went ok. It wasn't great but it wasn't bad either.

4.) Service learning. I was told by my original service learning person in december that I couldn't end up doing service learning there so I had to think fast to get service learning.

5.) I know my way around a car, so if I ever need a job, its just one more thing i can add to the resume. In terms of endeavors i don't plan on being a full time mechanic, but its still a good thing to know. It helps save money though since I know how to service my own car.

2 Hour Template

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ImJPIPvV-Z_Irulkop_Gfu3DPURg8caSj04bjkz-1gg/edit

Service Learning

Literal
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkH-MKUV0FVIdDJ5VHh6d0R5d2dYX0RfRFJUZnM3Umc#gid=0
in case you couldn't read my writing

I helped my uncle with various tasks of restoring his car including pounding out dents, doing the oil changes on his car, changing tires, and helping him take apart the engine.

Interpretive
I think the most important thing I learned from my service learning was that most of the problems wrong with your car can be done by you. Most people assume that it takes a professional mechanic to fix your car when in reality it doesn't. I also learned more about how the car works and how to keep the car up to date in terms of maintenance.

Applied
Although my uncle's car is pretty old, he still keeps up with modern cars. He helped me narrow down my findings in my i-search paper. When I was stuck on what to use for my best answer he walked me through which finding would be best for my best answer. He also showed me what aspects of the car were important, and because his car was old I was able to compare the parts to newer ones on more modern cars to see how they've improved over time and how they've helped performance.

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Salvador Mota
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