Blog 22 : Independent Component 2

Content:  

LITERAL

• (a) Include this statement: “I, PAULINE MIRAMONTES, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 46 hours of work.”
• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• My mentorship and mentor helped me complete this independent component. 

• (c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
• Up on Senior Project Hours link. 

• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• What I did for this independent component was help in creating the Anderson Special Olympics. I helped with coming up ideas for obstacles, I over looked students practice the Olympic oath, and I helped set up and take down anything that was set up during the Olympics. I also helped students complete the obstacles!

• (e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   
• The component shows more than 30 hours of work because at some points I was working with the students and seeing how they do certain things. I also helped with brainstorming and setting up and I was also one of the adults to help the students do obstacles that they couldn't do on their own. There were a couple of days where I didn't spend my whole time working on the Olympics and so I went and helped to any classroom that they needed help in.
• Photos down below for evidence. 

• (f) How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.
• This component helped answer my EQ because I saw how each student did things and how the change in atmosphere can change the way of thinking. Each disability is different and seeing how the students do things with other students is always different. Some students did better outside than doing things inside a classroom. Others were just too tired and didn't want to participate. Even the students who were handicapped had games and obstacles to do, and thats always fun to see them get happy that they can participate too. 

• (e) Evidence! 
• In the pictures the adults with the black t-shirts were the ones in charge and the students were the ones with the green t-shirts. 

This is the classroom and students that I was assigned to. These were the students that I had helped if they needed any help with any obstacles. 

First Game! 4x4 Relay! Each classroom raced with another classroom in a relay race. 

In this picture we waited for the rest of the school to come out before giving out the schedule of the day and any announcements. 

Second Game! Ball Pass! The students had to pass balls from the front of the line to the end of the line and then pass them all back again. 

Seventh and Final Game! Obstacle Course! The adults had set up an obstacle course inside the gym and had the students go thru it. However, most students needed help in this and so adults were assigned to section to help the students pass by.  

After doing the Olympic Oath, a representative from each classroom was sent to do the torch relay. 

First Game! 4x4 Relay! The students in wheelchairs being pushed to win the relays.  

Third Game! Yoga/ Stretch/ Cool Down! This section the students were told to do "yoga" stretches. As you can tell in this picture not all students participate.  

Fourth Game! Soccer Hurdles! The students had to walk over tubes that got taller each time. In this picture I'm holding onto my brother as he walks over the tubes.  

Fifth Game! Soccer! Again I'm kicking the soccer ball back and forth with my brother before the other students came. 

Celebration Ceremony! In this picture, is the class and I standing in front of the school as other volunteers pass out the medals. 

Sixth Game! Ball Toss! The students were to throw the ball into a net and were to take a step back every time they made it. 

Grading Criteria 

• Log on a digital spreadsheet under Senior Project Hours
• Evidence of 30 hours of work 
• Blog explaining and defending significance of component

Blog 21 : Interview 4 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  
• The most important thing that I learned from the interview was how the behaviors can affect the students' way of thinking and the way they learn. Also I learned how the teachers really try hard to make sure that each child is learning and to have lots of patience because each student learns differently and at different paces. 
2. How will what I learned affect my final lesson?
• The information that I learned will affect my final lesson because the information that I got from my mentor would really help when explaining my first and second answer.