Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Due Date:  Thursday, 2/12 by 8AM

Content:

Please review the component contract on 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 24, 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 in the Senior Project Hours link.   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 my second independent component, I plan to do additional mentorship hours. More specifically, I plan to continue my previous drafting projects, as well as delve into new ones. For example, the current project I am working on is a floor plan of my mentorship building. Once I finish the first floor, I will move on to the second one, which --- as previously demonstrated in my last blog post --- will provide me with plenty of time-consuming work for my second IC. I will also be consulting with my mentor about my project, conducting interviews, and asking questions about my EQ. 

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

I will take pictures of my drafting projects and record my progress and methodology in my Mentorship Notebook. I will also record our interviews via cell phone and record his answers on word documents.

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This component will help me explore my topic more in depth because aside from my research at home, my mentor, Allen Barreno, is my best source of information because he has decades of experience working as an electrical engineer. Through him, I hope to attain additional outlets of research, as well as technical and concise explanations of research content I have discovered at home. Additionally, he is adept at drafting using Microstation and AutoCAD, so I can also consult with him for guidance on drafting projects.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

Done.

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.