Blog #1: 2-Hour Presentations

1. What presentation did you see?

• Karate - Acuna, Lizzeth
• Editorial Publishing - Lam, Krystal
• Creating a Franchise - Mendoza, Gabriel
• Forensic Science - Castellanos, Arianna
• Video Game Graphic Design - Montoya, Patrick
• Hartlein, Jessica - Bikram Yoga
• Gaeta, Jackie - Woman's Nutrition and Health
• Computer Programming - Holmes, Garett
• Physical Therapy - Song, Daniel
• Rizo, Juan - Landscaping
• Gamboa, Daniel - Electrical Engineering
• McConnaughey, Lara - Linguistics
• Patena, Mark - Hip Hop Dance Choreography
• Salud, Allyana - Nursing
• Negrete, Tannia -Business Management
• Samonte, Miguel - Product Marketing and Advertising

2. What questions do you have that haven't been answered about the senior project? This can be about the senior project in general, any components or about a presentation topic you saw or what they said.

• How much time has to be made (both talking and overall presentation time)?
• What are the independent components?
• How are the essential questions constructed?

3. What has the most important part of the senior project based on what you are seeing in the 2-hour presenations?

Based on what I have seen, the most important factors of the 2-Hour final presentation are:

• Making presentation time
• Having useful information to back up your three essential question answers
• Having your activity culminate your best essential question answer (probably not needed, but the presentations that did do this happened to be the best ones I saw)
• Organized presentation

4. What topic are you considering doing and why?

• I'm considering doing a topic in Pediatrics because I have always considered taking on the career path of a pediatrician. I love working with kids as well as taking care of others and my parents want me to pursue a job in the medical field because there are always jobs open. I can explore pediatrics through my senior project and find more information to help me decide if this is the career I want to do for the rest of my life. Video game design is another topic that I am considering because video games interest me. More importantly, the graphics. I have always been fascinated with CGI and am curious as to how it the 3-D graphics are created.

5. What are you doing for your summer mentorship?

• I am searching for a mentorship under the pediatric branch in the hospital my aunt works in. I feel like since a family member works there, it might increase my chances of being accepted as an intern because of the connections my aunt has with the staff members. If not, I will search for an internship at the video game company my cousin works with for the same reason.