Blog 26: Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your 2-Hour Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

 

I am most proud of the fact that I was able to get everything ready on time. This includes the decorations, the prizes, the activities, and the powerpoint. It was a lot of work on top of the San Dimas Relay for Life event that I attended just last weekend. I was also proud that I had 10 people give me their emails at the end because they were inspired and wanted to join the Relay for Life. This showed me that I can inspire people to become involved in the cancer community and can educate people about the importance of support in a survivor's life. I am also proud of the fact that I had good volume when speaking throughout my presentation because that is a weakness I've always had.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation (self-assessment)?

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b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

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(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

 

My mentorship worked for me because I was able to learn more about my answers and experience them first hand. I also acquired leadership skills in my mentorship and have successfully raised funds as a team captain for the Relay for Life.

 

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

If I could go back in time, I would've made quality powerpoint slides weeks before my presentation. I started my powerpoint weeks before, but I found out that the slides lacked quality, asthetics, and that "attention grabbing" factor. The slides I made weeks prior to my presentation were more like rough draft worthy. I would've worked harder on my slides beforehand and made sure they were worthy of my 2 hour. It would've saved me a lot of time the week of my presentation.

 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.  

The Relay for Life is definitely something that I will be doing even after senior year. I will continue to be a team captain and will attend team captain meetings as well as committee meetings. I will also continue to fundraise for the Relay year round and may even start a cancer awareness club at Cal State LA, which is where I will be attending college. Next year I'm going to an event called Paint the Town Purple which is basically just plastering posters of Relay in a specific city. I will also continue to ask for donations and will keep doing restaurant fundraising nights. On July 12, I will be going to a debrief session with all the team captains of the Relay for Life and my mentor, Roxanne Bickham. I will also be planning to attend the Pomona Relay for Life which will be from June 22nd-23rd. It is something that I see myself being involved in for years to come. I'm glad that my senior project opened that door for me.

Rough Draft of 30 Minute Presentation

 

30 Minute Lesson Plan
Name:	Darlene Dela Rosa			Date:	18-Jan-13		House:	North
Essential Question: What best defines a successful program for support of cancer survivors?				Objectives: My goal for this presentation is to introduce the reality behind cancer survivorship and to educate my audience on the many opportunities to give back to the  cancer community.
Category		Guide
Introduction		Hi my name is Darlene Dela Rosa and my project is Cancer Survivorship. I will be educating you about the experiences survivors have to face and illustrating key elements that can potentially improve the way they are living their lives.
Verification (Steps to check for student understanding)		• Beginning of Presentation:                                                                                            -What are common feelings that cancer survivors experience?                                                                                     -What are common problems that cancer survivors experience?  • End: Give some examples and reveal the answers at the end.
Body (Give and/or demonstrate necessary information)		Break down what you plan on talking about into manageable sections. • Literal: Having a support group can boost overall happiness and improve quality of life during journey of survivorship. Volunteering for the cancer community can also have postive effects on emotional recovery. • Interpretive:Talking to other survivors helps because a survivor can get ideas on how to better live their life by getting tips from survivors who went through the same cancer as them. • Applied: This topic may help me in the future because I want to work as a nurse practitioner in a children's cancer hospital when I grow up. This can enable me to fully comprehend the struggles of survivorship and to be aware that just because the cancer goes away, doesn't mean I should stop contact with the patient. My end goal is to be aware of available resources that survivors can access in order for them to lead a healthy life after cancer.
Visuals		Posters, Powerpoint
Activity (Describe the independent activity to reinforce this lesson)		• What is the activity:Everyone in the class will be divided into their literature circle groups and will simulate a cancer support group. Each person will be a cancer survivor with a different problem. The goal is for each person in the group to have a resource that adresses their problem by the end of the 10 minutes. Additional input from students is expected. • How it will be done: Each person will receive an identity card with the cancer they had and the problems they have encountered during survivorship. There will be a "Box of Resources" in the middle. Each person will pick a random resource from the box and give it to the person who needs it in correspondence to their problem. • What materials will be used: Identity cards, "Box of Resources"
Three Important Sources		Three Important Sources 1. ARTL: "National Cancer Institute." Making a Difference in Cancer -. National Cancer Institute, 20 Jan. 2011. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/make-a-difference/page4>.                                                                                   -Describes how volunteering for the cancer community can have postive emotional effects and can be a big step to recovery. 2. BK: "The Cancer Survivor's Guide".                                         Chapters 2 and 4.                                                                                    -Explains how talking to other cancer survivors helps and why a support group is more beneficial than just talking to friends and family alone. 3. ARTL: Dorsey, Dawn. "Coordinating Care After Cancer." CureToday.com: Fall 2011 Article. CURE, 13 Sept. 2011. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. <http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/journey.showArticle/id/9/enableStageSubMenu/5/article_id/1753>                                                                                                      -Prepares patients for survivorship so that they won't go into it blindly. Having a care plan can improve future social, mental, and emotional stability or even prevent problems from occuring.
Conclusion		Describing the importance of the activity and the benefits real cancer survivors get from support groups. How the activity was relevant to my EQ. Ask questions for clarification.