Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
I am most proud of how much the crowd reacted to my activity. I chose something I thought they could connect to and would appreciate, and in the end they were interested in anything they could not figure out on their own in the activity. This showed me I could keep the class interacted, and that's what I wanted. I think that's what anyone wants when they're presenting. 

2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
I would give myself a P+ because I did what was required but not much more. I got a lot of commendations on my content, a lot of classmates called it content-rich and easy to follow. Also, my activity really helped to answer my EQ in collaboration with my EQ answer.
2b.    Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
 I had sources (MLA), an EQ and Best Answer. I applied my answer to three aspects of music education, and how my EQ answer could help improve those 3 aspects. My activity also helped support my EQ and EQ answer. 
(Activity: Students in six groups were either a part of Group 1 or Group 2. Each group had to fill in the missing lyrics, guess the artist and song name, then try to remember the lyrics to either Scooby Doo or Spongebob Squarepants , depending on what group you were in (group 1 or 2). The only difference was, Group 1 was allowed to use their phones and any other materials in the class , Whereas Group 2 was limited to asking the people at their table for help.)
This helped answer my EQ with my EQ answer which was : Making the education of music easily accessible though out a community. 
This helped answer my EQ because in order to be able to complete a task, you need resources, and group 2 had little to no resources but themselves. 
3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
 The layout and flow. Also my activity. 
4.What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
 Brought props and played soft classical music in the 
5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
  Promoting AND Performing for the community. 

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Blog 12: Mentorship 10hrs Check

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship hours at Cal Poly in the music department .

2. Who is your contact?
My contact is Janine Riveire .

3. How many total hours have you done?
10Hrs and 15minutes.

4. Summarize the 10hrs of service you did.
In those ten hours, I sat in the advanced string ensemble class and observed Dr. Riveires methods of teaching. I also learned the songs themselves to have both sides of the teaching coin...what you learn and how. I also reviewed recomended

Monday, January 5, 2015

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. What did you do over break for your senior project?

I stopped playing violin consistently for 2 years and over break, I taught myself how to play everything I forgot how to do. I remembered about 30 minute warm-ups, hour of learning and an additional 30 minutes after that to review what I learned. I also got an electric violin for Christmas which was awesome.

2. What was the most important thing you learned form what you did, and why?

The most important thing I learned was that everyone has different ways of progressing, especially when you are doing it on your own time. This really connects with my EQ directly because I want people to be able to do what they love and balance it with their work life as well, without one of them negatively impacting the other.

3. If you were to make a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

I would want to talk to someone with a high-up position in the education system. I'd want to know why most students don't have things like wood shop, home-ec, and drivers ed at school anymore. These are all other hobby alternatives, they have the same role as music in terms of extracurricular activities.