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1.How well are things going with your Senior Project?
 * Falling behind schedule
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Making Great Progress
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Stuck and need help

2.What do you need help with

3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc.. Feb 11 This with my project are finally beginning to progress. We have an outline of my project, as well as a calender. I have to be completely done by prom. We are currently waiting for two students to put on Miss Fishers case load so that I can start working with them, and then after that I will start creating my own journal. Miss Fisher said that she needed two weeks to get all the paper work filled out and signed so that I can start. we also have to have a confidentiality agreement.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Feb 8, 2010 I can' t wait to see what you come up with after talking to Ms Knight and Ms Fisher! Keep moving ahead! Mrs. Melin

February 5, 2010 1.) I am doing good. I just set up a meeting to meet with both ms knight and ms fisher. i also made an outline as to what to do with my project, but it is all subject to change after the meeting

Jan 31, 2010 Marie, sounds like you know what you need to do. I would like to see you make a goal for getting it done so the time doesn't just slip by. Next week there will be another round of advisor meetings and that may be a good goal to set to get some ideas on paper to discuss at that meeting. Have you thought any more about sign language for all kids to communicate simple requests (bathroom, drink, nurse, etc.) along with your song idea? It may also be helpful to look at a calendar, take out spring break PAWS testing, MAP testing (done at both schools), and other dates you'll be gone to come up with a timeline of when things need to be done. Mrs. Melin

1-26-10 1.) I really havent done anything with my project lately. I guess what i need to do is figure out all the details of my project, exacly how i want to incooperate sign language into classrooms, what classes i want to test my experiment as well as the songs i want to teach the kids 2.) i dont need any help right now, i just need to sit down and focus on getting all the details worked out

1-12-10 1.) Things with my project are sort of on stand by. I havent done much work with them because the project portion of the assignment has been halted, but now that it is back in motion i need to start working on my project. I am still throwing around different ideas on what to do. 2.) At this point in time i do not need help with anything

11-24-09 Very interesting! Did you learn alot from your professor? Is there a chance you might be able to go to UW to observe or participate in activities they may have going on? Glad to hear the source cards are done for your paper-keep working on it, I can' t wait to see the finished product! Mrs. Melin

November 11, 2009. 1,3.)I am making great progress this week on my senior project. This week I have finshed all my source cards and note cards as well as conducting an interview with a deaf professor from university of wyoming. Our interview was over the phone and we spoke through an interpreter. 2.)I don't need help with anything. Thursday, October 29, 2009 1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help with 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..This week I set up a meeting with my mentor. We will be meeting friday and then we will discuss a plan of action for my project
 * Comment by Tina Melin (Advisor) 11/02/2009 3:17 AM Were you able to meet or was your mentor out of town due to the work day? I'm excited to hear about your new ideas of using sign lang in the reg ed classroom to help with disruptions! Mrs. Melin
 * Moving Along Fine
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Comments Marie DobsonTuesday, October 20, 2009 1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?I am working on my project in school when I have down time. If I could do this month over again I would have gotten started on my plan much sooner so I didnt waste so much time. 3.What kinds of decisions have you found yourself making recently? Have they been good decisions? What are you learning about how you make decisions and what kind of effect these decisions have on your learning?One decision would be who to be my mentor. I had planned on having my old sign language instructor but after trying to get in touch with her unsuccessfully I had my friend go talk to her to find out she no longer works for that school. So instead I will have Ms. Fisher be my instructor. Decisions help my learning because it gives me a lot of control when it's up to me. Also it makes you change your plan to fit the new decisions. 4.What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc? I havent quite learned more about my working style or interests because I'm still in the planning phase of my project. when i start to actually do the physical parts of my project I think it will help me learn much more about myself.
 * Making Great Progress

5.How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?i already answered 6.What new questions do you have now (about yourself, the project, your topic)?After meeting with my advisor it brought up a whole bunch of new ideas. Now after our meeting my plan would be to sit in on a classroom and see if using signlanguage inimizes disruptions. So my questions now are whose class could i sit in on, and when can i start! 7.What did you learn about your topic/subjects that you didn’t know before? What connections among the various things you have studied and researched do you see? Have you had any “aha” moments? What were they and how did they affect you?I haven't started to do a lot of research just yet. I need to research the origins and how it differs. 8.• How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project?After meeting with my advisor, it helped me get a clearer picture on my project. I planned on just using sign language myself in class, and Ms. Knight gave me the idea to see how an entire class can benefit from it.
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Comments Marie DobsonTuesday, October 20, 2009 1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help with 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..So I have got my total game plan figured out! I am going to study the history of sign language and how it differs across the world. I will also increase my sign language vocabulary. For my project I will get together with a class (probably in the elementary) and see how the use of sign language decreases classroom disruptions. Also I will teach them a few phrases and songs.
 * Making Great Progress
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Comments Marie DobsonMonday, October 19, 2009 1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help with 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..Last week I attempted to get ahold of my old sign language instructor and I didn't know why she wasn't getting back to me. I found out that she no longer works at my school so Dr. Van Roekel won't be able to be my mentor. instead i will have Ms. Fisher be my mentor and Ms. Knight be my advisor.
 * Making Great Progress
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Comments Marie DobsonMonday, October 12, 2009 > I am concerned about whether you met with your advisor by Friday. If not, you are late on that deadline. You also have a follow up reflection that is overdue in connection with the advisor meeting. Meeting deadlines grows increasingly important as we continue through this process, so lets try to make some progress in that direction this week! > *At this point you should have 2 green check marks by the components Letter of Intent and Sign of Committment on your home page. If you don't see 2 green check marks, click on the links for those components and see what you need to do next to complete them. If there is nothing else to do once you check for notes there, see me this week to help you get these components completed. Mrs. Melin 1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help withI am having trouble on the direction I'm going. Because I don't have my letter of intent back, I'm having a hard time knowing where to begin. 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..So far in this process I have done four drafts about my letter of intent and I have done my poster. This week I plan on emailing Dr. Van Roekel so I can ask if she would be my mentor.
 * Comment by Tina Melin (Advisor) 10/19/2009 2:12 AM A few things to consider as you get going this week...You need to remember that the Senior Project is more than just the project, there are other requirements to complete along the way and you need to prioritize them as part of the process too. With Ms. Knight being out sick all last week I know there are some catch up issues for all. Please make a point to get with her Monday morning to get your Letter of Intent corrections back so you can move ahead.
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
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