John+reflection+3

=//__John reflection 3 - Due Feb. 12, 2010 __//=

John's home page  1. How 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


 * < Making great progress ||

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 have been working effectively on my project the last couple of months. Last week I went to Salt Lake and completed my four open water dives and I am now officially a PADI Open Water Diver with a certificate. A couple of weeks before I traveled to Salt Lake to complete my open water dives I was in Casper completeing my pool dives and classroom work. I am now a Open Water Diver. If I could do the month over again there is nothing I would change or do over. I feel I worked hard and did a good job on my project. ||

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?


 * The decisions that I have been making recently are just normal decisions in life no tough decisions in general. Yes they have been good decisions. I really have not made in big decsions lately but you always learn from your actions. I learned alot from the decisions I made underwater and also I made great decisions on my timeline for my project because now I am finished. ||

4. What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc?


 * The major thing that I have learned about myself is that I really enjoy Scuba Diving. It is something that I want to continue to do throughout my lifetime. This I am sure will continue to be in my top interests. I learned also that I enjoy learning about fish. In my open water dives in the salt water there were 10 foot sharks and lots of other fish. ||

5. 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 learned alot of new things that is equal to a college class so I cannot list it all here. I learned about physics and all the aspects of SCUBA... I have also learned more about fish and dive tables and lots of neat things. The connections I have seen are perfect. I learned all of the history of scuba diving and how it is used today and by diving I can see the technology involved and also I can see all the areas that you would need to use SCUBA. I have had lots of aha moments. Like how to do certain skills underwater such as removing your mask 21 feet deep and replacing it then clearing all the water out underwater. ||

6. How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project?


 * I have used it by following there suggestions by staying organized and doing certain things. This has improved my project by I am always organized and also I dont forget deadlines and my project is done now because of my hard work. ||