The following is a list and a brief description of the senior projects I saw over the past 2 weeks:
05/21/14 - Block 1
Lupe Lara, Music Performing and Promoting:
- Concentrated on the best way to engage an audience during a performance
- Went into detail of singing techniques, voice tones, and overall performing tips
05/21/14 - Block 2
Krystal Lam, Editorial Publishing:
- Explored the different ways of making a quality yearbook that can incorporate design and content with the overall feel of the school
- Described general design, photography, and teaching techniques and how they are used in yearbooks everywhere
05/21/14 - Block 3
Viviana Bravo, Photography Galleries:
- Went over the best possible way to bring viewers to an art gallery during an event.
- Showed what is done with the art is played and how to get the word out of the gallery to the general public.
- Showed what is done with the art is played and how to get the word out of the gallery to the general public.
05/22/14 - Block 1
Carlos Cerrillos, Information Technology:
- Focused on using technology to market real estate companies
- Taught how technology is used, what it can provide to a company, and how to integrate it into marketing
- Taught how technology is used, what it can provide to a company, and how to integrate it into marketing
05/22/14 - Block 2
Patrick Montoya, Video Game Graphic Design:
- About the box art of video game and how to get gamers to buy their product from their boxes alone
- Went over the demographics and design of games box art
05/22/14 - Block 3
Brian Cabantug, Software Development:
- Presentation was on the use of different codes used to code mobile applications and explored which ones were the best one
- Displayed different codes such as HTML5, Java, and Command C
05/23/14 - Block 1
Study Hall, Mr. Hedman's Classroom No Presentation:
05/23/14 - Block 3
Bradley Schott, Computer Science:
- Presented on making mobile applications and what to do to get the application to be used
- Taught about elements that should be included to provide the most enjoyment and most usability for uses of an applications
05/27/14 - Block 1
Angel Arredondo, Angioplasty:
- I was not present for this presentation
05/27/14 - Block 2
Isaac Salas, Engineering:
- Was about traffic and how engineering can be use to help relieve road congestion
- Gave information about different road aspects and different kinds of transportation other than automobiles that are used elsewhere
05/28/14 - Block 1
Daniel Gamboa, Electrical Engineering:
- Talked about what is most important when repairing and dealing with power lines
- Identified what things are safety hazards and how to spot them
05/28/14 - Block 2
Vanessa Pacheco, Marketing Management:
- Explored the best way to market a product or service to consumers
- Identified marketing terms in competition and what companies can and should do to make their product stand out.
05/28/14 - Block 3
Brandon Beghtol, Information Technology:
- Showed how databases worked and how to support small businesses with technical support
- Taught the general needs and interests of small businesses and how to set up technology to support them
05/29/14 - Block 1
Alfonso Esquivel, Internal Medicine:
- Dealt with the symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease and the best ways to cure them
- Showed how nutrition and surgery methods can be used to cure a person who has this disease
- Showed how nutrition and surgery methods can be used to cure a person who has this disease
05/29/14 - Block 2
Lionel Arellano, Computer Technical Services:
- Described the symptoms of damaged computes and how to fix them
- Gave information on the source of viruses and how to see computer symptoms and identify what type of issue it has
05/29/14 - Block 3
Wesley Wu, Structural Engineering:
- Talked about what is most important in created a stable structure
- Went over drawing schematics and the different types of structural supports
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.
A question I have about the senior project is how many independent components are required and how to make a legitimate, independent component for us to do. In addition, if we were to make a component ourselves, how would we be graded on them since everyone's would be different in both difficulty and in relevance toward their topic.
In addition to independent component grades, my other question is how much impact our senior presentation grades will be on our overall grade for the year. I have heard that the senior presentation grade can possibly dictate what grade we will receive in all the other classes, but I want to confirm exactly how that works.
3. What has the most important part of the senior project based on what you are seeing in the 2-hour presentations?
The most important part about the senior project that I got from the presentations is to have an understanding of one's own topic to become essentially an expert in that field. Once this is achieved, it is almost like becoming like a mentor for the time span of the senior presentation. With understanding of the topic, which can be obtained through application of the information or doing in depth studies of the topic, one would be able to relay the information in an way that not only makes sense to the audience, but also in the way that the person's mentor had taught them as well.
Understanding is the most important part of the senior presentation because understanding of the information gathered throughout the year is basically the foundation of the any project, especially for the senior project. Without understanding, it is highly unlikely that the person learned from the experience. Therefore, if one has a strong understanding of the acquired information throughout the year, their senior presentation at the end of the year will also be strong.
4. What topic are you considering doing and why?
The topic I am considering for my senior project is Computer Programming. The reason for this is because I plan on majoring in computer science when I get into college and I plan on working in a technological based field much like my parents who have careers in Computer System Analysis and Engineering. I feel that working on Computer Programming will help to prepare me not only for college, but for my future career as well.
The topic I am considering for my senior project is Computer Programming. The reason for this is because I plan on majoring in computer science when I get into college and I plan on working in a technological based field much like my parents who have careers in Computer System Analysis and Engineering. I feel that working on Computer Programming will help to prepare me not only for college, but for my future career as well.
5. What are you doing for your summer mentorship?
Over the summer, I plan on mentoring with my mom at her workplace where they develop applications and manage databases for the court of the county of Los Angeles. As Computer System Analysts, they work within the court's system to help organize and make the data accessible to those who need court files. This will give me information on how database systems work and how different programming languages are used.
Over the summer, I plan on mentoring with my mom at her workplace where they develop applications and manage databases for the court of the county of Los Angeles. As Computer System Analysts, they work within the court's system to help organize and make the data accessible to those who need court files. This will give me information on how database systems work and how different programming languages are used.
