Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

Content:

Please review the component contract in the senior project packet.   The Independent Component 2 is an opportunity for you to add a dimension of creativity and/or an additional outlet for research.  The goal of the component is for you to explore your answers in more depth.  On Friday, April 22, 2014, you will be turning in the following to your blog to prove completion of this component:

• Blog post answering specific questions posted by senior team
• Log of hours clearly delineated as Independent Component 2 on the senior project hours spreadsheet (with total number of hours included)
• Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work, photographs) as digital artifacts   

For this blog post and approval, please answer the following questions.

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

-For this second independent component, I plan to spend half of the 30 hours creating a food blog based off the recipes my family cooks. This blog will contain recipes, how-to's and basic cooking tips. The second half will be a mini pamphlet which will be inspired by the "For Dummies" books to illustrate culinary skills and tricks.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

-For this idea, the project itself shall be the evidence. A link to this blog/waiver as well as progress updates for this should be evidence enough

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

-One of the biggest sources of culinary knowledge other than schools and restaurants are Food Blogs. This blog should help me funnel my knowledge and expertise into a location where anyone would be able to learn about my subject and how to succeed in it.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent

Component 2" log.

-Done

Blog 8:Independent Component 1 Proposal

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

-For my Independent component, I plan to host a dinner party-presentation. I want my senior topic to focus mostly on being able to teach others how to cook using what is limited to them by budget or skill. I plan on taking the first major step through a two part-party. The party will feature hand-made dishes I plan to create that require little experience to cook and are rather affordable (thus furthering how easy it can be for anyone to learn to cook). The second part will feature a presentation detailing some of the basics of cooking methods, safety, style and actually handling the food preparation, where I plan to sum up what I've learned to pass on to my classmates. I will need to spend time planning the dinner, planning the power point, preparing the dinner and possibly cooking a dessert of sorts. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

- To show my work, I plan to share the presentation with the senior team as well as updates regarding the production of the presentation and the creation of my dishes. In other words, I can record and upload small clips documenting the progress regarding both parts of my independent component to my blog regularly. On top of this, I can share this progress among the class when inviting those curious to the event.

3.  Explain how/what you will be doing to help you explore your topic in more depth.

-To further my knowledge on my own subject, I will need to dive ever deeper into what tips and subjects I will need to teach others about the culinary arts. This will include more articles read and I even plan to purchase a book on the finer arts of cooking called the 'The Flavor Bible' as suggested to me by another IPoly Alumni. I also plan to enlist my (future) mentor's help deciding what dishes would be most suitable to help teach other's about. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

-Done as of October 7th