Blog #10

Now that I have finished my second artifact I am starting to put together my ideas for my next artifact. The third artifact I have decided to do is to create two different journals. One journal will be from the view point of a parent with an autistic child and the other journal is with a parent that has a "normal" child. With the journals I am planning to write summary of what went on during their day and how the children act and what the children do. At the beginning of the journal with the autistic child I am going to put a schedule of what the child does throughout the day and at what time, because they need a routine schedule. I have started working on the information that I am going to out in the journal, all I have to do now is make up what goes on during the day(s). I am hoping to be done with my artifact by the middle of next week so I can start putting it all together and figure out how I am going to present them. I am excited to create the journals because they will bring together all the information that I have found out about the different autism spectrum disorders.

Blog #9 Spring Break

My spring break is going pretty good. I went to the lake with my mom and grandma and went shopping all day, so that was fun. I really haven't done much expect catch up on my sleep and get some homework done. I did have a job interview on Thursday, that I got, so I was really excited about that, but that is about all my excitement! Other than that my spring break has been pretty boring. As for my project, I have worked on it in bits and pieces. I have got it 98% complete and am working on fixing my rationale. I am hoping to have my rationale and artifact completed my Friday night. After i finish completing my artifact and rationale and I am going to begin making a draft for my third artifact; that will be challenging because I have no idea what information I am going to include in my artifact.

Blog #8

I am not going to present my artifacts until I have to so I do not have to repeat myself. With my artifacts, I really only have one that is presentation material. My first artifact was a brochure, my second is a PowerPoint, and my third is going to be two different journals. My second artifact is going to be easy to present because it is meant to be presented, but my others are going to be a little challenging. For presenting my first artifact, I think I will explain what I included on it and why. My third artifact will kinda be the same, but with the journals I am writing from the point of view of two different parents. So when presenting my third artifact, I might read parts of the journals so the class can get a picture of what the two different life styles really are like, and what parents have to go through every day.

With my project I was wanting to open people's eyes about autism, and show people that they are like everyone else, they just have to do things in a certain way. All of my artifacts are geared toward informing parents and teachers about the different types, how they can be treated, and how children with ASD act and develop compared to "normal" children. I am really pleased on how my artifacts are turning out so far, and am looking forward to seeing how they all turn out and how well they fit together.

Blog #7 New artifact

Now that I have finished my first artifact and rationale I started to think about my next artifact. For my second artifact I have decided to create is a PowerPoint. Right now, I have not started on my second artifact, but I have been looking at the information that I want to include. With the PowerPoint I am going to include different information comparing a child with autism to a "normal" child and find out the differences between them.

Now that I have decided what my second artifact is going to be, i have a lot of work that needs to be done. My first step for this artifact would be to gather all the information that I want to put in the PowerPoint so I do not have to go searching for that information. My second step would be to pick out the design of my PowerPoint. For instance, what colors I am going to use and what type of font(s) that will be used. I will also need to decide how my information is going to be placed, and in what order. Finally, I will need to decide if I am going to include pictures, and If I do, where the pictures are going to be placed on the PowerPoint.

There are so many things that need to be done before I can even start putting the PowerPoint together, that I need to get started on it right away, so that I do not get behind. I want this artifact to connect really well with my first artifact, and to make sure that happens I am going to make sure that all my information doesn't overlap each other, and that this artifact includes and more information about child with and without autism and how they differ. I hope this artifact goes as planned and looks the way that I am imagining it.

Blog #6 Artifact #1

One aspect that I have chosen to focus on in my artifact is the content. Since there are many different types of autism spectrum disorder, I decided to make a brochure with all the different types of disorders. For the content, I decided to include the signs and symptoms along with if they can be treated or not. Many of the disorders can have the same symptoms, so I also added how they may affect one child one way and another child a different way.

I believe the information that I have included in my artifact is very helpful and would really help parents understand the different disorders better than they know now. With this artifact I have also tried to provide information that would be helpful even for educators to understand and be able to help the children with an autism spectrum disorder better succeed and be comfortable with their disorder. I am really pleased with the brochure at this time and think that it provides really good information that is important for people to know.

Free Write

For my artifacts I plan on connecting them through the information that is provided. For every artifact I am going to work off the previous one. For instance, for my first artifact I am creating a brochure that has all the different types of autism disorders and then information about them. From this artifact I am going to create my second, which is most likely going to be a power point, but I will add additional information and focus more on a child with the disorders in the school setting. My main purpose of this topic is to focus on the development of an autistic child in school, socially, physically, and academically. So, for every artifact that I create I want to work off the previous so that the information that is going to to be represented will not repeat its self. I am hoping that all of my artifacts will connect well with each other, and as of right now I think that they will, but I will have to wait and see if it goes as planned.

Blog #5 Library visit

Visiting the library Thursday really helped me get more information. I was having trouble finding scholarly articles, but with the librarians help and suggestions I was able to find articles that were really helpful with my research. I had a few frustrations because some of the articles I found kept repeating information that I already had. Other than that one frustrating I found the library visit very helpful and I am glad that I went. With the information that I found I will be able to make my artifacts better because my information will provide more information.