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.