As I’ve started working on my written component, I found that the most efficient way to gather my ideas was to use a simple google doc where I wrote out bullet points of my thinking for each source, and then rearrange the ideas as I further refined the written component. Due to recent events, I’ve reshaped a lot of the thinking I was doing to encompass a more broad public policy sphere. I think this is the most effective way and a space that has a lot of opportunity for further research and understanding. One area where I am a little behind is the artifact; I don’t have anything more than a few ideas in a note. But I think once my written component is more fleshed out, it will be easier to understand what kind of physical component would be most effective at communicating meaning. Once I reach these steps, I think I might require some assistance in the actual, physical, artistic building of my artifact, so I want to start thinking about who I can turn to.
Process Reflection 1
I’m excited to continue working on my Capstone project. One of the aspects of my project that I’m particularly excited about is that I can work at an intersection of different fields, like social studies and science. I’m glad that I’ll be able to talk to such a wide ranging list of experts. At Galloway, I’m planning on talking to Mr. Mathis and Mr. Titus. Titus makes sense for obvious reasons: as the APES teacher, he’ll have a lot of valuable insight into the climate change process. I hope that my conversation with him will help clarify the multitude of ways that climate change can affect the natural world; I want to ask him if there’s any effect of climate change that he feels is not as widely known as it should be. For Mr. Mathis, I hope he can aid me in the social aspects of my project. I’m planning on asking him if there are any other historical situations that he feels could be analogous to the one I’m investigating. In terms of outside experts, I believe that the person I’m planning on talking to, Taylor Hawes, will be extremely helpful. As an advocate working with water preservation today, she has a level of expertise and specificity that would be difficult to find elsewhere. I want to talk to her about her experience with advocating in front of the government, from national to local. But before I begin talking to experts, I want to research more so that my questions could be more focused and specific, and I’ll be able to maximize my time with the experts.