Blog 22" Independent Component 2

(a) “I,  Jocelyn  Sanchez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30  hours of work.”

(b) Sources

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D_25XELuHqZWXHeRHetaJpfUH2EYQxOv3wko3B5CvOo/edit?usp=sharing

(c) Throughout the course of these last several months, Katie Lopez and myself set off to create an online campaign in order to help create awareness among teenagers, in order to do so we created a suicide prevention website such as the one by the Trevor Project, Teen Line Online and the Suicide Prevention Association. However as I looked into these websites, I noticed that they did not provide enough information to create a motivational support system or even had a forum for recommended aid, such as therapy, chat lines, support groups or even the effectiveness of these forums for individuals. In order to ensure that there was one, we created a “super” website which included all of this information, which can also be found on the link below, as posting is pending on  a blog schedule as set by my partner, Katie. While i focused on the research and background of the website, Katie focused on the aesthetic and importance of different mediums to complete our IC.  

Link to Information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PeatOL0uKPrOcoZlxGrxgXlPyoNxLw799L2spGtYRjs/edit?usp=sharing

(d) How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

While creating this website I began to see the flaws in the current suicide prevention campaigns where they focus on one aspect, such as online chats or in person contact and often do not provide enough information to help an individual. Although some websites do provide steps, there is yet to we a site aside from our own that encompasses the topics of each on of these aspects. With having all the information needed on one forum, helping another person will be a simpler task than as presented before. Since I was responsible for research, I was able to first hand see the time the is necessary to put all of these forums in one place. It takes a lot of time, but with motivation it is worth saving lives.  

Link to Website: http://keepaimingcampaign.wix.com/suicideprevention

Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

KEEP AIMING! 

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

For my second independent, I plan working alongside Katie Lopez in order to create a campaign on suicide prevention/awareness which will be directed towards adolescents, teaching about the different aspects and factors that go into suicide prevention. The goal of the campaign is to promote and educate the public through the use of PSAs on digital and tangible platforms - including but not limited to: Posters, websites, blogs, and commercials. We also hope to be able to fundraise some money to be able to donate to non-profit organizations that are currently researching different approaches to suicide prevention - the details on how this fundraiser will take part are still in the works as we need to talk to our house teachers.

The name of our campaign will be called “keep aiming as it will focus on looking at the silver lining from each personal problem and individual can have. In order for an arrow to shoot forwards it needs to be held back, just like the issues presented by the USA

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

I intend on logging how often I work on this project, and  I will also be dedicating my time to speak to different classes on suicide prevention to educate our grade and potentially our whole school. During iFest we will try to find volunteers who would be willing to help promote our campaign or learn about the topic of suicide.

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

This component will allow me to explore my topic more in depth because I will be focusing on the advertising and actual awareness of suicide prevention adding a layer of understanding to this complicated web. In educating the public, I hope to be able to provide the tools that one day could save lives.

4. Independent Component 2

Independent Component 1

LITERAL

• I, Jocelyn Sanchez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 33 hours hours of work.
• (b) Works Cited
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D_25XELuHqZWXHeRHetaJpfUH2EYQxOv3wko3B5CvOo/edit?usp=sharing .
• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• Throughout the course of my 30 hours I worked with Gennesis Romero to create an accessible online platform (WordPress) which the public can use to help identify different disorder and major contributors that can affect the mental health of an elderly once they reach the approximate age of 60 years. We also created a Pintrest platform to reach the ages of those 15-25 and created an Instagram account to target teenagers so that they will want to care for their grandparents or elder members of their family or life.

INTERPRETIVE

• Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
• https://mentalelderhealth.wordpress.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/mentalelder/
• https://www.pinterest.com/mentalelderheal/

APPLIED

• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this.
• This component made it simple for me to learn about my topic because I was able to specifically research components that are also major contributors on suicide. Although we did cover suicide plenty, it was not the entire purpose of our blog. The purpose was to educate the public and in doing research both Gennesis and myself were given the opportunity to expand our horizons on our topics. Since I had prior knowledge to the elderly, and her topic was geriatrics, I was able to provide her with some tools that I had found prior to this project. As for myself, the research I put into this blog also allowed me to look deeper into aspects like abandonment and abuse that dragged me further into the science that leads to suicide, and I probably would not have gotten so intrigued if it were not for this.

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

Growing old does not mean the end of your life, it means having a lifetime of memories to look back on whenever you feel alone.

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

What I intend to do for my 30 hours of my independent component is collaborate with Gennesis Romero, whose topic is elderly care, in order to create and run a blog which focuses on the mental health of the elderly and the probability of suicide based upon external and internal factor. In addition to this, we intend to connect social media outlets in order to reach a middle ages and young crowd to raise awareness on issues that affect relatives in order to provide a brief understanding of what occurs in the elder mentality as a way to help the elderly maintain a longer, happier life.

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2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
As mentioned previously, Gennesis Romero and I intend to run a professional blog on WordPress that would serve as our main tool in informing the public domain with information enriched entries. For our blog entries, we intend on doing extensive research using online and physical resources as well as conducting real life interviews with professionals such as psychologists, CNAs, RNs, and other people closely affiliated with the elderly.

In addition to using this extensive research to create our blog, we also intend on creating educational resources for volunteers of senior centers/retirement homes to educate themselves upon. In addition to this, we also aim to educate different age groups by also using research to run a Twitter account to reach young adults, and give them tips on signs to watch out for in their elderly relatives (immediate, short bursts of information). On top of this, we hope to have a Pintrest account that with the use of visuals will inform middle aged adults on the mentality of the elderly, the caring for a longer life, and the risks people take as they continue to grow.  

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

The way in which this independent component will help me explore my topic, would be by creating a deeper understanding on how suicidal intent may increase with age. By focusing primarily on one single age group instead of a broad amount, I will be able to see how suicide not only develops but affects others by doing extensive research.