Communicatively Doodle

I have shadowed two physicians during my pre-medical years. These experiences have significantly shaped the type of physician I want to be in the future. Not in the sense of a medical specialty, but rather in the sense of demonstrating a clear compassion and understanding for my patients.

The product being evaluated for this paper is the Doodle Pro by Fischer Price, designed for children 3 and up. This product has been available for 42 years, or since 1974 when originally created as the “Magna Doodle” by Pilot Pen Corporation. It was later bought out by Fischer Price, the specific creator is unknown (Freudenrich, 2008). The Doodle Pro contains an attached stylus and 4 different shapes. It works as a magnetic drawing board that has 2 screens with a honey-comb lattice like structure in between the screens that contains finely cut iron. When the stylus touches the screen it draws the iron to the top layer of plastic, where it stays in whatever shaped intended until erased, creating a no-mess chalkboard (Fischer-Price, 2016). It is designed to allow children to explore and practice writing and drawing in a more creative and open way, where it is seen as fun and not work. The product works to mimic an individual writing or drawing normally, the child picks up the attached stylus and draws as they like, and when they are finished with that particular picture they slide the eraser button across the bottom of the screen to clear the picture and start again. To see a visual of the product, Doodle Pro, please refer to Appendix A. This allows for practicing of the essential skills and penmanship, and confidence children will need throughout their lives.

The classroom that I observed today was called, “Rainbow Fish,” and the first student I observed was drawing pictures in her notebook. Each child has their own notebook they are able to write, color, draw, whatever they would like in. These notebooks are placed together on the writing center shelf. The student grabbed her notebook off of the shelf and walked over to the crayon, marker, and pencil area to choose a writing utensil. This classroom was clearly marked with pictures and words so students knew where to get every item they need. Once she had her notebook and her blue marker, she sat down to begin her drawing. The tables in the classroom had the children’s names written on them so the children knew where to sit during meal time. This student sat in her designated area. Although she did not have to sit at this specific table or in this specific spot, she was so use to sitting in this area, she felt like this was safe for her creative side to come out. What I observed the student drawing, I saw, which was to me, nothing but simple blue scribbles. When the student stopped to think of what to draw next, I asked her what she was making. The student replied with, “A flower, can’t you

Communication is part of individual’s everyday life. The shadowing final exam for this course allowed me to explore a career I was interested in and study what communication skills the employee use daily. The person I shadowed on Wednesday March 28, 2018 was Mario Chaney, Manager of design at Wayne Sate University in the Marketing and Communication Department. Mr. Chaney is a Wayne State alumnus with a Bachelor of Fine Arts has a certificate of Web design from creative studies. He designs both print and web layout to promote Wayne State University. For example, registration pamphlet and housing brochure were a few of the projects he was working on for next fall “2018-2019”. The reason I chose to shadow Mr. Chaney is after participating in a workshop with him where I got to go through the process of crating a warrior strong poster I was intrigued how design be used to communicate a message to many students on campus.

Joseph F. Healy in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class speaks towards the end of the Chapter 5 about institutional discrimination and in turn about affirmative action. Affirmative action being a set of policies and actions which favors certain groups and minorities who have suffered discrimination based on their minority status in the past, this favoritism usually comes into play in relation in employment and education. It is also described in some cases as being “positive discrimination”. Affirmative action was implemented in the 1960’s and 70’s and remains a hot button issue since its implementation and I am personally of the belief that race based affirmative action in university settings in particular is counterproductive and serves no real

Since the first story of the unit is about a girl named Maria who moved from Puerto Rico to New York City with her father. Maria is slowly transitioning to her new life in Spanish Harlem when her mother comes from Puerto Rico to offer her to move back to Puerto Rico. Throughout the story, the students are able to view Maria slowly transitioning becoming a New York Rican like her fellow neighbors. Additionally, a text that would work hand in hand with this story would be The Challenge of Graduating On Time for Newcomer Immigrant Youth in New York City High Schools. The article states how obstacles for newcomer immigrant youth to graduate from high school on time. Moreover, the students must read and annotate any information that resembles Maria’s situation or even their own experiences. Lastly, when students annotate and read the article they will have a group discussion, sharing all the differences, similarities, and disadvantages of moving to a new country.

As we begin to wrap up this semester, I reflect on all the learning and achievements I have obtained thus far in the program. Throughout this semester, my communication and relational capacity has grown, driving me to break out of my comfort shell. At the beginning of this year I had wrote a letter to myself, outlining three goals that I wanted to achieve. The three goals were: work with a palliative client, become more assertive, and to integrate family care into my practice. I began the semester off in acute care, on the medical floor. During the second part of the semester, I was assigned to be in the first group of students to start the Trail Outreach Nursing. My new placement has created a new goal of increasing my communication

When I first started experimenting with shadows I did not include a person as the subject. In order to add a personal and emotional element to my photos I decided to include a model. In concentration #1, I used a model and I wanted to create a unique shadow on her so I used a sushi roller mat which created the lines on her face. After this piece I realized I enjoy reflecting unique things on people so I continued with that strategy. Through this concentration process I tried multiple techniques in order to combine a person, shadow and reflection. With concentration #10, I tried to do something different and create my own reflection. I photoshopped trees onto the model’s arm. I thought this related to my concentration because it looked as if

During the summer of 2015, I attended a prestigious program called Shad Valley. As soon as I landed in ThunderBay, Ontario I was immersed into a whole month of workshops, lectures, projects, and activities. SHAD introduced me to program leaders and like-minded individuals, who shared my passion for leadership and science. I found people that assisted me in building confidence and encouraged me to take on leadership roles. SHAD taught me the importance of stepping out of my comfort zone on a regular basis, allowing me to challenge societal norms and improve the problems around me. With a program focused on STEM education, I was given a look inside some of the great minds in the scientific world. University professors, business owners, entrepreneurs

When i read these two articles i smiled because i am the one who will doddle anywhere at any time when an idea comes in my head. I have even pulled over on the side of the road and wrote down the idea or quickly sketched it. I believe doodling keeps your skills growing and not going backwards, some times when i haven't drawn anything of a while i feel like my skills are not what they were when i was drawing everyday for hours. I doodle to keep my skills up and keep learning more skills along the way with observations of real life. One of my weakness is color, i have used color in the past but always dreaded it because i always use black and white, and felt that i wasn't the best at color. I try to use color in a lot of things i do now, just

Five days per week, I spent 40 hours shadowing the chief of general surgery and the chief of internal medicine at a hospital in Hungary. I accompanied the doctors on their patient rounds, and I observed as the physicians interacted with patients with different needs. From this, I learned that patients want a doctor who cares about them as a human being, and not just another case to solve. Shadowing also gave me the opportunity to learn more about patients and their ailments, and to acquire skills such as how to examine patients MRI and CT scan. During this time, I gained a wealth of knowledge as the physicians shared experiences about their medical training and challenges they encountered.

Throughout my life, I picked up multiple hobbies which soon turned into talents of mine. One of those hobbies was centered around art. In elementary school, I was guilty of not paying much attention in many of my classes (except Art and Music class, of course). Many important lectures and classwork assignments were spent doodling in my notebooks. After several years, people began to notice my random doodles as actual pieces of artwork. This surprised me, in fact, that I began checking out drawing book upon drawing book from my school’s library.

My child study was inspired by the richly textured collages of Romare Bearden. I created an appropriate lesson plan for the developmental level of a third grade student. The student that I worked with was Leanna, she goes to PS.29. She is eight years old, and she loves to to dance and be creative. As a third grade student, Leanna does not have art class. Arts and crafts are done sporadically throughout the school year and sometimes during lunch. As a lover of the arts, Leanna really doesn’t like that her school doesn’t offer her art classes. When asked, she said her favorite form of art is origami. She loves to create origami hearts for valentine’s day. It is really unfortunate for creative students, like Leanna to be deprived from applying their creativity in art classes.

My writing had a transition through the semester and it was because of what I learned in this class. My writing process took a turn as well however, it took time and at times I had a hard time identifying things like the subject and key action. Many times I just had to word vomit onto my paper because that way I could sort my ideas afterwards. The discussion helped me identify when and where I put my character and key action because I used to think I could play around and put it anywhere I’d like because at the end it was my paper. However, I learned that concision is important because if the reader gets confused they might not be interested in reading anymore. Other people including peers, professors, and tutors at the writing center helped me identify where I needed change whether it meant grammar or structure. At, the start of the semester the Beginning Statue prompt made me feel very comfortable. However, throughout the semester I noticed that there was even more to learn and that I could implement different methods to better my writing.

ArtPrize 2017 was the ninth year of the event. Out of the nine years I have gone a total of three times. I like the idea of ArtPrize. Going downtown Grand Rapids and being surrounded by art that you have the chance to see for free. Even being able to touch some of the art and interact with it. Yet when I go to ArtPrize I do not find as much enjoyment from it as it seems others do.