Blog 24: Last Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I definitely am proud of my lack of nervousness,  I really felt engaged with audience and I received nothing but positive feedback back  from them. I clearly knew all of my work and I had numerous examples of mentorship to talk about.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

AE       P          AP       CR       NC
I would give myself anow AE or a P+ based on the feedback from the audience is taught the class very well. As for contract wise: I had one full hour of talk time, my activity was clear and explained my answer 1 which was fingerprints. My activity showed how simple the process of fingerprint analysis is. I dressed professionally, engaged the crowd, clear voice, displayed my EQ on each table, and mentioned my sources and mentorship on a variety of times. I completed everything on the contract  and went above and beyond by turning the classroom into a crime scene.
b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

AE       P          AP       CR       NC
For senior project overall I would say I deserve a P. I met all the requirements.
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
I'd say what worked truly well for me in senior project was my mentorship experience. Having Tony Nyguen who has been a CSI for 17 years now and who was just an all around awesome character really impacted the me during senior project in a positive way.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?
I would let Ortega know I had vertigo and would have to turn in my lesson plan a day late as I would be unable to attend school the day it is due.
Unfortunately that still probably would not be a solution as vertigo occurs randomly without any precautionary signs.
(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.
I definitely feel more confident in my ability to present to a large crowd for extended periods of time. As for how senior project has affected my life...well when I first started senior year I had no direction in where I wanted to go in life, but after spending a year mentoring in forensics I truly see my so doing this for a living. I would like to thank the senior team for giving me an interesting and life changing project. Hopefully I don't see any of you while I'm on the job.

Exit Interview

Content:

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

What evidence can best be used to convince a jury of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?

Fingerprints, Blood Spatter, DNA Analysis.

Fingerprints because it is unique to a certain individual and can not be duplicated or shared with another human being.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

Basically after working with fingerprints for months i saw how cost effective and efficient it was to analyse.

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

I did not face any problems with finding my answers.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

Mentor

Fingerprint Sourcebook

Because they both provide vital information.

LOL MY COMPUTER WONT LET ME PUT A PICTURE 

Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, Jordan Banuelos, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
Guerra, Isela. "The Use of Trigonometry in Blood Spatter". Parkland College. 2014. Web. Apr. 1, 2016.
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
(d) Explain what you completed.  
I recreated a crime scene just as blood spatter experts do to see how the the scene took place. I replicated blood spatter from real gun shot spatter cases and I conducted an analysis on the spatter. I then used blood spatter to create a dramatic effect as would happen on t.v. shows.
(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   
My work shows the realistic process of how blood spatter is analysed at a crime scene and how blood spatter is used for dramatic purposes on television. My work shows the contrast between the CSI effect.











(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 
This component helped me answer my EQ by showing me that blood spatter is more a source to figure out what essentially happened at the crime scene not as a piece of evidence to secure a suspect. 

Blog 21 - Interview 4 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  
I learned that while in court the role of a CSI is strictly to present evidence to the jury. They give facts not a story. A CSI only speaks when spoken to. I also learned just how much the CSI effect can have a negative influence on a jury.

2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?
It taught me that I don't need to add in the dramatics, just keep the facts.

Click HERE to listen to the interview.

Fourth Interview Questions

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
I plan to interview my mentor Tony Nyguen. Mr. Nyguen has been a CSI for 17 years and works at Pomona P.D. Forensics department.


2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

1. Do you have any additional information since the last time we spoke?
2. What is the role of a CSI in a court room?
3. Do you have to convince the jury that the suspect is guilty or do you just present your evidence?
4. What is the CSI effect?
5. Is the CSI effect a major problem with the jury?
6. How would you go about disproving the CSI effect?
7. How does the defense try to discredit your evidence?
8. How do you respond when your evidence is being questioned?
9. Does your response stop the defense from questioning that particular piece of evidence?
10. While you are up on the stand, does the prosecution help you persuade the jury?
11. What would you say is the most irrefutable piece of evidence?
12. Why is that evidence the most irrefutable?
13. How would the defense go about trying to discredit that piece of evidence?
14. What would be your response?
15. Can conviction be made with only that piece of evidence?
16.   Is there any unspoken rule of being a CSI in court?
17. What is the importance of fingerprints?
18. What is the importance of blood spatter?
19. What is the importance of DNA?
20. How do you end your time on the stand?

Blog 19: Third Answer

• EQ 

What evidence can best be used to convince a jury of guilt beyond reasonable doubt?

• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*

DNA is the best source of evidence to convince a jury of guilt beyond reasonable doubt because, the chances of 2 individuals having the exact same DNA are almost nonexistent and DNA evidence is veryaccurate at placing suspects at a scene.

• 3 details to support the answer

DNA gives access to an individualsome genetic make up, DNA can be found nearly anywhere, DNA evidence is typically infallible. 

The research source(s) to support your details and answer

http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/how-dna-evidence-works.html

http://nij.gov/topics/forensics/evidence/dna/basics/pages/analyzing.aspx

• Concluding Sentence

DNA evidence is one of the most newest and strongest pieces of evidence out there.

Blog 18 :Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
What evidence can best be used to convince a jury beyond reasonable doubt.
2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Fingerprints are the best piece of evidence because they are unique and simple and cost effective to process.
3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Blood spatter is the best peice of evidence because it is unique and gives a time frame and details otherwise unobtainable.
4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
Murder
Suicide
Assult
5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
Blood Spatter sourcebook.
6.  What other source supports your answer?
Experience.
7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
Blood spatter can show exactly how and when a crime happened.