kp+Joint+-+Wiki

The joint wiki was a project assigned to a person and a partner of their choice, mine being Lydia Heter. The project that was assigned was meant for each group to focus on one specific joint of the body. Each group had to first research all of the joints so that they could learn how joints in general function. We all had to take notes on the joints and how they functioned. We then got to pick our joint that we would be researching out of a hat (which was fun). The specific joint that Lydia and I picked was the ankle joint (we were both happy because we both already understood the bones of the ankle). Our teacher, Mr. Orr, told us that we would be doing this project for sixth grade students. Therefore, we had to put our research and wikis into simplified terms compared to what we were used to. Our wiki would help the younger students learn one of their lessons later in the year.

This project was a lot easier for me than others. My partner Lydia is one of those people that is used to over complicating everything and being very intelligent when taking notes and writing papers. I on the other hand have difficulties making things seem...complex if you will. Because of this I fortunately was able to take everything that she wrote in complex terms and lower the standards to the sixth grade level. I knew that the sixth graders would be able to understand it way better with easier words to remember such as the wearing down of bones instead of osteoporosis. I also am good at putting pictures in that match what the speaker is talking about whether it be Lydia or myself. I can rearrange them so they look somewhat professional. I am also a creative person. My partner and I got to go onto a site and find an HTML code to put on our wiki to spice things up and catch the eye of the said sixth grader. Lydia also contributed two videos to the wiki.

Being the last project of the semester meant that we had to do really good on it. It counted for a big grade and for both my partner and I it determined whether we received an A or a B for the quarter which would be added to our semester grade. This project taught me to time well not only with myself but with others as well. We had to plan days that we could edit the wiki and days that we could get together and work on it. I learned a lot doing this joint project. I intend to use it someday. For example, if I ever injure my ankle I hopefully will be able to know what is wrong with it and how I can take care of it before I get the injury checked out. It was very interesting to see how all the bones and muscles work together in the ankle joint. This project was definitely a good way to learn. It's good to have different ways of learning not only about the given information, but to learn how to work with others. Because I had to read the information, write it down, then simplify it I was able to learn more than I honestly thought I would. Again this was still interesting knowledge to obtain even though I will probably only use it once in a blue moon for an injury.