Lydia+Joint-+Wiki

The joint wiki was a project that focused on one specific joint in the body. Each group of two was assigned to one specific joint and instructed to gather information on their joint. Then, after organizing the information, the group was asked to put it into simplified terms, as the wiki would be used later on in the year to help sixth graders learn about the body. The joint that myself and my partner, Kaitlyn Patterson, were assigned to was the ankle joint. This was extremely interesting to me because I am a runner and the ankle is one of the most common things that are injured for athletes, especially those who do a lot of running for their training.

I think that the most challenging part of this particular project was the fact that all the material had to be simplified down into terms that sixth graders, with undeveloped minds, could understand. The material was not inherently difficult but the challenge of this project laid in the fact that all the material had to be put into simplified terms. This was difficult for me because I like making my work sound intelligent and, knowing that this material was destined to help the sixth graders learn, I had to put it into terms that they would be able to understand. Although difficult, I kind of enjoyed the challenge because I know that I have to be able to write for all levels of people, whether they are college professors or young people who cannot comprehend that kind of advanced writing.

The joint project was the last project that we did for this semester and although it wasn't the most stressful of all of our projects, it did take a lot of hard work to finish it on time while still making it look good. The ankle joint turned out to be very interesting and I learned a lot about how it is put together and how it works. I think that even though it was difficult to put the information about the ankle joint into simple terms, it really did help me to remember all the information on it. This is because I went over the information tons of times in my mind and rewrote it constantly so that everything could be understandable to the sixth graders who would be using it later on. I retained much of the information because of the constant repetition and now I know that when I am running later on in life and get an ankle injury, as I am bound to do eventually, I will know what exactly I am dealing with. Even though i may never turn out to have any use for this knowledge in my career later on in life, I still found it interesting and I am sure that I will be happy to know what I do about the ankle joint.


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