Hey guys so this is officially my...wait for it....last post! GASP i know....well i'm proud i conquered the blogging world. I have enjoyed filling you in as my skill level progressed and enjoyed sharing both experiences and knowledge on what we have covered in this course of Participation in occupation 1& 2.
So bellow are my "postings" on various blogs and a reference list.
Posts::
Claire:
Rachel said...
How cool! who needs power to have fun anyway. Very true that you can play cards anywhere, this activity isn't effected (much) by the environmental factors. And i would have to say the candles are a tad romantic and adds to the ambiance of the atmosphere. :)
Victoria:
Rachel said...
It actually is Victoria! look forward to giving you afew phrases to use! it's an awesome way to learn a language if you are like me...and well challenged in articulating.
Anna-maree:
Rachel said...
AAAAHAAA!!! i now see what those needles are used for!....always have seen them around your house wondering if you'll clink them together and bust out anything worth seeing...obviously you have! very cool! enjoying reading your posts. You may look at the structure/flow of the postings just as a headsup, to make it easier for the reader as Erin was saying, otherwise keep up the good work!
Gemma:
Rachel said...
Thanks for clarifying what labour is and what work is! was very helpful,i understand now that labour is a must, key tool to survival, and work is what we chooooose to do rather a necessity.
References:
Caulton, R. & Dickson, R. (2007). What's going on? Finding an explanation for what we do. In J. Creek & A. Lawson- Porter (Eds.), Contemporary issues in occupational therapy (pp. 87- 114). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Hopkins, H. L., & Smith, H. D. (1983). Willard and Spackman’s occupational therapy. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
Law, M. (Ed.). (1998). Client centered occupational therapy. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated.
Christiansen, C. & Townsend, E. (2010). Introduction to occupation: The art of science and living. (2nd eds.). Prentice Hall.
Sunderland, J. (2010). Adaptive living occupation: BT127001 [Lecture notes]. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago Polytechnic, Department of Occupational Therapy.
Ambience
So I totally had a "light bulb" moment recently ....as i was testing myself on my word list this week it clicked in my brain about ambiance, finally i had mastered some phrases well enough to enjoy the activity without complete concentration devoted. I was able to notice my mood was always high-tend when i achieved a sequence of signs. so when I had spare time again i immediately thought of "whats enjoyable" and i associated sign language. Ambiance is described as a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person or thing (Sunderland, 2010).
References:
Sunderland, J. (2010). Adaptive living occupation: BT127001 [Lecture notes]. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago Polytechnic, Department of Occupational Therapy.
References:
Sunderland, J. (2010). Adaptive living occupation: BT127001 [Lecture notes]. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago Polytechnic, Department of Occupational Therapy.
Affordances....take two!
Christiansen and Townsend (2010) state that affordance is “the particular arrangement of objects in the environment”. It can be the interaction between an object and a person; “the object's design suggests its purpose, function and usability and the user determines the object's affordances”.
I have been placing post it notes around my house to facilitate my learning. so lightly adapting my environment to learn more effectively.
Aesthetics
This is referring to look about the activity what is it projecting, how does it look? is it visually pleasing?
Through my experience I found that when i would look in the mirror and watch myself perform the movements it would look "so bad" compared to the people on the net! then i thought if i did this instead of speaking (i talk alooot throught the day so that would be a ton of signing) i would be as fluent as they are. with experience you begin to master a skill and make it "appear easy". sign language can look apealing and the motions of it can become quite beautiful in sequence. As you can see in the youtube clip one of the most popular tv shows in the states right now has incorporated ASL (american sign language) into a singing segment. you would never have thought this would have been possible or even enjoyable to watch, but the million hits on youtube would disagree. I have found afew signing to song vids around and its taken sign language to a new level . the flowing motions attract a crowed! i hope i can learn to sign a song one day!
Physical
Because sign language is a language, a way of communicating, it has been design to not be a strenuous activity, you have to be able to do it as easy (or as close to) as talking. although this will never be the case sign language is deffinately a ingeniousness way of non verbal communication.
When signing a sentence or a phrase it is fluid movements flowing together, each word turns into a component of the stringed communication.
References:
Christiansen, C. & Townsend, E. (2010). Introduction to occupation: The art of science and living. (2nd eds.). Prentice Hall.
I have been placing post it notes around my house to facilitate my learning. so lightly adapting my environment to learn more effectively.
Aesthetics
This is referring to look about the activity what is it projecting, how does it look? is it visually pleasing?
Through my experience I found that when i would look in the mirror and watch myself perform the movements it would look "so bad" compared to the people on the net! then i thought if i did this instead of speaking (i talk alooot throught the day so that would be a ton of signing) i would be as fluent as they are. with experience you begin to master a skill and make it "appear easy". sign language can look apealing and the motions of it can become quite beautiful in sequence. As you can see in the youtube clip one of the most popular tv shows in the states right now has incorporated ASL (american sign language) into a singing segment. you would never have thought this would have been possible or even enjoyable to watch, but the million hits on youtube would disagree. I have found afew signing to song vids around and its taken sign language to a new level . the flowing motions attract a crowed! i hope i can learn to sign a song one day!
Physical
Because sign language is a language, a way of communicating, it has been design to not be a strenuous activity, you have to be able to do it as easy (or as close to) as talking. although this will never be the case sign language is deffinately a ingeniousness way of non verbal communication.
When signing a sentence or a phrase it is fluid movements flowing together, each word turns into a component of the stringed communication.
References:
Christiansen, C. & Townsend, E. (2010). Introduction to occupation: The art of science and living. (2nd eds.). Prentice Hall.
Affordances...
Now i have been learning/trying to apply this thing called affordances to my learning sign language, i think firstly it is important to understand what is is a am applying before i attempt to combo it when i sign.
Now, according to Mary Law (1998) defines affordances as the “characteristics of the environment that are uniquely identified by the person based on their cognitive style, experiences and abilities” (p.111)
There are many different components when talking about affordances, now i will be just touching on a few that i found relevant to sign language:
Sign language is a type of and is the only kind of communication for some. it aids in facilitating communication between people with difficulty hearing. Although the use of sign language for myself isn't my sole communication system it has broadened my outlook on way of communicating with people. i was thinking the other day it is a freedom of expression, instead of a freedom of speech.
Spirituality to me has different meanings depending on the context. Now if you were to ask me on a Sunday morning I would probably have a different response then if i was to apply it to a specific activity. when considering the emotions and feelings that are being evoked at that time of performing each word with my hands really draws in connections to past experiences. I brings memories of being back in sunday school (we called it childrens meeting...we would go there get looked after while our parents went to the "big persons church" and learn songs and stories) when we would learn a new song there would usually be corresponding actions that went along with the lyrics. when i was learning animal signs in the tut the other day my mind just drifted back and it felt like i was surrounded by mini versions of my oldest friends was so trippy! i could hear the guitar feel the mischief i wanted to get up to, feel the nudging of my friends, i was brought back in time. my friends who have now moved away and i haven't seen in years were again beside me. “It is through our activities that we are connected with life and with other human beings. Through the activities in which we engage, we learn about the world, test our knowledge, practice skills, express our feelings, experience pleasure, take care of our needs for survival, develop competence, and achieve mastery over our destinies” (Hopkins & Smith, 1983, p. 296). This quote was pretty relevant when considering all i had just experienced.
Now, according to Mary Law (1998) defines affordances as the “characteristics of the environment that are uniquely identified by the person based on their cognitive style, experiences and abilities” (p.111)
There are many different components when talking about affordances, now i will be just touching on a few that i found relevant to sign language:
- Communication
- spirituality
- connections
- Aesthetics
Sign language is a type of and is the only kind of communication for some. it aids in facilitating communication between people with difficulty hearing. Although the use of sign language for myself isn't my sole communication system it has broadened my outlook on way of communicating with people. i was thinking the other day it is a freedom of expression, instead of a freedom of speech.
Spirituality to me has different meanings depending on the context. Now if you were to ask me on a Sunday morning I would probably have a different response then if i was to apply it to a specific activity. when considering the emotions and feelings that are being evoked at that time of performing each word with my hands really draws in connections to past experiences. I brings memories of being back in sunday school (we called it childrens meeting...we would go there get looked after while our parents went to the "big persons church" and learn songs and stories) when we would learn a new song there would usually be corresponding actions that went along with the lyrics. when i was learning animal signs in the tut the other day my mind just drifted back and it felt like i was surrounded by mini versions of my oldest friends was so trippy! i could hear the guitar feel the mischief i wanted to get up to, feel the nudging of my friends, i was brought back in time. my friends who have now moved away and i haven't seen in years were again beside me. “It is through our activities that we are connected with life and with other human beings. Through the activities in which we engage, we learn about the world, test our knowledge, practice skills, express our feelings, experience pleasure, take care of our needs for survival, develop competence, and achieve mastery over our destinies” (Hopkins & Smith, 1983, p. 296). This quote was pretty relevant when considering all i had just experienced.
References:
Hopkins, H. L., & Smith, H. D. (1983). Willard and Spackman’s occupational therapy. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
Law, M. (Ed.). (1998). Client centered occupational therapy. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated.
Ergonomics !
ERGONOMICS!
What is this word? And why is she yelling it at me?
Well…Ergonomics is described as: “constantly make slight invisible adjustments to an activity to adapt to the needs of those taking part and ensure that it continues to work for its intended purpose” (Caulton and Dickson 2007).
When applying this to my online sign language tutorials I found I began to slow down (pause) the tutorials in order for me to engage and fully grasp the right movements corresponding with the definitions/words. I adapted the activity to ensure that the purpose (learning more sign language) was achieved. today is saturday and once a month on a saturday is "lawn mowing day" as you can imagen this is rather loud activity and i can't control how it fully interfered with my sign language practice. At this moment in time I'm considering how the world of noise wouldn't have as much influence for a def person. I pondered how i was distracted and difficult to focus on my hand movement when any auditory interference interrupted my train of thought. How clear is the mind of a def person i wondered. In order to stay focused on performing my activity I had to adjust ways of learning. I put head phones on and shut the windows.
I was still able to carry out the tutorial on "meetings and greetings" and even taught the class how to say/sign "whadup".....rest your hands so that they are inline with your belly button, having your arms practically on a 90 degree angle, now bring your middle finger towards your palm holding it there while you in one smooth movement bring your hands up towards your chin, making sure to remain in space without making contact with any body parts. And that is a slow-mo way of explaining how to do a sign. i can asure you it it a lot simpler when in person, you can just mimic the gestures.
References:
Caulton, R. & Dickson, R. (2007). What's going on? Finding an explanation for what we do. In J. Creek & A. Lawson- Porter (Eds.), Contemporary issues in occupational therapy (pp. 87- 114). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
What is this word? And why is she yelling it at me?
Well…Ergonomics is described as: “constantly make slight invisible adjustments to an activity to adapt to the needs of those taking part and ensure that it continues to work for its intended purpose” (Caulton and Dickson 2007).
When applying this to my online sign language tutorials I found I began to slow down (pause) the tutorials in order for me to engage and fully grasp the right movements corresponding with the definitions/words. I adapted the activity to ensure that the purpose (learning more sign language) was achieved. today is saturday and once a month on a saturday is "lawn mowing day" as you can imagen this is rather loud activity and i can't control how it fully interfered with my sign language practice. At this moment in time I'm considering how the world of noise wouldn't have as much influence for a def person. I pondered how i was distracted and difficult to focus on my hand movement when any auditory interference interrupted my train of thought. How clear is the mind of a def person i wondered. In order to stay focused on performing my activity I had to adjust ways of learning. I put head phones on and shut the windows.
I was still able to carry out the tutorial on "meetings and greetings" and even taught the class how to say/sign "whadup".....rest your hands so that they are inline with your belly button, having your arms practically on a 90 degree angle, now bring your middle finger towards your palm holding it there while you in one smooth movement bring your hands up towards your chin, making sure to remain in space without making contact with any body parts. And that is a slow-mo way of explaining how to do a sign. i can asure you it it a lot simpler when in person, you can just mimic the gestures.
References:
Caulton, R. & Dickson, R. (2007). What's going on? Finding an explanation for what we do. In J. Creek & A. Lawson- Porter (Eds.), Contemporary issues in occupational therapy (pp. 87- 114). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Participation and Occupation 2
Hello and welcome back to my blog, this semester we have chosen an activity that through my understanding we will be putting under a microscope of analysis!
My chosen activity is……sign language!
Through Google and youtube I have been learning sign language. My curiosity spiked when I saw a couple in the super market signing and thought COOL! Why not learn?....Well then it came to me..I have NEVER been good at speaking languages, so decided I would learn one that didn’t involve speaking. This wouldn’t involve the element I found difficult which was the articulating the sounds in the correct order. I haven’t really had any previous experience with this activity in the past, the closest thing that springs to mind is making up actions to song lyrics when I was younger. I decided that I would learn little by little not “bitting off more then I can chew” and enjoy it by sharing what I have learnt with my peers.
What does this mean to me? Well I enjoy doing self directed activities that have some sort of goal and have a way of broadening my communication base. Learning some basics in sign language will give me an insight on a subculture that is not often heard about which may facilitate common ground with clients in the future. I will use my peers as a source of feedback and reflection on the activity by teaching them new words and phrases as I learn them. this will both help it solidify in my brain and help me use it in real life situations.
How would this be helpful for OT’s? Client reliability, being able to interact (on a basic level) with clients with a hearing disability will gain respect from them. By researching and developing my skill of sign language will increase my awareness of various organisations and the impact of it on society. Also I will hopefully be able to facilitate further education by passing on my gained skills.
This week in class we focused on mindfulness, let me tell you I now know every grove of a raisin, I’ll letcha know how it goes when I apply mindfulness to sign language this week!
Over and out,
Yours sincerely
Wanna be OT
My chosen activity is……sign language!
Through Google and youtube I have been learning sign language. My curiosity spiked when I saw a couple in the super market signing and thought COOL! Why not learn?....Well then it came to me..I have NEVER been good at speaking languages, so decided I would learn one that didn’t involve speaking. This wouldn’t involve the element I found difficult which was the articulating the sounds in the correct order. I haven’t really had any previous experience with this activity in the past, the closest thing that springs to mind is making up actions to song lyrics when I was younger. I decided that I would learn little by little not “bitting off more then I can chew” and enjoy it by sharing what I have learnt with my peers.
What does this mean to me? Well I enjoy doing self directed activities that have some sort of goal and have a way of broadening my communication base. Learning some basics in sign language will give me an insight on a subculture that is not often heard about which may facilitate common ground with clients in the future. I will use my peers as a source of feedback and reflection on the activity by teaching them new words and phrases as I learn them. this will both help it solidify in my brain and help me use it in real life situations.
How would this be helpful for OT’s? Client reliability, being able to interact (on a basic level) with clients with a hearing disability will gain respect from them. By researching and developing my skill of sign language will increase my awareness of various organisations and the impact of it on society. Also I will hopefully be able to facilitate further education by passing on my gained skills.
This week in class we focused on mindfulness, let me tell you I now know every grove of a raisin, I’ll letcha know how it goes when I apply mindfulness to sign language this week!
Over and out,
Yours sincerely
Wanna be OT
Tutorial Eight-Assistive technology
This week we looked at assistive technology man! it was ACTUALLY interesting. we had these two guest speakers! gasp. it was cool to hear how helpful assistive technology is. We had a chance to "play" with some of the assistive equipment and an exercise using the talking photo frame. we were to give instruction on how to make a smoothie...and it must have been successful because when we put someone to the test...the smoothie was choice as!
The talking photo album. The purpose of this equipment is to increase occupational capacity by partaking in activities with use of the device. It enables the client to successfully make something with more independence or withhold a conversation with someone by simple showing them a picture and pressing a button. It enables them to give direction without having to verbally announce or physically mime. I often deal with children on the ward and in a home environment where communication is a problem. This piece of equipment would be ideal for clients with autism, dyslexia, auditory deficit, develop mental disability. It allows them “a freedom of speech” (Beukelman 2010) and aids in communication.
It can be used in numerous ways:
- prepare disabled children for a transition to a new school or residential school where you could include photos of the new location and staff with explanations of what each photo shows.
- to create life stories with young people showing a record (of photos and voice recordings) of people and places they have lived
- to support a young person explain what they like and dislike about their life/placement which could feed into a young persons review meeting (Marshal, 2008)
- prepare disabled children for a transition to a new school or residential school where you could include photos of the new location and staff with explanations of what each photo shows.
- to create life stories with young people showing a record (of photos and voice recordings) of people and places they have lived
- to support a young person explain what they like and dislike about their life/placement which could feed into a young persons review meeting (Marshal, 2008)
-Interact with the doctors and nurses at the hospital prior to discharge.
-It is a way to document the improvement or decline in function of a client tested by how often they are using and relying on the album.
References:
Marshal. B. (2008). Resource to help disabled children participate. Talking photo albums. Retrieved on May 11th 2011 from http://sites.childrenssociety.org.uk/disabilitytoolkit/toolkit/resource.aspx?id=59
Beukelman, D., & Ray, P. (2010). Communication supports in pediatric rehabilitation.Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 3, 279–288.
also for further info on the talking photo frame go to: http://sites.childrenssociety.org.uk/disabilitytoolkit/toolkit/resource.aspx?id=59
Tutorial Seven-Blog links and communication
This week was on linking up with other blogs and commenting on fello OT wannabies :P
2 comments:
- Rachel said...
- Hey it's Runty!....(Runty is my fav puppy he is sooo cute and soo gumpy)
- 12 May 2011 06:42
- Rachel said...
- Unfortunately I have no friends...cough on my blog....so for this exercise I will type a comment back to myself
- 12 May 2011 06:43
Tutorial six-The internet and online communities
Youtube!- to share ideas and have the opportunity to receive feedback from others also the ability to make other aware of what they might not know.-check out the OT rap!
Facebook-social networking...this was kind of helpful on my placement...it helped my keep in contact with all my friends and relies who were back up in the north island...
Also through my investigation Facebook is a community, everyone joins and links up to long lost people facebook reunites and also promotes staying on the internet to stalk people..and coerce like a community ;)
booya totally just figured out how to change my font size
over and out!
Tutorial Four and Five
In class today we made a mini video. choosing a letter from the alphabet.
Now initially My group had done a short clip on the letter "C" but unfortunately due to cough technical problems it wouldn't work (it never made it to youtube)( but i still wanted to show you I can upload youtube clips on to my blog) so i have done a mini video and some other suff. our dog has had puppies recently and here is a video that was uhh not for the faint hearted....ewww. I initially started filming this beacause this is my favourite puppy...it's the runt ;) and it drinks really gumpy...then whilst filming i noticed what was in the water bowl ew.
Tutorial three- Blog creation tasks
Tasks-
Make an account-check!
Choose a template-check!....(it's black i know i know a bit emo but to be honest i don't know how to change it!")
content for for-Oh yeah! k i'll do that soon
Photos...i have one of me jumping on he beach :) check out that serious air I got...(quote from nepolian dinamite)
Make an account-check!
Choose a template-check!....(it's black i know i know a bit emo but to be honest i don't know how to change it!")
content for for-Oh yeah! k i'll do that soon
Photos...i have one of me jumping on he beach :) check out that serious air I got...(quote from nepolian dinamite)
Tutorial Two Digital Imaging
List some of the ways that digital images are stored transferred and manipulated using information technology.
Digital images are stored not only on the camera itself but also on the SD (secure digital card) card within the camera which enables you to share edit and print all the images you take! once you upload them onto your computer you can edit and adjust the look of the image, then waalah! There are many different ways devices record information and provide to the bigger scale!
there are many common ways digital technology is being used today. Websites are on the forfront of presenting digital imaging a good example of this is facebook and youtube. both of these websites provide an opportunity for members of the public to share with the world wide web there digital images. Even the concept of watching television on the computer is become normal, and extra handy! although the idea of easy upload and sharing your vidoes and photos with the internet might be apealing it also raises a ethical concern. with people putting up vidoes of othere family members without their permission. I have found this funny clip of a young boy who has just found out his WOW (world of warcraft) character had been deleted. without his knowlefge he was being filmed by his brother who then posted on youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wow+account+cancelled&aq=0&oq=wow+ac
Hardware:
- USB flash drives
- Compact disk (CD)
- Digital vesitile disk (DVD)
- Hard drive
- Microphone
- Printer
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Graphics card
Software:
- Video games
- Word processors (exel, microsoft word etc)
- Photoshops
- Internet explorer
- Virus protections e.g Firewalls
There are advantages and disadvantages to new technology. personally i really have rescpect for old school photography. I took dark room photography when I was in high school and loved it. i really appreciated the final product. It is more time consuming and gave me a mean headache after spending all day surrounded by the chemicals but man it was fun and I'm sad to admit the art of it dying and becoming less and less popular. the pros of digital are that it's quick and easy and you can easily duplicate. also that they can be transfered.
Tutorial One: Information Technology and Ethical Issues
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So inspirational! please do watch Hilary! and Otago markers!