Week 1.13.14

This week my blog will be focused on plans for my final project...

     First off, my final project is going to be focused on strokes, how they affect a person/their brain, and how people recover from them. I'm very interested in this because after interning at a physical therapy place, I've decided it might not be the career path just for me. However, I'm still interested in the human brain and how it works. Strokes are the perfect topic because they have to do with the brain, and physical therapy, so I can enjoy what I'm doing and still use my mentor as a resource in my project.
My current essential question: 
How will I compare and contrast different types of strokes in order to understand and create a situation regarding a rehabilitation plan for a hypothetical stroke patient?
This EQ has not changed from earlier in the year because I have not changed my mind about my project. I will be a hypothetical physical therapist who will create a rehabilitation plan for my hypothetical stroke patient.
     For my project, I will have to create a website that houses all of my work. In addition to this website I'm thinking about using an online tool that makes "webs". This would be a sort of brainstorming or outlining for my final patient plan. These "webs" are like bubbles with different words or ideas in them that then connect to smaller and larger ideas. An example and explanation of a "web" can be found at, http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/brainstorming-webs .
     For the "real inquiry" part of my project, which simply means going further than plain research, I'm thinking I'll do a few interviews. Next weeks HMP assignment will be to come up with 10 questions and interview someone who knows about your field of research. I was thinking I could do a few more interviews of different people (with the same questions), and then I could put them all side by side to compare them. I will probably come up with more "real inquiry" ideas as the project progresses, but for now I think the multiple interviews could be cool.