Assignment 7:

Interview Progess:

I am trying to schedule and interview with an expert. So far I have already sent out an email to my contact. I am just waiting for a response to see when I can conduct an interview. I also need to make up at least 10 unqiue questions to ask this expert and get them approved.

Assignment 6

What's Happening Post:

I am doing very well at finishing my dot jot notes, each day I at least finish one template. I have up to at least 4 note templates completed. For key terms, I already have articles that list a bunch of key terms. I have made some progess on the interview process, such as finding more contact infromation, and making some interview questions.

Assignment 5:

Grad Project 12 Facts Video- Digital Media

 

Assignment 4:

What's Happening Post

I finished finding three people that I could contact for interviews for my graduation topic. For now I'm just going to continue working on finding more information for my foundation questions from different sources. So far I haven't had any problems with my graduation project, and I'm not bored with my topic at all.

Assignment 3:

Essential and Foundation Questions

Essential Question: What are the major implications of Parkinson's Disease and what should be done to ensure that there is a cure?


Foundation Questions:

1.) What is 'Parkinson's Disease'?

2.) Who is at risk for Parkinson's?

3.) In what ways can this disease be treated?

4.) What are the symptoms of PD?

5.) What genes are linked to PD?

6.) What is the prognosis of Parkinson's?

7.) How does this disease effect the body?

8.) What foundations are trying to find a cure for Parkinson's?

Assignment 2:

10 Facts about Parkinson's:

• Age, gender and family history are all risk factors (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Parkison's Disease)
• There is no cure (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Parkison's Disease)
• Some types of treatment are drugs, exercise, physical therapy and nutrition (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Parkison's Disease)
• There is no prevention for PD (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Parkison's Disease)
• PD usually develops in adults over the age of 50 (Parkinson disease research)
• PD was named after an English physician geologist, James Parkinson (Parkinson disease)
• Termors, slow movements and muscle ridgity are symptoms (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Parkison's Disease)
• PD is diagonised by a neurological exam (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Parkison's Disease)
• Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system (Parkinson's disease reasearch)
• Sympthoms of Parkison's are mainly known as "Parkinsonism" (wikipedia.org)

Assignment 1

My Graduation Project is about Parkinson's disease. So far I only know the basics of this disease such as the definition, symptoms, types of treatment and the physical effects it has on patients.