Week 5: Lesson 2 Loss of an Eye

Its hard to imagine the loss of an eye or even another body part. My very own grandfather lost his right hand due to a corn picker. Even though it has been hard on him, he has always went through life as if it has never held him back. WV Uncovered has a great video about my grandfather, he briefly talks about the loss of his limb and how he has overcome this obstacle.

http://artificialeyes.net/

Thus far you have learned how glass eyes have been used to replace the loss of an eye. The big question is, how does one deal with the loss of an eye or even another body part? Artificial Eyes is a great website that offers insight into adjusting and adapting to the loss of an eye. Using the interactive website, adjusting and adapting to eye loss will help you to complete the goal for today's assignment.

Goal of Assignment: Using the information that has been provided you will need to research and answer the questions listed. Once you have researched the information you will present this in a podcast or cartoon.

Questions:

1. Research:  Using the interactive map, describe three ways in which individuals adapt to loosing an eye?
2. Research: What is monocular vision and how do individuals adapt to having monocular vision?
3. Opinion: Create a podcast or cartoon that describes how you would adapt to the loss of an eye or another body part?

Technology:

• Audioboo (you can only record up to three minutes of audio)
• ToonDoo

Week 4: Lesson 1: Glass Eye

The Glass Eye Maker from Tomas Leach on Vimeo.

"Get thee glass eye, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not." William Shakespeare

The use of glass has an interesting history in Germany in which skilled glass artisans would make prosthesis for individuals that have lost their eye. It was in Lausche, Germany where doll eyes were being made, but eventually an ophthalmologist convinced Ludwig Müller-Uri to make glass eyes for human use.Using the websites listed and Google research the following questions:

1. Explain how glass eyes are made before the advent of acrylic?
2. What is the functionality of the glass eye as compared to the human eye?
3. Describe the structure of the glass eye, whether its round, detail of the iris and pupil, and other physical features.
4. Who would get a glass eye? Who are some notable people with eye prosthesis?
5. How has the material changed in the making of eye prosthesis? Why is glass no longer used as the primary source in making glass eye's?
6. Research: Between a glass eye and a acrylic eye, which eye appears to be real?

Websites

• Wikipedia: Ocular Prosthesis
• Artificial Eye Clinic
• 55 Years of an Eyemaker
• Wikipedia: Ludwig Muller-Uri (Use Google Translator)
• Acrylic Eyes