Project 1 Presentation Video

Here is the video of our presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6GsgXJ-y7Z6bFNqcnNNX1k2SVE/edit?usp=sharing

Project 1 FINAL REFLECTION

So on friday 2 weeks ago, Jarrod and I presented our project. The project went really well, everything went smoothly and no misshapes happened. For the play, we recorded our voices so we wouldn't have to actually act out live. I think this was a great idea because if we actually said the things live, there would be more of a chance that one of us would mess up during the presentation. And because of the many things we had to do to actually get all the things done on time, we really didn't have any time to practice. In fact, we finished making all the things the night before. We had someone record our presentation so that video will be up here soon. Below are some pictures of our finished product:

So for the actual reflection itself...

I think my biggest learning throughout the whole project was problem solving. During the process of completing our project, we came across many problems. Some of them include forgetting what we did during the week while writing weekly reflections, putting too much glue while gluing on the layers, getting the measurements for the frame incorrect several times and much more. My partner and I had to think of ways to get around these problems, even if it was very difficult because if we didn't solve these problem, we wouldn't be able to get our project done.

One of our biggest challenges was time and scheduling. This was a big challenge because we couldn't paint and work on the things until we got the frame done because we needed to know how big the handles for the layers would be. So that was basically until the week and a half before. Jarrod and I always went to his house after school and worked on the project to make sure we got it done on time, but because of our different schedule, we couldn't always do this.

Our proposal, in my opinion, went really well. We got it finished within the first week or so and conferencing went really smoothly. Okay.. we had a few mishaps here and there but we were able to fix them. During the project, I thought that my work habits in class could have been a bit better, but I still think I did pretty good in overall. Every single week I did my reflections and archived my process so I think I did a good job of that. For the reflections themselves, I think I could have done a better job providing examples on what I said in the reflection... an example of this is any of my weekly reflections (haha). For the peer review, I think that all my feedback was honest and I tried not to sugar coat any of my feedback because feedback is something that is there because you need improvement, not just to get nice comments for your project. I thought our presentation went very well (other than the fact that I got absolutely humiliated, but I guess that was inevitable). We were able to explain our process and our little talk before we showed our project went really well without any mishaps. Also at the end we were able to answer all the questions thrown at us without any trouble. I would say in the end that we achieved all our goals pretty well. We were able to finish all of the things we set out to do in the beginning. I thought we could have maybe done a little better on the time management because we kind of rushed to get everything done at the last week but we were able to get it done so I guess it was fine. That's probably the biggest thing I would like to improve on for my next project.

So in overall, I think this project was a success. Thanks for reading and the video of our presentation will be up soon.

2nd Project Proposal

We have started our 2nd project! For anyone that is interested, click here to view my second proposal. Note : rubric is not included.

Week 4 Reflection (May 5th - 9th)

This week was a great week, as we were able to get a lot done. On Monday, I finished my weekly reflection for the previous week and after that, I worked on the peer review survey while my partner worked on the project. I had to get the survey done because we would have the peer reviews on Thursday and we decided it would be good for Ms. Lees to go over the survey before we would present it to our peers. So on Tuesday, I finished up the peer review survey and had Ms. Lees check over it. She said that everything was fine except for one question, which she didn't really understand. That was my fault because that was one of the questions I wrote out. I guess next time, I have to make my questions more clear and easy to understand. After Ms. Lees reviewed our survey, I worked on the project for the rest of class. Thursday was peer review day, so our teacher (we had a substitute that day) put us into groups so we could share our project, ask questions and get feedback. I got a good amount of feedback and I thought the questions my partner and I prepared worked really well. On Friday, we needed to finish things up because we would all be presenting next week, so my partner and I went to the Shop at our school during lunch and got one of the teachers to cut out the bottom of the frame for us. We would not have been able to do this on our own so special thanks goes out to the teacher. Then during class I worked on the project. During the week at home, I finished painting my background and during the weekend, my partner said he would put together the frame at home. 

 One of the finished backgrounds 

Just some things.... 

PDD 9 First Project Survey

Hey guys! Please take the time to fill out this survey. It's about my first genius hour project. Thanks!

Week 3 Project Reflection (April 28 - May 1st)

On Monday, Jarrod and I were a bit behind on assignments so we worked on catching up. Also after we caught up, Jarrod drew out the 2nd background so I could paint it at home. On Tuesday, we worked on drawing the characters and the layers we need for the painting. Thursday, Ms Lee's said that we needed to get peer reviews done soon so I started to work on the survey that we would use for our peer review. This was hard because first I had to summarize our project in short form and then think of the questions we would ask for our review. This week, I felt like I was able to get a lot done. I think I worked really well and I was really focused. Also throughout the week at home, I worked on painting the background. The pictures below show the things we did throughout the week.