ecco fatto

We did it!! Thank you, H M & D, for a great quarter— we've had our trials and tribulations but it all came together in the end.
I guess for my final blog *tear* I'll just give a little evaluation of our group. All in all, I'm really happy with the outcome.

Our posters are informative and visually appealing, and I think our presentation today went well. We shared the speaking role well and addressed the various components of our project thoroughly.

In my opinion, one of our strengths was that we all were more or less involved with the entire project, rather than focusing just on our individual tasks. This enabled us to give a cohesive presentation, transitioning smoothly from one component to the next. We were each able to step in and elaborate on a teammate's explanation if necessary, and could competently answer the questions our audience had.

Towards the very end of the quarter in particular, we definitely improved on our communication skills and our rapport. We found ways to address and overcome conflicts that arose within our group, and ultimately came together to create an awesome final product.

... now we just need to convince Oprah to fund a sustainable dance club in SLO :)

If I don't see you before graduation, I wish you all the best of luck with everything! It's been real. Peace, love, and piezoelectricity— A

Poster — 1 of 3

here's a draft for one of our poster spreads...
potentially the other two posters will cover (1) dance floor specifics + diagram, and (2) signage contents and human power/environmentally-friendly information and tips
(H, M and 'D, check your emails for the hi-res version so you can make revisions)

Friday May 27, 2011

Today in class we worked on preparing for our final presentation next week! H brought in the model and will work on putting her rhendering in the image of the gazebo. H will work on generating text for the exhibit signage throug the use of our Google Doc. A, was unable to join us today, but she will continue to work on the poster this weekend. 'D been working on putting the gazebo photos together and is currently working on quantifying the amount of work generated by dancing. Over the weekend, 'D will be working on generating text for our battery graphic. M will continue to develop text for the final poster.

Jen provided us with a paper copy of the exhibit display guidelines to help with our exhibit signage ideas.

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Last Wednesday...

We continued working........'D on the text for the functional elements (got the acrylic!), M on the STEM related text and general concepts text, A on poster designs, H buying small pressure disks that generate small amounts of electricity (and do we mean small!).  H will continue to work on the digital model and have to show for Wed.  'D will get site pics.

A Different Application

Bicycle Generator

For all of you bicycle lovers,

Power your cell phone, television, or laptop through your bicycle ride.

Check out this link!

Dance Floor Explaination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoewlHwI3U4