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

The Dance Floor IS HERE!!!!!

http://templesf.com/calendar#05-27

Dance Dance in the Classroom

Today we had many discussions around the possible topics to produce in print and graphics to promote the concept of human power beyond our exhibit. We went so far as to talk about the systems in place in our country for food movement and consumption. After this discussion, we narrowed down some design details and solidified our individual goals for progress over the weekend. :)

wednesday 5/18

Today in class we discussed the logistics for creating our final posters and presentation: we tentatively established what we’d like to include on the poster, we divided up the tasks, and decided we’d like to build a miniature scale model of our dance floor to better clarify our concept for the user experience. We also need to decide what symbol or graphic we want to use to show that dancing charges the exhibit... a battery? a lightbulb? a lightning bolt? a smiley face?

We will all try to come up with whatever material we can by Friday to show each other and get feedback before we proceed further in that direction. As of Wednesday 5/18, our individual duties are:

H — make a digital rendering of the dance floor tile(s) and a basic diagram showing how they store energy, create a 3-D model... address durability logistics?

A — establish a list of the interactive possibilities of the tiles (games, sidewalk, etc.), design a website layout / homepage for additional information and for participants to view their pictures

M — answer essential questions that we will include on our poster: What about our sustainable dance floor relates to San Luis Obispo in particular? (something along the lines of: one reason SLO is the happiest city on earth is because people are physically active— dance and be happy!) What are we teaching / What are our learning goals?

‘D — take more hi-res images of the site for use in our posters, explore materials for / begin work on a physical scale model

In terms of poster display, we’re considering using a square format (approximately 30'' x 30''), depending on printing availability and costs for those dimensions.

Fun with Fractions (May 16)

On May 16, 2011 we discussed our next steps for the HAM'D project.

While discussing these next steps, 'D questioned M ability to divide a chocolate muffin in quarters. M, then, informed 'D that he, like 5/4 of the population have trouble with fractions. :)

It was decided that we need to work on determining multiple applications for our compressible squares at multiple sites.

In the next weeks, H will be simplifying and rewording the graphical representation of the models. In addition, by class time on Friday, May 27 will create a rhino model of the exhibit.

To tie our exhibit into the community of San Luis Obispo, we may tie into the County of San Luis Obispo's bike month (May) or into the "Happiest Place of Earth" and from that the "Happiest Dance Floor."

After discussing our project, we had the opportunity to explore the "Look the Other Way" exhibit in the Kennedy Library. It gave us an excellent opportunity to interact with an exhibit, to converse with the creators of the exhibit and to discuss a variety of aspects of the exhibit.

More fun work to come! Stay tuned.

For a Limitted Time ONLY

HAM'D PRESENTS.....

IN COLLABORATION WITH "MATT"...

old photos

Another simple diagram

Also, I sent out the powerpoint to errbody in HAM'D, so if for some reason I screwed up your email address and you havent received it, let me know!

hoy es miércoles cha cha cha

Today A, M, and 'D worked collaboratively on putting together a Powerpoint presentation for Friday, including a mind-blowing Photoshop storyboard showing visitor interaction with the human power exhibit.

Initially, we went into depth on the main impacts and indicators of our exhibit (understanding, engagement, and behavior) but due to the brevity of our presentation and the multiplicity of techhnical details we have yet to finalize, we decided it was most important to discuss how we envision the visitors will interact with the exhibit. We are going to focus more on details of the dance floor itself and how to translate our concept into a functional, exciting exhibit.
The only thing we have yet to do is create a concise, comprehensive concept statement, and insert our storyboard images into the presentation. Oh yeah, and figure out who's going to say what. yeeee boiiiii

and DON'T FORGET!!! we are meeting Professor Plum with the lead pipe in the classroom at 9:30 am on Friday to go over our presentation! See you there!

My Awesome Diagram

...About Monday 5/9

Dr. Jipson gave us a helpful presentation on presentations.  Generally we should begin with an overall concept at the beginning of the presentation then move into more specific details.  The most important aspect of the presentation was the evaluation of the "project impacts"of our design.  The categories included awareness or knowledge or understanding, engagement or interest, attitude, behavior, and skills.  From these categories we'll develop impact statements.  Project indicators are a way of seeing how our design can affect the audience further beyond the exhibit and assess any possible learning.

For the rest of class 'D worked on the photomontage.  We have two composites: one shows the dance floor with a variety of dancers/audience and the other shows the floor becoming a large interactive pong game.  Those will be done for Wednesday to put into the site photo.
A and M began work on the evaluation using the project indicators and will develop impact statements for Wednesday.
H will have a specific site photo with dimensions and the beginnings of a "how-it-works" diagram for Wednesday.


Here comes Wednesday!!

...and Thursday comes afterwards.....then Friday!!!!

Day of the Mondays

We've separated the work load as follows:

M and A - preparing the presentation for Friday, impact statements
'D - photoshop'ing $ shot(s)
H - site picture (gazebo) and rough/simplified diagram of how floor modules work/generators

For Wed have everything ready to put into the presentation so we can review it.

!!!