Design Process
- This was another challenging activity since there were many limitations on amount of materials and time.
- Building a strong structure out of not so strong material was very difficult but using minimum amount of material was another big problem. We came up with different shapes of structure.
- We agreed on having 4 legs(columns) but hesitated on shape of the top. I sort of wanted to have no top(just merging the legs in on point at top) but ended up agreeing to have square top(ran out of time while discussing!!!)
- Communicating within a group is also a challenge especially if there's a time limit. All of us had all these ideas but didn't have enough time to discuss all of the ideas.
- Since there's no turns on who's going to speak, sometimes your idea gets lost while discussing other things so it seems that it's important to have someone keep track of different ideas. A leader may be needed to move a topic in order(coming up with ideas, comments of ideas then deciding on ideas, etc.).
- Problem solving in this case was basically coming up with shape that is strongest with less material.
- I think we had a good team work. Everyone was enthusiastic about the activity and was willing to do everything to get a job done.
- After our design was build by other team, I realized that we didn't thought about how clearly we are transferring out idea.
- Our manual was not very clear since the structure they build was quite different from what we had designed. We should've been more clear on how to make each parts. We just concentrated on describing general shape of the structure on our manual.
- We need to learn more tips on how to write more clearly and effectively in technical writing format.