Define the Problem- Get stronger and faster by Football season
Brainstorm:
• Stretch frequently thorough out the day each and every day so I can be flexible and prevent injuries
• Make sure I am eating correct everyday and flushing my system with tons of water
• Create a workout schedule and stick to it
• Work with my trainer every week
• Work hard but smart
• Fuel my body correctly with protein
• Use the resources around me to get my body as strong as possible
Most important ideas:
• I think to stretch frequently is definitely one of the best ways to get stronger and faster, because it prevents injury and allows more extension of all your muscles and joints.
• Eating correct everyday is also one of the biggest parts in getting your body faster and stronger because it gives your body the fuel that it needs to be as strong as possible.
• Creating and sticking to a solid workout program is what will really get me there
Action plan:
My action plan to get my body faster and stronger is to stick to the summer workout program that I am doing. By doing that I will reach my goal and come into the season on fire. Also I plan on eating and drinking the right fluids all summer and remaining in shape and healthy, once you get out of shape and are eating wrong your body will not be able to perform at top gear.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Team Bonding
Define the Problem- To create an authentic team bond to bring us through the season strong
Brainstorm:
• All ways be on time
• Make younger players or freshman feel wanted on the team rather than neglected
• Set up team bonding days where we all go out and play a sport or just do anything as a team
• Show younger players or players looking for leadership that it takes hard work to win
• Encourage and help younger players when they do not know what to do
• Do not let anybody slack
• Let everyone know that no one is greater than another on the field or in general
• Let everyone know by example that it’s hard to earn your spot
• Get together conditioning days where the teams will work out together outside of the coaching staff
• Don’t allow people to rag on other players
Most promising ideas:
• I think that always being on time will help create a strong team because if you’re on time it shows that you are ready and prepared to do work, when you are late it shows that whatever you were doing before is more important
• Making younger players feel more comfortable and more a part of the team will help create a solid trust all the way through because you’re as strong as your weakest link and If everyone is on the same page and has each other back than you have yourself a team.
• Set up players practices I feel would help create a strong bond because we would do work that was scheduled only by us and would require only our own wills and players to push us, instead of the coaching watching over you being your motivation.
Action plan: My action plan towards creating the strongest bonded team requires a day in and day out commitment. Constantly being at full go and keeping myself healthy if my first part of the plan, doing this will allow me to continue to help build my team and lead by example. Secondly I will find other leaders and encourage them to rise up and be leaders and help the team, by having multiple leader figures it will most definitely raise the teams confidence and overall attitude. Last it will take other leaders on the team and me pushing the other players and consistently trying to get ready for season and for everyday practice.
+- Previous season I feel I did well by being the best leader that I could be and I was 1st team all-league defensive player and was 2nd defensive player of the year as a junior Change-
Some things that I would and will change would have to be my grades and work habits, if I changed those things I will get a scholarship for football.
?- Why can’t you do a inter district transfer as a senior to another school and play football?
Whats the lowest GPA you can have to play in D1 or D2 football? Ideas-Some ideas towards change would probably be to create a solid schedule that I stick to that will set me up for success, and to try and remain grounded for the part over the school week
Brainstorm:
• All ways be on time
• Make younger players or freshman feel wanted on the team rather than neglected
• Set up team bonding days where we all go out and play a sport or just do anything as a team
• Show younger players or players looking for leadership that it takes hard work to win
• Encourage and help younger players when they do not know what to do
• Do not let anybody slack
• Let everyone know that no one is greater than another on the field or in general
• Let everyone know by example that it’s hard to earn your spot
• Get together conditioning days where the teams will work out together outside of the coaching staff
• Don’t allow people to rag on other players
Most promising ideas:
• I think that always being on time will help create a strong team because if you’re on time it shows that you are ready and prepared to do work, when you are late it shows that whatever you were doing before is more important
• Making younger players feel more comfortable and more a part of the team will help create a solid trust all the way through because you’re as strong as your weakest link and If everyone is on the same page and has each other back than you have yourself a team.
• Set up players practices I feel would help create a strong bond because we would do work that was scheduled only by us and would require only our own wills and players to push us, instead of the coaching watching over you being your motivation.
Action plan: My action plan towards creating the strongest bonded team requires a day in and day out commitment. Constantly being at full go and keeping myself healthy if my first part of the plan, doing this will allow me to continue to help build my team and lead by example. Secondly I will find other leaders and encourage them to rise up and be leaders and help the team, by having multiple leader figures it will most definitely raise the teams confidence and overall attitude. Last it will take other leaders on the team and me pushing the other players and consistently trying to get ready for season and for everyday practice.
+- Previous season I feel I did well by being the best leader that I could be and I was 1st team all-league defensive player and was 2nd defensive player of the year as a junior Change-
Some things that I would and will change would have to be my grades and work habits, if I changed those things I will get a scholarship for football.
?- Why can’t you do a inter district transfer as a senior to another school and play football?
Whats the lowest GPA you can have to play in D1 or D2 football? Ideas-Some ideas towards change would probably be to create a solid schedule that I stick to that will set me up for success, and to try and remain grounded for the part over the school week
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
computer crunch
I think that depending on who shows up to class at what times and logs in on their computer that it should put them into a slot and than you just rotate as soon as you are done. There aren't really too many rules in brainstorming, the only one that i can really think of would probally be to just extend on previous ideas and make them better.
glider challenge:design phase
1) What's the challenge? The challenge thast you have presented us with is to see how big of a glider you can make with given materials.
2) Brainstorm solutions:
-What are the rules of brainstorming? (oxymoron)- The one rule of brainstorming is to not have any rules. The purpose of Brainstorming is to jot any ideas that pop up in your head, by setting limitations or rules you wouldn't be brainstorming anymore.
-List your ideas-I would use lighter materials that can catch wind fairly easy but still have some weight on it. Than i would use a strong base material and hopefully try and find some material that would shift with the wind.
3) Specify:
-Criteria- longest fly distance, lightest weight and having a fast plane are probaly the things that would be judged
-Constraints (be specific about materials available)balsow wood and paper or whatever material you feel that works best as the covering
4) Develop Solutions:
-Sketch (with labels)
-Model in CAD (Engineering Design courses only)
5) "Prototype the Prototype"
-You can only build once with your balsa/tissue paper materials. Use paper-aircraft to test your ideas. Each memeber of your team will build a paper airplane.
final challenge
The problem that you have challenged us with is to create some sort of way to store a bicycle comfortably in a small living envirement. In a small living area you obviously want to have as much walking space as possible, which means reduce what is on the floor. I would probally do some sort of ceiling hanger or platfoirm you put it on. Some constraints i feel that you have on this task is that it may be dangerous to hang something from the ceiling because it can fall on someone head. Also you probally want to make the size of what it hangs on small but appealing to the eye because its in someones home.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
1) What is the TED organization about?The ted organization is all about "ideas that are worth spreading". They bring in people that are devoted to one particular subject or who are usually very intelligent and let them speak on a topic that is sometimes troubling America or is very interesting.
2) What is the purpose of their website and how does the functionality of their site support that?The purpose of their site is to basically give useful information to the world. I think something that sticks out to me that lets you know that they are legit and lets you know that there site is going to supply you with good information is that the second you open the front page you instantly see their slogan "ideas worth spreading", that right their tells me that the information you get is not going to be false or misleading.
3) As Engineers and Problem Solvers, which topic areas (the choices from the "Show talks related to:" section on the sidebar) are of most interest to us? Justify your answer. Some of the topics that TED talks about are entertainment, design,business and science. I think these all pertain to what we do in class as engineers. Engineering is much more than building things we also learn about communication and design techniques to catch the eye of the average person looking at your product or whatever it is you may be doing.
4) Based on your previous answer, what are 3 talks (videos) on the site that appear like they would be of most interest to you as an Engineer/Problem Solver? Justify your choices. what it takes to do extreme, if i could be anywhere and the antidote to apathy are the 3 videos that i thought were more interesting.
5) Each student will watch a unique video. Claim your video on the following period specific posts: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. If no one else has claimed your video, leave a comment on that post to call the one you want. If someone else has already claimed the talk, go back and pick another one. Watch the video. Embed the video in your blog post and create a bulletized outline of the key issues presented in the talk.
6) How could you get involved in the field/technology/issue you chose to hear about? What experience/skills/training/education would you need to learn to get involved with this field?
Part II of the TED activity will have you negotiate within a group to select the "best" video to represent the group. The student with the chosen video will recieve extra credit. The group will then prepare a short presentation that summarizes the talk and will present to the class. The class will choose the best presentation and that group will recieve extra credit.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Reverse Engineering: Visual Design - Essential Questions
1. The language of design is a style that guides the design of a complement of products or architecture.
2. Visual design elements are aspects of a product that make it visually appealing to the consumer.
3. Visual design principles are the guidelines or known laws that visually designing can and should follow to make it visually appealing.
4. Certain color combinations, familiarity, and user friendliness all add to an object's appearance.
5. People associate these things because usually a product that looks expensive and advanced will function well.
6. The gestalt principle defines visual patterns in categories of similarity, proximity, closure, figure and ground. The human identifies well with all of these things and this idea can be used to make items aesthetically pleasing.
7. Graphic design is the designing of digital items while product design deals with real things.
8. Demographic research can let people know what kind of people buy what kind of things. This can be used to target your consumers.
9. A graphic designer must know the demographics of their audience so that they can know who and what kind of people their are selling to.
10. These are used to capture the audience's attention by providing aesthetically pleasing and interesting looking items to the audience.
2. Visual design elements are aspects of a product that make it visually appealing to the consumer.
3. Visual design principles are the guidelines or known laws that visually designing can and should follow to make it visually appealing.
4. Certain color combinations, familiarity, and user friendliness all add to an object's appearance.
5. People associate these things because usually a product that looks expensive and advanced will function well.
6. The gestalt principle defines visual patterns in categories of similarity, proximity, closure, figure and ground. The human identifies well with all of these things and this idea can be used to make items aesthetically pleasing.
7. Graphic design is the designing of digital items while product design deals with real things.
8. Demographic research can let people know what kind of people buy what kind of things. This can be used to target your consumers.
9. A graphic designer must know the demographics of their audience so that they can know who and what kind of people their are selling to.
10. These are used to capture the audience's attention by providing aesthetically pleasing and interesting looking items to the audience.
Content is King
1. I have a passion for football.
2. ESPN has used the internet to advertise all of their stuff.
3. I could see myself blogging about sports or music.
2. ESPN has used the internet to advertise all of their stuff.
3. I could see myself blogging about sports or music.
Visual design: elements and principles
I was absent during this assignment, I do not know what the 6 visual designs are or the 5 visual design principles. If i can make it up just let me know.
Reverse Engineering: Mechanicnal Product - Functional Analysis
1. The primary purpose of the item is to cut things.
2. My educated guess on how scissors work is that the blades slice the paper or whatever material you're cutting. The handles and blades simultaneously move apart and together make a cutting motion every time they are closed.
3. The system inputs are the scissors and the material you're cutting. The intended product function is to cut things. The outputs would be the cut up material. I couldn't get the picture to post.
4. The blades, nut, and handle are visible.
5. I can identify everything going on because all components are visible.
2. My educated guess on how scissors work is that the blades slice the paper or whatever material you're cutting. The handles and blades simultaneously move apart and together make a cutting motion every time they are closed.
3. The system inputs are the scissors and the material you're cutting. The intended product function is to cut things. The outputs would be the cut up material. I couldn't get the picture to post.
4. The blades, nut, and handle are visible.
5. I can identify everything going on because all components are visible.
Functional Analysis
The purpose of this item is to cut paper and other thin materials. The blades do the cutting, the nut holds it all together and allows it to move, and the handle gives the operator something dull and comfortable to hold on to. The target audience is very broad; many people use scissors, not a specific group.
Visual Analysis
The elements of the scissors are mostly visible in all of the pictures. The handle, blades, and nut are all apparent.
Graphic design: Whats going on in this design?
http://tutzone.wallheaven.com/creativeads/20%20Nike%20-%20Warriors%20Don%27t%20Cry%20Over%20Split%20Skin.jpg
1. What are trends? Why is it important to identify them prior to graphic design?
A trend is something that is popular for that time period. It is important to identify trends because that means you know what your audience likes, which would make your advertisement for appealing.
2. How does human nature play a role in how a product is marketed to a specific demographic group? When marketing in a certain area that is populated by a certain kind of person it is good to know what they are interested in and not interested in, by knowing that it will be much easier to pull your audience in with whatever your trying to sell or advertise.
3. How is a potential audience identified? I think an audience is identified through their ethnic group and their "trends".
4. What must you discover about the target audience prior to graphic design?
Prior to graphic design you must discover the kinds of things this audience is interested in, their age, and know when certain people buy certain things throughout the year.
1. What are trends? Why is it important to identify them prior to graphic design?
A trend is something that is popular for that time period. It is important to identify trends because that means you know what your audience likes, which would make your advertisement for appealing.
2. How does human nature play a role in how a product is marketed to a specific demographic group? When marketing in a certain area that is populated by a certain kind of person it is good to know what they are interested in and not interested in, by knowing that it will be much easier to pull your audience in with whatever your trying to sell or advertise.
3. How is a potential audience identified? I think an audience is identified through their ethnic group and their "trends".
4. What must you discover about the target audience prior to graphic design?
Prior to graphic design you must discover the kinds of things this audience is interested in, their age, and know when certain people buy certain things throughout the year.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Reverse engineering
1. What is the purpose of reverse engineering?
To take apart the object and get a full understanding of what each part does.
2. What is the difference between a product’s visual and functional qualities?
A product's visual qualities relate to what the object looks like.
A product's functional qualities relate to how it is used or how it works.
To take apart the object and get a full understanding of what each part does.
2. What is the difference between a product’s visual and functional qualities?
A product's visual qualities relate to what the object looks like.
A product's functional qualities relate to how it is used or how it works.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Tennis Ball Game
unfortunately i was out of class this day.
I will coordinate with Mr Olson for substitution of this activity.
I will coordinate with Mr Olson for substitution of this activity.
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