Monday, October 4, 2010
Humpty Dumpty Lives on!!!!!!!!
WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN was our game strategy, but to bad it did not happen. We had a good understanding of our deadlines and built up a sketch of how our contraption was to work. Surprisingly, it was built almost exactly how we intended it to. We did not have a leader in our group which would have been to difficult to do, at least I think. Even going through the process, it seemed there were so many people trying to take role of who had the best idea. In the end though, we did reach a median in where we finally completed the device and we all seemed pretty happy in the way it was constructed. Honestly, for all the devices that were not constructed to hang 2 inches off the ground before it dropped, I think ours was the closest to reaching the goal and the best constructed/designed. The only thing we should've done was stabilize the egg in the middle of our device instead of at the top and it would have worked fine. Either that or made the base wider on our original design so it did not tip over after it landed and then cracking the egg. All in all, I think our group did a great job on the planning, construction, and implementation stages of the project. I just wish overall, everyone had better work etiquette within the group. People were mocking others for their ideas instead of stating it politely, people were grabbing materials out of other peoples hands without asking, and other little things. it was just rude behavior that shouldn't have to take place within a work environment with other people. One group should act as a team together instead of being harsh towards one another. the whole class in general was rooting and cheering for other group's eggs to crack which was ridiculous in the first place. Acting as if that groups winning would be a negative consequence to their group's effort, when in reality they were all independent of each other. That just shows people have no sportsmanship, which is a loss in and of itself.
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I hear ya - the straws in our device didn't even crease when it fell. It was difficult to clearly plan with all the noise in the background. Our group etiquette needs improvement, but for a first group project it's okay to have this ruckus. It lets us know what we have to work on in the future. It was interesting to see the different designs that each group came up with.
ReplyDeleteI agree that your group did come the closest to winning, I remember saying why didn't we construct something like that lol. Anyways, your group did a great job. I agree with you 100% on the rude behavior, though it didn't happen in my group specifically I definitely took notice to it in other groups. There is no excuse for it, it is not like we were competing against each other, we were all competing for a goal of 10 points. Great job on the blog, appreciate your honesty.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like your group had a pretty good grasp on planning. About your comments on rude behavior- I think most groups experienced this and I think part of it relates to what we talked about last class. If people are not agreeing on something and want their voice to be heard- they will often become louder and more obnoxious to drown out the other people's opinions.
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