My role

So with this new project that is going on with KIB I am the art designer which is fun to me. I like the way that the group is coming together I think when this project is done I will come out nice. Although with the time issue we are forced to rush a little so please excuse the work if it is not up to par, but I am trying to make it at least presentable for the client. I guess I will have to wait and see.

Group key points

Ok going back to the egg experiment there are group examples by Gerald Blair that would have helped us. The first topic is Focus, and we should have came together and made a lot of better choices such as the butter if we had choosen as a group to not use half a stick we would have been ok well a little. Clarification while Beth did break us into sections we could have used this to figure out which task we should choose inside that group she put us in. This is because we could have gotten done a little faster if we would have had a people that just did thier role. The mouse vs the loud mouth. I really do not remember which one of us was the mouse in this project, but if one was found we would have had to get them in gear. Also the loud mouth we should have just stuck to one so everyone would listen to this person because they are basically summerizing everything we are to do, and everything we did. There was a couple loud mouths, but if we had just one I think things might have gotten clearer. Written record I think this is a great one because every decision we made as a group is understood, and we do not have to worry about members doing thier own thing because if you are staying within the groups written record then we all now our objective. Feedback: well this can go either way, but when someone is doing good we should always say good things about it. Still the issue of things we say after something goes wrong we may still have to work one. Take the butter case some of us were negative about it with no positive, and that we must fix because we don't know how the feedback may affect the person. Handling failure and deadlocks: As a group we have noticed the things we tried to do did not work which is a failure, but we solved it and this made us stronger inside the group because we started to trust eachother and we all make mistakes. This should have been used for the butter because half was for it and half was not but people just let it go considering the time. This deadlock situation should have been decided by a group vote because I can see the eggs coming out better having choosen just a little butter. Sign posting: Sean kind of started that when telling Beth what we have done and what needed to be done, but we should have kept a small post so we would see how much we had accomplished and help us with the time because we know what else we have to do to finish. Considering we did not have much time we did not have time to avoid single solutions we had to kind of just go with what seemed logical at the time, but this can be of use in the near future. In this project we had an active communicator, and a listener. We should have had the person that was blindfolded repeat back the directions people were saying because this is huge when they have to depend on us groub members for such a task. This was kind of in motion, but it would have helped a lot if we would have used it. Thus given these rules we follow them and become stronger as a group because given task we can finish them with things set with some rules.

I like em scrambled

Well this exercise was something else, and I think we nailed it. For the task that we were given I think we all came together to make everything work. Naturally when given our objective and roles to play we stepped up and made it happened. Also I noteced that one person tookon the role to speak up which normally happens in the real world as well. I had to get things started with the blindfold, and trust that my team would guide me in the right direction to accomplish the task at hand. This reminds me of when you are in the real world you have a team and some times you have to put trust in them to help get the job done because sometimes when you are all alone you mine as well be blindfolded, because the task can be overwhelming. also to add something that went wrong that I wanted to go right was the amount of butter that was put into the pan, because you just don't put that much in when making eggs. Also I would have put all the eggs in the pan at once so they could cook even. Still all in all the project was accomplished, and we managed to finish early thanks to Sean getting fired lol, no im playing. Thus I took away a lot from this thanks Beth.

Black Ranger Kite

Today we flew our kite and to my surprise it flew great. This was amazing to me because I cannot recall flying one ever since I got a black eye from one when I was young. Although homemade this kite flew, and flew the best according to the class so I was very pleased with the results. Also I was excited to see the others fly theirs. Though they were all unique in styles they all flew, and I was happy for that. Over all this group/team project was a nice change of pace, which was needed. Thus through this we learned how important teamwork is because you need others to make things come together, and many had to do it on their own so they figured out the bad of it as well. Thanks Beth canot wait till the next project.

Comp/Coop

With our conversation in class I understand the importance of competition, but with cooperation involed I understand why I liked team sports a lot more than single sports. I also understand why many people may fear competition for the fear of being a loser. Since competition is also in education many may take it to far, so that can make it scary. Still I do not think anyone should take the own life because they could not compete with another person in a grade standing. I feel that both of them work so good together, such as the kids shooting the freethrows that shows the beauty of them both, but with beauty there is always an another side we see as ugly(except for God) so there will forever be mixed emotions on this. I say be your own person and whatever drives you to succeed ride that to finish your goals.

Straight Skills

What is your favorite thing to do outside of school?
I love to play video games, watch movies, go to church, pray, fast, worship, and praise, also play sports.

What is your favorite class and explain why it is your favorite?
I would have to say game design because that is what I want to do.

What are you good at doing in New Media?
I really haven't found a strength yet, but at the end I want to be strong in all sections.

What are you good at doing outside of New Media?
I really don't know I love to listen to music and draw so I guess that.

What is your favorite area of New Media (you don't have to be good at it, but you have to like whatever you talk about for this one?)
Game Design

Do you prefer to work independently or in a group? Please explain why.
I would like to work in a group because that is were you generally generate more ideas and come up with a more sturdy project.

What New Media classes have you had?
I have had a lot I honestly don't remember them all I just have done games, photoshop, HTML, 3-D Maya, and a little more.

In a group project explain what you usually end up doing.
I try to get everyone involved with ideas, and work off of the energy that we create as a team because everyone feels apart of a real team.

In a perfect group what would you like to end up working on? (i.e. hands-on work, research, presentation, web development, planning, etc.)
A game that stuns the world like Mario.

What is your opinion of group work? Please explain why.
Everyone comes together to accoplish a goal that is given, and I say this because everyone needs to be involved to be considered a group or we are all just individual with an idea.

How do you think other people would describe you?
I don't know asswhole maybe lol no im playing, but generally a joyful person that puts his heart into things, and a person that doesn't stop until the task is done, a person that can motivate someone, but maybe I should ask them cause these are some of the things I see myself as.

How would you describe yourself?
Joyful, thankful, saint/sinner

What do you do when a group project goes bad?
Try to find out what went wrong and try to pull the weight up so the goal does not fall down, think of a spotter.

What is civic engagement in your opinion?
I don't know

What experience have you had working with community partners, either on your own, through school, church, or in any other capacity?
I have worked in plenty of school projects, curch, and Center for Leadership Development.

What do you know about Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB?)
Nothing sorry.

How do you think New Media (the program and all its resources) could help the community in general, and KIB in particular?
I don't know maybe generate ideas, because people in new media tend to be very creative.

How could YOU help the community, and KIB, particularly in terms of New Media?
Just be me that is all I can do just reach my hand out and see I they do the same.

What are your goals for this semester?
Be the best I can be.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Succesful.

Comp for an A

The day we had the execise in class for the A was great. This was indeed a challenge even though fun was involved, because we could see all sides of people. Some were selfless and some just loved the the challenge for the A. I stepped out of the challenge because I would like to earn it during class projects that made me feel as if my mind was challenged, and through that I made accomplishments that I can look at myself and be pleased. Still this was fun, because we still came together and worked well as a group, and at the end of the day that is what we needed to come together for a common goal and finish it no matter if there was only one A given out we really all deserved one because of the effort put in by everyone.