Blog 10 Environmental Awareness

Blog 10 January 7, 2017

This week was not very productive. It went by very quickly and my partner and I barely worked on the project. All I accomplished was double checking if I responded and gave a helpful suggestion to my peers and if I gave myself a tip on how to improve my elevator pitch on edmodo. That is what I just did over the week regarding my environmental project. I also said my pitch aloud to myself and went over it just in case if I still memorized it. The thing that has gone wrong is my partner and I barely worked on the project. I did not face any challenge this week because we barely worked on the project and I already did what I had to do (give suggestions to my peers online in edmodo, gave myself a suggestion on how to improve my pitch, and also recited my pitch to check if I still memorized it). I learned in the process that we were not very productive this week. I believe we are still on time for delivery. No adjustments are needed to be made on the timeline. My next action is to prepare myself for the upcoming recital for our elevator pitch in front of my peers and teacher.

Blog 9 Environmental Awareness

Blog 9 December 24, 2016

This week I have accomplished giving suggestions to my peers on their elevator pitches they have posted on edmodo. I also accomplished giving myself a suggestion on how to improve my pitch incase I come across someone who could benefit me in the project my partner and I are doing. The thing that has gone wrong is I kind of got confused where to tell them their suggestions on how to improve on their pitches, but luckily I remembered Mrs. Miura said to reply on their names or videos. The challenges I have faced are some of my peers own video were pretty good and I did not know how to critique them on it and tell them how they can improve their pitch. Through the process, I have learned what my peers are doing for  their 20% projects, who they are trying to help, and what they are trying to achieve. My skills have improved over the week by me critiquing and being helpful (by giving suggestions to help others improve). Yes, we are on track for on-time delivery. No adjustments are needed in our timeline. Our next action is to memorise the pitch and prepare for a live performance.

"How can I improve response"

Blog 8 Environmental Awareness

Blog 8 December 17, 2016

This week I have accomplished my elevator pitch post in Edmodo. Nothing has really gone wrong with our elevator pitch. I faced many challenges with the elevator pitch by recording myself. It was kind of hard memorising the pitch. While recording I kept getting words mixed up or I would forget them and pause for a while and if I paused it would be more than 30 seconds. So I had to memorise the pitch completely to get this down. Another challenge was our pitch was a bit more than 30 seconds so we had to cut off parts of our elevator pitch to reach the criteria of 33 seconds maxed. I also kept stuttering and I got irritated by how I couldn’t get the pitch down. I finally got it in the end. I memorised the pitch completely and I will be prepared when we do our elevator pitch in front of my peers and teacher. My skills have improved this week by me in my memorising skills. I believe my partner and I are on time for delivery. No, adjustments would be needed right not for our timeline. Our next action is to get our empathy interviews down.

Elevator Pitch

Blog 7 Environmental Awareness

Blog 7 December 10, 2016

This week, my partner and I have accomplished answering some of the questions for the elevator pitch and we also got some assistance from Mrs. Miura about our environmental awareness project. The thing that has gone wrong was we were too overwhelmed about the project and decided to change it a bit, we thought speaking to the legislature was such a HUGE thing. The challenges I faced, were I was kind of getting nervous and scared in the long run of our project because we were going to present to the legislature and some important political people, but I have learned to ask Mrs. Miura for assistance if we are struggling and if my partner and I do not know what to do because of the difficulty, pressure, and other things. My skills have improved over the past week by me being more open and to ask help if I am struggling. I am unaware right now if we are on on-time delivery, but I think we are because we found the answers to our question online. No adjustments are needed to be made on the timeline as of now. Our next action is to continue to work on the elevator pitch and to call or email the environmental political person for our project.

some notes I written down

Blog 6 Environmental Awareness

Blog 6 December 3, 2016

This week my partner and I have accomplished deciding what to do with our project. We are thinking of changing the proposal up. The project will still be about environmental awareness, but this time we will ask DEQ and DFW if we could collaborate with them or work together to do this project. We are going to do this because we think that our previous idea is really big considering that we were going to talk to the legislature and try to convince them to do something about the environment. The thing that has gone wrong is that the decision we made was so late planned and we need to discuss it with Mrs. Miura, so we could get started. We already have some of the things needed for this idea. We are willing to work double time so we can catch up or be on the same pace by next week or the following week after that. The challenges that I have faced are that it felt like the days went by very fast and my partner and I barely had time to discuss it. Lucky we communicated online to get some questions i had out of the way. My skills have improved over the past week by me using my communication skills (technology, messaging over the phone). I am unsure if we are on track for on time delivery because we are reconsidering our previous idea. If we change our idea adjustments will be made to the timeline and the whole proposal. Our next action is my partner and I are going to be discussing more about it and when 20% project time begins we will discuss with Ms. Miura about it (this is only if we do change our proposal) if we do not we are not going to discuss with Mrs. Miura, but to continue doing our previous idea and do the elevator pitches.

Blog 5 Environmental Awareness

Blog 5 November 26, 2016

This week, I have accomplished helping my peers. I helped my fellow classmate named Kanzo finish his blog. I also assisted others in the process when they had questions and they asked me how to do it or what to do next. Nothing has gone wrong helping Kanzo. He followed the steps I told him to do and he submitted his first blog. The challenges I have faced is that Kanzo is a really slow typer so it took a while for me to help him out through the process. I have learned that Kanzo is a very slow typer, but if he keeps practicing and continues making his blogs, he will develop the skills, or he will get use to it and he will become a faster typer. My skills have improved over the past week by me being considerate/helpful (helping my peers with their blog) and patient (waiting on Kanzo to finish his blog, slow typing). Yes, my partner and I are on time on our delivery. We do not need any adjustments to our timeline or schedule. Our next action is still to make time and call the departments to answer our empathy questions and to get the empathy interview out of the way.

Kanzo doing his blog

Blog 4 Environmental Awareness

Blog 4 November 19, 2016

This week my partner and I accomplished starting on our pitch to say to the departments we are going to ask. We also found a website about DFW (Department of Fish and Wildlife) that tells us the answers for some of our empathy questions. We also thought of changing some parts of our proposal and we think it would be better if we could work with DFW for this environmental awareness project. Nothing has really gone wrong so far, still going good on our project. The challenges I have faced so far in this environmental project is creating the pitch to say to the departments when we call them. Through this process I have learned  that you could find answers online and it would help a great deal, but we are still going to make a call and ask them for assistance to answer our questions. My skills have improved by me working smarter not harder. Also in communication and teamwork with my partner. Yes, my partner and I are on track for on-time delivery. No, adjustments will be needed for the schedule or timeline we have planned. My next action is to get those empathy questions answered.

Mya writing the pitch