Design project-day 5

TO DO-day 5LEARN phase3. On your blog, reflect on the following questions 

-What was the biggest problem you encountered? How did you solve it?One of the biggest problems we had was the day of building the game, we had to work really had since our model was complicated to make. We had to figure out how to re create the ducks as well as the water. At the end we improvised and made the water with some blue paper and the ducks with lots of creativity! -When did you get your biggest "AH HA" idea? What was it?The best idea stared at the begging, when we planned the math involved in the game. I thought it gave the game a deeper meaning and a fun way to learn problems. The children would be interested not only in the prize, but also in the problems that they had to solve.  -Who in your group resisted new ideas the most and why?The person who resisted more was me. I had an initial idea of the fishing booth with another shape and the idea of the problems differed  Throughout the process, I changed the game the other members wanted to do and at the end, the game was almost as my initial idea. -What doubts did YOU have about the project and how did you overcome those doubts?I had lots of doubts about this project. One of them was the making of the game. Since the model was very complicated to make, we planned to get together in one house. At the end, we could not do it. We came to class with the fear that we would not be able to finish it in time, but at the end we did and had a wonderful product. -Who in your group played "devil's advocate" (a person who questions everything, even good ideas) and how did that help the process?-I was the devils advocate because I had several doubts about the plan we had done. Lots of things did not make sense to me (not realistic). One of them was to put water in the box. I did not know how that would be possible in the first place. Only the filling of the box would be very heavy to carry and the presentation would be a mess. This made the game change and at the end we replaced the water for paper. -What did you learn about yourself, teamwork, and the design process?
What I leared about myself is that I can really work better under pressure. I did not know that (I did not feel comfortable). The learning process done in class helped me on the non-pressure. In the day of the creation of the project there was a lot to do and I think I produced in one hour what normally I would have done in 2. Team work made everything easier. I liked my group and we all coped with each other all the time. I think this affected the good product at the end (we all were friends and gave lots of effort on it).