MS+Q3+Explore+-+Riley

=Design Folder - Riley=

Design Brief: My product is a stand against people who bully those who are disabled. This is for the teachers and students at the school, so they can realize not only bullying is a sad fact, but taking advantage of bullying people who cant defend themselves. It would solve the unit question because bullying is a bad thing and instead of making each others life worse, we should help and care for each other.

Design Specification:
 * Must hang
 * Must say something about defending the disabled
 * Must be durable
 * Must be finished before the end of the quarter
 * Must be at least 17 by 11 in.

Guiding Questions:
 * Where will it hang? In the rotunda, if not then by Ms. Wick's room.
 * How heavy will it be?

Sketch one: Sketch two: Sketch three: I chose sketch one because I though it looks neater and it was appealing to the eye rather than the blue one. It also looks more creative than the second sketch.
 * What sketch I chose**:


 * Procedure:**


 * Cut the length needed out of plywood (17 by 11 in.)
 * Paint the base the desired color (yellow)
 * Let the base dry
 * Get the letters of the internet and make is the desired size to be put on the sign
 * Trace letters on acrylic (dark blue)
 * Use scroll saw to cut out the letters
 * Glue letters on to base.
 * Cut wheelchair from acrylic
 * Cut using scroll saw
 * Glue on to base.
 * FINISH

This is the final design (black and white) of what it will look like on the board. In illustrator it is to scale so I can print it out.

Process Journal March 13th, 2012 While doing the first part on day 1, I felt a little excited because I finally got to do some different things. It wasn't much, it was just sanding the base, printing the letters (to scale) and starting to cut them out. The only thing that really surprised me was how soft you could make the base feel by just sanding it. If I could do anything differently, it would just be working faster.
 * Creation**
 * Preparing the Board and Letters**

March 15th, 2012 I was excited to finally use the scroll saw. What surprised me was how hard it is to cut out small letters using the scroll saw. If I could do anything differently, it would be not to be as scared of using the scroll saw. March 19th, 2012 I felt better about the scroll saw today, I wasn't as nervous. What surprised while doing this was how easy the scroll was to use actually. If I could do anything differently is to try to make the cuts a little more accurate.
 * Starting the Scroll Saw**
 * Continuing the Scroll Saw**

March 21, 2012 Today the scroll saw was relatively easy. One thing that surprised me was that one letter broke. If I could do anything differently, it would be not to break a letter.
 * Scroll Saw Part 3**

March 25th, 2012 I was relieved to be finished with the scroll saw. I was surprised on how little I really have left to do. I just need to paint and glue. If I could change one thing, it would to be a little more accurate on the scroll saw.
 * Finishing Scroll Saw, Starting to Paint**



=**Evaluation Questions**=

Product Evaluation:
My product shows that one way to solve our societies problems is to make people aware of it, and make them acknowledge that they might be going something that is causing the problem. My product is following the design brief because it is about bullying the disabled, is what I wanted it to be about. If I finish it by the end of this quarter, then I will be meeting my design specification.
 * How does your product solve the Unit Question?**
 * How does your product follow from or not follow from your Design Brief?**
 * How does your product meet and not meet your Design Specification?**

Create Phase Evaluation:
Painting, but I'm almost finished! I thought I did relatively well with the scroll saw. At first I wasn't good, but then it started getting easier and easier. I would speed up while using the scroll saw.
 * What stage of development did you reach?**
 * During the Create phase what did you do well?**
 * What is one thing you would do differently next time?**

Rate the following categories

 * (1)** **Does not meet expectations •** **(2)** **Meets expectations •** **(3)** **Exceeds expectations**
 * **Craftsmanship: 1 2 3** - **3**
 * **Appearance: 1 2 3** - 2
 * **Appropriate use of materials: 1 2 3** - 3
 * **Environmental Impact: 1 2 3 -**2
 * **Time management: 1 2 3** - 2

Planning Phase Evaluation:
My plan helped me, because without, I wouldn't know what to do. It helped me look at what it should look like and what steps I should be taking. Probably adding the extra things that I had to do that wasn't in the plan.
 * How did your plan help you to create your product?**
 * What would make your plan better?**

Design Evaluation:
In the design phase, I felt really good. It was just hard using Sketch up, because that isn't my best tool. As much as I would hate to admit it, sketch up did help me because then I knew what it should look like completely.
 * How did you feel in the design phase? What was challenging?**
 * What helped you as designer?**

Process Evaluation:
The first part, which was creating the three designs. Having to edit some of my designs, or make new ones. I discovered that I was fairly good at is thinking of different designs/ideas. Using sketch up. FOR SURE!
 * Which part of the design cycle did you enjoy the most?**
 * Which part of the design cycle do you enjoy the least?**
 * What personal strength did you discover during the process?**
 * What is one area of growth that you discovered (something you could get better at)?**