- What have you been learning so far? Give a brief summary.
Personally, I have learned that through our process, even the smallest pieces of insight can go a long way. After finishing up our brainstorming process and a good amount of interviews, new questions have risen that will most likely impact our design a lot. I also learned that after the “brainstorming” process, you have to brainstorm a design which tells me how many aspects that need to be considered when entering the engineering design process. We are now at the point where we think we know what our final design will be.
- What has stirred your emotions? Anything delightful, intriguing, frustrating, shocking?
One thing that has “stirred” my emotions throughout our independent study is probably thinking outside of the box when it comes to trying to work around obstacles. Even the brainstorming process, where both Neta and I tried to come up with 5 potential designs was frustrating because we had to try and fit our design with our ultimate goals.
- What new questions do you have about this topic?
I still question how we are supposed to know what factor in our design process should we consider the most or adjust to the most. Is getting on the bike a bigger problem than being able to balance on the bike?
- What are you learning about your learning process?
I definitely answered this question more i the first question, but I would say I am learning how to be patient and careful with my decisions. Even though we may be stuck sometimes in the same place for 2 weeks, we continue to push forward and make more progress. We can not rush into anything since this is, afterall, a learning experience.
- Review your blog posts so far. Have they opened up conversations or led to new learning?
I, personally, am continuing to work on my blog posts. I think when Neta and I write things down and think them through within our blog posts, we lay out our ideas that could potentially lead to a discovery within our process. It is also nice to see the connections we both make and the similarities and differences within our thoughts even though we are doing the same study together.
- What has been the most helpful thing that has come from meetings with your content advisor?
I think weekly check-ins just help in general because there have definitely been moments where we think we are going to go one path, but then meet with our content advisor and completely shift our ideas and path we want to take.
- What do you need to change?
I think in terms of our study, we are on a good path and we have good timing. Perosnally, I want to post more on my blog instead of dumping al my ideas out every 3 weeks. That would work way better and everything would be more organized.
- Do you need any help that you’re not currently receiving?
Nope, we are on the right track. Neta and I are looking forward to finishing this independent study with a design that was worth the process 🙂