For this unit covering your first learning plan, there will be two summative grades. The first is a grade covering what you learned (worth 50 points and "due" February 6th) and the second is a grade for your project (worth 100 points and will be "due" ~February 13th). We will go over these in more detail as the date approaches, but I wanted to put them here for those of you that like to plan ahead.
Info, template and Rubric for the learning reflection (50 point assignment due February 6th): Rubric for Project (tentatively due February 13th):
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I hope you all have a great day, and feel free to shoot me an email if you have any questions! Engineering is an incredibly broad field covering far more interests and content than can be covered in one (or three classes). Because of this, there is no reason to force everyone to learn the same things and do the same projects all year. Instead, I hope to let everyone take a higher degree of ownership for their own learning and to pursue knowledge and projects of their interest. Just letting you free to go work on whatever project can be overwhelming, however, and it is my feedback that guided instruction and learning is something which most of you still want. To find this balance between guided instruction and freedom of projects & learning, we will each create individual Learning Plans for the next approximate three week (tentatively ending February 8th, but subject to change!).
This learning plan will outline: 1. What is your learning goal for these three weeks
2. What final project do you hope to create (should tentatively take ~1½ weeks to plan and complete).
3. What you need to learn in order to create this project and meet this learning goal. These fall into three categories: 1. Procedural skills to master
4. What steps can we take in order to learn these? (~1½ weeks)
5. How will you know when you have learned these learning goal categories?
6. Are there any resources needed or anything else that needs to be addressed before you get started?
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For the upcoming weeks, we will be refining our big picture understanding of Engineering and then focusing on a specific field. Before we do this, we're going to do some reading.
After this, Complete the following google form regarding which fields you are interested in: https://goo.gl/forms/dh4xxll4s8d0wh6i1 As we begin getting into more hands on work in the classroom, I think it will be worthwhile to go over some of the tools we have in the classroom. Here is a pdf you can refer back to of the specific tools you will find and can expect to become familiar with throughout this semester: notes_toolsinthisclass.pdf
As I mentioned on day 1, we will be having tool training sheets for some of the tools in this classroom. Once you have demonstrated a working knowledge of the use and maintenance of these tools you can sign of on the appropriate sheet. After we go over these notes today, it is my hope that we can get a significant number of students trained and signed off on these tools. Good news! I have discovered a grant opportunity which I am hoping will cover materials for our table design competition. The catch is that the grant application is due by January 17th though, so we need to know specifically what we want before then. So here's the quick outline of how I anticipate this unfolding:
Hopeful Table Design Schedule
This is all very much subject to change, but this is how I envision the table design happening. For those of you that are astute readers, you may have noticed that means today (Monday, 1/14) we are learning the basics of sketching and designs. Here are the resources for this: notes for drawring: notes_sketching.pdf guided step by step instructions: howtodraw_steps.pdf notes for day 2 (creating and selecting table designs): notes_tabledesign.pdf Critique sheet for table selection: tablecritiquesheet.docx Welcome to my class and congrats on making it to day three! This blog page is specific to Engineering Concepts students, however, this specific post is the same for all of my classes. I will do my best to update this blog at least weekly with whatever material we are covering in class. Here is a quick snapshot of what has happened so far:
Monday Objective: What to expect in this course Resources:
Tuesday Objective: Learn general safety and workshop maintenance practices Resources:
Wednesday Objective: Get class portfolio skeleton setup Resources:
Thursday Objective: Familiarize ourselves with TSA and completion opportunities Resources:
Friday Objective: Complete class setup project Options:
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