Q4 Team Project

Quarter 4 Project

Product and Presentation

The project was to create a invention and present it to a group of people like we were in an episode of shark tank. My team decided to make a doorway that could teleport you to your destination within seconds of stepping through. The project didn't take as long as I thought it would, I thought it would take longer than a couple of months.  Some of the challenges that my team and I faced were when we would finish everything we needed to in time and if it was good enough or not. Along the way I learned that even if something is messed up don't start over use it and take it as an advantage. Some feedback that we were given was that we didn't seem to have any enthusiasm in our voices during the practice presentations. So what I did to fix that is tell myself that the project is the best that we could have done and i'm proud of it, I didn't focus on what we could have done but didn't have the time. Overall my opinion of the 4th quarter was that it seemed very stressful with how big a project this is and the time we had other than that this project was a good challenge to test the skills we picked up throughout the year.

 Time

During class we completed almost everything we just needed help with the website because we just couldn't seem to finish it during class. When I thought i was done I asked my team what we wanted in the part I was doing and if they say something and I didn't do it then I would go back and add it in. Also if I thought I had finished the rest of the team would look at my work and give me feedback on how I could make it better. Outside of class I tried to think of some ways that we could fix a mistake or make the project better.

Strengths

Whenever there was a part of the project we needed somebody to do it, and I knew I was good at that I would always volunteer to do it. Even if I couldn't do it perfect I would still try my best to make it the best I possibly could while not going to much over the top. The parts that I did very well on were making the 3D animation and also helping with the making of the coupon even though the coupon wasn't my top priority. 

Areas of Improvement

Something I could have tried to help ore with was the website even though I wasn't really that good at using AdobeDreamweaver. But even though I couldn't help that much with the making of the Website I still helped by giving my honest opinion and pointing out errors that I found on the website. 

Overall Summary

One of the things I loved most of the quarter was that we got to be creative and make up a project that we think would help the world, also getting to work with new people. What I would change or do differently is help more with working on the website instead of how little I did in it. I learned that even if you think your work is bad the rest of the team will help you and not get mad. One goal for next year would be to get better at using the Adobe products so I could help with more than just the 3D animation. My final thoughts is that this was a fun project and I would love to do this more next year and maybe even give myself a challenge. 

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