Thursday, February 14, 2013

Scrum Meeting Week 6

Engineering Projects-Weekly Scrum Report
Name (First, Last):  Kacie McBarron                                                               Date:2/14/13
Period: 4                                                                                                          Week #: 6
Scrum Notes (From your Like Team Scrum Meeting):
What had I planned on doing since the last meeting? What has been accomplished?
How much time did each task take? Please use specifics in addressing these questions.
            We finally got to use the router to round the edges over. This took about an hour and a half from setup to cleanup. We also began to adjust the bottom blocks that support the surfboard to fit better with the bottom of the carrier. This took about 1 hour but there is still more work to do with these blocks. We planned on dismantling the stroller this week but never got around to it.


What will be done before the next meeting? How long do I expect to spend on each task?
Please be specific about any plans/steps/time/
            We plan to attach the support blocks to the carrier with glue and screws which should take about 2 hours. Hopefully we get to dismantle the stroller sometime next week which would probably take about 2 hours. Also we hope to start making the frame for the sides of the carrier but that will be a longer process and probably take 10 hours after we planned out how to construct it.


What roadblocks or obstacles exist in regards to me accomplishing my tasks?
·         More wood
·         Better tools for dismantling stroller
·         A class takes place during 4th period

Week in Review:
Were my goals appropriately challenging (at least 5 hours worth of work)? Y / N
Did I fully complete my goals for the week? Y / N
Have I shared my weeks work on my online portfolio? Y / N
Have I cleaned the workspace (class)? Y / N
Share team feedback below ("+" and/or "Δ"):
Δ
We need to do more work during class time instead of doing all the work outside of class.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Dots Of Influence

I have been influenced by many people throughout my life. And I have had the opportunity the influence others.
My dots vary from friends all the way up to celebrities. These are just some of the few people who have improved my life and I have been able to help influence their.

Leadership

What did you learn about leaders?
  • Different types of leaders
    • Social
    • Military
    • Political
    • Religious
  • Good or bad depending on views
    • Hitler was a good leader but did bad things
    • George Washington was a good leader to Americans but at the time Britain didn't like him
  • Different tactics of becoming a leader
    • Fear
    • Respect
  • Different way of how they came to power
    • Birth 
    • Rose to the challenge


Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Super Heros


What happens when you put:

A superhero who can control liquids,
A superhero just like Sherlock Holmes,

             


A superhero combo of Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, and Bruce Wayne,
(a.k.a Chuck Lee Wayne)

And a superhero with the power to be Jesus Christ?

You get a super base that looks like this:

Just kidding it looks more like this:















It's equipped with a 
We are located under a volcano so we can get geothermal energy to charge our base. The location is disclose due to the base being a secret but it's on it's own island.

One day while lounging around in our base, my team and I felt a tremor under a base.We quickly went to the garage and got into a vehicle that let us dig into the earth's crust. But the power was out so the garage doors didn't open so my collages and I had to repair the circuit. 

Sherlock Holmes used his genius brain to figure out a way to make the circuit work.
I controlled small bits of hot lava onto the wire to solder them together.
Chuck Lee Wayne used his ninja karate skills to bend and fit the wires into place.

Jesus christ said "Let there be light." and the power returned to the base.



We dug down and discover that the base was balancing on a pillar of dirt. We were in trouble, one wrong move and our base could be destroyed!
Quickly we figured out where the centroid of our base was.


Chuck Lee Wayne and I used our powers to lift the base to it's centroid, while Sherlock Holmes came up with a plan that put our base securely on the ground, and Jesus Christ made us some wine and crackers so we all had snacks after all the work was done.

We may not have saved the world that day but we saved our home.