Final reflections - feedback by Piere Pulido https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1 What did you like/is worth keeping? What didn't you like?/could be different? How? Was it challenging? What did you learn? en-us 2019-07-01 10:20:42 UTC 2026-01-25 00:13:01 UTC hello@padlet.com I liked this. lorijn_vanleeuwen https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810505 this was a fun and easy unit and I would do it again now I know how to improve next time i'll go casting metals and I just learned a lot from the unit]]> 2019-07-01 10:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810505 Yw adela_perez https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810521 2019-07-01 10:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810521 adela_perez https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810524 What I liked:
I enjoyed the idea and the process of designing the product even though I overestimated my skills. I also enjoyed how organised our research template was which helped me very much in structuring my research.

What I didn't like:
I believe there was quite a lack of guidance when it came to the choosing of the product which probably could've prevented my overestimation.

What was challenging:
The building and assembling of the final product.]]> 2019-07-01 10:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810524 I really enjoyed this unit because I was able to solder which is something I really enjoy, I enjoyed being able to design my own speaker the way I want. I enjoyed the whole process of planning and making. https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810558 2019-07-01 10:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810558 Hi https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810559 2019-07-01 10:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810559 Pewter Casting luke_brennan1 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810591 What I liked:
- The process of designing a mold using 2D design and/or sketch up.
- Melting the pewter and pouring it into the mold which gave you view of what you made.
What I did not like:
- The sanding was horrible and Piere kept on criticizing your result.
- Waiting for the laser cutter to cut your mold took to long.


]]> 2019-07-01 10:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810591 this was super fun t https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810602 2019-07-01 10:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810602 vanessa_simeonova https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810609 I liked to learn about pewter and how to make jewelry out of pewter. It was hard to sand it but the end result was nice. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810609 pewter casting unit https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810625 I believe that the certain aspects covered were useful developing individual creativity. A problem was that sanding the initial product took a lot of time which meant that we couldn't finalize our products depending on the idea which the individual had in mind. 
Some more restrictions during the unit were that we had to do certain things which were connected to product evaluation. This took a lot of time meaning that we couldn't spend time on the product itself restricting main ideas.

]]> 2019-07-01 10:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810625 Pewter Pewter https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810699 It was very long. It was nice, but the sanding was very annoying, and felt very pointless at times because it's not like we were learning anything while doing that. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810699 this was very scary and hard https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810700 2019-07-01 10:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810700 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810720 This one was more fun than the speaker dock unit. It was unique compared to projects we've done before in the past years, and it was something that we could possibly actually use in our daily lives (eg. jewellery). I feel like the amount of time we got for it was a little too long, but it was overall a good unit as the guidance was good and the assessments were fair.

]]> 2019-07-01 10:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810720 sketch https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810731 2019-07-01 10:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810731 sketch up was hard to use it asnr very cool https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810734 2019-07-01 10:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810734 Pewter https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810737 Likes: 
- I liked that we could actually use the things we used in everyday life.
- Realising that cutting the mould by hand is a mistake and using the machine is definitely easier.  
Dislikes: 
- Using sketch up
- Pouring the pewter into the mould]]> 2019-07-01 10:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810737 i enjoyed the pewter casting unit because it was fun and quite simple which was nice. https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810758 2019-07-01 10:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810758 Pewter https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810784 I generally really enjoyed this unit as we had to follow a clear process and the end result was nice. As it was a very long unit, this meant that we spent a very long time sanding which got tiring after a while. I think the unit could have been different if we would have had some other way to polish the pewter and make it look better. But I learnt how to keep on going and learnt a lot about pewter in general. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810784 i learned that criterion a takes more time than it should... https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810821 2019-07-01 10:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810821 Speaker https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810843 The speaker was frustrating. But I mean, it wasn't as monotonous and tedious as the pewter unit so it was fine. Even though my end product ended up being ugly :/. Plus, I never really understood how the electronics work because I ended up not really understanding whatever I wrote in criterion A. But soldering was okay and fun. Also I hate working on Criterion A in class. It takes too long and I never do any work cause it's boring and so I end up not doing anything and just talking (which I guess is kinda fun). ]]> 2019-07-01 10:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810843 rafael_rodrigues https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810867 I liked making the mold and casting the pewter to make the product.
I didnt really like the process (coming up with the designs) to make the product as it took a lot of time and quite some work.

]]> 2019-07-01 10:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810867 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810906 I ]]> 2019-07-01 10:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810906 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810909 This unit wasn't the best; it was really similar to other units we had before and it focused on a final design that wasn't important or could be used in our daily lives. However, I really liked the idea of using soldering and more technology-like ideas. Also, the amount of time we got was perfect and I liked the idea of only having a specific amount of materials that could be used. An improvement could be that there would be a proper rota for the machinery, because I only got time to work with the machines when everybody was finished.

]]> 2019-07-01 10:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810909 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810926 i found it cool how the speaker actually worked. I didn't like how confusing it was though. It was challenging because I got really confused about what to do and my measurements were incorrect.]]> 2019-07-01 10:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810926 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810956 i really enjoyed this unit because the final product (the speaker) is really cool to use. I also like that we combined soldering and building stuff with wood ]]> 2019-07-01 10:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369810956 Speaker thing https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811001 I liked how you can make a speaker that actually works (if you do it properly). I didn't like that there were so many people that needed to use the same equipment so everything was very slow. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811001 vanessa_simeonova https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811025 This was a fun unit. I really enjoyed soldering and seeing the final results. Getting the pieces correct was quite a challenge as I had to cut some of them twice. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811025 Pewter https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811067 I found the pewter casting unit a really interesting entertaining yet very frustrating unit.
I really enjoyed the fact that we were able to actually create a piece of jewellery, what I disliked on my personal case was making it because I had a huge struggle on the making. I kept on having a trial and error because I made a really complex design but at the end everything went well]]> 2019-07-01 10:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811067 Speaker D luke_brennan1 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811081 2019-07-01 10:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811081 Speaker Dock luke_brennan1 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811083 What I liked:
- Designing and producing a working speaker which produces music.
- The soldering was fun and different to other DT things we do.
- Finally finishing the design and having a nice product.
What I did not like:
- Finding three solutions for the curved part of my speaker
- Having to stick my speaker on 5 times.
- trouble making it.]]> 2019-07-01 10:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811083 adela_perez https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811129 What I liked:
The creative freedom we were given was very nice and helped me get into a more comfortable and motivated position. I also liked the designing and the final product.

What I didn't like:
The process to create the final product was very long and quite boring.

What was challenging:
Creating a product that was feasible]]> 2019-07-01 10:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811129 Pewter casting was fairly interesting but too much time was given for the planning which allowed me to rest on my laurels. if the time was shorter, I would have worked more efficiently https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811146 2019-07-01 10:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811146 Speaker https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811227 In general, the speaker unit went by faster than the pewter unit. This meant that I was never bored with what I was doing. If anything I would have needed more time to finalize the speaker. I liked the research as it helped a lot throughout the entirety of the project. It could have been different if we had more time to make everything better. It was challenging because we had to work with solder which was a bit problematic at times. However much like the first unit I learnt a lot of new skills such as soldering and touched up on previous skills like cutting wood. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811227 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811331 It was a good unit ]]> 2019-07-01 10:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811331 Speaker dock https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811481 I believe that the speaker dock unit was good. We learnt interesting things although I believed that the time we got for certain aspects was less. Also I think that we should have been taught the steps in which we should be working on the product or the initial criteria. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811481 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811786 I liked how this unit was unique compared to other units we have had in past years. I really enjoyed the focus on the metal, using the molds and melting the pewter. 

Something that made me enjoy the unit a lot less was the excessive amount of sanding. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811786 https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811831 I liked how in this unit it was focused on creating a product that many of us students will enjoy using. I also enjoyed soldering the parts of the speaker together. 

Through out the designing process, I didn't like how we had to make a cardboard design instead of just drawing it on paper. I get that its supposed to make it a lot more interesting to look at, but I found it quite time consuming. ]]> 2019-07-01 10:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/p_pulido/gfujypg17um1/wish/369811831