Rory Final Post

WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED? (reflection and description of event / activity)

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING (include artifacts, photos, videos, drawings, sketches)

I think that the gallery walk through today was a very interesting and engaging experience for my team and I. Getting to explain the entire process individually to parents and peers was very interesting for me, because I am so used to presenting with the rest of my group. I also enjoyed being able to show off what I had been doing for the past three weeks to my parents, because they had only heard bits and pieces of it from what I told them. Mr. Looney seemed to be pretty excited about our final product. He mentioned ways in which we could study the video we took to learn about how the students interact with the sculpture.

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Presentation Reflection - Tim Yi

WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED? (reflection and description of event / activity)

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING (include artifacts, photos, videos, drawings, sketches)

We actually didn't receive that much criticism while presenting our idea; most people just reacted positively to our presentation. Even Mr. Looney seemed pretty happy with all of our presentation and didn't offer many wonders or suggestions. I feel like the reason for this lack of criticism is that playfulness is a particularly novel idea to introduce to the Hawken community. Still, we did receive useful feedback. We were told to consider the location, duration, and time of year of the Creation Station. We had previously given some thought to these aspects of our project--we're planning to have the sculpture in the library around finals week and to have it last from then until the end of the school year. Keeping the thoughts of our audience today in mind, we will continue to consider these factors. We were also asked about the purpose and benefits of the sculpture, so Jacob provided some of the research that he found which supports playfulness and creativity. Throughout the presentation period, I explained our project to anyone interested, as all of my teammates did. I'm glad about receiving such a positive response to our project, but I do wish that we received more suggestions to consider. However, this kind of response does suggest that we could implement this project past the intensive without too much difficulty.

Mikhail's Reflection on our feedback

WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED? (reflection and description of event / activity)

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING (include artifacts, photos, videos, drawings, sketches)

Our presentation went very well. I think the group did a great job communicating and Engaging Mr. Looney. He was not only interested and enthralled by our idea, but he also viewed it as a study. Our timelapse game him a glimpse into the minds of the Hawken students, he noticed what kinds of kids participated with the sculpture and when they did it. He thought of it as a psychological study almost, observing the minds of his students. He suggested that we do this every month, or every year at Hawken, or at different places on the campus at different times to increase participation with the sculpture and make it reflect the current vibe at Hawken School. He liked our idea and thought it had potential. Overall I think he gave a us positive and genuine feedback. Moving in a different suggestion we had multiple people tell us that we should make 4 sculptures, one for each house. They all suggested a competition, But I think it should be more focused on the creative and collaborative community building aspect. Ultimately I think we received some helpful feedback that was positive. I think we received support from those who came to our creation station and I'm happy to see that this project may outlive this intensive.

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12/15/17 Final Reflection

WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED?

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING

Today, we gave ourselves a final chance to reflect upon and celebrate the tremendous work we've done in the last three weeks. Presenting to the various parents, friends and members of the Hawken faculty who came to visit allowed for us not only to share the work, but also to understand how that work intersects with the general lives of others. We tied up the elements of the Creation Station with the themes and lessons of the Creative Process Intensive, while defining those topics and making them relevant for our viewers. Many of the viewers had great questions to ask us, and we found answering them a pleasant experience (at least I did!). Explaining the biography of our idea really reinforced its importance to the general creative process.  One of the most memorable pieces of advice we received was that we should multiply and spread the Creation Station throughout the campus. That way, we'd maintain our original plan of eliminating the maker space.

Final Blog - Michael Snyder

WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED? (reflection and description of event / activity)

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING (include artifacts, photos, videos, drawings, sketches)

Presentation day went really well. The turnout was more than I expected and we engaged in some very interesting conversations with a few of the visitors (my dad). While I was presenting our product to one of the student visitors, they questioned whether there would be enough balls or not because in the 15 minute break, we went through almost the whole basket. This made me think and come to the conclusion that because this was the first time the sculpture was out, kids were more drawn towards it. After the first few days, not as many participants will contribute thus the basket of balls will not be emptied as quickly. After the crowd of people came through, we presented to Mr. Looney. Mr. Looney appeared to support the idea and he had some great feedback. He noted that the time lapse of the pilot can be studied to discover things such as what genders are more drawn towards it, ow long did people stay, and did certain people tend to personalize the balls more than others. Also, he suggested that this be set up during during a few weeks out of a semester. Overall, this was great feedback that will be used to improve and further iterate our project.

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Jacob Kaufman Individual Post

WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED? (reflection and description of event / activity)

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING (include artifacts, photos, videos, drawings, sketches)

During our presentation time today, we got a lot of very good feedback from students, parents, teachers, and even Mr. Looney. The piece of feedback that stuck with me the most was something that Mrs. Agar suggested. She suggested that we should make this a house competition as a larger motivating factor for students to participate in the competition. She also suggested that we should do a couple of these a year in order for students to actually be able to participate and get into things. Another piece of feedback that stuck with me was that we should have a lot more balls to the point where each student could add a ball if they wanted to. After we got this feedback Mikhail calculated how big it would be and he determined it would be 15 feet^3. Personally, I thought this sounded really cool and I think that if we do this again I will try my best to make sure that we have enough balls for every student and allow students to make a gigantic structure.

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WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT'S NEW and CHANGED? (reflection and description of event / activity)

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING (include artifacts, photos, videos, drawings, sketches)

Today our group had a big accomplishment, and was finally able to put our project to the test. We put our Styrofoam base and spray painted balls and toothpicks and sharpies out in a public space with a small paragraph of explanation. Personally, I didn't expect it to do as well as it did. Many people contributed to it, and in addition, it stayed together. For our group, it was really a important moment that taught us that it is a feasible idea. It was a milestone that we were finally able to reach after working towards it for two and a half weeks. In addition, we made a lot of progress in our visual display for the gallery walk. We decided on using the spray painting backdrop as the backdrop for our posters, photos, and prototypes. Our posters indicate our progression of ideas and input from others throughout the intensive.

A poster we made to show the flow of ideas from start to finish.