CASA DE MIEDO
Casa de miedo was a haunted house project where all of the students had to cooperate to put together a large event, collectively. Casa de miedo was not only a difficult project but it was also very time consuming. This project took lots of effort to complete. creating this project was very exciting because we all knew that the final product was going to be worth all the hard work. When we first started this project I was very unsure of what we could get done, but once i realized how hard my group worked, we were able to really enhance our ideas and we create a scene that was all around terrifying.
This is a picture of a meeting where we all talked about how we would combine all of our different scenes in the haunted house.
Refinement
Refinement is a matter of re-making or re-doing an something that u believe you can make better until you are proud of it. In the casa de misdo project we had to make scaled drawing of what our scene was going to look like. this required several drafts and updates on your layout. turning it in once was not enough for many of us so we started to expect to redo the drawing if it was not done to the best of our ability. this is not so much a stretch for me personally because i always tend to try my hardest on all of my work. refinement is more of a strength for me because i believe something can always be made into something much better while you grow. Writing skills can only get better over time with more and more practice.
Evidence
Using doc tags in humanities to keep track of my assignments really is helpful to keep as evidence. I am very careful when placing items into my humanities portfolio because i make sure every item that needs a doc tag has one to show my reflection of the overall project that was done. This habit is very difficult for me and is definitely not a strength of mine. The reason that this has become difficult is because sometimes i forget that I need proof that can be shown. The sticker chart is also a useful tool we are given because it reminds me to get a sticker as evidence of completing the work. One thing i can do to improve is by keeping everything in order weather it is my binder or my planner.
Mindfulness
This habit is one of my favorites because it is something that everyone should recognize and consider. This habit is a main root to many of the others. For example you can not be a compassionate person if you are not mindful. It also difficult to obtain a perspective if you are unmindful. Mindfulness was a key component when we i worked on casa de miedo because there were so many tools being used and props were being built along with walls. When we were building it looked more as a construction site would then a school. One of my class mates was not as organized as many others were and consistently left tools out and I took initiative and put them away. Mindfulness is a hard skill to master,although I continuously try my best to be not only mentally self aware but aware of my other surroundings. The best way to achieve mindfulness is simply by being alert at all times and to stay focused.
Cooperation
when i first came to high tech i was not a big believer in group work or working with other people. i always favored doing assignments independently. over time my perspective changed because i began to realize that having others there to support you in a task is much simpler and helpful then doing it on your own. my group members, Jasmine, Bobby, and David were great to work with because everyone tried their very best to bring our ideas to life. Everyone in my group listened to my ideas and participated when we had group discussions. cooperation is no longer a struggle of mine because after doing so many group assignments i was able to practice my cooperation, and i will continue to practice to better my understanding of mindfulness.
Compassion
Compassion is not only remembering to be nice to others, it is demonstrating that you have the capability to do random acts of kindness selflessly. One Compassionate person is Bobby Pinski because whenever he saw i was struggling with an assignment he would help me on it. Also when i was unmotivated to do work he would encourage me kindly to get my papers turned in. I always try to be compassionate toward others. it can be a challenge at times when you are frustrated with the people you are working with, but i always try my best to let my compassion shine through. An easy way to improve my compassionate skills is by always keeping calm even i when i may become overwhelmed.
Perspective
perspective is taking not only your own point of view but also seeing what others may see. one way we showed this habit was by using temperature cards. Temperature cards helped us understand what other group members were feeling about a certain day's work progress. They allowed us to listen to each others thoughts on how effective we thought our group was working. perspective is basic to understand because you always have to understand when to listen to others and when to participate and bring in your own ideas.
Perseverance
This habit is very good to use when finishing an assignment. No matter how many drafts you may have to do and despite the number of trails you may have to do to finish an experiment it is important to not give up. At the beginning of the year i was working with a couple students on a chain reaction project. This project was tedious because we could not get all of the components to function correctly. When it did not work we had to reset the entire experiment and do it over again until it worked. it took more trials then it probably should have but we were finally able to test it once and the result was perfect. to help myself to persevere i will encourage others when it comes down to difficult projects. Because this skill comes easily to me i will help others improve their skills by motivation.
Casa de miedo was a group project which took lots of cooperation and communication. This was hard to do because sometimes certain group members would wander off task and not get work done. For example during casa de miedo we had event coordinators which were elected to represent our group and get things done. The event coordinator from my group was a bit unorganized and unfocused which reflected badly upon our group because work that was needed was not getting done. My other partners and I discussed it and we decided it was best to change event coordinators. As a result I was elected as the new event coordinator. Because I was event coordinator i had to cooperate with the other event coordinators to decide the amount of plastic that was needed in very precise amounts. Lastly in this assignment I realized that even I could be be leader which was very different for me.
This is an example of what we originally envisioned our haunted house scene looking like. We wanted to create a scary maze full of creepy clowns.