Reflection 09/12/2011

How did the exemplar project we looked at differ in terms of the expectations you have for your own projects? 


The exemplar project that we've looked at, our expectations were much higher and when we were examining we marked it Band 3 in the mark scheme which was around 5 points but it got 9-10 marks. We were quite shocked that they got almost full mark because their outcome was like a report while we are doing a documentary, pamflet, posters etc. I think that ours will be more interesting and unique than the exemplar. 

Group Project (Individual)

Some of the things that I’ve contributed to the group project were I didn't miss any lessons of GP for this group project. I was given different homework and I've done it on time. Our group project is about peak oil and our main goal for this project was to create a documentary to show different scenarios of what till happen if there's no more oil in the world and how can we prevent this from happening. Our idea was that we show awareness about the peak oil and using hybrid cars and electric cars we can preserve the oil for a longer period of time. I had the idea of using hybrid and electric cars as our outcome of this project so I've shared my ideas to my group members. I was also assigned to check out the BMW first electric car in Pavilion and I've done that. I took pictures and asked them about how the car works etc. I even got the brochure for it. I've also shared my ideas about using Hong Kong and Singapore as a case study of how effective they were on public transport because in Malaysia majority of people drive cars and not using the public transport.

The things that I would do differently next time are be more focus. That's my and our group first priority. To be more focus because we sometimes get distracted. Better time management because sometimes I'll do my homework a day before it due for this project and it is not a good thing because I will not take it seriously and this will let my group members down so I need better time management for my actual group project.

What I've learnt about working together were that it is not just only about you as the previous project that we did was our individual project. So on this project we need to share your ideas to your team members and discuss effectively and share the work loads effectively. I've also learnt that we need to be on time for our meetings (mostly on facebook) so that others members don't have to wait for another hour for someone to come online.

The things that has been good/challenging about working as a part of a group were that we really bonded because before we started this project we really didn't talk to each other that much so this project and us as a team really bonded us. We know each other better and we know what are their weakness and strength. The thing that's quite challenging is that sometimes we argue on the ideas or things we have to do whether if it was relevant to our project or if it was necessarily to be on our project. The other thing that was challenging was that one of our group members procrastinate a lot and sometimes he doesn't work a lot so that the main problem that we have to solve as quickly as possible.

Things that I've learnt about deciding on and planning a project was that it is not as easy as it seems. It took quite a while to agree on what we want to do. We sometimes argue and we don't go anywhere so that consume some of the time that we had. Planning and producing research was alright because our group had to research on what is peak oil, hybrid cars and electric cars. Reading and presenting my ideas was alright because I have a clear idea of what my ideas were and sometimes my ideas and other group member's ideas were the same. Overall I think I've done a good job and hope that I will improve on my weakness and be constant on my strength.

Peak Oil Group Project Reflection (group)

Throughout the time when we were doing our mock group project, we came to realize certain things. One, we were discussing more frequently than before. We were listening to all the options and ideas given and we developed them until we were satisfied with the results. We were working well within the time frame given, making sure that all the homework that needed to be completely was done and that everyone had completed their specific tasks. But when we looked back at the past couple of weeks, as a group, we realized that we were frequently distracted, often going of topic. We also had the tendency to assign everyone the same homework and that lead to some people not doing anything at all for homework. With the discussions, we noticed that sometimes, certain people would be leading the discussions and not leave any room for others to make suggestions or say their opinions. So to improve ourselves and to make sure that when we do our actual group project, we don't make the same mistakes, we decided to change a little bit. For starters we would make sure that EVERYONE will be contributing to the discussions and that everyone will have a say in what the group will do next. Also, when it comes to setting homework, we would split up the work, getting only some to do the research and to get the others to focus on developing ideas and other pieces of work. And most importantly, we will try to stay on the topic and try not to get distracted. Overall we have come a long way from last year and we have seen improvements. But we still have more to improve on and we shall try our best during this group project.

Gantt Chart

Blog review: Complete a post answering the following questions

1. What is a Gantt Chart?

A Gantt Chart is a type of bar chart that provides a graphical illustration of a schedule that

helps to plan, coordinate, and track specific tasks in a project. Some Gantt charts also show

the dependency relationships between activities. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish

dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Here's an example of a

Gantt Chart.

2. Why should we use them?

We should use Gantt Chart because it is an easy organizing tool that everyone can use

it easily. You can use it to plan how long a project should take and it lays ut the order in which

the tasks need to be carried out. You can look when the task started and when it is due. A

Gantt Chart lets you see immediately what should have been achieved at any point in time.

3. Your top tips for using Gantt Charts

-Fill in your project plan structure

-Use different colors on the bar so that it is easier to differentiate

-You can double link the bar

-You must know how to use the Gantt Chart properly before you do it so that you won't get

confuse and mess up your Gantt Chart

Reflection on what we did today

We just finished creating the wikispace and we have updated our agendas. We also discussed about the outcome of our peak oil project. Here are the outcome that we came up with:

- To spread awareness.
- Documentary on how transportation effects peak oil.
( How much petrol an average car consumes)
- Future scenarios.
(Resource war, economy)
- How to help.
( Electric cars, hybrid, earth hour/day)

Fishbone

Group Reflection

In my group we're going to focus on the future perspective for Peak Oil in more detail than others because we think that it is important for people to know what will happen after when we reaches Peak Oil or when there's no more oil in the world. What will our life be like? Will it be the same or will it change? Are we going to face a resource war in the future? Are we going to fight each other for the last amount of supply of oil? There are a lot of question that we have to ask ourself about what will happen if oil runs out. So we think that it is very important that we think about the future of oil and how we can conserve it for the future generation. I mean non of us want to have war, our life will be in danger and the place will be horrible. So I think we should start thinking about the future and try to use lesser oil everyday.