Week of Monday March 16, 2009

Name: Danika Grady
Group Members: Gabi Tukeman and Zach Wheeler

1: What Did I Do?

This week I worked on the documentary.  I wasn't here on Tuesday due to my Uncle's funeral in Canada and Wednesday we were practicing our presentation but Thursday and Friday were all devoted to getting the film in progress.  By Friday afternoon I had successfully figured out how to convert video files and make them usable for my projects purposes.  I also had gotten 49 seconds of the film completed, minus music and voice over.  

Gabi came over this weekend and we recorded the whole script as well as got more video and imagery.  We plan to have it completed save for final editing by Monday afternoon; a day earlier than when it is due.  

2: What Did My Group Do Today?

Wednesday the whole group worked together to get our PowerPoint ready to present. We had planned on

collaborating over the weekend but due to my unfortunate circumstances we were unable to. So Wednesday afternoon

was devoted to the work we would have done then. We perfected our PowerPoint and practiced our presentation.

Also Zach and Gabi both worked on constructing the generator and toaster part of the bike part of our project.

There was little they could do at that time since we were missing a key component for the construction but we ordered

and received it this weekend and the bicycle powered toaster should be up and running by tomorrow afternoon.

3: How Did We Help Each Other?

We helped each other a lot this week.  With my absence and the panic of having only a few more days left of project time we were all under a lot of pressure.  We worked together though, utilizing after school time and weekends to get what needed to be done, done.  

Week of Monday March 9, 2009

Name: Danika Grady
Group Members: Gabi Tukeman and Zach Wheeler

1: What Did I Do?

This week I worked a long time on the outline for our powerpoint presentation.  It took me a day and a half to fully finish the research and planning it took to complete it.  After finishing and handing that in I got to work on the powerpoint itself.    I got the basic components for it done and most of the necessary information filled in before the end of wednesday.  Thursday and Friday we went on our team camping trip which was a lot of fun.  The only downside was that we lost two days of our project time.  In my opinion though it was worth it.  Even if it was ridiculously cold.  

2: What Did My Group Do ?

This week Zach and Gabi built the bike stand that we are using to make the bike stationary. Zach also helped me

with the powerpoint outline. We decided who would say which part and since Gabi was absent for that part he was

a huge help.

3: How Did We Help Each Other?

As I said in the previous answer Zach helped me a lot with the powerpoint design, template and outline.  Gabi worked really hard on the stand and she's contributed a ton of time and work to get this project done.  

P.S. to Spencer... I am so sorry this was posted so late.  Last weekedn as you know I was in Canada and I have been insanely busy with project work these past few days... 

Week of Friday March 2, 2009

Name: Danika Grady
Group Members: Gabi Tukeman and Zach Wheeler

1: What Did I Do?

This week I focused on the Calorie/Joule/Watt study that we're doing.  On monday I figured out all of the calculations for one gyms output of electricity if they hooked up all of the bikes with generators.  The results were really surprising.  I didn't realize that it would be that much.  The next few days I worked on the script for our mini documentary.  I gave it to Spencer for editing and now all I need to do is submit for a second revision.  I also helped Gabi with the story boarding we did this week.  

On Thursday I did the outline with Zach.  We decided what we were going to talk about and we split up the slides and who was going to talk about what.  Gabi wasn't there Thursday or Friday so we just worked on our non bicycle related stuff.  On Thursday afternoon I was very happy to find the generator and toaster sitting on my doorstep.  So in the next week we hope to be finished with the that part of our project.  

2: What Did My Group Do Today?

This week Zach worked on the bike a lot. It now has wheels actually attached and it looks amazing. He also

worked a lot on the google sketch up diagram. He's almost done with it. As I said before he also helped me a lot

the outline for the powerpoint presentation.

Gabi wasn't here Thursday or Friday but she helped me a lot with the script and drew all the storyboards

for the stuff we had at that time. We couldn't do anything regarding the wiring and stuff since we hadn't had any of

materials we needed yet. Next week Gabi is in charge of putting everything together.

3: How Did We Help Each Other?

We all helped each other with our different projects this week.    Zach helped me with the outline and Gabi

helped with the story board.  We work really well togther and collaborate very well.

Week of Friday Feb. 20, 2009

Name: Danika Grady
Group Members: Gabi Tukeman and Zach Wheeler

1: What Did I Do?

This week was all about finalizing and fundraising.  Up to thursday I was frantic with the plans for my bake sale.  I had set up all of the arrangements for the where and the when and the what. Unfortunately the wednesday I found out that there was another bake sale on friday so I had to move ours up to thursday.  That of course, gave me less time to plan than before.  The sale was a success though.  We made all the money we needed to buy our motor and then some for shipping and the smaller things.  

I also worked on contacting the gym we were using for our documentary portion of our project.  The plans for that fell through a little bit but Gabi and I went there in person to talk to them.  We found out the statistics we needed but also that we cannot film there for our documentary.  There was too much legal stuff to deal with.  It wasn't worth it to us.  We are however going to move on with our plans in the next week.  

2: What Did My Group Do Today?

Gabi was doing work on materials and design.  She gathered the materials list and forwarded them to me today.  This weekend I will take it and order the parts we need.  She worked a long time on it and the design we have it really good.  She also helped me a lot with the bake sale and gym.  

Zach is the bike man.  He fixed up the bike so that it looks amazing.  I think it's pretty much ready to be used.  The rust is all gone and the wheel is attached.  In one week he did all of it.  

3: How Did We Help Each Other?

We all support each other in our different aspects of the project.  We help with each different part and make additions or suggestions to make it better. We are all a part of it and all of our personalities are blended into our work.  

Tuesday Feb. 17, 2009

Name: Danika Grady
Group Members: Gabi Tukeman and Zach Wheeler

1: What Did I Do Today?

Today was the finalizing day. Tomorrow is our second check in and we had to finish the stuff we said we would get done today. My part of the deal was finalizing the bake sale and the gym deals. I finished the bake sale plans and talked to the pizza places again just to make sure I had the numbers right. As for the gym I tried calling them again and nothing came of it. The lady that I talked to had no idea what I was saying so eventually I gave up. Gabi is coming over to my house tomorrow afternoon to bake so I decided that we would go talk to them in person during that time. I also sent an email to Stacey Lopaz asking permission for the bake sale. she emailed me back right away telling us its good to go.

2: What Did My Group Do Today?
Gabi researched the materials today, which was part of her jobs for the week. She found a ten dollar toaster on the internet which she plans on getting for our project as well as finalized the design for our bike.

Zach got his wire brush today. He used it to take more of the rust off of the bike.

3: How Did We Help Each Other?

Again today our group was pretty seperate. We all had our own stuff to do and finish for tomorrows check in. We continue to work well together and communicate between us.

Friday Feb 13, 2009

Name: Danika Grady
Group Members: Gabi Tukeman and Zach Wheeler

1: What Did I Do Today?
Today was a little slow in terms of production. We all were ht with a touch of Friday fever so we probably weren't as productive as we could have been. It wasn't a total loss though. I called three different pizza places (Little Caesar's, Figaro's and Extreme) to find out pizza sizes and pricing. Armed with that information I will choose a place to supply pizza to our bake sale next Friday. I also called 24 hour fitness about filming in their gym. Unfortunately we didn't get very far with that. This weekend I decided I am just going to go and talk to them in person.

2: What Did My Group Do Today?
Gabi made a logo for our group today. It is really cool and she worked really hard on it. She also assisted me in the hunt for a number and email for the 24 our fitness.

Zach worked on the bike some more as well as his Google sketch up diagram.

3: How Did We Help Each Other?

Today we were pretty seperate; each with their own project. We did have good communication between us throughout the day.

Thursday Feb. 12, 2009

Name: Danika Grady
Group Members: Gabi Tukeman and Zach Wheeler

1: What Did I Do Today?
Today We had our first group check in.  It went pretty well in my opinion.  We have a good amount of work to do in the next week.  After that we took the bike outside and worked to get the rust off.  Sand paper worked pretty well but the wire brush Daryll let us borrow worked the best.  

2: What Did My Group Do Today?
My whole group was needed to do the check in so we were all there when we prepared for it.  The rest of the time they were out with me working on the bike.  Between the three of us, a lot of the rust came off.  It doesn't look like new yet but its getting it cleanliness back.  

3: How Did We Help Each Other?

During the check in we collaborated and divided the work according to what we were good at.  We split the work pretty easily and are in good shape to work towards next weeks goal.  We also were all sharing the work on the bike.  We tradedback and forth with the wire brush and used sand paper when we didn't have it.