Technology Week 9

This week was a big one, because it was the last week of workshop days. For these few days, I finished soldering my wires to my LED and switch, I created by holes in the PVC caps, and I decorated my light. When I finished, I gave it a few test run and changed up the decoration. It turned out awesome in the end!

Technology Week 8

This week, we finished learning more about our purpose and we started creating out designs. I had wanted by design to be simple like a standard flashlight. I just wanted a strait pipe with a switch on one end and the LED light on the other. By the end of the week. I had already finished getting my measurements and cutting my pipe!

Technology Week 7

This week, we started our flashlight projects. Mr. Calvert taught is a lot about LED lights and the purpose if these designs. Basically, we were going to make these for divers who were going on a mission to save kids who got stuck in a cave. While the purpose wasn’t authentic and the story took place some time ago, I still got really excited to make these flashlights.

Technology Week 6

This week, I mostly worked on my three switches. At the start of the week, Mr. Calvert went over how to make it and how to play the game. I thought it was an amazing idea, and I got right to work. My first switch was the hardest, because it was a huge button, it was hard to make, but it was the most memorable. I loved experimenting with the alligator clips, too! This project was by far my favorite!

Technology Week 5

This week, I didn’t do much, considering the fact that I had just finished the wired pendants. After that, I decided to work on a personal project. I had chosen to make a pencil holder for my math teacher, Ms. Nista. This took a long time because I didn’t know how to use the scroll saw, so I hand cut it with the ceramic cutters. This was a hard but fun project, and my teacher loved it!

Technology Week 4

This week was a fun one! I say this because I made and soldered a pendent! First, I cute and placed wires on tape, and than learned how to solder. Soldering Irons are dangerous, which is why Mr. Calvert taught with care. The things we used were dangerous, but my pendant came out great!

Technology Week 3

This week was probably the week where we learned more about the customizing. This week, Mr. Calvert taught us all about Vectornator. We started off learning about the art of tracing through some examples Mr. Calvert made us, and towards the end of the week, we made our own designs. I made a mini sing for my door handle. I think that this week was probably the week where I made a lot of progress.

Technology Week 2

This week, we did a lot of learning. Mr. Calvert taught us about things like Effluvia and Atoms. We also learned about lasers and the laser cutter. He gave us a full run down about the laser cutter and how we could use it making our own designs. Overall, I think that this week was a great learning curve.

Technology Week 1

The first week of technology was an exciting week. Although most of it was introduction and info, it was quite fun to get to know Mr. Calvert and how a typical class would work from day to day. My favorite part was the day we had our “review” day. We had to crack the code and unlock different locks. Our team lost, but it was a fun experience.