Tanner+reflection+4

=//__Tanner reflection 4 - Due March 29, 2010 __//=

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1. How are things going with your Senior Project?


 * Falling behind schedule
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Making Great Progress
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Stuck and need help


 * < Making great progress ||

2. How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?


 * I am working most effecttively on my project during my shop classes and in SLC. If I had the last month to do over again i not change anything. This last month went as well as it could have other than very minor hold-ups such as hole placement or the metal warping after it is welded. I would leave the last month just as it went. ||

3. What kinds of decisions have you found yourself making recently? Have they been good decisions? What are you learning about how you make decisions and what kind of effect these decisions have on your learning?


 * I have been making good decisions recently. I have learned that as compaired to the begining of the year I am thinging about more aspects of things before I make a final decision. ||

4. What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc?


 * I have learned that I need help. This week i incorperated the help of some of my peers and made grt progress by getting several things done at one time rather than doing everything. I have also learned that i rush things and I am begining to slow down and analize things more and by spending more time thinking it reduces working tome by eliminating mistakes. ||

5. What did you learn about your topic/subjects that you didn’t know before? What connections among the various things you have studied and researched do you see? Have you had any “aha” moments? What were they and how did they affect you?


 * I learned several things that I did not know before. The main thing that I learned about was the milling machine. I learned how to use it to drill more precise holes and how to use it to make a key way. ||

6. How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project?


 * I have used almost all of my advisors feed back and suggestions. Mr. Hibbert has given me seval ideas and things to think about that greatly improved my project and the building process. I have also put to use the advice of Thomas Younge about the motor and how to mount it. ||