Gantt charts to plan a project

How is it?

There are several free downloadable Gannt chart generating programmes available through

Web 2.0

I have used OpenProj and created a Gantt chart.

Another is... this is for Mac.

I couldn't find one that was both free and yet allow collaboration to occur and be stored in the cloud.. soon I hope someone will make one available.

Thought on a deck

How is it?

I asked the team to break out into smaller groups and take time out to think about what the deck construction method might look like?

This photo was taken by a student during the process of laying out the grid that takes the deck temporary structure.

For me, to see these thoughts was important, so I asked the team to sketch onto cardboard what's in their minds eye. Then explain these sketches to the larger group. SMV = Student Manufactured Video.

Sebastien had an idea and thought he might express this using Sketch-up. So off to the CAD Lab he took himself and one other student, coming back with his concept that he then printed off.

Young Taes group had many great sketches and he explains a few of these. He has a very soft voice. SMV.

The team have come up with many thoughts and solutions. Much critical thought was used.

When asked, one of the students said "the hardest part was the thinking". You might notice Young Tae using his electronic dictionary. LMV.

Living Curriculium :

Curiosity/Inquiry

Learners and teachers develop meaning through asking and answering questions
• Teachers become facilitators and co-learners
• Learners become investigators, seekers, problem-solvers

After all, what is the use of adopting loftier goals for yourself and your students if you continue to use multiple-choice tests that seek the “right” answer, capturing only the lower-level knowledge that is easiest to measure? Rather than relying on a single assessment method, instructors who adopt authentic learning methods must analyze multiple forms of evidence to measure student performance, including observations of student engagement and artifacts produced in the process of completing tasks.

So this is authentic learning

Internal skin Shaw 550

How is it?

Glued the topside foam in location and sealed the strip planked cedar with epoxy.

Sanded the sealer coat the next day with 60 grit to denib and vacuumed the hull clear of dust.

Marked out the laminate onto the hull about the centerline.

The first drop is wetted out in location.

Cut the glass and rolled onto tubes ready to layout.

The peel ply is being applied. The air needs to be worked out.

Nose cone Shaw 550

How is it?

Got a bit of info about the shape of the nose cone at the bow. Goran lofted out the frd section and after a few sketching session he created a female mould from MDF in which the foam would be placed. Strips of foam were cut and the pieces were edge glued. A few extra layers of tape were needed to help hold the strips.

On demoulding from the jig the nose cone had a slight hollow in it. Also the gaps on the frd face were extreme. Glue was also too thick and not cleaned off when wet.

Not a good thing. So a rethink was called for and another MDF frame was added to the mould.

The strips were tapered this time to help with the gaps on the frd face. Looking good now.

Less glue was also used and any excess was cleaned off the after face. All alot neater.

Goran started to fit in situ but ran out of time.

Jade and Chris fitted the nose cone on Thursday and a few modification later it fitted.

Applying the glue.

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