During the class I have played with Makey-Makey software, origami, spinners and the Skallops cards.
What arouse my interest in those was the ability to create something out of them, which I found true for all the others.
I have played a lot during my childhood with the origami and the Skallops cards, but it was my first time to see the spinner and the Makey-Makey software.
I really liked the flexibility of the origami and the open possibilities it has in making deferent 2D and 3D models. What is good about the Skallops cards was it is structural but not limited. The connectors had differnet angles that help you build up your shapes. It also stimulate one’s creativity in planning their design.
I used the Skallops cards to build an aircraft. And with the origami I built traditional paper airplane. After that I attached the paper plane on the front top of my Skallops aircraft for the aerodynamics
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In the begging it seemed to me like we are just having a “back to the old days” session and just have some fun. However, after starting the process of making, I recalled the same process from mu childhood. And I realized how complicated this process is. This complexity requires hard work, but it usually ends up with an amazing creation. Even if the attempt failed, the process of making itself is a learning experience. Identifying a need, planning designing and finally implementing a product, are basic procedures in all life’s activities. The more you exercise these procedures, the better your management abilities will be.
I wish I had more time to recreate my childhood passion, Lego. I have spent years playing with those pieces, and created many models. I have always wished that I have endless supply of Lego pieces and create even more models.
