We just had innovation day, and it was a blast. Our class had to make animal shelters. My partner (Alma) and I made a shelter for koalas named “Koala Kaves”. It was hard work, but it was worth it.
We worked in school, but what really made our project shine, was the work we did at home. At the start, we only worked in school, with some researching at home. Closer to Innovation day we started meeting up at home. Halfway through the process, we stored our project in a garbage bag at school (don’t ever do this). The next day we couldn’t find our project, it got thrown out! That taught us never to store anything important in garbage bags (or to paint the garbage bag so that people don’t mistake it for garbage). The good thing was, that after our project got thrown out, we worked extra hard to make up for it. We spent about ten hours on our models (physical and online) and around 2 hours for our board. I took charge of the coding, and I was surprised at how good I was at it.
One thing that I think we could have done better at was our ad. It was okay, but it wasn’t loud enough, and most of the time people couldn’t hear it so we had to skip it.
On the day of Innovation day, I was extremely nervous. I knew that we were good at public speaking, but we always seemed to cut each other off when we were practicing. The presentations to the parents the day before definitely helped, giving us time to practise and cool off our nerves before the big day.
One other thing that we learned was that it is better to have both the VR headset, and the computer to show the CoSpaces because some people get dizzy while looking through the headset, and it is good to have an alternative option.
Here are some pictures of our project
This project was extremely fun, and taught me many lessons. I am excited to do innovation day again next year!
