On the 16th of June, there was a showcase to present our work in Innovat[ED] and how we had expanded our design thinking skills and gained key ASC capabilities.
At the very beginning, I was going to paint a mural on the back of the year 7 & 8 lockers. I empathized with the school and I thought that the locker room would really like something too brighten it up and make it look good, especially with the tours and other things going on. I developed a lot of creativity.
After a while, I realized that this project was a bit advanced for me. It would require a lot of equipment and permission and I didn’t know how to paint. I had no experience doing this kind of thing and at first, it seemed like an exciting opportunity to try something new but I gave it some thought and found that I was probably going too far out of my field. I decided to quit that project and try to do something new.
I joined a group that was making cat blankets to donate to cat haven because I was a keen sewer and I hadn’t done anything like that before. I had a bit of sewing experience before and I wanted to put it use. I learnt collaboration skills because I had to co-operate with my group members to get things done.
We extended our creative skills by thinking up ideas for our cat blankets. At first, the blankets were going to be made out of flannelette, but it was expensive and we were introduced to a better idea. They discovered that there were ASC sport shirts that had been mis-printed and they were forgotten and un-used. It was good to use the fabric for free and know that the shirts would remain un-used otherwise. This way, we extended our problem-solving skills.
The showcase pretty successful. We had decent communication skills and a lot of people liked our stand and we explained the project well. I think we lacked some organization skills because we could have been more productive and have made an actual product in time for the showcase and the prototype was left at home so we couldn’t show it. We used our problem-solving and creativity skills and we found alternatives and solutions to our problems.
Overall, the showcase and the design process was a really fun experience and it was the perfect opportunity to learn. I improved my creativity, problem-solving and collaboration.
