Time+Log

=﻿ Time Log =

This time logs shows the amount of time I spend working on the various projects for this class.
 * Assignment || Date || Time Spent || Notes ||
 * Geometer's Sketch Pad || 3/5-3/6 || 3 hours || I worked through the Ghost Paths activity. ||
 * Wiki Page || 3/8/11 || 40 mins || Today I created set up my wiki page on WikiSites. I created an introductory page and began to create the layout by adding pages and formatting my entreis. ||
 * Wiki Page || 3/10/11 || 20 mins || I set up additional pages on my wiki and added some content to the About Me section. I also did some formatting work on the existing pages. ||
 * Sketchpad || 3/13/11 || 50 mins || I explored Sketchpad and worked through the Pyramid Dissection activity in the second packet. ||
 * Google Sketchup || 3/14/11 || 60 mins || I explored the features of Google Sketchup. There was a lot of trial and error and just creating a hodge-podge of shapes and designs. I also watched some YouTube tutorials showing different things that Google Sketchup can be used for. ||
 * Wiki Page || 3/15/11 || 15 mins || I further edited my Wiki Page and added uniform fonts and styles for each page. ||
 * Google Sketchup || 3/17/11 || 30 mins || I worked through the two house-building activities ||
 * Google Sketchup || 3/28/11 || 30 mins || I watched YouTube demos for Sketchup. ||
 * Google Sketchup || 4/1/11 || 1 hour || I began my Emerald City project. I created two larger buildings but ultimately decided that they were not what I was looking for. ||
 * Google Sketchup || 4/2/11 || 1 hour || I restarted my Emerald City project, this time I started by creating the gate of the city first. I leaned to import pictures to use as textures. This gave my gate an "emerald" appearance. ||
 * LOGO || 4/4/11 || 40 minutes || I began working on my education departmetn logo today. I tried to make a triangle with rounded sides but could not get the sides to ultimately match up. ||
 * LOGO || 4/5/11 || 1 hr 20 min || I started by trying a new rounded triangle and it actual matched up this time. The repeat feature helped. I created a program for the triangle, the apple, and part of the ruler and anchor. ||
 * LOGO || 4/7/11 || 1 hr 20 min || I continued to work on my education department logo. I finished the anchor and two of the books that make up the ends of the anchor. I think I will be able to finish in the next day or so. ||
 * Excel || 4/10/11 || 30 mins || I formatted my Set project and created the accompanying graphs and reflection. ||
 * Logo || 4/11/11 || 45 mins || I finished the text for my education department logo today. Now all I need to do is fill it in with color. ||
 * LOGO || 4/12/11 || 1 hr || Today I finished my logo! I filled in the logo with color and it is done. I'm so pleased with how it turned out. ||
 * Sketchup || 4/16/11 || 3 hrs || Time just melted away today as I worked on my Emerald City. I finished the gate and the civilian houses and have the palace built but no details or textures added. ||
 * Sketchup || 4/17/11 || 2 hrs || I continued working on my Emerald City today. I think I have the exterior of the palace looking how I want it to. I added some doors and other details to the civilain houses and some poppy textures to the ground. ||
 * Sketchup || 4/20/11 || 1 hr 30 mins || I think I finished my Emerald City! I created some interor decoration in the palace, includingt a throne. I may decide to add some other details here or there but for now, I think it is finished! ||
 * Sketchup || 4/23/11 || 1 hour || I decided to make some alterations to my Emerald City. I changed some of the textures to make the design show up better. I also found a spot in my palace where a wall had disappeared so I worked to fix that and make it blend back in with the rest of the structure. ||
 * Excel || 4/25/11 || 45 mins || Today I looked through old challenge problems to re-work using Excel. I chose a problem involving arithmetic sequences and common terms. I used the fill feature to create the list of terms. ||
 * Excel || 4/26/11 || 30 mins || I finished up the challenge problem by color coding my lists and writing up an explanation for using Excel as well as the mathematical concepts behind the problem. ||
 * WikiPage || 4/26/11 || 30 mins || I worked on formatting my wiki page. I adjusted fonts, checked file links, inserted links to other pages, and double checked my picture citations. ||
 * Pencast || 4/28/11 || 30 mins || I typed up a script for my pencast, which will be on two digit addition with regrouping. ||
 * WikiPage || 4/30/11 || 1 hour 30 min || I worked on creating my list of teacher resources. I also began typing up my final reflection and inserting anchor points for each question in the reflection. ||
 * WikiPage || 5/1/11 || 45 min || I continued typing my final reflection and inserting anchor points. ||