Research Blog 10

Today Mr. Engholm gave us back our research portfolios. My two problems were my introduction (a bit sloppy) and my proposal. He suggested that my proposal has the stuff I need but just in different places. He also said that he felt I didn't exactly know what I was going to do, which is correct. I know what I'm supposed to do but I am a bit confused about what I am actually going to do. He suggested that I try to reorganize my proposal and fit a simpler pattern.

1) What?

2) Why?

3) How?

I am going to have this for next week.

On a side note, I remembered my working title and I was so impressed: The Incursion of Science Fiction in Technology through the Xbox Kinect.

Be amazed.

Thank you.

Research Blog 9

Yesterday was difficult getting back into the swing of things. I was not able to play with the Kinect over the holiday so now that is at the top of my list. I am trying to gather more research about how other hacks were created.

Finishing the Research Portfolio

I am almost done with the portfolio! I have completed all of my notecards and am working towards finishing. I am not worried that I won't finish.

Research Blog 9

I am now officially freaked out about the research portfolio. I do not have nearly enough notecards to fulfill the twenty page requirement. But, I will prevail! Today I was able to get my head in the game to make a sort of plan about how to attack this portfolio. I must now tell you that I will destroy this check-in. That is all.

Research Blog 8

Yesterday and today I had a breakdown. Twenty pages of notecards. 20. 2-0. Friday. Oh my goodness. So I am going into overdrive. This will be fun, yet scary at the same time. This pretty much sums up everything. Time to make those notecards.

Research Blog 7

I realized I have a lot of work to do and will spend my weekend working towards the twenty page note card minimum. I have also found that I am not the most productive during the time in class so I must come up with a way to fix that.

Research Blog 6

Yesterday was exciting because it was ring day. I realized that I need a lot more notecards so that will be the focus of my researching today. To understand all of the coding instructions I really just need to connect the Kinect and just go. It is hard to make notecards about this aspect of my research because it is a lot of coding language. Mr. Engholm gave me the idea of talking to the helpdesk about it because they should know something about programming.