Well...
today was awesome. We had a chance to work on our lego project and work closer with our larger cadre group to think of a theme for our overall website. We also had the opportunity to learn more about moodle, blackboard, and the library system that Pepperdine offers.
My favorite part today: lego assembling and programming. My team and I worked very hard to completely revamp our lego layout and work work work to get that moving. The coolest part was watching the machine run by programming it from my laptop, ehm... a PC.
There was a lot of sweat and intense faces and concentration that led us where we are today. Although not done, we are certainly feeling positive about our progress and we can see the glint of light at the end of the tunnel. Of course we still have to create personal websites, a larger cadre website and a smaller group website... yep... in addition to finishing our wonderful lego machine completely functional with sorting capabilities and a working drop shoot and conveyor belt.
At the end of our class time today (as I'm writing this), we were given a Nerd Rope candy. Each one of us was asked to think and discuss how this nerd rope (relative to the loose nerds in the box ---so old school) worked as a metaphor to tie into the OMET program. Well, I certainly believe that in two point five short days... we have grown as a group from complete strangers who just knew each other by a picture (real, or not) from the Internet. Now, we have faces to go with the wide variety of personalities that exist within us and will for the next year and beyond.
Back on subject, the metaphor I see so clearly here relating the Nerd Rope to our lives is that the rope itself represents our common goals and students. We all love to learn and that strengthens our rope. We all have underlying common goals that we bring to the table, but ultimately, we are all here to be challenged and to learn from each other and our professors. During the program, our rope might change colors (flavors), but in the grand scheme of things, it is still just as strong.
About our larger cadre group theme: Agency 00X --more information to come!
We are off to have dinner at a great restaurant in Malibu tonight... so excited!
Goodbye for now.
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