Journal 2: Two-Week Schedule

Overall Two-Week Goal: In the first two weeks of the WISE project I want to have a mentor and get started on talking to people in the school that might have access to the blueprints of the school.

Specific Plan:
Tuesday, Feb. 25: Get released from WISE class and talk to my potential mentors. I will first go to Mr. Cowell and talk to him about my project and see if he would be interested in being my mentor.
Wednesday, Feb. 26: If my mentor is not selected I will seek another person.
Thursday, Feb. 27: By this point I will have a mentor and I will not start to talk to people around the school to get access to the blueprints. I will talk to Mr. Cowell (Or whoever my mentor is) and see if they know of anyone.
Friday, Feb. 28: If the information I need is not given to me, I will go to the main office and see if anyone in there knows who I can talk to. Hopefully by this time I will at least know who I need to see and I can plan on talking to them next week.
Monday, March 3: Over the weekend I will have started the computer model. I will have made a new project, and saved it in several places. Today I will go talk to the person who has access to the school files and hopefully receive a copy of them or have someone email me computer files.
Tuesday, March 4: Hopefully with the blueprints accessible, I will be able to start my project! I will be able to get the topography started.
Wednesday, March 5: I will get the topography done by the end of the day
Thursday, March 6: By this point, I will have a computer file with the land around the school properly modeled. At this point I can start to model the buildings.
Friday, March 7: I will have very rough outlines of the buildings complete.

Person I will talk to:
Mr. Cowell
Two other resources:
IHS for blueprints
SketchUp tutorial videos on topography

Journal 1: Project Introduction

Dear Reader,

My project will consist of making a digital 3D model of Ithaca High School and making a real life mini-model of the school. By the end of the 3rd marking period I hope to have completed the computer model. This will require a lot of time and research of aspects of the school. Finding dimensions and blueprints will be very helpful to me for the model. Once the 3rd marking period ends I hope to move the the Technology Departments laser cutter to make the real life model. By mid June, I hope to complete both tasks fully and detailed.
Aside from the physical goals above, I really want to work on my time management.Throughout this project I will be keeping track of my tasks using Google Calendars. This will help me stay on top of deadlines and ensure my final goal will be completed. 

My interest for the project goes way back to when I was first interested into design and Architecture. When I was really young I would play with Legos, and Lincoln Logs. I would never look at the directions and be creative and do what I wanted. Once I was older I got into Google Earth and SketchUp. I started making 3D models of buildings all around the country. Soon after getting bored with modeling other peoples work I started making models of houses I designed. I have been doing this for many years. I have always wanted to make a model of the school. I actually started one and didn't get far at all. I got rid of it and now I want to do it again. I think that this is a great project for me to do in my WISE class because I have not had much time to do this due to work and school.