Starting on Monday we all met down in the Raven's Nest to begin discussing our first project of the year. We learned about the meaning behind colors on flags and the symbols they have. We then split up into groups and began to work. Originally, we were going to finish our flags on Monday and the go outside Tuesday to draw our flags in the courtyard. We ended up having to take another day to choose our colors, choose and design a symbol, and work on the overall design of the flag.
When Tuesday came around my group worked in silence, each of us taking a corner to fit our symbol in. I ended up choosing the color white as my color of choice. I chose it because i liked the meaning behind it. It meant peace, innocence, and purity. I liked the way that some associate it with perfection and some associate it with death. It just shows the way something can be taken and thought about based purely on your perspective and how you were taught. For my symbol I went with a treble clef. I wanted something to symbolize music and that was one of the first things that came to mind. I didn't want to do just a music note and treble clefs are oddly common today. As someone who plays the cello, I could have gone with a bass clef, but come on, only people who play an instrument seem to know that it's a thing. Once we all had our symbols chosen, we drew out our flag and got to work.
Wednesday was also picture day. We all had to find something that was nice enough for a school picture,but comfortable enough to draw with chalk and not be worried about getting anything on our clothes. We left our classroom after about five minutes, conferred with our groups, then went to the courtyard to get started on drawing our flags. Our team flag had a sun in the middle with the rays going out to divide our sections. I was really excited to see how it would look versus when we drew it out on paper. There were a couple problems with our original plan. Turns out treble clefs are harder to draw with chalk than with a pencil. Imagine that. Besides that it had rained earlier so the ground
was wet when we went outside to draw, so that made it a bit more difficult to get it across the way we wanted and to not continuously run out of chalk. About halfway through, it began to rain again. We were running around trying to finish our design before it washed away and trying to not mess up our future school picture. We were lucky that the rain ended while we were working and we could go back over it and finish.
Overall, I'm really happy with the way E-comm began. We got to get a feel for working in a group and collaborating to get all of our ideas across. I can only hop the next time we have to work outside, there's nothing but sunshine. I'm excited to see what's in store.
Overall, I'm really happy with the way E-comm began. We got to get a feel for working in a group and collaborating to get all of our ideas across. I can only hop the next time we have to work outside, there's nothing but sunshine. I'm excited to see what's in store.
