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Bloomfield Schools

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Our team had many things to overcome. Our team started out with a programmer, whom we lost almost immediately due to other commitments he had made. Our original project idea started out as, “How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?” Unfortunately we were told that was going to be very difficult to model on StarLogo TNG. We then decided we would try modeling population growth. That idea was shot down because none of us were truly interested in the subject. Finally, we found a subject that we could all relate to: basketball. We had three basketball players on our team and two of us kept statistics for the team. We noticed that free-throws could make or break a game, and they were a growing problem on all levels of play.

Our team still struggled greatly due to the loss of our programmer; none of us truly had any real programming experience. We finally were able to get some help from Janet Penevolpe, Talaya White, and John Paul Gonzales, who are members of the Supercomputers mentors and advisors. With their help, we were able to figure out where to begin programming, instead of just playing around with the program and trying to start from scratch.

Our team was made up of a bunch of us who had never worked together before, so we learned a lot about each other. One thing that became a conflict was that not all of us had the same goals. As seniors we initially were more geared towards doing this to get scholarship money, but as time went on, we have learned that it is not all about the money; we must put the project, as well as our other team members first in order to accomplish the assignment. And asjuniors they really had no motivation to work for our goal, because they still have one more year. They now understand what it means to us, and have come together and put forth effort on our behalf. We also learned that each of us have different skills and talents that we were able to put to use in creating our project. We have learned to lean on each other, and also that some of us are more willing to step up to certain tasks then others.

 

juniors they really had no motivation to work for our goal, because they still have one more year. They now understand what it means to us, and have come together and put forth effort on our behalf. We also learned that each of us have different skills and talents that we were able to put to use in creating our project. We have learned to lean on each other, and also that some of us are more willing to step up to certain tasks then others.