Brittany

Brittany's Log

Date: Oct 13, 11 Discussed ideas and expectations of the project. Time: 20 minutes
 * Introduction meeting with Maria**

Date: Oct 17, 11 Discussed ideas with whole group to figure out no more than 3 good ideas to present Time: 25 minutes
 * Meeting: Trying to get clear ideas**

Date: Oct 19, 11 Discussed ideas with (almost) the whole group with Maria's input and advice Time: 25 minutes
 * Meeting with Maria to discuss choices**

Date: Oct 20, 11 We voted, and the social experiment with technology is our project! Time: 30 minutes
 * Meeting in innovation homeroom**

Date: Oct 26, 11 Defined roles, goals and budget. Time: 30 minutes
 * Meeting in homeroom**

Date: Oct 27, 11 Decisions included: -Setting up timeline of goals for ourselves (Melissa took it down) -We want each simulation to take about 1 minute -Decided to replace nature walk with a school/homework simulation, still unsure about Bike simulation -Everyone will research a little bit, me: __technology vs. driving__ -The school challenge will be to copy down a body of text into a word processor, while having an MSN conversation. -Meeting Monday Time: 2 hours
 * Meeting in innovation homeroom**

Date: Oct 28/29 [] *study done by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in 2009 // Risk Increases of Cell Phone Tasks by Vehicle Type // Cell phone task Risk of crash or near event crash   Light Vehicle Dialing 2.8 times as high as non‐distracted driving   Light Vehicle Talking/Listening 1.3 times as high as non‐distracted driving   Light Vehicle Reaching for object (i.e. electronic device...) 1.4 times as high as non‐distracted driving   Heavy Vehicles/Trucks Dialing 5.9 times as high as non‐distracted driving   Heavy Vehicles/Trucks Talking/Listening 1.0 times as high as non‐distracted driving   Heavy Vehicles/Trucks Use/Reach for electronic device 6.7 times as high as non‐distracted driving   Heavy Vehicles/Trucks Text messaging 23.2 times as high as non‐distracted driving [] *study done by U of Utah ``Being drunk while driving, or talking on the phone makes you 4x more likely to cause an accident, while texting + driving makes you 8x more likely`
 * Researched use/effect of mobile phones while driving**

Various statistics regarding teens and unsafe driving- i.e talking/texting/emailing while driving [] General distracted driving statistics [] What I would like to include in research for my topic (texting while driving): - The degree of distraction that cell phones have while driving. On at least 2 cites it has been shown that a driver will go the length of a football field in the 5-6 seconds that it takes to look at a message/text (going at 89 km/h) - The percent of people that admit to talking/texting while driving even though they know it it dangerous - That texting/driving is more dangerous that drinking/driving - How younger drivers are much more likely to text+drive Time: 3 hours

Date: October 31 - shared research with each other Time: 30 minutes
 * Meeting during lunch**

Date: Nov 3, 11 - Got down rough idea of what each exhibit will look like - Focused on developing driving simulation - Decided how the driving simulation will work; what the challenge is, the quiz at the end, point system, etc. - Decided that we will not tell visitors of the cell phone as a distraction, but just have it there, so it is less bias - Decided that we will incorporate the smart phones by making an app for simulation, which will allow visitors to use their own cell phones, but will still allow us to keep points - Discussed demo experiment - Need to decide whether we will have the demo experiment, and if we will, how will it work Time: 2 hours
 * Meeting in innovation homeroom**

Date: Nov 8 2011. Feedback - Laura suggested using the existing driving exhibit in the science arcade, but altering it for our purposes, for our demo, instead of creating something from scratch in the Great Hall. Questions: Gordon - How does exhibit highlight the benefits of technology, and not just the negative sides? Kate - How is it collaborative? Jen - How do you quantitatively measure the effect of cell phones in the dinner setting? Time: 10 minutes
 * Presentation to teachers**

Date: November 10, 2011 (Innovation homeroom) -Ellen, Param and Cheryl drew a storyboard of the electronic car simulation. Pretty thoroughly developed, but still need to make it more creative/collaborative -Brittany and Celton did the proposal for our demo in the Great Hall. Decided not to use Laura's idea because the Great Hall is a better location and will allow us to keep it simple. -Decided that instead of just a chair and a screen, we will propose a real life (fake) car because it will attract people more. Time: 2 1/2 hours
 * Meeting: Proposal and Simulation Breakdown**

Date: November 12, 2011 - Edited the demo proposal - Typed up the proposal and sent it to everyone to read over and make any adjustments - Reasearched some accidents/incidents where distracted driving played a major role and what effect it had: [] [] [] Time: 2 hours
 * Demo Proposal Prep**

Date: Nov 17/11 ~Brainstormed some specific questions we could ask the designers about our exhibit > Examples: 1. Do you think there are important aspects about creating exhibits that we are missing? 2. Are there any problems that you can see with our exhibit, i.e confusing instructions 3. Do you have any suggestions or feedback for us? Time: 30 Minutes
 * Meeting with Designer Questions**

November 23 - Meeting Minutes
__**Oral report**__ - email to OSC staff and Paul - short and concise - 2 pages max - need to be clear on the science it

__**Demo**__ - decided that we would do the demo with students in the class - need confirmation as to whether we need a proposal for permission - purpose: to discuss with visitors how the demo worked, get ideas for what we could improve on the exhibit - demo needs to be closer to the actual exhibit (i.e. reaction time driving simulation in science arcade with smartphones) - need to think of clear questions to ask

__**Exhibit**__ - 1 only--the car simulation - goal: to get milk from the store (initial text from mom to identify challenge) - pass checkpoints and get points for how they react to it - have a few checkpoints without texts first (the control), and then challenges with texts popping up; then compare results - have option whether to submit data at the end - points based on whether they open/ reply to text, stopping distance, and reaction time to obstacles - use app on smartphone to monitor their reaction (only if we can't think of a better way to incorporate smartphones) - phone app can also have focus/distraction games, links to website for more information, etc. - before they begin, as for age, a 3 questions - as the same 3 questions at the end to see if it changed/if they learned anything - can have different levels with added distractions, such as radio, etc.

__**Presentation**__ - don't talk about benefits of phone, because our exhibit only touches on how cell phones can be a distraction in certain situations Time: 45 minutes

**November 25 - Meeting**
Melissa: Intro Celton: Discussion Cheryl: Walk through Ellen: Walk through Param: Exhibit set up and application Brittany: Conclusion - Discussed certain points to cover in the presentation; what it does, where we want it, etc. - Brainstormed presentation styles and approaches Time: 1 hour
 * -** Defined specific roles for each person to have for the presentation ;

November 27 - Writing the conclusion
- Made an outline of the conclusion, with specific points to hit, such as this exhibit can be part of the travelling science exhibits, and that it can be modified to measure other instances when technology is involved - Researched distracted driving statistics to share with the class - Chose some of the most relevant/relatable statistics to share with the class; stats involving teens, phones and food - Edited and made a more finalized version of the conclusion Time: 1 hour

**November 30 - Meeting with designers prep**
- E-mailed a designer (Aylin) to schedule a time to meet and ask them questions about designing exhibits -- Organized questions to ask her - Set up a time for as much of the group to go to South C to meet her - Researched distracted driving facts Time: 30 minutes

**December 2 - Met with designers**
- Went down to South C to meet with Aylin - Ran our exhibit idea by her and got her feedback - She brought up the aspects of accessibility, safety, durability and total environment creation to us i.e would people in wheelchairs be able to use our exhibit, and what if we gave the visitors the ability to create their driving environment etc. - Discussed the different perspectives of driving, a teen vs. adult - Narrowed down the method of data representation, age, city, sex, do they have a drivers license, taking in to amount of texts sent and magnitude of score - (once we went back to class) we discussed how we could incorporate interestinf driving statistics, whether they would pop up while completing the course, have multiple stats play in a slideshow or be printed on the walls surrounding the exhibit etc. Time: 1 hour

**December 5 - Presentation run through**
- Presentation approach was decided and worked out - The whole group did a total run through of our presentation - Took notes on adjustments to make, flow, order of topics to cover etc. - Discussed presentation etiquette, for example not day dreaming while others are presenting, not fiddling while you are presenting, speaking clearly with good diction and pacing yourself - Suggestions of improvement were given to each member, and the group as a whole, like don't just talk at the audience, talk to them, if you're interested they will be too. Time: 1 hour

**December 6 - Run through/refining**
- Final presentation run through before our mock presentations to teachers - A few clarifications were made about certain aspects of the exhibit; the exact point system, actual exhibit set up etc. - Cheryl showed us the final power point she created for the pres. with screen shots of what our simulation would look like, and some of the specific driving tasks - like approaching a red/ red light, stopping for pedestrians. - Worked on the flow of our presentation, with respects hand offs and introductions Time: 1 hour

December 7 - Presentation + feedback
- Presented our exhibit "Mind In, Hands On" to the class, teachers and Laura - Given good feedback from the teachers; like clarifying certain aspects of the exhibit, who will be texting the people, do they have to answer? etc Time: 20 minutes

**Thurs 8 - Presentation revisions**
- Thoroughly read through all comments, questions and suggestions made by teachers and made notes on how we could address each problem - Made revisions and clarifications based on the inquiries, about the set up and layout of the actual exhibit and how the simulation is going to run/work once started - Discussed changes to make in the power point- that everyone should have a slide while they're talking. - Had a group reflection on our presentation, how we thought it went and what we could do to make it better. i.e no fidgeting, be sure of what you're saying and if you're using notes just use them. Time: 2 1/2 hours

**Mon 12 - Run through with revisions**
- Made sure all presentation adjustments were made - Went over each persons part and discussed making some things less wordy and more concise/ to the point - Did a final full run through of our pres. with the new slides and info changes - Make slight adjustments and suggestions, like for the conclusion to reverse the order it's said- summarizing the exhibit, then talking about it's other abilities and technology's affect on our lives Time: 1 hour