Production and Development
For our first lecture of Professional Practice, we were given a small taster of what the module will be like using a task that mimics the processes we will go through for our assignment work. We started by separating a piece of paper into four squares labelled: Design, Presentation, Revision and Presentation. As a class we were then separated into small groups and tasked with making a paper airplane individually within our groups using one piece of paper to make it. This didn’t go very well for me as I couldn’t remember how to make a paper airplane that functioned. I started some sketches to try and show the process of making a paper airplane, but they weren’t helpful.
I folded the paper to try and make it look like some kind of airplane which was kind of successful as it did somewhat resemble a paper airplane. Everyone was tasked with throwing their finished planes from the same point in the room to the other side of the room to see how successful each person’s attempts were. My attempt was a failure as the plane spun around and went backwards. After everyone threw their planes, we were then tasked with improving a plane using the knowledge of our whole teams. However, my team didn’t have much success with the first airplane either so I decided that we should do some research on the internet.
The webpage I found was a WikiHow article titled ‘How to Make a Paper Airplane’ which gave a step by step guide of how to make a paper airplane. I used this but I made some minor mistakes and then my teammates made some adjustments to the plane to try and improve its efficiency. This airplane was more successful as it actually made progress towards where it intended to go but it wasn’t that much of an improvement. Upon reflection, if I followed the guide a little more effectively our plane might have been able to make it much further.
Rising, H. (2022) How to Make a Paper Airplane. Available online: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Airplane [Accessed 03/02/2022].