While we only had two classes this week, a lot of progress was made. We moved from our iteration phase, where we brainstormed ideas about how we might solve the problem that we defined in our definition phase, to prototyping. This is where the fun, for most of the boys, began. They got to get their hands dirty and try out some of...
Week 2
September 18, 2016 / BY Marc Crompton
Zach and Tony exploring the mousetrap It was an interesting week in Fusionland with the beginning of our first true design challenge. As you can read in the student blogs, they were tasked with designing a mousetrap vehicle. The only real restriction in this process is that they are not going to be using our new digital fabrication tools for any aspect of...
Week 1
September 11, 2016 / BY Marc Crompton
I doubt that I will be disciplined enough to write a post every week, and more than likely, there will be some weeks where we plod along and get stuff done, but there is little new to report. In some respects, week 1 is just one of those weeks. After such a great start to the year at our retreat last week (week...
Retreat Reflection
September 05, 2016 / BY Marc Crompton
The retreat for our first Fusion cohort is now behind us and we have all returned home to dry out, warm up and rest prior to our first official day back at school next week. We spent 3 days and 3 nights at the Sasamat Outdoor Centre on Sasamat Lake just outside of Port Moody with the goals of getting to know each...
Retreat Slideshow
September 03, 2016 / BY Marc Crompton
Here's a brief slideshow of our first ever Fusion Retreat! A more detailed reflection will occur in a future post. ...