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Hello, My name is Micah Prehogan and my build for Innovation Day was a hockey drying rack, and not just a drying rack but one with more additions to have a twist to the normal selling product. 

My feelings before innovation day was me feeling a little nervous but I knew I would get through it and do well,  once I finished presenting a few times, the nerves kind of went away and I did well. As expected, Nothing surprised me from the process, it was the same as in past years. It took a lot of in-class work for me. To finish the build. It took a lot of work to make my project good. Hours of work at home and at school to to make a successful project.  The fact I changed builds halfway through gave me less time, but I fully succeeded on innovation day. The feeling when I was done was like no other.

Moving on, My goal with the project was to make all the equipment to be spread apart which I did well . What I did to make my project glow was the extra details such as extra hooks and a pulley. What I may have to get better at is finalizing what my project is because I didn’t really have an idea so I changed halfway through the unit and it gave me less time. Even though my project was good, I want to get better at brainstorming and having more ideas in mind.

After finishing presenting to the judges, I felt so relieved, knowing that the project was done and I didn’t have to stress. One of the biggest challenges for me was being able to transport my big build from my house to school and my school to my house. Another difficult part was finalizing what I would make, but once that was done, I was good.

I learned a lot of building skills throughout the unit, that will for sure help my future. One thing I learned about myself is really how much more work you have to put in without a partner. That is still a bit of a challenge but i think im getting better at it. Ultimately, I would change some things to the build but I think I had a great innovation day.

The Struggles of Theodore Herzl by Micah Prehogan

Learning Skills

For My Academic Goal, I will attempt to be more organized this year. I will have successfully achieved this goal when my grades go up not because of studying, but knowing where everything is and having a fresh mind. Even with some backup support at home, I will be able to achieve this. I think organizational skills for me are important because I will need those abilities in high school and later in my life. I hope my grades improve by 15-20%. I want my first check to be by the end of the semester.

Academic Goals

For my academic goal, I want to get better at math. Specifically geometry, measurements, and number sense. Just like my other goal,  I want my math grade to go up by 15-20%. I believe I can achieve this goal but it may be difficult along the way. This goal will help me in high school and again, later in life. To help me achieve this, I think the teachers at school can help such as Mr Ray,  Mrs Cleveland, and Ms M. I will check in every unit test and when January report cards come out, but I want to achieve this goal by the end of the year. I want to work on creating detailed study sheets for unit math tests. The teacher I mentioned before will help me with these study sheets. The end goal is to make my own study sheets.

Micah’s Memory Book by micah.prehogan

Hi, my name is micah and today i will be reflecting on my Innovation day Project this this year.

This year on Innovation Day I think I took a big step ahead than last year working very hard. Our Innovation day topic was on sled dogs, Dogs that carry suplies such as mail and medicine. Even with all that work they do the whole day the only eat twice a day. We were here to change that in our innovation day topic this year . Before I started working on the VR portion in CoSpaces, I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t even know what to do. As time went on I worked hard and I started to understand what to do and our VR turned out great. 

I think I did a very good job on creating the board. My friend Matthew was away for 2 weeks so i had to take on a big role for creating that board as well as printing papers and glueing them on. What I would like to do better in the future is to get even better information as my friend had that job. I would just like to contribute a little more on that area of Innovation day.  Two people is always better that one person. 

To give information about our Sled dog house, we added 2 floors. One for eating and one for resting.

Here is a quick look at our house in VR:

Here is a picture of sled dogs:

What i really realized about myself this year is that hard work does pay off Even with the fact.our group didnt get in the top 3 this year.  I think our project was amazing and I took a big step ahead this year. Im hoping i can do even better next year.

-Micah

Outsider’s Presentation Oklahoma

1. S’améliorer au hockey
2. Faire mieux au a l’ecole
3. commencer à lire des livres
4. passer du temps avec ma famille
5. Je vais m’engager a plus de sport
6. faire plus d’amis

There is no shortcut to success. Everyone has to get to work to realize their dream. I want to be a hockey player, but I can’t just be talented, I go out for hours and I shoot pucks and I just try to improve every day. I love this quote because it helps young children really understand how to become good at their passion. So I have to work very hard or my dream won’t come true. Work harder than everyone else and don’t give up.

l n’y a pas de raccourci vers le succès.  Chaque personne doit se  mettre au travail pour réaliser son rêve.  Je veux être un joueur de hockey, mais je ne peux pas simplement avoir du talent , je sors pendant des heures et je tire des rondelles et j’essaie simplement de m’améliorer chaque jour . J’adore cette citation parce qu’elle aide les jeunes enfants à vraiment comprendre comment devenir bons dans leur passion. Je dois donc travailler très fort, sinon mon rêve ne se réalisera pas. Travailler plus fort que tout le monde et ne pas abandonner.

Il n’y a pas de raccourci vers le succès.  Chaque personne doit se  mettre au travail pour réaliser son rêve.  Je veux être un joueur de hockey, mais je ne peux pas simplement avoir du talent , je sors pendant des heures et je tire des rondelles et j’essaie simplement de m’améliorer chaque jour . J’adore cette citation parce qu’elle aide les jeunes enfants à vraiment comprendre comment devenir bons dans leur passion. Je dois donc travailler très fort, sinon mon rêve ne se réalisera pas. Travailler plus fort que tout le monde et ne pas abandonner.