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Last Meeting

For as last day, we all met and ate lunch at a restaurant called Spring Rolls. We finally got to meet Greyson in person and we all talked for a while about the past week and a half. Greyson gave us some advice about college and jobs, and we all had a really good time talking and reflecting on our time doing the work experience program!

The Finish Line

Today was the last day of the Work Experience Program. Shortly after noon, Emily and I met again to combine what work we had done, and after some struggling, we managed to succeed and present the finished product to Dr. Aziz and Leah.

Our hope is that they will be able to use our version of the model, along with instructions Emily wrote, as an activity for their students. The main thing about this experience which sets it apart from others was how hands-off it was. We were mainly free to go our own way and learn at our own pace, with minimum input and flexible schedules..

Day 8: Vector Textiles Environmental Modeling, Final Presentation

Today was our final day of WEP, and we finished it off by presenting our presentation to Mr. Self at his actual workspace. It was very good to finally meet with him in person and show him all the work that we had done the past few weeks. He was able to use a lot of the information in our PowerPoint, and so it was a success. I think that the main thing I learned during these last 2 weeks was honing my researching skills and being able to make an intriguing presentation to an interested employer. Both are extremely valuable skills that I will certainly have to use in college and beyond, and I cannot think of a better way to have spent these last 2 weeks.

The Final Model

I spent this morning adding a couple more sliders and switches to our model as extra features for the user to play around with. In the afternoon, Ethan and I met again to combine our code one last time for our final model. Seeing the final model was really cool as it really showed how much we’ve done these past two weeks. Here’s a before and after:

Before:

After:

Pitch Presentation (6/2 and 6/3)

Yesterday I spent the day preparing for my pitch presentation. During our work experience, we were tasked with giving a pitch presentation about one of the different Cisco architectures. We were to act as if we were a sales rep for Cisco, and we were selling our chosen architecture to Cary Academy.

I chose Collaboration with a specific focus on Webex. I explained how we used a combination of Teams and Zoom, and it often time is confusing when and on what virtual platform we are using. I, then, went on to explain how using Cisco would simplify this process, and allow everything to be found in one place. I used a combination of personal stories and theoretical experiences if we had used Webex, to show the benefits of using Webex over Zoom/Teams.

The attached file is a copy of my PowerPoint that I used for my pitch.

CARY ACADEMY X CISCO COLLABORATION

-Grace

Pitch Competition

Today was the last day and our capstone was a pitch competition, or really just a pitch exhibition, where we all presented the pitches on the different Cisco architectures we chose. There were pitches from products like Meraki to WebEx, and it was very nice to see each person’s presentation. There were a myriad of different approaches to the topic, from side by side comparisons to heavy contextualization. The project was a fitting and satisfying end to our time at Cisco.

-Price

Cisco Enterprise

We got the whole day to work on our pitch presentation. My presentation will be on Cisco Enterprise, a series of network solutions designed to improve business networks in the areas of reliability, efficiency, security, and ease of use. I also met with my mentor to talk about the pitch and I met with someone else at Cisco to grow my network.

-Price

Almost There!

Yesterday, I spent most of my day commenting on my code and play-testing our model.

Since I added a lot of new bits of code to the existing code, I had to add comments so that anyone who looks at my code in the future will be able to easily understand it.

I then began play-testing our model in both the web-based version of NetLogo and the offline version. Basically, I was trying to find conditions that would yield “interesting” scenarios like the bacteria overpopulating or the fungi overpopulating.

Here’s a version where the bacteria overpopulate–the bacteria is all the green stuff, by the way.

And here’s a version where the fungi overpopulate–the fungi is the dark blue stuff.

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