Reflection

As the leader of my group, i have realise that my team is finding very hard to work together. Hence, i know i must give each of them more responsibilities inn order to catch up with the other groups. Right now, we are clearly lagging behind, but i hope my group can work together and complete this project. I also hope that all group arguments can now be avoided as we work towards our goal.

Reflections

After missing 4 weeks of IPW, we found out we are way behind time.We now need to do a lot of work over the next week in order to catch up with the other groups

This Week Reflection

We have finally come up with the survey forms and flyers. We are now preparing to give them out in Term 2 1st week. At the same time, we also had came out with an announcement so that we can inform the School. We will put the booth in the Canteen for 2 weeks with respective recess and we might most probably go to classes during the morning to sell the books and give out the flyers at the same time

Week 8 reflection

With no tasks appointed this week, we were able to start collecting books and posting them up onto our blog(secondhandtextbooks.blogspot.com). We thought that we had done enough for the week but our facilitator remnided us that we have to create a financial system so that people can buy the books easily. Now we have learnt quite a bit about setting up a financial system and are trying our best to set up one on the blog.

Updated project blog

We have added pictures and brief descriptions about some of the books we have collected onto the blog we are going to promote. Here is the Url:secondhandtextbooks.blogspot.com

Week 5 Worksheet.

These are the week 5 worksheets, please download them from the following link. 

Week 5 Woksheets.

Our project blog

Our project is to sell second-hand books on a blog. So this is the URL to the blog we have created to sell our books. http://secondhandtextbooks.blogspot.com/

Survey form

This is our survey we did . This is the probably the actual one we are going to use.

This is the URL:  Actual Survey

Reflections week 7

This week, we learned something very important. Our topic is to sell second hand textbooks, but what kind of textbooks are most Singaporeans interested in buying, or do Singaporeans prefer buying second hand story books compared to textbooks? That is why we have to have surveys. Surveys tells us what Singaporeans want/prefer. That is why without surveys, we might be selling what people do not want and thus our project is a failure. We now understand the importance of the survey. 

Time's really tight.

The title tells it all.

I'm really sorry, as we are just starting to get serious about GRACE. We've done all our worksheets and I'll make the first step forward by uploading all the images.

This are the images for the Week 2 worksheets.

As I have absolutely no idea how to post images, I just uploaded them onto box.net. Below are the websites, and I'm sorry, as you'll have to download them to view it.

Thus, this is the website for the Week 2 worksheet.

Week 2 Worksheets.


This is the website for the Week 3 worksheets.


Week 3 Worksheets.


This is the website for the Week 4 worksheets.


Week 4 Worksheets.



The above are the assignments which are due tomorrow (12/1/2009).


To conclude this, our group sincerely apologize for the delay in the handing up of these assignments.


Sec 2B Group 6, register number 21-24

Second Hand Books Flyers

Hi Everyone,

I have already designed the flyer. Feel free to comment on it =D

The link is www.box.net/shared/mz87nn3n3n

Reflection Week 6

We have realized  that we need to hand up assignment on time, as our time calibration is very bad, and also at the same time, we realize that if we have unity and teamwork, things will turn out very simple and also at the same time there will not be any inter conflict with team mates. As long as we stay as a team, IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!

Planning

This would be our plan. In weeks to come, we have decided to only briefly work on GRACE, as the common test is coming in just a few weeks. As this is an important year, we've decided to put GRACE on hold.


After doing this planning, we will stop GRACE for a week or two, by then the common test would be starting. After the common test, we will go ahead with collecting old textbooks via advertisements and asking from relatives and friends.


The advertisements will be posted on pillars or fences near the perceived 'hot spots' around the school, mainly the Multi Purpose Court, Basketball Court, Toilets, and pillars around the classrooms. This way, we believe that people would read the notice and donate books.

Next, whilst getting the books is already having 'one hand on the cup', the next step is how to attract people to buy it. As putting up banners around Singapore is illegal(I think, isn't it?), we will give out flyers at various HDB estates, and maybe people who would like to save money would purchase our books, which will be priced at a relatively cheaper price than at bookstores or the school bookshop.

Next, whilst this is all going on, an email will be provided in the advertisements and the flyers for people to contact us to meet up for payment and collection of the books. When sales reach a peak, the money received will be used to cover our costs for the flyers, advertisements, the transportation fares and such.


Then, we will donate the proceeds will be donated to a legit charity in Singapore, to help other people. The main purpose of this project is to help the sick and the elderly, and mainly for charity.

Week 4 Reflection

This week, we discussed further about our guiding questions that would help us with our project as instructed. Our task was to list out the research questions and area's of research that our group will be looking into. 

The research/guiding questions on the worksheet has been posted earlier on the blog. Other than that, Ms tan, our IPW teacher in charge, suggested that we could sell storybooks too, instead of only old textbooks. She also gave us some ideas as how to promote our blog and create awareness of us selling these books like we could give out some fliers, make an announcement or do a notice board.

We discussed about the price that we would sell our books at and came to a conclusion that it had to be reasonable as the profit we get for selling the books will all go towards charity. One of us brought up the idea on how to deliver books to those who bought them but we have yet to come to a conclusion. 

Lastly, i feel teamwork is an important factor to success.

Work done for week 4

[A] Guiding Questions

  

1) How do we attract customers to buy our books?

2) How do we promote our blog?

3) How do we get the books to sell

[B] Area Of Research

1) How to sell books online

2) How to promote our blog

[C] Progress Of Research

1) We have not done any research

[D] Product Idea

1) We want to make a system that allows people to buy books from us easily and we'll deliver it to them.

2) We want to sell books not only via the blog but through other sources as well.

Reflections week 3

We learn that guiding questions make brainstorming easier. We also learn that teamwork is very important for things to be done effectively and fast.

2nd week's reflection.

Hello, and welcome! This is our 2nd week's reflection for our GRACE.

Following last week's reflection, we've already done our planning, which is detailed and precise, telling us our specific jobs.

Chris Lee Ming Jie (21) is the Group Leader

Lim Jun Heng (22) is the Treasurer.

Lim Yu Liang (23) is in charge of all our IT related stuff, as he is in MITS.

Gabriel Lim Zhi Hern (24) is the Secretary.


This week, we've learnt that doing the planning is just a stepping stone. The real part is carrying out the planning.

Doing the planning but not carrying out is just like '讲而已'.

Therefore this week and for the next few weeks, we'll be carrying out our planned goals part by part, and by the deadline fufil our goals.

P.S. Our GRACE project will be on selling second hand textbooks, and this is the URL : http://secondhandtextbooks.blogspot.com/

Reflections(week1)

This is our reflections for week 1:
we learned that for every task which is to be carried out, first there must be a plan. This plan is essential so that we can keep to our schedule and make sure we are not behind time.
We learned that without a plan, the project is a big mess.