• Problem Solving On My Own
  • Last semester, I needed help with almost every problem I had with screens, ink, etc. This semester I did almost all of it on my own
    • The Autism Awareness shirts specifically provided lots of problems I had to get through pretty much on my own. To start, the screen was not perfectly sprayed out so I had to work on it with a clorox wipe for quite some time. Then once I got it working, the ink starting being goopy and difficult. Then the screen started to wear out from the clorox wipes so the ink was seeping through and basically the whole screen had to be taped. Overall it was a very hard project but I got it done with little help.

• Learned How To Use Vinyl
  • At the beginning of the semester I had no experience with vinyl, but I have been working with it more and I now know how to weed and use the heat press very well. I have learned how to measure out the design so it is even on the shirt and to double-check thoroughly before pressing it on, to make sure that is was weeded correctly. That is why I have the picture of the messed up A. I also included a good shirt and a design i weeded.

Checkpoint Goal: Finishing up final assessments and what-not.

Original Plan for the Week: Wrap up teacher appreciation stuff.

Changes: None

Daily Log:

• Monday: Complete checkpoint self assessment.
• Tuesday: Weed teacher appreciation shirts.
• Wednesday: Start pressing teacher appreciation shirts.
• Thursday: Help weed teacher appreciating stuff.
• Friday: Weed and press last teacher appreciation shirts.

Plan for Next Week: Nothing

Pictured: Teacher appreciation shirts.

Checkpoint Goal: Finish musical shirts and start teacher appreciation.

Original Plan for the Week: Start teacher appreciation shirts.

Changes: None

Daily Log:

• Monday: Discuss possible design options for each subject.
• Tuesday: Discuss possible design options for each subject.
• Wednesday: Discuss possible design options for each subject.
• Thursday: Discuss possible design options for each subject.
• Friday: Blog

Plan for Next Week: Start making the shirts

Pictured: None- we just chose designs.

Checkpoint Goal: Finish musical shirts.

Original Plan for the Week: Help with weeding musical shirts.

Changes: None

Daily Log:

• Monday: Clean up screen printing area.
• Tuesday: Weed.
• Wednesday: Absent.
• Thursday: Weed.
• Friday: Blog and clean up.

Plan for Next Week: Not sure yet

Pictured: Cleaned spatulas and weeding.

Checkpoint Goal: Finish musical shirts.

Original Plan for the Week: Finish design and have a practice print made of each color shirt.

Changes: I didn’t really work on the musical shirt I pretty much just cleaned up from the autism shirts.

Daily Log:

• Monday: Work on new checkpoint and self assessment.
• Tuesday: Organize left over shirts.
• Wednesday: Clean squeegees.
• Thursday: Clean screens.
• Friday: Blog and clean up some more.

Plan for Next Week: Help with musical shirts.

Pictured: Folded shirts, clean squeegees, clean screens.

Checkpoint Goal: Complete Autism Awareness and Heyworth vs. Hunger shirts

Original Plan for the Week: Complete Autism shirts.

Changes: Didn’t get them completely finished due to complications when printing.

Daily Log:

• Monday: Printed autism shirts.
• Tuesday: Printed autism shirts.
• Wednesday: Printed autism shirts.
• Thursday: Printed autism shirts.
• Friday: Printed autism shirts.

Plan for Next Week: ?

Pictured: Finished shirts. (all smalls and mediums are done and most of larges.)

Checkpoint Goal: Complete Autism Awareness and Heyworth vs. Hunger shirts

Original Plan for the Week: Print autism shirts, burn HvH screens, and start printing HvH shirts.

Changes: Didn’t get to HvH shirts or finish autism shirts, they take a long time to print.

Daily Log:

• Monday: Clean up printing station and prepare to print.
• Tuesday: Practice print
• Wednesday: Print
• Thursday: Print
• Friday: Print

Plan for Next Week: Complete Autism shirts.

Pictured: Clean and prepped printing area, practice print, and complete print.

Checkpoint Goal: Complete Autism Awareness and Heyworth vs. Hunger shirts

Original Plan for the Week: Practice print Autism shirts and burn Heyworth vs Hunger screens.

Changes: We didn’t burn the Heyworth vs. Hunger screens because we didn’t have clean screens to emulsion.

Daily Log:

• Monday: Burned last Autism Awareness screen and planned checkpoint.
• Tuesday: Donating blood.
• Wednesday: Taped Autism shirts.
• Thursday: Practice print autism shirts.
• Friday: Practice print autism shirts.

Next Week: (Spring Break) Week after: Print autism awareness shirts, burn HvH screens, and start printing those.

Pictured: Last Autism Awareness screen, practice prints and messed up screen

Checkpoint Goal: Finish junior shirts and start freshmen shirts.

Original Plan for the Week: Complete freshman shirts.

Changes: All of the shirts didn’t come in so I started the Autism Awareness screens.

Daily Log:

• Monday: Work on self-assessment and clean up printing area.
• Tuesday: Printed the 3 grey shirts we had and ordered more.
• Wednesday: ?
• Thursday: ?
• Friday: Burn 2 of the autism awareness shirts.

Plan for Next Week: Burn last autism awareness screen, practice print, and finish freshman shirts.

Pictured: Clean printing area, first freshman shirt, autism awareness screens.

Checkpoint Goal: Finish junior shirts and start freshman shirts.

Original Plan for the Week: Start printing freshman shirts.

Changes: None

Daily Log:

• Monday: Practice print / work with screen.
• Tuesday: Practice print / work with screen.
• Wednesday: Practice print / work with screen.
• Thursday: Talk to Mrs. Hackney about Musical shirts and blog.
• Friday: Absent.

Plan for Next Week: Continue printing freshman shirts.

Pictured: Practice prints of freshman shirt.