This past class we began the disassembly and reassembly of the laptops that we will be bringing with us on our trip to Barbados. We went onto a helpful website called wiki.laptop.org, which gave step by step instructions for the disassembly of the computers. We worked in partners making the process slightly easier because, at first, taking apart the laptops was difficult, yet also fun. I personally have never done anything like this before and the process honestly felt strange because I was pulling apart an expensive machine. However, my partner, Oliva, and I found it to actually be very fun. After the disassembly process, we got to take everything we had just unscrewed and put it all back together again. The re-assembly was much easier than the disassembly because I remembered where each screw went, whereas when disassembling it was at sometimes difficult to know which screws to unscrew when to be sure the process went smoothly.
So far, the disassembly and reassembly of these laptops has been one of my favorite things. Although I did enjoy Scratch, the hands-on aspect with taking apart the laptops and getting to see inside of them and how everything works was really interesting to me. Also, I think this was a great project to do to learn more about helping others and working together. My partner, Olivia, and I worked together to take apart and put back together the laptop. For example, while Olivia screwed the screws back together I would be removing the next screw she would be using from the magnet to make the process much easier for her. So far I am loving the projects and activities this class has to offer!
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