WEEK 1
- Gheorjette Shane Isla
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 5, 2022
I. MINUTES OF THE MEETING (MEETING SUMMARIES)
DATE: March 04, 2022
TIME STARTED: 3:17 PM
CALL TO ORDER: A discussion meeting was called to order at the google meet code qmv-foca-dij. It was presided over by Ms. Gheorjette Isla, with Denise Guiloreza as secretary.
ATTENDANCE: Mr. Martin Aranzado, Mr. Nathaniel Deboque, Ms. Denise Guiloreza, Ms. Gheorjette Isla
AGENDA ITEMS:
1. Introduction of the members and their tasks by Ms. Gheorjette Isla
· Ms. Gheorjette Isla- Facilitator
· Ms. Denise Guiloreza- Secretary
· Mr. Martin Aranzado- Head of Website Design
· Mr. Nathaniel Deboque- Head of Technical/Video Operations
2. Presentation of the problems evident today
· For Mr. Aranzado: Internet Connectivity, Cashless-Bus stop, Making use of college degree, Quality houses, E-houses, and Pollution and sewage.
· For Mr. Deboque: Post-Covid Response, Lack of Programs and Seminars about Entrepreneurship, Promotion of Eco-products related to Civil Engineering.
· For Ms. Guiloreza: Misinformation, Reporting of top scammers, Struggling Students, Teenage pregnancy
· For Ms. Isla: Lack of communication between contractors and citizens, Deficiency in centralized educational resources, Lack of seminars and programs focusing college courses.
3. Discussion and voting for the group’s preferred topics
· Everyone chose his/her preferred topic in each member’s presented problems.
· Results of Voting:
Making use of the degree - 4 votes
Entrepreneurship seminars - 2 votes
Eco-products - 2 votes
Struggling students – 4 votes
Lack of communication between contractor and citizens – 2 votes
Lack of Centralized educational resources - 2 votes.
· Voting led to having Top 2 preferred topics which are: Making use of the degree and problem about Struggling students.
4. Finalization of the Problem
· By practical and objective reasons, it was decided to pursue the issue about Struggling Students as the group’s focus for the project.
OTHER:
1. Task/s to be done
· Preliminary design of the Website was tasked to Mr. Aranzado
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 4:55 PM by Ms. Gheorjette Isla
Prepared by:
Denise Guiloreza
Secretary
II. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
Through collaborating, we have learned that there are interesting problems we can still address with technopreneurship that affect not only engineering students, but also normal citizens and engineers in their respective fields. For example, lack of communication between contractors and citizens, misinformation, lack of programs and seminars about entrepreneurship, and unstable internet connectivity.
By talking about these problems, we figured out that some innovation’s problem is lack of budget and availability. One of the most interesting things we discussed during the meeting is eco-friendly construction. These are housing units or infrastructures made up of eco-friendly materials that may help mitigate some environmental problems. These will help preserve the environment by significantly reducing pollution and waste due to construction. However, due to its price and availability, it’s not commonly used in local construction. We also conclude that, since it's not well known, some contractors prefer traditional products. In addition, we also discussed that one of the problems in our educational system is the lack of general references for studying, which causes confusion among students.
We also learned that with technopreneurship, we can introduce these kinds of problems and solutions to the public. We can also inspire other technopreneurs to improve upon our innovations to help other people and society as well.
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