Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Chart


Reflection

I think I deserve a 50 because I did half of it, and I didn't put in much effort in my investigation. I was distracted a lot, and didn't get to finish.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Go Animate
                                                                                                                                                                    

Measurement
Scale (1-10)
 Simplicity
 9.5
 Theme 
 7.0
 Character
 9.0
 Music choices
 10.0
 Educational
 4.0
 Variety 
 5.5
 Total
Scale (1-70)
44.0

Simplicity:  Go Animate is very easy to use, anybody can do it. It guides you when you make a movie or a little sketch. However you need talent and practice to make a good movie that makes it up on top. Also you can see great examples that other users made to help to make you make a good movie.


Theme: There is not a variety of theme you can choose. However you can make your movie whatever you want to be about, but with limited number of backgrounds that seem unnecessary to your desirably theme. This can be a problem because background has a big impact to theme.


Character:   You can create your character how ever you want, that goes with your theme. It has a great number of clothes and other apparel to have your theme, so you can make your character aproiate to your theme.
Music:    You can put whatever music you want because, the website will let you to upload your music like Youtube. So it is very easy to chose your music to your theme. If you music in your computer it can be very easy.
Educational:  This site gives you the choice to be educational, but most people don't do it for education just for entertainment. The main reason of this website is to make a cartoon however you want so you can make it educational , or for entertainment.
Variety:    This website gives a good variety of tools and 

1. What is the problem you need to solve? Explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3d, PPT, movie, game, Poster)
2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? The Design Cycle applies to the real world when there's a problem or when you need to a project at work.
3. How will this project serve my community? I can help my community when there is conflict going on. 
4. How can my learning help my community? I can share my knowledge to the community.
5. How do we live in relation to each other? We help each other when there is a problem.
6. How does this help others? It helps other people when they don't have help.
7. What are the requirements for this assignment? We need to explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is.
8. What is the Design Cycle? A guide that helps you when you need to a project
REFLECT on your learning.




Day 3


Design Brief
10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it. I'm going to make a video about the design cycle
Formulate a Design Specification
11. What are the requirements for this assignment? To list and rate the website that we gonna use.
12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment? none
13. How will you "test" your presentation? Make a practice video.

Monday, September 12, 2011

HOW DO I MAKE SOUND CHOICES? HOW CAN MY LEARNING HELP MY COMMUNITY?

Area of Interaction: Community and Service , Approaches to Learning & Human Ingenuity
Significant Concept: Design Cycle can be used to solve problems
Unit Question: How can my learning help my community? How do I make Sound Choices?
INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) Identify the Problem
1. What is the problem you need to solve? Explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3d, PPT, movie, game, Poster)
2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? The Design Cycle applies to the real world when there's a problem or when you need to a project at work.
3. How will this project serve my community? I can help my community when there is conflict going on. 
4. How can my learning help my community? I can share my knowledge to the community.
5. How do we live in relation to each other? We help each other when there is a problem.
6. How does this help others? It helps other people when they don't have help.
7. What are the requirements for this assignment? We need to explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is.
8. What is the Design Cycle? A guide that helps you when you need to a project
REFLECT on your learning.
Day 2
9. Spend one day experimenting with DESIGN CYCLE your presentation. List five things your learned about the Design Cycle:
Day 3
Design Brief
10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it.
Formulate a Design Specification
11. What are the requirements for this assignment?
12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?
13. How will you "test" your presentation?
REFLECT ON YOUR LEARNING
PLAN:
14. Brainstorm ideas. Use the chart below
IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf found in schoology under “materials”& then files
15. What idea did you choose to demonstrate the design cycle and why did you choose it?
16. Does your idea meet all of the requirements?
17. Use the story board paper below to plan your presentation.  Include how many levels you will have, what will be on each level, how will you include teaching skills to young students, and what will your questions be about.
story board.pdf found in schoology under “materials” & then files.
18. Explain how you will use your time to get your project finished in 12 days:
REFLECT on your learning
EVALUATE:
20. How could you improve your presentation?
21. Does your presentation meet all of the requirements?
22. Share your presentation with at least 2-8th, 3-9th, 4-10th+ friends. What did he/she like about your presentation?
23. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve?
24. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer?
25. How can my learning help my community?
26. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6)

ATTITUDE:
27. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer:
28. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6)