Plan for Today 11/28

     My plan for today is to try to make the PSA or get started with it. I wanted to work on it the whole period.

OBJECTIVE; Today I will create the WORD document that I will print as my
process journal at the end of this project.

Design Brief questions post to blog

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR:

Design Brief:

Problem: 

What is the general problem your group is trying to solve? or

What is the design problem you are trying to solve?

Concept: (What do you want the user to think about?

What message do you want the user to get?)

Sources: cited

Identify and analyze appropriate source of information you will need to solve your problem.

Any Research?

Actors?

Materials / Props?

Sound / Music?

Software?-

Specifications:

Format: (web video (320 x 240) or PAL D1/DV widescreen

Pixel Format: Square pixels or DV Footage

Tools: (Photoshop, illustrator, iMovie, Premier, Final Cut Pro, After Effects)

Length: (15 – 60 seconds)

Video Notes

1.Digital Communication is the electronic exchange of information.  (10 point)

2.Who uses Digital Communication?            Almost everyone does by facebook                           television and other resources.

3.Southpark cartoon discusses how on Facebook can impact your life. (10 point)

4.How do we use Digital Communication? Text messaging, e-mail, chatting in Facebook or Twitter.(10 point)

5.What is the potential for misuse?        Information is misused by other people                 through any web page. (10 point)

6.Where is the danger for misuse that impacts you daily? Facebook or Twitter. (10 points)

FACEBOOK MANNERS

7.What is the expected time you believe is appropriate to change your FB status?_8 hours  (10 point)

8.What is your opinion about FB manners?

      The ones from the video are a little too exaggerated, but I do believe you should not say nothing bad about another person through Facebook.(10 point)

9. What are the benefits of Digital Communication? The benefits are that it is easy to communicate with others, enviromentaly friendly, instant access.

(10 point)

10.  What is your opinion? Is this proper use of digital communication?  _No it is not a proper way to use because they put everything through Facebook. (10 point)

PSA PLAN worksheet

1.            What issue/ topic did you choose?

I chose Digital Rights and Responsibilities.

2.            Why is this important?

They are important because they are the rights we get in order to use the computer.

3.            Who do you want to reach? (target audience)

Everybody that abuses over this rights like the trolls in computers.

4.            What is the behavior your looking to change?

The people that are the being bullies through facebook or another page to realize they are violating their rights.

5.            Why doesn’t the audience already engage in this behavior?

They believe by doing wrong id[s really funny to do and get attention.

6.            What emotional appeal can you make?

A girl or boy committing suicide, because a bully is violating their rights using the computer.

7.            Belonging; Power/Control; Fun: Safety;

        

8.            Put your audience in a situation/scenario where the issue would come up in their lives.

Let say that you are

9.            Where are they? (setting)

10.        Who is there? (characters)

11.        What’s’ going on around them?  ( ambient sound)

12.        What are they saying? (dialogue)

Who is message brought to you by? ( Station; organization)

Investigation: Research (Facts)

1. AUP or (acceptable use policy) is a set of rules applied by a network and by the website owners which restricts the ways in which the network or site may be used, for example there are acceptable use policies at schools and work places and in some cases entire countries. As well as being what we can and cant do it is also what we should do to help make our life online and others as safe and enjoyable as possible.
http://digiteen.wikispaces.com/Digital+Rights+and+Responsibilities


2.  Rights and responsibilities is a key area of internet safety, with out it you leave your self upon to many different online attacks from fraud, to online bullying. The three main areas of rights and responsibilities are AUP, Use online material ethically, Report cyberbullies and threats.
http://digiteen.wikispaces.com/Digital+Rights+and+Responsibilities
http://www.cyberbullying.us/research.php

3. Using online material ethically, including citing sources and requesting permissions

4. Reporting cyberbullies, threats, and other inappropriate use
5. Following Responsible Use policies and using technology responsibly both inside and outside school

http://digitalcitizenship.asb-wiki.wikispaces.net/Dig+Rights+%26+Responsibilities

6.  Digital Rights & Responsibilities:   those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world.

Just as in the American Constitution where there is a Bill of Rights, there is a basic set of rights extended to every digital citizen. Digital citizens have the right to privacy, free speech, etc. Basic digital rights must be addressed, discussed, and understood in the digital world.  With these rights also come responsibilities as well.  Users must help define how the technology is to be used in an appropriate manner.  In a digital society these two areas must work together for everyone to be productive. 

http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html

7. There are basic rights for those who use the internet. Some of these basic rights include freedom of speech and the right to privacy.

8. However those who use the internet must remember that what they do and what they write/post on the internet is solely their responsibility and they need to take caution when using the internet.

9. 

Examples of Appropriate Digital Rights & Responsibilities

- Citing websites or other digital media sources when using information for class projects.
- Being aware of one's rights when using digital technologies, but also being aware of one's responsibilities.

10.

Investigation Topic:

Digital Rights and Responsibilities- the freedoms given to the people to use the internet around the world.


Digital Footprints- It is a trial left behind after using the computer(internet), phone, or T.V.

     The topic I chose to do was Digital Rights and Responsibilities.

Digital Access

America Offline -

Digital Divide - it refers to the gap between individuals, households, business and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels.

Vocabulary

Etiquette:    We should act with good manners everywhere we go.
                             
Conduct:
                                      You should have good conduct in school.
                                              
                              

Courtesy:
                      Having good courtesy is acting in a very polite way.
                                                   
                                        
Flame:
              When you flame you attack someone else in a offensive way.
                             
Troll:
                   You never act like a troll when you use the internet.
                           
Anonymous:
                     Yesterday Maria received an anonymous card from a freshman.
                           
Emotion:
                  When ever you feel sad, happy, mad you are showing emotion.
                         
Obvious:
                 Kissel obvious killed her boyfriend last night.
                        
Tone:
                When authors write a book they use tone.
                          
SMS:
              When you send a message you use SMS.
                     
Ethical:
               Everybody that knows how to behave in a ethical way knows what is wrong or right.
                      
Unethical:
              The troublemakers always behave in a unethical way.
                     
                        
Legal:
              If you are from the United States then you are legal.
                       
Boolean Search:
                   A boolean search allows people to combine keywords.
                      
URL:
                In order to find a web address look at the URL.
                   

            

Reflection: EVALUATION

  Investigation:
   In this stage I would rate myself a 5 because I was able to go and investigate to find the best tool that would help sixth graders understand the Design Cycle. I had to see various type of tools that would be helpful and ended choosing 2 of the 12 that were available. I did my best to choose the ones that would be very helpful for the sixth graders to understand.
 Design:
   In thus stage I gave myself

Evaluate Survey

                                                            Evaluate Survey


1. What are the four stages of the design Cycle?




2. What is the Design Cycle used for?




3. What are some examples where the Design Cycle can be used?




4. What do you do in the Investigate stage?




5. What do you do in the Plan/Design stage?




6.What do you do in the Create stage?




7. What do you do in the Evaluate stage?




8. Is this a helpful way to make projects for the future?

Reflection for today Create/Evaluate 10/12/11

     Toady I finished the final product for the Design Cycle project. I created a quiz game that would basically test the knowledge and understanding of the stages of the Design Cycle. I would rate my self a 5 in attitudes in technology because I really was not in track to finish my assignments on time, but the rest I was really positive about the project. I did try my best to start to create and finish making the quiz by today. I also consistently worked today for the whole period trying to finish the quiz.

CREATE- Reflecting on my creation

19.  Did I follow my Plan ?

   I did follow my plan because I decided to do the quiz game that would be really helpful and it did work.

20.  How could I have improved on my creation?

   I could have improved my creation if I would have dedicated more time to it. I could have added more questions.

21.  What will I do next time that I did not do this time?

   I can make another type of quiz game maybe more funner and exciting. I can add more effort.

Progress during the weekend and today

My progress for today

       I am creating my final product, yet i still need to finish creating it. This weekend I will finish adding and making the final product. I will also post all the other screenshots of the other questions left to add in  the Quiz I am making.

MYP Grantt Chart

The total number of minutes I had were 390 divided by 60 it will 6.5 hours. This means that is the total number of hours I need to work to accomplish the project.

9/29 day 1- Investigate tools
9/30 day 2- Choose one tool
10/1 day 3- Start designing/ planning
10/2 day 4- Evaluate design
10/3 day5- start creating
10/4 finish creating
10/5 gather sixth graders
10/6test and record
10/7 present
10/8 start evaluating
10/10 Finish project

Investigation Reflection

                 This past weeks I have been Investigating different type of ways to make 6th graders understand the Design Cycle. I had to choose two different type of tools that I thought would be helpful to understand the Design Cycle. The tools I chose were Flip Book and Purpose Game. The one I decided to use was the purpose game because I think the students will enjoy playing and learning. I would rate my self a 5 because I actually had to decide which of my two options were the best. I reflected on both decisions I chose and i compared them both. I believe I deserve a 5 because I had to work hard and investigate why this would be helpful for the sixth graders. The way I decided to evaluate the choice I made was to ask about 3 sixth graders to play the game and ask them if they understood what the Design Cycle was.

Design Stage

 Reflection: Design

     Today I had to design three designs that would make my game/quiz successful. I would rate myself a 5 because I did my work on  time and did it with  a positive attitude. I did everything I was told to do. I followed steps to make my designs easy.

DESIGN SPECIFICATION

            

        Explain the stages of the Design Cycle Investigate, Plan, Create, and Evaluate.

        Make it creative

        Make it not too small or too large

        Needs to be understandable

        Needs to be clear

        I need to use 6th grade vocabulary

        I need to make it easy  

        Should be educational  

        THE 6TH GRADER SHOULD BE ABLE TO LEARN

         Test

• I need to ask about 3 sixth grade students to play the game
•  Ask them what they learned
•  If they understood the game
• Was it hard or easy

3 DEsigns

• 1st Design:

* Multiple choice quiz

* Write question

*  option A B C D

* at least 6 questions 

* timed 

• 2nd Design

* Create a Quiz Game

* have a picture of Design Cycle

* Have lines and 6th graders have to label stages

* have at least 6 questions

• 3rd Design

* Multiple choice

* have 10 questions

* answers a b c d 

* each worth 10 pts.

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 am basically going to make a game that will make it easy for a sixth grader to understand the Design Cycle.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment? I am required to use sixth grade vocabulary, make it easy to understand, creative, and fun.

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment? I need to make a presentation that has to be 2 minutes long no more or less.

13. How will you "test" your project? I will ask some sixth graders to try it out and ask them what they have learned.

Arcade Game vs. Flip book

Measurement	Score (1-10)
Theme choice	10
Font choice	9
Character Choice	0
Music Choice	0
Simplicity	10
TOTAL:	29

Theme Choice:

         I gave this person a 10 because I really did like it. It is a really good way to learn new things. I myself learned how to play this game. It was really understandable and creative. I liked to play this game and understand new ways to learn. I can defiantly use this to help others learn.

          I would defiantly try to change other things like maybe the way it looks. Make it easier and funner for them to have fun. I will make them enjoy the game(well its a quiz) and make them want to play it every day. I will make it understandable so they can understand the concept of the Design Cycle. It will be fun way to learn.

Character Choice:

          I gave this person a 0 because there was no character because it is a game quiz not a game with characters with them.

Font Choice:

          I gave this person a 9 because I liked the type of font and the font change face. I thought it was really simple and really nice. I thought it did fit the background and the colors. I really think the students will understand it and it will be good ton understand. I think the students will enjoy it.

    I think I will probably like to make it bigger. I will defently take in consideration the way it looks and make it readable for the readers and players. I will add more sixth grade vocabulary.

Music Choice:

      I gave it a 0 because it also did not have a music because it was a quiz there was not really much to make it entertaining.

Simplicity.3

     I gave the person an 8 because it was not really that simple it was more colorful. The colors were really nice and pretty. The colors were too colorful. They did fit the game. I would probably add less color and make look nice. Not too girly and not too boyish.

 Flip Book:

Measurement	Score (1-10)
Theme choice	7
Font Choice	6
Character choice	7
Music choice	2
simplicity	8
total	33

         

Theme choice:

       I gave this person a 7 because it was really creative and well understandable. I did enjoy looking at it. I thought it was really simple. It was not that pretty at all. I thought it was not a good way for the sixth graders to understand. I think they just did it in a rush it was not that creative. I would definitely try to make it prettier. Even thought it was really simple it is a very nice way to make sixth graders understand. It will be really easy thing to do,  but it will be hard to draw characters.

  Character choice and font choice:

        I liked it a lot because the characters were unique. They were really nice because they were really colorful. They tried their best but I gave the person a 6. She should have drawn it better. She could have made it more understandable and add less color to the drawings.

       On the music part I have it and 1 because there was no writing. I thought it was not good quality. There absolutely no writing in the flip book. Some writing would be good so we can understand the concept.

Music choice and simplicity:

     I gave it a 2 on music because it had to music. They should have added some music to make it more interesting and awesome. It would definitely look nice. I gave the simplicity an 8 because it was simple. It was not that colorful or many characters. It was really broad. It didn’t look that enjoyable but it was still good.

Refection

   Today I investigated to find a tool that will be useful for the sixth graders to use to understand the Design Cycle. I evaluated the flip book and the Arcade games. This both are really helpful tools that can be very interesting. Both were really hard to choose but i believed that the game was way better. I enjoyed this game i thought it was really good. I thought it was really easy and understandable.

Design Folder

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?  I need to explain the design cycle in 2minutes so a 6^th grader can be able to understand it.

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world?  It applies to the real world because everywhere we go we need to use the design cycle like in college.

3. How will this project serve my community? It will help my community because it will be easier and understandable for the people out there to understand the Design Cycle.

4. How can my learning help my community? My learning will help the community because when ever people want to know what the Design Cycle they will be able to ask me and I will explain it or go to the activity I did to explain the steps.

5. How do we live in relation to each other? We live in relation to each other because we all in one point or another have to live one similar experience.

6. How does this help others? It will help others because when ever they have projects they will always have to use the Design Cycle as reference.

7. What are the requirements for this assignment? The requirement of the project is to make 6^th graders understand the Design Cycle. We need to make them understand it with an activity we need to make.

8. What is the Design Cycle? The design cycle is composed of four stages where you have to use in order to make a good 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? We are required to teach some sixth graders the design cycle and what they mean.

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment? The presentation has to be no longer or shorter than 2 minutes.

13. How will you "test" your presentation? Use a timer to see if we are in track and then try to make adjustments if needed.

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 2-8^th, 3-9^th, 4-10^th+ 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)