Reflection Day 2

   Today during class we did not work on the PSA, but we did begin the written design cycle that we need to complete over the project. We opened up our blogs, and created a Google doc of our work to be shared with the teacher. Also, on the blog, I specified what the topic was and talked about the digital footprint that would result from my topic. Added to that, I completed the final story board and outline of my PSA video.  

Reflection

   Today my partner and I opened up our Imovie, and began specifieng things about it. We finally agree that we would do online predators. We decided our actors that would be in the film, and our production name (AimHigh Entertainment). The thing  we accomplished that was the most important was the tasks that each one of us would do. We are both directing it, along with several other things. Certain things were specified towards just one of us like me being the writer.
   For the next time, I plan to have everything written don neatly and organized. Before I can start this, I need to complete my homework which is to write the final and ediited script. During class, we are going to put in the facts that we have researched into the movie. Also we are going to get togehter with my couisin and have her record her scene from the movie. From there we will continue on, and edit the movie this weekend. 
   From the criterion F, I give myself a five out of six because I was focused, and we both worked to figure out the outline of our movie. I worked hard, adn did not stray tloo much away from the project. However, I could have husseled mpre to get more done than what I did. 

New Topic- Digital Rights and Responsibilities- Investigation Facts

N.1 Digital rights and responsibilities are the privileges and freedoms extended to all digital technology users, and the expectations from it

Source: http://www.nisd.net/digital citizen/Rights.html

N.2  Some example of this are social networking, sexting, cyber bullying, and safety regarding Internet predators
Source: http://www.nisd.net/digitalcitizen/Rights.html

N.3  Cyber bullying does not follow the rights and responsibilities because its the use of technology to intentionally harass or threaten people.

Source: http://www.nisd.net/digitalcitizen/Rights.html

N4  Digital rights usually stem form rights that already exist such as the right to privacy, and freedom of privacy.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights


N.5 Rights and responsibilities often include issues like acceptable use policies, texting to cheat, cyber bullying, citing sources, and threatening people.

Source: http://pwoessner.com/2009/02/05/digital-citizenship-digital-rights-and-responsibilities/

Quiz- Digital Commerce Storys

   Growing up as a child, Eric always wanted to be a chef and own his own restaurant. Unfortunately, his mom was never proud of what he wanted to do, so he knew he Had to be successful. Because of this, he knew that he would major in the culinary arts, and minor in Business because of the struggling economy.
    After having opened his restaurant for one of the yearly quarters, he had his accountant calculate his RETURN ON INVESTMENT; the results were positive, and the efficiency of his restaurant was high. Eric made more money then he was spending. He than thought that E-COMMERCE would be a good idea to help him save time, and possibly make even more money. he started allowing orders to be sent through computer, and put menus online so that his restaurant could deliver food. Also, he bought products online. He was able to afford an iPhone and IZETTLE, so that he could take card payments more quickly. Finally to improve his restaurant ans ensure that his next check on return on investment was good, he joined MILO. This would help his workers find things they needed for the restaurant close to them. During the holidays his parents came by, and gave them the best gift they could give him; they said, "Son, we're so proud of you."

Five Facts- Digital Communication

1. Examples of digital communication are IM, email, SMS text messages, searching the web, and all kinds of audio, video, interactive websites, DVD's, and virtual meeting environments. 
2. Many colleges, now a days require digital communication skills for even non technology majors. 
3. It is the way to create persuasive communications in different media. 
4. A new report shows that in the 21st century, digital communication skills are one of the most important for efficient learning. 
5. Communications between public and government health officials is vital when trying to manage and control infectious outbreaks.
6. Most companies have control over the digital devices sold.  
7. Things are occurring quickly to everyone, without them really knowing it.
8. In the digital communication world, nothing ever disappears. 

Source-   http://www.adobe.com/education/solutions/pdfs/dc_for_all_students.pdf
Source-   http://www.digiworldinc.com/

Questions

1. America Offline-What does this mean?  This is the lack of broadband Internet access and the consequences of it to our country. 
2. digital divide- How does this impact you as a students? The digital divide of the world impacts students economically, and socially. In the future, it can affect us through our jobs or career choices. 
3. Unequal Access-How can lack of access to the Internet impact your future?MOBILE ACCESS This can impact our future because many things now a days occur online, and if we don't have access, we can, lose out on those things. Examples of this are job interviews happening through phone or skype, applying for colleges or jobs, and even researching places to live or go to school at. 
4. Innovators-How will lack of digital access impact us as a country? As a country, we fall lower and lower. The standards are becoming higher as things progress, but many people are left behind. 
5. What are the options for better Access Options for better options is to come up with a way to somehow share Internet, lessen the price, or provide more computers to libraries. 
6. Explain the Final Recommendations? Basically people cant be helped when nearly no one knows of the issue, so we first need to inform. 
7. What could be done to increase Internet access and create more choices for communities nationwide? More libraries provided or schools staying open late for people who need Internet can help the cause. 
8. What actions need to be taken to keep the Internet open for users and innovators? People need to be told about the numerous options there are, and most importantly get people involved. 

Story with vocabulary homework

   Pheobe needed to do a research paper, but had no clue of what the prompt was about. She started to research using her teachers computer, and knew that she needed to have proper ETTIQUITE; she only used sites she knew were safe. She con CONDUCTED herself properly and with COURTESY when a email notice poped up by closing it and not reading it because it was her teachers. She kept getting notices from a TROLL that was ANONYMOUS, but still knew it would be UNETHICAL to write something rude back. Instead she did the ETHICAL thing  and wrote a message back with nice TONE to make sure it was OBVIOUS that she wasnt afended. Pheobe even used the proper EMOTICON, a smile so that it didnt seem rude. Later, her teacher said it was the right and LEGAL thing to do and she didn't get mad at her.

Vocabulary Sentences

• Etiquette: My teacher was angry with me because I used un proper etiquette, so she thought I was yelling to her. 
• Conduct: Online, a man used bad conduct because he stole a girls password to view her personal information.
• Courtesy: On valentines day, her boyfriend acted with courtesy; he send her a picture of roses. 
• Troll: He acted as a troll on the Internet because he posted cuss words on her Facebook wall.
•  Anonymous: On the show Pretty Little liars, the girls are threatened by an anonymous person so they cant fight back. 
• Emoticon: After Rachels mom texted her that her dog died, she replied with a crying emoticon. 
• Obvious: After a kid hacked into his friends site and left a quote he usually says, it was obvious who it was.
• Tone: The tone of the principal in an email to a failing student was very concerned, but hopeful.
• SMS: The SMS of her computer corrected the miss spelled word on its own. 
• Ethical: An emberessing video was left , and someone saw it so acted ethically; she told the teacher and than defended her. 
• Unethical: Another person saw the video, but this time was unethical; he laughed at her. 
• Legal: The judge ruled Mikes actions legal.
• BooleanSearch: She needed to make a search to the point so she did a BooleanSearch. 
• URL: The URL of the teachers website was too long to type, so he decided not to look at the site.

Evaluate- Each Step

Investigation- 

This stage was the easiest for me because it did not require me to do anything specific. Basically it was an outline, so I didn't have to really be certain of what I was doing. however, I did run into some problems like  choosing what I was going to actually investigate or really do my project on. It didn't take long because I had an idea of telling a story, so I investigated various tools that would be able to help me with my goal. 

Plan/Design-

This stage was the opposite of the first stage (Investigation) because it did require me to be specific because this was basically the plan of what I was going to do for the whole finished product. The plan at the time was to complete a storybook to tell a story of how the design was created. I saw this as a challenge because I am not usually comfortable with doing things on the computer. After starting to create this, I realized that it would be too difficult for me and wasn't able to give the image that I was trying to convey. At this time, I decided to create a newspaper to tell the story and actually teach.

Create- 

When I had my plan complete, I began to make the end product. this took a couple of days, and I stressed that I would run out of time. because of this, I was forced to work at a quicker pace than I'm us to. During this time I did not question my plan to do a newspaper, so I in a way began again with the researching to make the finished newspaper.


Evaluate-
The final product was great because it met all requirements. I did feel, however, that it could have looked nicer or been more organized. There were many errors grammatically, so I fear that it will be difficult to understand. For the most part i can help my community through teaching, and also i think it was an innovative idea. 

Evaluation

Questions:
   Through what i've learned from this process, I can take with me throughout many years of school and even afterwords. I have always ben told what the design cycle is, but never knew how it applied to actual life. As of recent, I discovered it can be used for nearly anything and is for the most part, successful. This can help my community because I am now able to easily understand how to solve problems in my commiunity. I will continue to look at new ideas and ways to make projects. However, I will chose my final design quicker and sooner. My fnal product, I feel, is very different and unique. I enjoyed the story line of it because it told a story but also taught the design cycle in an interesting way. Because of this, I would rate myself at least a five.  In regards to my plan, I qould take it more serious because without it, you're basically lost. I would rethink my plan and take more time on it, but overall my final product was executed well and hopefully is efficient.  

Questions to check understanding (Sixth Grade Quiz)

1) Name all the steps of the design cycle:


2) What did the engineer, William JR, use the design cycle for? Did it work?


3) Pick any step of the design cycle and explain what it is:


4) Which occurs first, the design specification or the design brief?


5) In the last stage (Evaluate), should you relate your project to the outside world or society?


* Do you feel as though you learned anything new about the design cycle in this lesson?

Plan- steps

Plan- Time

Design

Design One:

      The design cycle is difficult enough to understand, but even harder to use and use properly. For this design I would create a story book in which the design cycle is fully used so that he process is easier to comprehend.  For example, I would make a story depicting the full process that I'm doing now.

Design Two:

       For my second design, I would make a humorus story to engage the students learning an interests. It would be something relating to what they understand. I might do it using something for their age group like a famous person.

Design Three:

      The third design is simple; I would basically create a story of someone asking someone else what the design cycle is. Then I would create the book relating to that. 

Design Brief and specification

1. I am going to make a storybook simple enough to teach sixth graders the Design Cycle, so that they can fully understand it.
2.

• simple enough for a sixth grader to understand
• must present the topic clearly
• 1-3 minute presentation
• 5 page long storybook 

3. The limitations of my project are mainly not having enough time to make sure the sixth graders fully understand the Design Cycle while I am presenting, and I am not that great with computers.


4. I will test my project by making the 6th graders rewrite the Design Cycle steps and their purposes and then evaluate how well they answered it.  Prior to doing this, I will discuss and summarize what I taught them to better further their understanding and ensure they are able to accomplish the written paragraph of the design cycle that I am giving them.


Any changes?
I decided to turn my "storybook" into a story through a newspaper. This will be a newspaper feel with stories and pictures to teach the design cycle. This is because I wanted to make a story, but wasn't comfortable using the tools online. This is the best of both worlds. 

Investigation Reflection

If there were a 4-5, I wouldn't hesitate to chose that. Unfortunately there is not so I'm forced to chose between a 3-4 or a 5-6. I rate myself this because I did everything that was required and I did them well, but i didn't do them to the best of my abilities. I began and I acknowledged the sources but, I could have analyzed them more and in more detail. I did all that I needed to answer the problem and how it can be solved, but I needed to have researched more at the beginning to better my end results. The outcome came out well, but not extraordinary. 

FlipBook



Pictures:

       There are not many pictures. This is because you are able to draw them by yourself using the mouse. This is an interesting way to do it, but it might be difficult for someone that isn't good at art like myself. You can chose from a variety of colors and then delete or start over at any time. It also gives you the option to preview what you have made, which is a good tool to have. I gave it a three because the storybook examples have pretty pictures. 
Text: 
        After searching the site, I did not find a way to put in words. I assume this is because it's a storybook. this is not good for the idea I had in mind, but is fine because you can do a story with pictures. There are no way to put in words that I know of. 
Background:
        The backgrounds that are given are none. The flipbook does not give you the option of putting in a background. The background is white with the drawings in the center. When you look over a flipbook that was already created,  the white background really makes the pictures stand out. I don't think I will use the storybook because I don't even get to tell a story. instead , id be forced to do it through pictures.
 Simplicity:
         I gave the simplicity a two. Its a two because it seems simple to create the actual storybook. What i meant by this was that the tools are low in amount and are easy to use. However, there is not much to offer you so it makes the actual outcome simple, and I would wan't my project to look better. I liked how at the top of the site they give you five easy links to go to that help you with the storybook. Those links are make, gallery, popular, podcast, find, and info. I like this so it gets to the point, but when I first went to the site it was difficult and I still have questions.

ComicMaster

Pictures:

         The pictures are essentially the characters or pictures of them that I could chose from. At first I had some trouble locating where they were, but when I did I was not impressed. The reason being was because they were all in graphic form and I was looking in ding something that wasn’t cartoon like. Unfortunately that was not possible with this website, so I was forced to look at the ones given. Because of this, I changed my mind and really liked the characters and pictures that were given to me. There were four main ones, and they intrigued me enough to want to look at the site more. I rated them three because although they were nice, I wish there was more a variety such as girl pictures to chose from. 

Text:

         The way that text could be put into the comic strip is in caption boxes. I like it, but I wanted to do a more serious story and I feel as though the representation requires the story to have a more humorous feel. Looking over the way they can be shown, I enjoyed it. There are many different sizes and froms that the capitions could be placed into. This also makes me question weather or not I would be able to write a long story.  

Background:

         The backgrounds were the things that amused me the most. There were many differnent and sinteresting choices. I don't want to have to draw at all so I like that I wouldn't have to. The site offers alot of choices that look like they make sence, and also look easy to understand. Again, i'm not sure if the pictures are what I want to represent my project. The reason being is because I don't want to be stuck with having to do a comedy.

Simplicity:

           Looking back at the time I first looked at the site, it took me a very long time to even understand how to begin. It annoyed me, so I dont think I will understand easier. After I tried it repeadetly, I began to understand more and more. It isn't very simple, so it worries me if I were to chose it. However, I finally understood most of it and it became easier.

          

Day 2: Investigation Reflection

http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/ 
   Im interested in doing some sort of short story to teach the sixth graders. The above link is a website that helps make make a short novel and decorate it any way you want; its called comicmaster. Its a good source to use, but i'm not sure if i can do it because I don't fully understand how to use it. I would like to do it, but I don't want to do a comic strip. I was thinking of doing an actual story, and i don't know if this site does that. I learned that you can choose from many different types of backgrounds, and set your comic strip to be any types of sizes.  I don't think that i'll use this source because I don't like comic strips. 
http://www.benettonplay.com/toys/flipbookdeluxe/index.php
   As I said earlier, I'm interested in doing a story. I went to Flipbook, and i think this can help me more than Comic master because it's more of a story. I learned that you could draw but I don't want to have to do that since I know it'll turn out as a lesser product than i'd hoped for. Looking at this site, I didn't really learn much because Its difficult to look through for me. 
Summary:
   I liked and disliked things about both Comicstrip and Flipbok. Flipbook can create a story more easily, but not pictures while Comicstrip can create the pictures well, but I don't like how the story would come out. All together, the first day of investigating was an efficient day to research what I'd like to do and what I'd like to do it with. As of now, I'm creating a story book; though I could also do a poem using the same tools. 

Area of Interaction: Community and Service , Approaches to Learning & Human Ingenuity

Significant Concept: Design Cycle can be used to solve problem

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? The problem that needs to be solved is how to teach the design cycle to sixth graders.

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? The design cycle applies to the real world in many forms. For example, when creating a new car, you first need to investigate and so on.

3. How will this project serve my community? This will serve my school community because I will be teaching students and peers what I know about the design cycle.

4. How can my learning help my community? My learning can help the community because I will be able to use my knowledge of the design cycle to better expand my skils during any other projects.

5. How do we live in relation to each other? In relation to each olther at school, we live through different social statuses, age, gender, and other things as well.

6. How does this help others? This helps others because we can use our different personal or academic experiences to help others with problems or teach them.

7. What are the requirements for this assignment? For this assignment we need or folders, and an understanding of the design cycle.

8. What is the Design Cycle? The design cycle is the key to understanding how to solve a problem; you use all four stages to solve a problem and complete a task.                                                               

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 2-8^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)