February 1

Wikis in Plain English por leelefever

Period 4 

3.  Formulate a Design Specification

Below is a list of design specifications that my wiki page must have:

Remember to justify each design specification)

• Error Free  (why?)
• Appropriate Colour (why?)
• Readability (Font)  (why?)
• Images, Videos   (why?)
• Sources  (why?)
• Interesting to Teens  (why?)

Next, I will create a test to evaluate my wiki page. I will create a questionnaire.  On a scale of 1-5 (1=awful, 5=awesome) I will ask the following questions: 

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Period 5 

PBWorks wiki tutorial.  Learn how to create and manage a wiki page.  Please follow these instructions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHq1utPTU3E

How to embed a YouTube video in PBWorks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqSHqB0Jxk4
How to insert an image in PBWorks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUvl6O2hC7M
PBWorks 5 minute Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35eAPOD0r_A

Please give me your email address and I will send you an invitation to join the wiki;-)

IB Learner Profile: Thinker

Learning Objective: The student will list, with limited guidance, the specific requirements that must be met by the product/solution and design, with limited guidance, tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.

January 30

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• What information will I include on my wiki page? Explain.  (Look at the existing wiki pages to get ideas).  Gather the information for your page. Include that information here.  You may copy/paste the information BUT you must have the url's and names of the websites you use so we can "source" them. 
• Gather images for your page.  (Keep them in a file folder.)  Keep a list of the url where you got the picture or use Royalty Free pictures.
• Gather links and videos for your page.  (Keep them in a file folder.)

Use more than 5 sources to complete this work.  Use in-text referencing.

If you don't finish this in class today, please continue for homework. This work must be done as Wednesday period 4 we will work on the design specifications and period 5 we will hand in the Investigation and do a tutorial on pbworks.

IB Learner Profile: Inquirer

Learning Objectives - The student will: consider the importance of the problem within a wider context and outline a simple design brief, identify meaningful questions, carry out web search, select and organize appropriate sources and evaluate them.

Term 2 Due Dates - FYI

Term 2 Due Dates

• Investigate - Feb 3
• Design - Feb 10
• Plan - Feb 17
• Create - March 2
• Evaluate - March 9

January 23, 25

As previously discussed, we will work to complete an entire Design Cycle in Term 2.  Our deadlines will be strict in order to meet our goal.

By the end of class on Wednesday, January 25 you should have the following COMPLETED:

• Write 1 paragraph to 1. Identify the Problem.  (This paragraph must state the problem that you are going to solve.  It must say why this project is relevant and include supporting detail.  It must say who our "client" is. 
• Write 1 paragraph connecting your project to Community and Service. 
•  2. Develop a Design Brief.  (This is the part of the project where you ask questions that will help you solve your problem.)
• What is a wiki?  Explain, Include detailed information
• What information should I include on my wiki page?  (Look at 3 different websites for your country to gather information and ideas.) Analyze findings - what did you like?  what didn't you like? include url of each website and printscreen.

If you don't finish in class please continue as homework and be ready to submit this work on Monday, January 30.

Remember that you are welcome to work during lunch or after school in the Homework Club.

Please leave a comment on this post to acknowledge that you understand your assignment and your deadline. Thanks so much for that;-)

IB Learner Profile: Inquirer

Learning Objectives - The student will: consider the importance of the problem within a wider context and outline a simple design brief, identify meaningful questions, carry out web search, select and organize appropriate sources and evaluate them.

January 18

New Project - hooray

Year 9, we have quite a few things that we need to accomplish this term.  One of them is our new WIKI project.  We are going to create a wiki which will offer information to teens who are moving abroad. The wiki platform that we will use is PB Works (http://pbworks.com).  The wiki is located here: http://whereamigoing.pbworks.com .

Let's see what we need to do to begin. . .
1.  Let's look at the unit of work.

2.  Let's begin the project by writing the introduction.

• Write 1 paragraph to Identify the Problem.  (This paragraph must state the problem that you are going to solve.  It must say why this project is relevant and include supporting detail.  It must say who our "client" is. 
• Write 1 paragraph connecting your project to Community and Service. 

3.  Next, comes the Develop a Design Brief.  This is the part of the project where you ask questions that will help you solve your problem.

• What is a wiki?  Explain, Include detailed information
• What information should I include on my wiki page?  (Look at 3 different websites for your country to gather information and ideas.) Analyze findings - what did you like?  what didn't you like? include url of website and printscreen.
• What information will I include on my wiki page? Explain.  (Look at the existing wiki pages to get ideas).  Include that information here.
• Gather images for your page.  (Keep them in a file folder.)  Keep a list of the url where you got the picture or use Royalty Free pictures.
• Gather links and videos for your page.  (Keep them in a file folder.)

Use more than 5 sources to complete this work.  Use in-text referencing.

IB Learner Profile: Inquirer

Learning Objectives - The student will: consider the importance of the problem within a wider context and outline a simple design brief, identify meaningful questions, carry out web search, select and organize appropriate sources and evaluate them.

January 10, 16

Now, moving forward. . .

2. Write a paragraph to "analyze" the feedback. In other words write about the scores that you received and say how your digital story could be improved.  (Use phrases like: Based on my feedback I can conclude . . .)
3. Evaluate your performance at each stage of the design cycle: Investigate, Design, Plan, Create AND suggest ways that you can improve your performance. (You need 4 paragraphs here).
4. Write a final paragraph saying if you accomplished your goal and what impact it will have. In other words, look at the unit question - were you successful? Explain. (If you completed an html webpage and put it online you were successful.  Remember the impact the html webpage will have is that others will learn about the person you made the website about.  You are becoming a contributor to the world wide web by promoting culture;-)

January 13 you are expected to write the paragraph anyalyzing your feedback, evaluate your performance for the Investigate and Design sections of the Design Cycle.  To receive a 5/6 you MUST suggest ways that you can improve your performance.

If you don't finish your work during class, finish it for homework.

The Evaluate deadline is end of class Monday, January 16.

We will start our next project on Wednesday, January 18.

IB Learner Profile - Reflective

Learning objectives: carry out tests to compare final product against design specification, suggest improvements, reflect on their performance and identify parts they found difficult and suggest ways in which their performance could be improved.

January 9

We are coming down the home stretch:

EVALUATE (Criterion E) Maximum 6

1.Students are expected to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification in an objective manner based on testing, and to evaluate its impact on life, society and/or the environment. They are expected to explain how the product/solution could be improved as a result of these evaluations.

2.Students are expected to evaluate their own performance at each stage of the design cycle and to suggest ways in which their performance could be improved.

3.To get a 6 the student: evaluates the success of the product/solution considering the results of testing, and the views of the user. The student evaluates their own performance at some stages of the design cycle and considers improvements. The student considers the impact of the product/solution on life, society and/or the environment.

Let's talk about what this means, then we'll get started!

1. Print the questionnaire (that you created in the Investigate) and show your website to 5 people and ask them to answer your questionnaire.
2. Write a paragraph to "analyze" the feedback. In other words write about the scores that you received and say how your digital story could be improved.  (Use phrases like: Based on my feedback I can conclude . . .)
3. Evaluate your performance at each stage of the design cycle: Investigate, Design, Plan, Create AND suggest ways that you can improve your performance. (You need 4 paragraphs here).
4. Write a final paragraph saying if you accomplished your goal and what impact it will have. (In other words, look at the unit question - were you successful? Explain. Relate back to the Area of Interaction.)  Remember this is the final paragraph of your research project.  It should finalize the project.


Today's task is: 1 Show your website to 5 people and ask them to answer the questionnaire (that you created in the Investigate).


IB Learner Profile - Reflective

Learning objectives: carry out tests to compare final product against design specification, suggest improvements, reflect on their performance and identify parts they found difficult and suggest ways in which their performance could be improved.

January 4

HAPPY 2012 YEAR 9

Year 9 welcome back.  I hope you had a great holiday break and are now ready to finish our HTML project.

1.I would like you to finish your webpages, and the paragraph reviewing your plan and explaining any changes you made to the plan. Be sure to include the URL of your website so I can grade it;-)

2.  For those of you who have already finished, now it's time to put your website online.  You may use any "FREE" webhost that you like. A web host which students have been successful with is Webs. com.  http://webs.com/      Please open an account and follow instructions to put your webpage online.    
   
IB Learner Profile - Knowledgeable

HOMEWORK:  Finish paperwork for CREATE.  Include your Design Specification (which was created in the Investigate.  Include the URL to your website. 

PRINT  OUT and submit at the beginning of class on Monday, January 9, period 5. 

Learning objective - The student will: use appropriate techniques and equipment competently, follow the plan to produce the product/solution with minimal guidance, review the plan and explain any changes to the plan (when necessary), create a product/solution of appropriate quality.