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.

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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.