My Facts ;}

1. According to the national crime prevention center, over 40% of all teenagers with internet access have reported being bullied online during the past year.
2. Girls are more likely to be bullied than boys due to the fact that they are online more often.
3. Only 15% of parents are "in know " about their kids' social networking habits, and how these behaviors can lead to cyberbullying.   - cyber bully alert
4. laws by state
5. As our technology has advanced, so have the opportunities for this technology to be misused. Cyber bullying differs from traditional bullying in that traditional bullying usually consists of physical or verbal torment.
6. A 2008 study of children in grades 4-8 found that 42% had been bullied while online and that one in four had it happen more than once.
7. A recent study showed that 81% of cyber bullies think that it's funny. Other responses indicated that nearly all cyber bullies think it's no big deal. - Cyber bully facts
8. About 1in 5 tweens reports being victimized by cyber bullying. - Tweens cyber bullied
9. Schools play an important part in fighting cyber bullying. Since children spend large portion of their days in school, school teachers and staff members should be actively involved in fighting cyber bullying.
10. Sending hurtful , rude, or mean text messages to others is cyber bullying. -Forms of cyber bullying

Objective

Today I will research my topic and find 10 facts/behaviors. I would like to educate my peers about to prevent an inappropriate digital footprint in their future.

I choose.... Cyber bullying

Manners

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

2.Who uses Digital Communication ?Everyone.

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

4.How do we use Digital Communication? Skype, _facebooking , texting, chat rooms.   (10 point)

5.What is the potential for misuse? Car crashes, Hurt feelings, cheating , _____, (10 point)

6.Where is the danger for misuse that impacts you daily? People can get their feelings hurt on facebook .  (10 pt)

FACEBOOK MANNERS

7.What is the expected time you believe is appropriate to change your FB status?_It depends what your writing and how fast your internet is.(10 point)

8.What is your opinion about FB manners? They should be used at all times.! (10 point)

9. What are the benefits of Digital Communication?

you can get instant access____ , ___you can just chat instead of driving, _____________

(10 point)

10.  What is your opinion? Is this proper use of digital communication? ________ it. (10 point)

IA #2 TIJERINA

Arielle Alfaro

Mrs. Tijerina

ELA

November 1, 2011

Glorifying Celebrities

            News stories are 80% gossip about celebrities’ bad behavior. The editors want those stories published because they know people want to hear that. People are interested in celebrities’ mistakes. Celebrities’ bad behavior is covered more in news stories than positive behavior because it’s exciting, it creates a lot of drama, and good behavior is expected.

            The first reason why celebrities’ bad behavior is in the news more is because it’s exciting. On magazine covers it says ‘so and so’ did this and it makes people want to read the article. This is evident when “fought through eating disorders and has struggled with cutting." (Hunter). All the magazines focus on this one mistake she did. Even though after all the changes she made for the earth no one remembers that. It’s exciting to hear that an actual celebrity made a mistake. It makes people know that the celebrity is not perfect.

THESIS: Celebrities' bad behavior is covered more in news stories than positive behavior because it's exciting, it creates a lot of drama, and good behavior is too expected.
     The first reason why celebrities' bad behavior is covered more in news stories is because it's exciting. On magazine covers it says "so and so" did this and it makes people want to read the article.When Demi Lavato gives a charity a lot of money no one talks about it but when they find out she went to rehab it's on every magazine. People actually have opinions and can create a conversation.
     Next when people hear that a celebrity got into trouble with the law or something leaked from their past the drama startsUsually when celebrities are caught doing something wrong they give the silent treatment to the paparazzi or are always in tears giving a sob story. People then create arguements saying either what that celebrity did was right or wrong.
     Finally the last reason why celebrities' bad behavior is because it creates something out of the ordinary. It's not everyday people hear a celebrity doing something bad, so when it does happen its unexpected and shocking. People never know when a celebrities' career will go down the drain. so if and when it does happen people want to know.

IA #2 thesis celebrity

      In todays world you find a lot of cheating, stealing, and other bad things. People do those things to get what they want. They look up to celebrities and unfortunetly most celebrities live a life that not suitable to be a role model for children. One big example is Miley Cyrus. Miley Cyrus started out by being a positive role model and kids looked up to her. Now you can find her name on all the tabloids. She has become another Disney Channel star gone bad.

Evaluate c;

Investigate:
5 I gave my self a 5 because I had spent very little time on investigate. I did understand everything that was happening and I had used the right things and I understood the problem and its importance, but I didn't use all timeI could have to really understand the best way to start this project.
Plan:
I give my self a 6 on plan because I was very careful and I did everything in complete detail. I carefully explained all that I was going to do and I Followed it too.
Create:
I give my self a 6 on create because I finished and it was 1:57 in time which is really close to 2 min. It is a really good way to learn what exactly the design cycle is.
Evaluate:
I made my survey and I have not tested it yes but I created all my questions and test them during intervention.

MY PROJECT

my progress
 today i added my first part on my third step. I believe i am using my time wisely and i am almost done. To increase the chances of me being able to show my product to the 6th graders on monday i will stay after school and i will be able to finish by monday. i have gotten frustrated but it was nothing i couldn't work around.

create

my progress
I will finish this at home and i will complete this project then on the next day we come to technology i will show this to my 6 sixth graders. I have already completed my two steps and i will be able to get the 2 minutes required.

Snap shots

adding the voice. 

learning the plan step. 

create

Today in class I was able to get a minute done on my project. I finished my second step and I was able to take many screen shots that i will be posting later.

PLAN-Gantt Chart

To complete my product I need about 195 minutes dived by 60 minutes is 3 hours and 15 minutes.

10/4- 30 create 3 designs

10/5- 60 start product

10/6- 60 create product

10/7- 30 create surveys

10/8- 30 evaluate product 

snap shots of my work so far:

teaching about investigation

telling her about design cycle

Has a problem

Design Specifications

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 going to make a short comic strip/ movie. I am making it for the sixth graders.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment?  

• teach a 6th grader about the design cycle
• make sure they understand
• 2 minutes minimum
• cover all 4 steps about the design cycle
• create a survey for 10 sixth graders
• make it simple
• have it fun to watch

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment? I feel like the time and simplicity because I want to do this long complex movie but I can't. 

13. How will you "test" your project? I will give the sixth graders a 5 question test they must get 3/5 to pass. If 85% of the kids pass I will know I was successful.

INVESTIGATION REFLECTION !

On my investigation reflection I give my self a 5 because I discused everything that I went to and each step that I took. I also discussed the problems in each website and I said which ones I chose. I told the audience reading my blog about the things that I like in the tools and the way I want my cartoon strip to go. I created my tables and compared them. in the comic creator their total score was a 16. in Go!animate I gave them a 29. In the end of my investigation I chose Go!animate and I learned more about comparing and now I can start with my brainstorm design

Go! Animate rubric!

  The rating that I gave for simplicity in Go! Animate was a 10/10. I gave this rating because it was very simple and it was very easy to use. It shows you how to do everything and it is very easy to access. I liked the simplicity because it wasn't to simple. The sixth graders will under stand because I use pictures and captions so they will not lost during the presentation.

  Then I rated the Characters a 9/10 because there were so many characters to choose from. After I chose one character i could choose even more characters. All of them are different, and very cute. I believe the sixth graders will like the comic strip because of all the creativity Go! Animate lets me show.
  
I gave the themes a 10/10 because again there was so many things to choose from. You could have vampires to cute little creatures! I liked it very much. I will choose which one of the themes that the sixth graders will understand and have fun with. I am sure that Go! Animate will catch the sixth graders attention!

Comic Creator Rubric!

The rating that I gave the simplicity for Comic Creator for simplicity was a 10/10. It was very simple and it was just a few characters and it was very easy to understand. I believe even a 5th grader could understand. To me thats a little bit too simple, but it's still very simple!

The rating i gave for Comic Creator's characters was a 2/10. there weren't many characters to choose from. they were all smiling and I wanted different emotions. They limited the characters and had only 3 people. I like to have very different options and no restrictions.

The rating I gave for the themes in Comic Creator was a 4/10. there was only 2 themes with the exact same things in each. The restrictions were high which I didn't like.I want to be able to grab the attention of the sixth graders, but I do not think I can do that with boring pictures and boring themes!

Day 2 investigation reflection

Today I researched two programs. I researched cartoon strip and  Go!Animate. When I researched Go!Animate I tried to create a colorful and poppy type of comic strip. As I researched this program I found so many  different options of characters, backgrounds, and types or font. I looked at all the different themes. Then after I chose a theme I saw so many different backgrounds, after that I saw so many different characters. this particular program was very helpful.

Then I went to research comic strip and i was very restricted. I did not like the format or the characters. I did not want to go any further. Therefore i chose Go!animate.

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 6^th 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 is used in the real world because when you work you have to solve problems, and you do that by using the design cycle.

3. How will this project serve my community? i will serve my community by helping the 6th graders and they will pass so i will help them.

4. How can my learning help my community? i help my community by teaching the 6th graders to solve problems.

5. How do we live in relation to each other? 

6. How does this help others?

7. What are the requirements for this assignment?

8. What is the Design Cycle?

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)