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)