PLAN- Gant Chart

My project total is 4500 minuets. Divided by 60 that is about 75 hours or about 3 days. Now I can plan how I will use each day from now until OCTOBER 11 to complete my project.
(10/4) Day 1: 1440 minuets - Create the website layout/design.
(10/6) Day 2: 1440 minuets - Get the information for the website
(10/8) Day 3: 1440 minuets - Add finishing details
(10/9) Day 4: 60 minuets - Find test subjects
(10/9) Day 4: 60 minuets - Test the subjects
(10/9) Day 5: 60 minuets - Evaluation 

Design Brief

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.

I'm going to create a website that will have games and studying tools for the 9th grade Geometry class. This will help them study for tests, quizzes ,understand class ,ect.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment? 

For what I'm going to create I will need to make my website understandable and easy to go through.

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?

My limitations for this project are that a website can't teach like a teacher can.

13. How will you "test" your project?

The would be how many hits my website has and a test over the vocabulary and material.

Investigation Reflection

I give myself a 5 for my rating.
This because I don't think I desever all the points. My work was good but not too good. My explanation of the problem was understandable but needs more explaining. Also I need to work on my detail-ness.
Kinda. My whole investigation was awesome with lots of pictures and explanations.

Three Designs

Design Number 1:
Quiz to study with.
Design number one will be a game made with PurposeGames. It will have all the Geometry terms ,equations and things we will need to know. People will be able to play this quiz to learn the Geometry terms. 


Design Number 2:
Game to study with.
Design number two will be a game made with PurposeGames to play and study with. This game will be fun and creative. 


Design Number Three:
Website to use and study by.
With Design number three I will incorporate everything that I liked and add in games ,definitions and quizzes to use to study with. It will be fun to use and easy to find and navigate.

Design

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.

I will make a study site for Geometry to help the 9th grade class.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment? 
Help the 9th grade class understand Geometry.

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?
Not any I can think of.

13. How will you "test" your project?
Let some of my friends try it out first and see if it helps them.

REFLECT ON YOUR LEARNING

PLAN:

14. THREE Brainstorm ideas. 
*A quiz game for studying with
*A game that has geometry problems in it
*A website to study with

15. What idea did you choose and why did you choose it?
The studying website.

16. Does your idea meet all of the requirements?
I think.

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 :
I will do everything when I can or just make time for it.

REFLECT on your learning

Investigation Comparison: WIX vs. PurposeGames

Wix is a free website creator that is very easy to use and personalize. It is fun and very simple. There are many customization options from adding widgets to pictures to other gadgets ,titles and more. The overall score that I give Wix is a 22.

 LAYOUT: The layout of the creator is very easy to navigate through. One is set on the left side and doesn't get in your way ,the other is small and on top. Both expand when you scroll over them. Everything is labeled clearly and is easy to place ,delete and edit colors ,fonts and backgrounds. Score: 6


PERSONALIZATION: Wix has many personalization options.  You can add music diffrent backgrounds ,documents ,gadgets, pictures ,videos and much more. When you choose something you can choose exactly where on the page you want it and even customize some of the effects ,behaviors (like you want to make it jump on the page) ,and for text you can change colors ,size ,font and effects. Score: 6

 EXTRAS: As you can see ,Wix has options for music ,gadgets ,and much more. You can upload music ,pictures ,documents. All of the extras you can add can also be customized to go with your page. They are very easy to use. Score: 5


SIMPLICITY: Overall, Wix is a very easy to use and everything is well placed. Nothing gets in your way while your busy making the pages perfect and everything is easy to find and import. Score: 5


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Purpose Games is a website created for teachers and educational people. The over all score I give Purpose Games is a 12.
LAYOUT: The layout for the quiz creator is very simple. It tells you where everything goes and is very easy to use. Score: 6


PERSONALIZATION: The personalization is limited to only the naming and background colors. They only have four choices for themes ;Standard ,Summer, Golden and Rupert. Other than that you can't really personalize it much. Score: 3

EXTRAS: There are no extras to add to the quiz creator. Score: 0


SIMPLICITY: The game creator is very easy to use because the game template is labeled and all you have to do is fill in the blanks. Everything is neat and orderly placed. It even comes with instructions and information underneath the game creator. Score: 6

Day Two: Investigation Refection

I found out that a good way to study is by games. First I'm trying to find a good game maker online and if that search doesn't produce any good ways ,then I'll go to my backup plan and make an interactive studying website with  Wix . 

With the Wix website creator (which is incredibly easy to use) I can make an interactive website with which people can study. I'll add games and other useful sites,a page for the definitions and another page for tutorials on how to do certain equations ect.

After a bit of looking around the internet I found the site PurposeGames.  

With a tool they offer I will make a quiz for Geometry to study with. With this program I can make a multiple choice game. 

Another chioce I also want to try is GameMaker Lite 8.0 from Softonic. I've read that it is a very good game maker and easy to use. I've yet to try it.

I've decided to try and take on a large project. I will make the website and incorporate a few study guides ,tutorials ,and games to help with studying. I only hope I can finish it in time. 

But then again, I know I will and can. :D

Design Folder

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? 

Help the 9th graders understand Geometry. I will do this by making a studying game.

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? 

It helps us plan and design things to help the world.

3. How will this project serve my community? 

It will help my fellow 9th graders.

4. How can my learning help my community?

 Everybody will understand Geometry more.

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

 We have all grades.

6. How does this help others?

 We support each other.

7. What are the requirements for this assignment? 

Has to be helpful to the 9th graders taking Geometry.

8. What is the Design Cycle? 

A series of steps we take to plan and design things to help people.

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