DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

•   Simple for a 6th grader to understand

•   Teach a 6th grader the Design Cycle

•   6th graders will be able to identify the

 steps of the Design Cycle

•   Will be a minimum of 2 minutes long

•   About 5 pages long on Storybook

•   Not that distracting from the point

•   Made by Comic Master program online

•   Possible to transfer onto a pen drive

•   Be able to use while offline

•   Possible to save and copy

•   Must be able to be created in given time

•   Simple to base off another project

• Can not be too difficult to break

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.

• Im going to make a power point with  picture to explain whats going on in that step. The reason Im going to make this is so that we can teach a 6th grader what the design cycle and how the can use it.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment? 

• The requirements for this assignment is to explain what the design cycle is and how it is use to a 6th grader.

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

• The limitations for this class is that are presentation needs to be at least 2 minutes long.

 13. How will you "test" your project?

• The way Im going to test if this program help a 6th grader is by reviewing the design cycle and give them a quick test. This test will contain what are the basis steps in the design cycle and what is it use for. If they get at least 80% or above then i would now that they have understand  what the design cycle is. 

In my design cycle project i have been keeping up with all of my assignments. I would somrtimes will come after school to get catch up with my post on my blogs. The rate i give my self a 5-6 because i tooken time to read and follow all the instructions. I would ask for help if i need any from Mrs. Hinojosa. In my project i also have created a blog and posted everything i did in class so that my computer teacher can see all the work i done and tell me what i nedd to add or chande. I have compared my two picks that i chose and created a table. I explain how to use this program and showed all the steps i will need to be able tpo make this design/project.

The problem that we have to do is explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is.The design that I choose to use for my project was sample#1.The reason why I choose  this one is because I think its more specific and you can show the 6th gradders more so they can understand better. In this design i can show then examples and picture so that they know to do use/create a design cycle.

BRAINSTORMING DESIGN:
Sample1;
Slide 1: Title (design cycle), picture of design cycle
Slide 2: Explain what the investigation is, example of investigation, and picture if investigation
Slide 3: Explain what plan means in the design cycle, example of a plan, and a picture of a plan
Slide 4: Explain what the create mean, picture of plan and example of create
Slide 5:explain what the evaluate mean, picture of evaluate, example of evaluate
Slide 6: Give a brief summary of the design cycle, picture of the design cycle
SAMPLE 2;
Slide 1: title, picture of the design cycle
Slide 2: investigation(title), explain what this means
Slide 3: Plan (title), explain what this means
Slide 4: Create(title), explain what this means
Slide 5: Evaluate(title), explain what this means
Slide 6: Give a quick summary of the design cycle, picture of design cycle
SAMPLE 3;
Slide 1: Title of design cycle and a picture of design cycle
Slide 2: Investigation, explain
Slide 3: Plan, explain
Slide 4: Create, explain
Slide 5: Evaluate, explain
Slide 6: Give a summary of design cycle, pic of design cycle

SLIDESHARE

The number i chose for simplicity was 4. The reason i chose this number because its easy to use. This program is useful to me because i can understand it better. This number to me was the right answer because the simplicity is helpful to use. You can also explain to others by using characters a to show whats happening in that slide.

     The number i chose for photos was 4. The reason i chose this number is because there a surrtent amount of  photos you can use. This program lets me use amount of pictures but its okay because i need  a lot of pictures in my slideshow. I chose this because i think that the 6th graders will understand more if i use picture and then explain it to them.


      The number i chose for transition was 5. The reason icehouse this number was because when you change the slides, the slides move fast and you can add music/sound effects. When you want to switch slides or change the slide they will go fast. You can also add sound effect or music to them.

PHOTO SHOW:

     The number i chose for simplicity was 4. The reason i chose this number was because its super duper easy to use and i understand how to use it. The project needs to be at least 2 minutes long so i have enough time to present my project with in this amount of time.
     
     The number i chose for photos was 3. The reason i chose this number was because that you can only use a surrtent amount of photos. The reason why i chose this number because i can use more photos if i want to and i can add sound effect to that slide. I can also explain or add two pic to the slide and explain what it means.
   
     The number i chose for transitions was 4. The reason why i chose this number was because the slide change fast but you can not add and sound effect or music. You can also change how the slide move. The sound effects can be more then one to make the slide be more creative and look/show more things.

In class today i decided to use a sideshow to show a 6th grader what the design cycle is. The reason I chose this program because i thought that it would be easier to show a 6th grader by showing a picture and explain what happen in that slide. The two different  programs I choose were Slideshare and Photoshow. I thought that Slideshare was a good program to explain and show people how to use things. It was cool to view and find examples of how to make one.  Photoshow is a program useing piture to create a slide show, then if u want you can explain what the picture means or why its there.In my opinion i thought that Photoshout was better to use to show a 6th grader because there are still little so i thought that they will learn better with picture and then i will explain it what is happing. 

INVESTIGATE:

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?

 The problem that we are needed to solve is to show or explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is exactly.

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

The design cycle relates to the real word by showing/doing step by step what were going to do with a project or business program.

3. How will this project serve my community?

This project that we are doing serves our community by showing people how to create or how to use the design cycle.

4. How can my learning help my community?

by learning the design cycle i can help out other how need help with design/ creating the design cycle.

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

we live in relation by learning the same thing and we can help each other

6. How does this help others?

this helps others by showing how to use the design cycle.

7. What are the requirements for this assignment?

the requirements for this project is to explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is.

8. What is the Design Cycle?

the design cycle is and step by step program that explains and shows how to make an project.

REFLECT on your learning.

today i learned what the project is going to be about and how we are going to do this program.