15/06/2012
Today is THE day to complete the promotional video project! Documentation can either be emailed to Mr Manning or printed out and delivered by the end of class. The video component can be left in the teachers dropbox area. Please note; the video MUST be a movie file not a windows movie maker file.Please note; Please make your name part of the name of the file. ie: mrwhite.avi Week 6 (1st June)
This week we will begin a third and final Design Cycle project.
A design firm has contracted you as an “artist for hire”. Your job is to take an existing set of designs and product specifications, and create the product. Essentially, the firm you are working for has completed the Research and Design stages for you, so your job will only involve Planning (gathering resources and familiarising yourself with the software), Creating (making the product and documenting the process), and Evaluating.
The Scenario
You are working for a design firm whose client is the Australian Computer Society (ACS). The ACS wants to encourage more people to pursue a career in Information Technology, and is undertaking an initiative to create more awareness about the range of jobs offered in the ICT industry, and the pathways that students can take to entering the industry. As part of this broad initiative, the ACS has commissioned a series of promotional videos, or “infomercials”, to promote specific jobs.
The Task:
Visit the ICT Careers Portal on the Australian Computer Society website and select one of the careers to focus on. Your task, as an “artist for hire”, is to create a short video promoting the chosen career. Your video must conform to the following requirements:
60 seconds in duration
Video contains still images, text, music and sound effects
No motion video or voiceover
For the chosen career, the video must highlight:
Job description
Skills needed
Education needed
Salary range
Perks of the job
Work environment, etc.
The design firm you are working for has already done the groundwork on the project, including researching the product and setting the design parameters. This means that there are fewer tasks to complete on this project. The tasks that you must complete are:
Plan
Gather Resources
Learn Tools / Programs
Create
Create Client Solution
Progress Journal
Evaluate
Survey / Product Testing
Self-Evaluation
The Due Date for this project is the end of lesson in Week 8. Week 5 (25th May)
Your Product Selector project is due at the end of today's lesson.
Below is a worksheet you can use to write your final evaluation.
Don't forget to approach your client (your teacher) for feedback! Week 4 (18th May)
Dear Class,
I am home sick today, so you will have a relief teacher. However, if you have any unresolved questions or concerns that the relief teacher is unable to address, please email me and I'll get back to you. This shouldn't be a reason for you not to get on with your work.
As a result of missing last week's lesson due to retreats, due dates have been pushed back a week. The revised due dates are as follows:
Research - Completed in-class in Week 1.
Design - Completed in-class in Week 2.
Plan - Completed for homework during Week 3.
Create - To be complete in-class/for homework in week 4.
Evaluate - To be completed in-class in week 5.
The whole project must be completed and handed up by end of lesson in Week 5.
Regards,
Mr Manning
Week 2 (4th May)
This week you will continue working on your "Product Selector" project. We will start the lesson with the Client Interview, where you will have the opportunity to interview your client; the teacher.
The following work will be checked today:
Digital Device Analysis sheets (you should have 6, these were done over the holidays).
All work from the "Research" stage:
Statement of Problem
Mind Map
Product Comparison
Week 1 (27th April)
This week you will be introduced to the next design cycle project, which will involve developing a selection tool that potential customers can use to choose a digital device that is appropriate to their needs.
For help finding examples to use for the Product Comparison task, you can visit the Product Comparison wiki page.
Week 9 (30th March)
This week's task will help you to prepare for the next Design Project, which we will begin in Week 2 of Term 2. For this reason, it is important that you put a good effort into this task. Doing the work properly now will save you a lot of time and effort later on.
Read through all the instructions before starting! You will be able to work more effectively on the individual steps if you understand the "big picture".
Digital devices are used for thousands of different purposes; they can be used for playing games, sending email, publishing websites, designing business cards, and many other purposes too. Step 1:Using Microsoft Word, write a sentence explaining an intended use or function for a digital device, that somebody might use as a reason for buying a digital device.
There are hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of different digital devices in existence. For any given purpose for which a digital device might be used, there may be thousands of different devices that can be used for that purpose. Step 2:Research 6 different devices that could be used for the purpose you identified in Step 1, and make a list using Microsoft Word. You must list specific devices, e.g. don't write "Graphics Calculator", but write a specific example, such as "Texas Instruments TI-83 Graphics Calculator". From among your 6 devices, at least 3 different brands of products must be represented.
Most digital devices are capable of performing more than one function. Often when someone buys a digital device, they look for something which can perform a variety of functions that they will find useful. Step 3:For each device that you listed in Step 2, prepare a short report on its features, its advantages/disadvantages, and what else it can and cannot do (beyond the originally identified use). A worksheet is linked below to help with this. You must fill out a separate worksheet for each device.
Activity 2: Create a poster of an Input or Output Devices you have found. Step 1 - Choose one of the Input or Output Devices you have found through Activity 1 Step 2 - Open a Word or Publisher document Step 3 - Begin your poster. You must include the following:
Heading
Image of device
Description of the device (adapt from the product specifications)
The benefit of the device (in simple language that someone who isn’t very ‘tech savvy’ would be able to understand)
NB. This poster is due Friday of Week 9. You may email it to me when you have completed it and I will print during Week 9's lesson if I have received it before the beginning of the lesson.
Hand up your Design Portfolio with your completed Business Card project at the start of the lesson.
Activity: Visit at least TWO of the websites below, and think about how you could use them as part of your schoolwork. For each website, write paragraph-length answers the following questions:
What is the website for? What does it do?
What could you do with the website? How would/could you use it for school work?
Is the site easy to use? What are the advantages and drawbacks of the site? What features could be added?
You will earn bonus marks if you write about more than two websites.
At the end of the lesson, print out your work (with your name on it) and give it to the teacher.
Create with Digital Media
Glogster Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends
Scratch Create and share stories, games, art, etc.
Kerpoof Cool way to make a movie, card, picture, and share it all
Tagxedo Like Wordle but a step farther as text can be used to build bigger images
Bitstrips Make and share your own comic strips with thousands of others
Week 5 (2 March):
Continue working on projects. The goal for today is that by the end of the lesson, you will have completed the Research, Design, and Plan stages of the project.
Mr Manning will collect folders to check work, it is expected that you have 6 completed items from the checklist in your folder.
Week 4 (24 Feb):
Activity 1: Mr Manning will spend some time at the start of the lesson demonstrating the design cycle, and going over expectations for today.
Activity 2: You will be working on the Design and Plan stages of your Business Card project. You should attempt to complete all work in the Design stage before moving on to Planning. However, if you are unable to complete the Design stage today (for example, if you're unable to interview your client today), then you should begin working on Planning tasks so that you're not wasting your time.
Due Dates: Research - Completed for homework last week. Design - Complete for homework this week. Plan - Due end of lesson next week (2 March) Create - TBA Evaluate - TBA
Note: All completed work must be kept in a folder and brought to every lesson. The teacher will do spot-checks to monitor your progress.
Welcome to Mr Manning's Computing Class!
15/06/2012
Today is THE day to complete the promotional video project! Documentation can either be emailed to Mr Manning or printed out and delivered by the end of class.
The video component can be left in the teachers dropbox area.
Please note; the video MUST be a movie file not a windows movie maker file. Please note; Please make your name part of the name of the file. ie: mrwhite.avi
Week 6 (1st June)
This week we will begin a third and final Design Cycle project.
Background
A design firm has contracted you as an “artist for hire”. Your job is to take an existing set of designs and product specifications, and create the product. Essentially, the firm you are working for has completed the Research and Design stages for you, so your job will only involve Planning (gathering resources and familiarising yourself with the software), Creating (making the product and documenting the process), and Evaluating.
The Scenario
You are working for a design firm whose client is the Australian Computer Society (ACS). The ACS wants to encourage more people to pursue a career in Information Technology, and is undertaking an initiative to create more awareness about the range of jobs offered in the ICT industry, and the pathways that students can take to entering the industry. As part of this broad initiative, the ACS has commissioned a series of promotional videos, or “infomercials”, to promote specific jobs.
The Task:
Visit the ICT Careers Portal on the Australian Computer Society website and select one of the careers to focus on. Your task, as an “artist for hire”, is to create a short video promoting the chosen career. Your video must conform to the following requirements:
The design firm you are working for has already done the groundwork on the project, including researching the product and setting the design parameters. This means that there are fewer tasks to complete on this project. The tasks that you must complete are:
Plan
- Gather Resources
- Learn Tools / Programs
Create- Create Client Solution
- Progress Journal
EvaluateThe Due Date for this project is the end of lesson in Week 8.
Week 5 (25th May)
Your Product Selector project is due at the end of today's lesson.
Below is a worksheet you can use to write your final evaluation.
Don't forget to approach your client (your teacher) for feedback!
Week 4 (18th May)
Dear Class,
I am home sick today, so you will have a relief teacher. However, if you have any unresolved questions or concerns that the relief teacher is unable to address, please email me and I'll get back to you. This shouldn't be a reason for you not to get on with your work.
As a result of missing last week's lesson due to retreats, due dates have been pushed back a week. The revised due dates are as follows:
- Research - Completed in-class in Week 1.
- Design - Completed in-class in Week 2.
- Plan - Completed for homework during Week 3.
- Create - To be complete in-class/for homework in week 4.
- Evaluate - To be completed in-class in week 5.
The whole project must be completed and handed up by end of lesson in Week 5.Regards,
Mr Manning
Week 2 (4th May)
This week you will continue working on your "Product Selector" project. We will start the lesson with the Client Interview, where you will have the opportunity to interview your client; the teacher.
The following work will be checked today:
Week 1 (27th April)
This week you will be introduced to the next design cycle project, which will involve developing a selection tool that potential customers can use to choose a digital device that is appropriate to their needs.
For help finding examples to use for the Product Comparison task, you can visit the Product Comparison wiki page.
Week 9 (30th March)
This week's task will help you to prepare for the next Design Project, which we will begin in Week 2 of Term 2. For this reason, it is important that you put a good effort into this task. Doing the work properly now will save you a lot of time and effort later on.
Read through all the instructions before starting! You will be able to work more effectively on the individual steps if you understand the "big picture".
Digital devices are used for thousands of different purposes; they can be used for playing games, sending email, publishing websites, designing business cards, and many other purposes too.
Step 1: Using Microsoft Word, write a sentence explaining an intended use or function for a digital device, that somebody might use as a reason for buying a digital device.
There are hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of different digital devices in existence. For any given purpose for which a digital device might be used, there may be thousands of different devices that can be used for that purpose.
Step 2: Research 6 different devices that could be used for the purpose you identified in Step 1, and make a list using Microsoft Word. You must list specific devices, e.g. don't write "Graphics Calculator", but write a specific example, such as "Texas Instruments TI-83 Graphics Calculator". From among your 6 devices, at least 3 different brands of products must be represented.
Most digital devices are capable of performing more than one function. Often when someone buys a digital device, they look for something which can perform a variety of functions that they will find useful.
Step 3: For each device that you listed in Step 2, prepare a short report on its features, its advantages/disadvantages, and what else it can and cannot do (beyond the originally identified use). A worksheet is linked below to help with this. You must fill out a separate worksheet for each device.
HOMEWORK: If you do not finish this task during the lesson, you must complete it for homework during the holidays.
Week 8 (23rd March)
Step 1: Print a copy of the sheet attached: Input/Output Devices
Step 2: Complete the sheet by going to the links provided.
Step 3: Hand in sheet when completed.
Activity 2: Create a poster of an Input or Output Devices you have found.
Step 1 - Choose one of the Input or Output Devices you have found through Activity 1
Step 2 - Open a Word or Publisher document
Step 3 - Begin your poster. You must include the following:
NB. This poster is due Friday of Week 9. You may email it to me when you have completed it and I will print during Week 9's lesson if I have received it before the beginning of the lesson.
Homework: Complete poster activity - Input / Output Devices
Welcome to Mr Manning's Computing Class!
Week 7 (16th March)
Hand up your Design Portfolio with your completed Business Card project at the start of the lesson.
Activity: Visit at least TWO of the websites below, and think about how you could use them as part of your schoolwork. For each website, write paragraph-length answers the following questions:
- What is the website for? What does it do?
- What could you do with the website? How would/could you use it for school work?
- Is the site easy to use? What are the advantages and drawbacks of the site? What features could be added?
You will earn bonus marks if you write about more than two websites.At the end of the lesson, print out your work (with your name on it) and give it to the teacher.
Create with Digital Media
Week 5 (2 March):
Continue working on projects. The goal for today is that by the end of the lesson, you will have completed the Research, Design, and Plan stages of the project.
Mr Manning will collect folders to check work, it is expected that you have 6 completed items from the checklist in your folder.
Week 4 (24 Feb):
Activity 1: Mr Manning will spend some time at the start of the lesson demonstrating the design cycle, and going over expectations for today.
Activity 2: You will be working on the Design and Plan stages of your Business Card project. You should attempt to complete all work in the Design stage before moving on to Planning. However, if you are unable to complete the Design stage today (for example, if you're unable to interview your client today), then you should begin working on Planning tasks so that you're not wasting your time.
Due Dates:
Research - Completed for homework last week.
Design - Complete for homework this week.
Plan - Due end of lesson next week (2 March)
Create - TBA
Evaluate - TBA
Note: All completed work must be kept in a folder and brought to every lesson. The teacher will do spot-checks to monitor your progress.