Wednesday, March 28, 2012

March 28

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Good Morning Year 8.

I need your help.  I am the Yearbook Coordinator and this year we would like to include an Art Gallery section in the yearbook.  I would like to photograph some of your best work and need your help.  We will send an envoy to Ms. BrĂ¡s and these people will collect your Art Workbooks.  Then you will choose a work that you would like to include in the yearbook.  This work will be photographed. Finally, I will transfer your work from the camera to my external hard-drive and name your work.

This will be so cool.

Thank you so much for all your cooperation in this matter.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

March 19

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Year 8, Happy Monday!  Congrats to all of you who performed in the Hollywood nights.  You were FAB!

Let's continue on with working on Google tutorials. This is our 3rd lesson. Today's the last day. Enjoy!

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Learning Objective: Have FUN while learning!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

March 14, 16

Year 8, Wow!  You did it. 

Now, let's turn our attention to a new project.

As we've discussed, our final project will be a CAD project.  The tool we will learn and use is Google SketchUp8. 

BUT first, we need to learn how it works.  We will start working through a series of video tutorials.
You MUST complete them in order to understand how the programme works and to be able to utilize them when designing and creating your project.

Here are some links to get you started.  You can also do a "keyword" search to find others;-)

Google SketchUp8 videos (English):  http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html

Google SketchUp8 videos (Portuguese): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mfHKVm17c

Quick Reference Card: http://dl.google.com/sketchup/gsu8/docs/en/SketchUp8RefcardWin.pdf

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Learning Objectives:  The student will follow instructions to be able to use the target programme (Google SketchUp8).

Sunday, March 4, 2012

March 5, 6, 9

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Then, let's move on to EVALUATE - Criterion E (maximum 6)

1.Students are expected to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification in an objective manner based on testing, and to evaluate its impact on life, society and/or the environment. They are expected to explain how the product/solution could be improved as a result of these evaluations.
2.Students are expected to evaluate their own performance at each stage of the design cycle and to suggest ways in which their performance could be improved.

To get a 6 the student: evaluates the success of the product/solution considering the results of testing, and the views of the user. The student evaluates their own performance at some stages of the design cycle and considers improvements. The student considers the impact of the product/solution on life, society and/or the environment.

1. Open your Investigation and locate your questionnaire. Show your Prezi to 5 people and ask them to answer your questionnaire.

2. Write a paragraph to "analyze" the feedback. In other words write about the scores that you received and say how your Prezi could be improved.

3. Evaluate your performance at each stage of the design cycle: Investigate, Design, Plan, Create AND suggest ways that you can improve your performance. (You need 4 paragraphs here).

4. Write a final paragraph saying if you accomplished your goal and what impact it will have. In other words, look at the unit question - were you successful? Did you meet your unit goal? Explain. (If you completed a Prezi you were successful. Remember the impact the Prezi we will teach others about environmental issues. This sense of awareness will move others to action and help make the world a better place;-)

Learning objectives - The student will: carry out tests to compare final product against design specification, suggest improvements, reflect on their performance and identify parts they found difficult and suggest ways in which their performance could be improved.