April 1

Year 10 - Today is collection day.

Now, what I would like you to do today is to look at your Design Specification and decide EXACTLY what you will include on your e-portfolio.

Go through your folder on the school's server to see what kind of data you have gathered there.

- Can you show a progression in your learning?

-Can you make a gallery of your artwork and showcase 2 or 3 pieces and include a text explaining their significance?

-Can you make a slideshow or "movie" (using PhotoStory 3 or Windows Movie Maker) highlighting your work? a hobby? community and service activity? sport ?

BEFORE you actually design your e-portfolio you MUST know EXACTLY what you will include there.

Don't be an April Fool and waste time!

March 30

Year 10 - Let's finish up with the Investigations today.

I will collect the finished Investigation on Wednesday (at the beginning of class) on my pen drive;-)

March 25

Year 10 - I hope you had a great day on Monday and are ready to get down to work in IT again!

The 3rd stage of the Investigate is: Formulate a Design Specification

What is a Design Specification? Let's brainstorm a little . . .

Now based on your research, what 4/5 items do YOU think YOUR e-portfolio should include?

Now, here's what you need to do:

Formulate a Design Specification

1) Create a Design Specification list (list the 4/5 items you will include)

2) Create a Detailed List (say why you will include these items)

3)Create a Test to Evaluate your product (your e-portfolio) based on the Design Specification (include an introduction sentence (To evaluate my product I will create a questionnaire. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 is awful and 5 is awesome, I will ask the following questions.) Then ask 1 question for each item on your Design Specification).

Look at the example being passed around in class;-)

Remember - the Investigate is NOT difficult. Break it down into manageable parts: Identify the problem, Develop a Design Brief, Formulate a Design Specification.

I will be HAPPY to help you - just raise your hand.

March 16, 18

Year 10 - Today let's begin to Develop a Design Brief

Develop a Design Brief

• Formulate and discuss appropriate questions (4-5) that guide the investigation. (Example: What is an e-portfolio? What programs can I use to create an e-portfolio? What should be included on an e-portfolio?)
  

• Identify and acknowledge a range of appropriate sources of information

• Collect, analyse, select, organize and evaluate information (You might want to look at 3 e-portfolios to gather data and ideas of what to include on your own product/solution)

• Evaluate the sources of information (don't just use Wikipedia)

March 11

Year 10 - Let's begin


The first stage is Investigate - let's Investigate

Investigate
Identify the problem (Explain the problem, discuss its relevance)
- Restate the problem in your own words
-Discuss its relevance (What does this mean? Why is it important?)
-Mention the customer
-Relate your project to Areas of Interaction
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Design Brief - State Why/What/Where/Who and How for your problem-Describe what the problem is related to an AOI-Research the problem citing your sources in a full, organized bibliography (Use more than 5 different sources)-Ask 4 or 5 pertinent questions that will drive your investigation. For example: What is an e-portfolio? What programs can I use to create an e-portfolio? . . . Remember to look at 3 different e-portfolios to gather ideas.-State which information you found to be useful/and not useful and why?-Describe why these issues are important to you and/or other people.

March 10

Year 10, you are spoiled for choice (hahaha). When creating an online portfolio there are many options to choose from.

Dr. Helen Barrett (the e-portfolio guru!) has conducted an experiment where she has created (and re-created) an e-portfolio using many different tools. It's all basically the same information - it's just organized differently.

Let's see what she has to say about creating an e-portfolio. http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000156/

I'm including some of her other links that I think may be of interest to you:http://helenbarrett.com/http://hbarrett.pbwiki.com/http://hbarrett.wordpress.com/how-to/ (how to create an e-portfolio with wordpress)http://eportfolios.googlepages.com/homehttp://edfolio.fdu.edu/BarrettH/ (good ideas of what to include in your e-portfolio)
This is an impressive link list that Dr. Barrett has compiled! http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios/bookmarks.html
Check these option out too!http://www.carbonmade.com/

Free e-portfolio sitehttp://www.pageflakes.com/ Page Flakeshttp://protopage.com/ Protopage

What else can you come up with? There are merit points just waiting to happen . . .

In addition, when you are making your process journal posting follow this template to keep the posting relevant:
-From my research I found out . .-I have discovered that . . .-My conclusions are that . . .-I have kept my research relevant by . . .-I found ICT helpful when . . .

March 9, 11

Year 10, Welcome to Term 3 Technology. We have a really intereresting project this term. You will create an e-portfolio using the program of your choice;-)

Let's take a look at the Unit of Work to see what you need to do to be successful. http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgg4pbx8_29dtpmf4df&hl=en

Next stop, let's check out the assessment rubric.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgg4pbx8_56x3sw3zdk&hl=en

Now, let's get started!

1) Today I would like to INVESTIGATE e-portfolios/online portfolios/digital portfolios. Gather ideas to help you plan your product.Here are some links that I would like to visit:http://dp1.ips.k12.in.us:16080/~wyork/Kaijah%20BlackWell/Welcome.htmlhttp://dp1.ips.k12.in.us:16080/~wyork/Frank%20Tardy/Welcome.htmlhttp://dp1.ips.k12.in.us:16080/~wyork/Keshia%20Smith/Welcome.htmlhttp://dp1.ips.k12.in.us:16080/~wyork/Lonald%20Key%20Senior%2008/Me,%20Myself%20and%20Maybe%20I.htmlThese students completed the above online portfolios as part of their senior year classwork;-) They attend a public school in Indianapolis, Indiana (USA). http://www.616.ips.k12.in.us/two more great examples:http://www.newtechhigh.org/gallery/samples/2002/cbaldomero/default.htmhttp://www.newtechhigh.org/gallery/samples/2002/eboulier/default.htmlSome more to look at - not great - but you might get some ideas:http://www.pupilpages.com/Students/Default.aspx?studentId=1732)Keep track of ALL sites you visit!

March 4

Year 11 - Everything is due today. Good luck to each of you as you continue on the carousel.


Project Due Today - March 4

The Generator Blog has lots of cool web toys to play with. http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/

March 2

Welcome Back Year 10 - I hope you are well-rested!

Today you need to finish creating your product and hand in the Create (Criterion D) documentation.

The final step of the Design Cycle is Evaluate (Criterion E). Maximum 6

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.

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 full marks: The student evaluates the success of the product/solution in an objective manner based on the results of testing, and the views of the intended users. The student provides an evaluation of his or her own performance at each stage of the design cycle and suggests improvements. The student provides an appropriate evaluation of the impact of the product/solution on life, society and/or the environment.