G10 Tech Class #24

Today please keep working on finalizing your 3D Maps: whole school and your tour stop. Remember that the product that you need to turn in for these Maps assignment, is the animation/navigation of your maps, showing the whole school and then "zooming" into your Tour Stop. This can be an animation, a movie, etc.
You can use the applications/tools discussed in class:

• HyperCam captures the action from your Windows 9x or NT screen and saves it to AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) movie file.
• QuickTime: Capture video of what is happening of your screen and convert media into a variety of formats.
• FRAPS: Performs video capture, screen capture and can benchmark your fps! (Thank you Tim for suggesting this!)

Following G10 Project 2 Due dates, Plan is due today. Please visit last class blog post to go over the details for this stage, including:

• list of step by step (the lasts taks in the list should include: 
• posting your product online, 
• getting an URL for it 
• creating the QR code
• printing, adding group names and laminating the QR code
• placing it at the tour stop :-)
• timeline
• resources and tools to be used
• changes needed?

Your Process Journal needs to have entries for all the classeswe have been working on Project 2  (aprox 8) , so you can have it complete by the time you need to turn it in for Create stage :-)

Happy Halloween G10 students!

G10 Tech Class #23

Today please keep working on you 3D Maps of the whole school and your specific Tour stop.

If you have not turned in Design stage, please do so today.

Have a look at this Article: Cook Children’s pioneers 2D barcode system for vaccines  for more info on QR codes usage every day.

Start working on Plan Stage as it will be due on Oct 31st, following our Due Dates for Project 2. 

Remember to include:

• detailed step by step of the tasks you will perform during your Create stage
• display those tasks on a timeline showing what will be done when and with what resources.
• Prepare equipment that you will need
• any changes to you design needed? Why?

Record your progress on your Process Journal to work on it all along to have it ready for Create stage.

G10 Tech Class #22

Today we will work on catching up with Project 2 now that connectivity works better.

Please visit last class' bog post for details on Design Stage.

• Examine the samples in class for reading data using QR codes that are accessed using mobile devices.What do you think?
• How can you use this?
• How can you incorporate this to your design?
• Have you ever used these when you see them in everyday use?

Look, I found this article on the use of 2D codes and mobile devices in everyday life!

Cook Children’s pioneers 2D barcode system for vaccines 

For today pls finish the 3D Map (whole school + your tour stop), Design stage and record your progress in your Process Journal.

G10 Tech Class #21

Today, we have better connectivity :-) so you will need to complete your 3D Map. Remember to use  Top-down and Bottom-up strategies to make your 3D map of the whole school as our starting point and then "zoom" into the groups' school tour stops: Project 2 - G10 Tour Stops.


If you stil need to download Google SketchUp, please see me about it so we do not clog the bandwidth.

Please organize your group members' roles to start working on Design stage. 

Include a variety of different designs/proposed solutions  (at least 3)

All proposed designs have to be accesible using a mobile device

Explain every part of each ideas/product solution

For explaining your designs, please use different techniques like story boards, sketches, labelled diagrams with explanations, etc.

Evaluate each design critically against the design specifications (assess what design specs each design meets or not)

Choose one design to build

Justify your choice of design and tool/app that you will be using

Look at Due Dates for Project 2 and plan accordingly.

Don't forget to make your Process Journal entry of the day!

G10 Tech Class #20

Welcome to class # 20!!!!!

Today you will need to work on your 3D Map. Using Top-down and Bottom-up strategies you need to make a 3D map of the school as our starting point and then "zoom" into to groups' school tour stop. 
You can use:

• Google SketchUp and all the tips and tricks that our guest Speaker shared with you last class,
• Have a look at the K-12 Education SketchUp Gallery 
• or any other tools that you may consider the best option for working on this assignment.

Based on your answers to Project 2 Activity 1 Form, I have listed the tour stops for each group in the List: Project 2 - G10 Tour Stops. Names and stops are highlighted in blue and red respectively.


Investigation was due last class, so if you haven't turned it in, pls do so today for 50% of the credit.


Organize your group members roles and you can also start working on Design stage. Look at Due Dates for Project 2 and plan accordingly

G10 Tech Class #19

We will continue working on Investigate stage for Project 2.

Please visit last classes' blog posts: G10 Tech Class #16, G10 Tech Class #17 and G10 Tech Class #18 to review the Project's overview, dynamic, Guest Speaker: Junior Student - Jordan Lee and more.

Carefully define your product design specifications as they will be the back bone of the rest of the project.. Investigation is due today. Look at Due Dates for Project 2 and plan accordingly.

Based on your answers to last class's Activity1 Form, I have listed the tour stops for each group in the List: Project 2 - G10 Tour Stops. Names and stops are highlighted in blue and red respectively.Today we will have another Guest Speaker: Junior Student - Marsha Kubyshko that will share with us Google Sketchpad 3D Map creating. Exciting!

This recorded webinar could be useful:

Get Ready for 3D Learning: More with Google SketchUp

Brent Jacobsen tackled the basics of Google SketchUp in the “Start Thinking in 3D: Google SketchUp” webinar.  Now learn more about modeling, and watch your creativity come to life.  In this webinar, Brent will briefly review the basics of Google SketchUp and delve a little deeper into some of the more advanced tools and features of the program. 

Don't forget to enter your progress today in your Process Journal and turn in your Investigate stage following the steps to submit and assignments.

G10 Tech Class #18

We will continue working on Investigate stage for Project 2.


Please visit last classes' blog posts: G10 Tech Class #16 and G10 Tech Class #17 to review the Project's overview, dynamic and more.


Based on our class discussion, please take these into account for your Investigation assignment: 

• who would the audience be?
• what would they expect to get from the tour?
• what stops/places are we looking into listing in our tour? why?
• what are the highlights of WA that you think should be included in the tour?
• Different kinds of presentations used in digital supported tours
• What are QR codes?
• How QR codes bring Museum tours to life (Article)
• Cook Children's Hospital pioneers in using bar codes for vaccines (Article)
• what application/tool do you think best suits your needs: website, video, animation, voicethread, animated comic, web book, etc?
• If you choose the product to be a movie: what kind of movie should it be? (Documentary, informercial, etc)
• How will you build a 3D map of the school and a close up on your groups' tour stop

Carefully define your product design specifications. Investigation is due today. Look at Due Dates for Project 2 and plan accordingly.

Today we will have a Guest Speaker: Junior Student - Jordan Lee that will share with us Movie making tips. Friday another Guest Speaker will talk about Google Sketchpad 3D Map creating. Exciting!

Don't forget to enter your progress today in your Process Journal!

G10 Tech Class # 17

We will work on Investigate stage for Project 2.


Please visit last class's blog post to review the Project's overview, dynamic and more.


Let's look into these: 

• who would the audience be?
• what would they expect to get from the tour?
• what stops/places are we looking into listing in our tour?
• why?
• what are the highlights of WA that you think should be included in the tour?
• QR codes bring Museum tours to life (Article)
• what application/tool do you think best suits your needs: website, video, animation, voicethread, animated comic, web book, etc?
• If you choose the product to be a movie: what kind of movie should it be? (Documentary, informercial, etc)

Please post your answers to this Form.

Please work on Investigation stage today the lines of inquiry:

• QR codes
• different kinds of presentations used in digital supported tours
• 3D map creating
• etc.

Using Top-down and Botom-up strategies we will work on making a 3D map of the school as our starting point. Please take a look at these:

• making a map of the school using Google SketchUp
• Have a look at the K-12 Education SketchUp Gallery

Carefully define your product design specifications. Investigation will be due next class.. Due Dates for Project 2 posted.


Next class we will have a Guest Speaker to address Movie making tips. Friday another Guest Speaker will address Google Sketchpad 3D Map creating. Exciting!

Don't forget to start your process Journal today!



Get Ready for 3D Learning: More with Google SketchUp

Brent Jacobsen tackled the basics of Google SketchUp in the “Start Thinking in 3D: Google SketchUp” webinar.  Now learn more about modeling, and watch your creativity come to life.  In this webinar, Brent will briefly review the basics of Google SketchUp and delve a little deeper into some of the more advanced tools and features of the program. 

G10 Tech Class #16

If you need some time to finish the last details of your products from Project 1 to turn them in today, please work on the first thing today (20 min aprox).


At 11.10m we will begin with Project 2: Digitally Enhanced Tour of WA

We will work on making a 3D map of the school to start. Please take a look at these:

• making a map of the school using Google SketchUp
• Have a look at the K-12 Education SketchUp Gallery

Let's start thinking about the following for our Project 2:

• who would the audience be?
• what would they expect to get from the tour?
• what stops/places are we looking into listing in our tour?
• why?
• what are the highlights of WA that you think should be included in the tour?

Please post your answers to this Form.

The dynamic of the project would be the following:

• Regroup for this project with someone who you haven't work with in Project 1.
• decide where / how will we identify the stops needed for the Tour?
• assign one stop per group
• create a map of the school using Google SketchUp
• have a look at the K-12 Education SketchUp Gallery
• create a storyboard and script of what your video/stop will be about
• choose the application/tool that you think best suits your needs: website, video, animation, voicethread, etc
• shoot video, take pics, conduct interviews, etc to get the content needed and synthesize it digitally
• out all links/postings together
• upload the product (movie, animation, etc)
• get an URL for it
• use a QR Code to identify the stop
• fully test QR codes, links, postings, videos, etc
• print and laminate a big QR code for your tour stop (your names on the back)
• install QR codes @ tour stops

Get Ready for 3D Learning: More with Google SketchUp

Brent Jacobsen tackled the basics of Google SketchUp in the “Start Thinking in 3D: Google SketchUp” webinar.  Now learn more about modeling, and watch your creativity come to life.  In this webinar, Brent will briefly review the basics of Google SketchUp and delve a little deeper into some of the more advanced tools and features of the program. 

G10 A-3 Tech Class #15

Today we have to finish working on Evaluate stage.

Use the information/data you collected from your class visits yesterday during Advisory. What did the users think? say? What was their feedback? and more.
Using that info work on the following:

Evaluate the product you created: Game/Book/Comic

• carry out tests to compare the game against the design specifications
• consider the success (and/or failure) of the game in an objective manner based on testing, your own views and the views of the intended users (include feedback from users)
• consider the impact of the game on individuals and on society
• explain how the game could be improved.

Evaluate your use of the design cycle: 

• reflect on your performance at each stage of the design cycle (discuss strengths and weaknesses/areas of improvements of each stage)
• compare your predicted timeline with the actual use of time and give reasons for changes (if any) 
• identify the parts that you found difficult and suggest ways in which your performance could be improved.