G10 A-3 Tech Class #14

Today we are going to be working on Evaluate stage.

At the end of Project 1, you should be able to:

Evaluate the product you created: Game

• 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.

Today you need to focus on:

• fine tune/retouch your final products to have them ready for your audience on Monday
• start reflecting on your Evaluate stage document.
• decide with the Secondary Counselor: Mrs Nees, how and when you will present your games to G7 students during advisory period on October 3, 2011
• Plan the Schedule for class visits to G7, G8 and G9.
• prepare ways to collect feedback from your users

You can also visit the Design Folder Checklist to make sure you will have a complete Evaluate stage. 
Based on G10 Due Dates Evaluate stage needs to be submitted Tuesday.

G10 A-3 TechClass #11

Today we continue working on Create stage. Review the G10 Due dates webpage to help you stay on task.

In Create stage remember to fully develop:

1. Your Process Journal

2. Explain tools and techniques you used to create your product

3. Talk about your time management: Did you follow your time plan? How?

4. Changes made to your chosen design? Why? How?

You can always use the Design Folder Checklist to make sure your Create stage is complete. For more details in Create stage visit last class' blog entry.

Your Create stage as well as your product are due by the end of today. (Based on our experience this class we decided to reschedule Create stage due date for next class.)

I have returned grades and comments for all the assignments that were submitted. Please review them as a group. You can make updates to those stages and re-submit them for a second assessment for that stage.

As stated in the Assignments Standards, if you make changes and/or updates to your documents please please please use the Track Changes feature (what is this?) so it is evident how you further developed the stage.

If you are working on The Cloud, you can read more about this feature in the Google Docs Blog entry on Tools for Viewing Docs Revisions.

You can also visit Google Docs Revision History with step by step instructions on how to use Revision History.

Resubmit again following the steps to submit and assignments posted in the MYP Technology website.

Thanks!