Design Brief

The problem that my group is trying to solve is that we are trying to raise awareness of Digital Health and Wellness. I have found some websites that explain how dangerous technology use can become when people use it more than what they should. For my PSA, I am planning to just make a video with pictures that demonstrate how technology can be dangerous and explaining some information. Some materials that I will use is only the computer and the internet to find the images of my choice. I will probably use a slow light sounded song in the background. 

Guided Notes

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION GUIDED NOTES

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1.Digital Communication is the electronic exchange of information.  (10 point)

2.Who uses Digital Communication ?  almost everyone .

3.Southpark cartoon discusses how on Facebook can change your life.   (10 point)

4.How do we use Digital Communication? Texting messages, email, instant messaging, video calls,and media sites. (10 point)

5.What is the potential for misuse? Allows anyone’s information to become public. (10 point)

6.Where is the danger for misuse that impacts you daily? Everywhere. (10 point)

FACEBOOK MANNERS

7.What is the expected time you believe is appropriate to change your FB status? In your free time.(10 point)

8.What is your opinion about FB manners? I think that they do make sense and they should be followed to be on the safe side. (10 point)

9. What are the benefits of Digital Communication? It’s a fast and easy way to communicate with everyone and it is also doesn’t affect the environment.

(10 point)

10.  What is your opinion? Is this proper use of digital communication? I think that it does make sense and it is proper use of communication. (10 point)

Digital Health and Wellness

So far I've been researching a lot and looking for reliable sources to use. I am still not sure of what type of PSA I am going to do, so I need to get together with my partner to agree on it. We either have the option of making a real video or just making a video that consists of images and factual information.

PSA PLAN worksheet

1. What issue/ topic did you choose? Digital Health and Wellness

2. Why is this important? It is important because people should know the dangers of using technology. 

3. Who do you want to reach? (target audience) Everyone, but mainly the youth.

4. What is the behavior your looking to change? I want to open people's eyes so that they realize the danger that they are facing.

5. Why doesn’t the audience already engage in this behavior? Because the dangers aren't as obvious as other things.

6. What emotional appeal can you make? I can make an emotional appeal of safety and cautious.

7. Belonging; Power/Control; Fun: Safety; 

8. Put your audience in a situation/scenario where the issue would come up in their lives. People sometimes become addicted to technology without them noticing thus causing mental problems. 

9. Where are they? (setting) In their desk staring at their computer monitor.

10. Who is there? (characters)Adults, but mostly teenagers. 

11. What’s’ going on around them?  ( ambient sound) Different things that require physical activity, but they rather stay and use the computer.

12. What are they saying? (dialogue) "I rather be on Facebook"

13. Who is message brought to you by? ( Station; organization) IDEA College Prep Students

How does Digital Health & Wellness impact your future digital footprint?

Site 1:

http://www.nisd.net/digitalcitizen/sec_digcit/life_outside_health_6_12.htm

Site 2:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/printers-pose-health-risks-study/2007/07/31/1185647880054.html

Site 3:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2009/01/22/f-cellphoneshealth.html

Site 4:

http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/healthriskmobiles.html

Site 5:

http://www.safecomputingtips.com/blog/healthy-computing/top-5-health-problems-caused-by-computer-use/

Site 6:

http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/healthriskmobiles.html


Site7:
http://123digitalcitizenship.wikispaces.com/Digital+Health+and+Wellness


Site 8:
http://digiteen09-1.flatclassroomproject.org/Digital+Health+and+Wellness

Thesis Statement- Digital Health & Wellness

Digital Health and Wellness is the physical and psychological well-being in a technology world. This is a very important matter because safety is always first. People have been known to become addicted the Internet and this causes psychological problems. Physical problems may also occur like eye damage and repetitive stress syndrome. Internet users should be taught that there are dangers in technology that might damage their health (mentally or physically). 

Vocabulary Homework

Good etiquette is required when visiting a fancy place.


When in school, you should be in the best conduct.


People should have good manners and an excellent courtesy.

I hate receiving flames, but it is inevitable.

People shouldn't troll because it's disrespectful and it just causes problems.

I once got an anonymous note and I never found out who sent it to me.

In modern day, people use emoticons in almost every sentence.

It is obvious that he likes soccer.

Sometimes it is hard to find the tone of a text.


SMS facilitates the use of Microsoft.

It is ethical to open the door for others.

It is unethical to disrespect the teachers in school.

I wish it were legal for 15 year olds to drive without an adult.

The Boolean Search is very helpful to find things.

 The URL for Google is google.com.

vocab

ETIQUETTE	guides us in proper behavior on the Internet. There are widely accepted rules of behavior to follow when you're online. It is very important to learn and follow these rules.
CONDUCT	personal behavior; way of acting
COURTESY	a courteous act or expression
FLAME	A searing e-mail or newsgroup message in which the writer attacks another participant in overly harsh, and often personal, terms. Flames are an unfortunate, but inevitable,
TROLL	To deliberately post derogatory or inflammatory comments to a community forum, chat room, newsgroup and/or a blog in order to bait other users into responding.
ANONYMOUS	something or someone that is unknown; undiscovered. Anonymity, the state where a person's name and other personally identifying ...
EMOTICON	A smiley is often used in text communications to convey an emotion with a message.
OBVIOUS	easily perceived or understood clearly
TONE	the manner of expression in writing
SMS	Short for Systems Management Server, a set of tools from Microsoft that assists in managing PCs connected to a local-area network (LAN).
ETHICAL	is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and bad, ...
UNETHICAL	behavior should be reported Unethical Behavior - It's Impact on ... After all, unethical behavior that is not illegal frequently falls in a grey
LEGAL	based on or concerned with the law
BOOLEAN SEARCH	A type of search allowing users to combine keywords with operators such as AND, NOT and OR to further produce more relevant results. For example, a Boolean search could be "hotel" AND "New York". This would limit the search results to only those documents containing the two keywords.
URL	Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

The Final Product

GoAnimate

Evaluation

 I think that my final product turned out to be pretty good. I was able to explain what the design cycle was, but I still need to make a survey and test out a 6th grade student.

Progress on the Video

PROGRESS

My progress

My progress 


So far this is my progress on my video, I have completed most of the dialogue between my characters, and all I need is the finishing scene.  For the most part, this is what my first design is going to look like.

design

design one

Progress

Today I managed to create the first scene for my video. This first scene consists of a character coming up to the other character and explaining what he learned in school today.

Three Design Ideas for GoAnimate

First Design:
For my first design, I have planned to create an animated video showing a couple of characters discussing the Design Cycle and what it is. 


Second Design:
For my second design I intend to create a video that demonstrates the characters actually using the Design Cycle in order to solve a product.


Third Design:
For my last design, I plan to create an animated video that describes the Design Cycle and just informs the viewer/6th grader. This video should have detailed and specific information. 

Chart

My total is near 200 minutes divided by 60 that is about 3 hours. Now I can plan how I will use each day from now until October 11 to complete my project.

(September 30) Day 1 - 35 mins: Finish up the Design process and start the next.

(October 1) Day 2 -35 mins: Officially start the create process.

(October 2) Day 3-35 mins : Create the three designs and choose the most efficient.

(October 3) Day 4-35 mins: 

(October 4) Day 5-35 mins:

(October 5) Day 6-35 mins: Evaluation

Reflection

In the past few days we have been working on the "Investigate" part of the Design Cycle and I would give my progress a score of 5-6 (95/100). I have been working on this section of the Design Cycle and I'm almost done with it, all I need is to formulate a design specification. I have decided to give myself this score because I have identified and described the problem which is how to explain the Design Cycle to a 6th grader. In order to solve this problem, I have studied and analyzed some solutions like GoAnimate and an animated flip book to create my final product which will explain the Design Cycle to the 6th grader. I have compared and contrasted these two programs and I have evaluated on how the final product would look like and which one would be better.

Design Specification

1. The animated video from GoAnimate is designed to educate a 6th grader about the design cycle.

2. The final product should be simple to use/see and it should grab the 6th grader's attention. The final product should be able to explain the Design Cycle to a student as small as a 6th grader.

Design Brief

10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it.

I will be making a GoAnimate video explaining the stages of the Design Cycle. I am going to create an animated video to explain the Design Cycle to a 6th grader.

11. What are the requirements for this assignment? 

I am going to have a few ideas drawn out of what I want to create.

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?

Some limitations are that we don't have class everyday so time is cut short and we can't loose any time if I want to complete the final product on time.

13. How will you "test" your project?

I will try to show my final product to a 6th grader and get his opinion on my final product.

Investigation Comparison- Flip Book

Measurements	Score (1-5)
Simplicity	5
Text Choices	3
Character Choices	2
Creativity	4
Total Score:	14

Simplicity:
This is a very important factor to my project and this animated flip book has all the requirements and has an extremely high level of simplicity. This flip book is a great way to reach my goal of explaining the Design Cycle to a 6th grader because it is very fun to use and very entertaining. Even though the flip book is very simple to use, it has a difficult part because you actually have to draw the things out in the computer and depending on the idea, it may be very easy or very difficult.


Text Choices:
Text choices is also a very important measurement because it seems that it would be easier to explain to a 6th grader if the text would be some kind of attention-grabber, but the text choices in the flipbook are very minimum. In the flipbook, you personally have to create your own text (font) and it is very difficult to complete it succesfully. It is because of this that I decided to give it a score of 3.


Character Choices:
In the flipbook, you don't really choose your charcters, but you actually draw them out. This could have a positive side and a negative side depending if you are a good drawer. I didn't really like this because it seems to complicated and I don't have the skills to make my own characters, so I decided to give it a score of 2. Having the correct characters is essential because it is what the 6th grader's attention should go to so I need a program that has creative characters.


Creativity:
The creativity level that corresponds to the flipbook is high and that is something that I need in order to complete my final product. What makes the flipbook so creative is that you get to do everything your own way and everything is pretty much personalized to your wanting. I like this because this way I get to create what I have planned out in my mind, but at the same time it is very difficult to use and because of this, I decided to give it a score of 4.

Investigation Comparison- GoAnimate

Measurement	Score (1-5)
Simplicity	5
Text Choices	3
Character Choices	4
Creativity Choices	4
Total Score:	18

  


Simplicity:
The Simplicity in GoAnimate is very high and it is very simple for the the 6th grader to understand the concept of the Design Cycle. GoAnimate is also very easy to us for my own personal use since it has very simple steps to create an animated video. Thanks to the tutorial in GoAnimate, my product creation is facilitated a lot more. Due to the very high simplicity level of GoAnimate, I gave it a score of 5 since it is very easy and fun to use.


Text Choices:
In GoAnimate there is a wide variety of texts choices. You are able to create your own personalized script and the characters you created will recite the script that corresponds to them. This is very useful because it will make it a lot more easier for the 6th grader to understand since he will just be hearing the information and not just reading. Because of the great text choice, I gave GoAnimate a score of 3 because it helps keep anyone entertained.


Character Choices:
GoAnimate has a short variety in characters, but the characters that are provided are very entertaining looking and grabs the viewer's attention. Even though there isn't much to choose from, I don't need a vast variety in order to explain the Design Cycle to a 6th grade student. I decided to give this a score of 4 since it didn't have a big variety but it still meets the requirements.


Creativity Choices:
GoAnimate seems to me to be very creative due to its great simplicity,text, and character choices. The level of easiness is very high and the creativity level is very high and that really caught my attention. I really liked GoAnimate because it definitely grabs the viewers attention and it informs at the same time. It is for those reasons that I gave it a score of 4.

Reflection

http://goanimate.com/

 This is an animated video and it seems to me that it is very creative. It looks simple to use and it appears to go straight to the point. This seems like it would be able to catch a 6th graders' attention and it'll be able to explain what the Design Cycle is in a very creative and simple way.

http://www.benettonplay.com/toys/flipbookdeluxe/guest.php

This is a flip book in which you do a design in every "page" and it becomes animated as the pages flip. This seems very easy to use but not as creative as the first one. I think that this could be a good method to explain the Design Cycle to a 6th grader, but it seems too simple and it seems to me that it'll be better for a lower grade level.

I compared both of these web pages to see which one could be better t be used to explain the Design Cycle to a 6th grader, and I was able to see that both of them are very fun and creative. Both are simple and I would be able to complete my final product by using any of them. As a result, I decided to use the first website and create an animated video based on the Design Cycle because it looks funner and more creative than the animated flip book.

Design Foder

Area of Interaction: Community and Service , Approaches to Learning & Human Ingenuity

Significant Concept: Design Cycle can be used to solve problems

Unit Question: How can my learning help my community? How do I make Sound Choices?

INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) Identify the Problem

1. What is the problem you need to solve? Explain to a 6^th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3d, PPT, movie, game, Poster)

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? The Design Cycle helps organize and solve/create a problem/product.

3. How will this project serve my community? This project will serve my community be spreading out the use of the Design Cycle.

4. How can my learning help my community? My learning can help my community by me putting to practice what I learn and by spreading the knowledge.

5. How do we live in relation to each other? We live in relation to each other because we are all human beings and we all have things in common.

6. How does this help others? It helps them by teaching them a new method of organizing info.

7. What are the requirements for this assignment? The requirements are to explain the Design Cycle to a 6th grader.

8. What is the Design Cycle? It is a certain process used to organize information and to create the end result.

REFLECT on your learning.

Day 2

9. Spend one day experimenting with DESIGN CYCLE your presentation. List five things your learned about the Design Cycle:

Day 3

Design Brief

10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment?

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?

13. How will you "test" your presentation?

REFLECT ON YOUR LEARNING

PLAN:

14. Brainstorm ideas. Use the chart below

IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf found in schoology under “materials”& then files

15. What idea did you choose to demonstrate the design cycle and why did you choose it?

16. Does your idea meet all of the requirements?

17. Use the story board paper below to plan your presentation.  Include how many levels you will have, what will be on each level, how will you include teaching skills to young students, and what will your questions be about.

story board.pdf found in schoology under “materials” & then files.

18. Explain how you will use your time to get your project finished in 12 days:

REFLECT on your learning

EVALUATE:

20. How could you improve your presentation?

21. Does your presentation meet all of the requirements?

22. Share your presentation with at least 2-8^th, 3-9^th, 4-10^th+ friends. What did he/she like about your presentation?

23. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve?

24. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer?

25. How can my learning help my community?

26. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6)

ATTITUDE:

27. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer:

28. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6)