Project # 4—WikisThis is a project that focuses on writing and the MYP Design Folder.Find a topic about which you are knowledgeable. It needs to be an area about which there is relatively large audience of interest. Investigate various wikis, and find one to which you can add an entry. (There are many other possibilities besides Wikipedia.) Get an account for that wiki. Research your topic, write a draft of your entry and post your entry on the wiki. Learn how to format your entry properly. Track changes to your entry.Document your work in your blog. Keep a design folder for this project in your blog. Each post should have “Project #4” and the section of the design folder in the title to make it easy to identify (e.g. Project #4 Investigate). Proper spelling and clear writing style are important. Your blog should have five posts for the design folder (one each for investigate, design, plan, create, and evaluate). Refer to the MYP descriptors to understand what is expected in each section. The project will be evaluated based on the MYP technology rubric.The project is due on October 11.- Discuss the project.
- The focus is on writing and the Design Folder
- Group discussion to begin identifying a topic. Everyone should have two or three possibilities.
- All students to research and find a wiki that is appropriate to the type of topic that they will write on.
- Work on computer to begin the Design section of the DF.
HW: Pick your topic and make an entry in your blog describing it.
Completing your project
- Reread the project specifications to make sure that you have completed all parts of the project.
- Complete all five sections of the MYP Design Folder. In your Evaluate section you should discuss the Areas of Interaction that are relevant to this project.
- The project is due by midnight tonight.
- Discuss the contents of each section of the Design Folder. What is necessary?
- Review the sites in CIC10 to show which are acceptable links and which aren’t.
- For your Evaluate section examine ways in which del.icio.us would be useful for future research projects. How effective were you in setting up your del.icio.us account?
HW:- Continue working on the project.
- Have at least five completed links on your del.icio.us account for Wednesday's class.
- Reviews terminology.
- Discuss the project.
- What are you supposed to do?
- How many entries do you need? Duplicates don’t count. First come, first served.
- Find websites related to Wikis.
- Bookmark, note, tag.
- What will be in each section of the Design Folder?
- What are the Areas of Interaction in the project?
- What is the social significance of social bookmarking?\
- Everyone to continue working on del.icio.us and Design Folder in blog.
- Discuss social bookmarking and del.icio.us.
- Create a del.icio.us account with the format of “cic10jimp”. Save the name and password.
- Learn to add bookmarks to the toolbar.
- Log on to your account and investigate what’s available.
- Examine the “help” section.
- Discuss in last 10 minutes of class.
HW:Begin the "Investigate" post for the Design Folder for this project.
- Review grading
- Discuss social and ethical issues of podcasts.
- Everyone to subscribe to CIC Podcasts, download two podcasts, and listen to them.
- Discuss in class
HW:In preparation for Project #3, research “social bookmarking’ and “del.icio.us” and write a post (under a Project #3 title).
- Check to make sure that you have five posts for your Design Folder. Copy and paste anything from your other posts that can add to the Design Folder posts.
- Delete all other posts. You should have just five posts now. One for each stage of the Design Folder.
- Have someone else listen to your final MP3 version of your podcast to make sure it is good enough to publish on the CIC website.
HW:
- Final version of your podcast should be completed by 5:00pm Monday, September 11.
- Final version of your Design Folder should be completed by 5:00pm Tuesday, September 12.
- Edit your podcast
- Refer to the project specifications to make sure that you are completing the project appropriately
- Project extension - the podcast and all blog entries are due on Tuesday, September 12 at 5:00pm.
- Refer to the guidelines for editing your podcast posted on my blog.
- Note that you must convert your podcast to MP3 format and save it in your directory with the name "FinalYourname"; e.g. FinalCatherine.
HW: - Edit podcast
- Continue with other posts
- Make a "safety" copy as a backup.
- As you edit, save regularly.
- Cut out long stretches of silence unless they add to your podcast.
- Cut out distracting noises, clicks, "ums".
- Don't cut out something that would affect the integrity of your podcast.
- Make sure your podcast meets the guidelines of the project.
- Adjust the volume judiciously. Changes should not be abrupt.
- If you add music to the introduction and/or conclusion, it must be legal. (just because you bought a song, doesn't give you rights to use it in your podcast).
- When you think the editing is all finished, listen to the entire podcast as a final check.
- Save your final version.
- Export file as WAV.
- Import into iTunes.
- Convert to MP3 format as mono with a birtrate of 64kbps.
- Export your final version and save it to your home directory with a name of "FinalYourname"; e.g., "FinalCatherine".
- Discuss problems with podcasts
- Continue work on design folder posts
- By the end of class everyone should have completed Design Folder entry for Investigate and Design stages
- Work on editing podcast if recording is complete.
HW:
- Record/edit podcast
- Continue with other posts
For this project you need to complete a Design Folder. This is the MYPs term for an organized set of writing on each of the five steps in the Design Cycle. You will need to have one post for each of the five steps (Investigate, Design, Plan, Create, Evaluate) Each entry needs to be several paragraphs longs. They must be original writing, not material taken from others sources.
Here is what the MYP says about the Design Folder:
"Once a project is complete, students are required to compile their evidence for each stage of the design cycle in a more formalized manner by producing a design folder. Students take important entries made in their process journal and add value to them by way of discussion, critical evaluation and commentary. For example, experimentation with colour may be briefly mentioned in the process journal, but here students would be expected to discuss why they chose a particular colour over another.Despite personally preferring a subtle blue as the background for my web site, my research has indicated that a significant proportion of successful sites on the Internet use “white space” to provide the contrast needed for important content. I therefore decided to go with this convention in my final design.
The design folder needs to be clearly separated into its constituent parts according to the technology assessment criteria, even though, very often, entries made in the process journal will not follow the same pattern. Thus the design folder will begin with a report on the student’s investigation and end with the evaluation."Process journal and design folder, September 1, 2006, http://occ.ibo.org/ibis/occ/tsm/tech/content/public/index.cfm?HierarchyID=514
- Review schedule of interviews
- Hand in interview questions
- Demonstrate recording using laptop and microphone.
- Discuss in more detail the design folder. Show an example of a design folder entry.
- Begin work on the Investigate section of the design folder.
- Complete other posts.
HW:- Record podcast
- Continue with other posts
