Thursday, December 1, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Attitude in technology-Self Reflection

 I could make a music video to increase the attention they need so that they will have to listen to the song. I could also learn how to rap a little better so that it will sound better


My song explains the design cycle and it is more than two minutes long.


To the friends i showed the song to they liked it. What they liked about it was the creativity and the song itself. Since it actually  rhymes in some parts it is actually good. Since they already know the design cycle i cant prove that they learned it, but they actually liked it.


I did my create stage well and my investigate and plan but evaluate seems a little hard. On the create plan what I did wrong was I didnt follow my plan and it seemed a little harder but it is fine. Other than that everything was okay.


I did everything by myself. Everything but the posting of the song which Jose helped me. Jose also helped me by telling me to use survey monkey and it helped a lot. Other than that everything was fine and I did by myself.


My learning can help my community in many diferent ways for example I learned how to apply the MYP Cycle and my projects are better now. Since my project will be better my community can improve due to my projects. Also I can teach somebody else the design cycle and they can improve their projects. This results in our community being better.

A rate myself a five becase I followed all the steps of the design cycle except for a little part in create due to some lack of time. Everything I did was okay and I think I actually deserve that five if not a six.

Evaluate



As I have been saying for the past few post it is that i should improve my rapping skills and to lower down the volume of my voice.


My  song explains the design cycle and it is more than two minutes long. The students I showed the song to they liked it. What they liked about it was the creativity and the song itself. Since it actually  rhymes in some parts it is actually good. Since they already know the design cycle i cant prove that they learned it, nut they actually liked it.
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I did my create stage well and my investigate and plan but evaluate seems a little hard. On the create plan what I did wrong was I didnt follow my plan and it seemed a little harder but it is fine. Other than that everything was okay.


Yeah, I did everything by myself. Everything but the posting of the song which Jose helped me. Jose also helped me by telling me to use survey monkey and it helped a lot. Other than that everything was fine and I did by myself.


My learning can help my community in many diferent ways for example I learn the Myp Cycle and my projects are better. Since my project will be better my community can improve due to my projects. Also I can teach somebody else the design cycle and they can improve their projects. This results in our community being better.


A rate myself a five because I followed all the steps of the design cycle except for a little part in create due to some lack of time. Everything I did was okay and I think I actually deserve that five if not a six but that is taking it to extremes.

Create-Self Reflection



I didn't always follow my plan. I did do all that was in my list but I didnt follow them the way i organized them. Some reasons that I didnt follow my plan was probaly because of lack of time. Although I did finish my project I should have followed my plan to make this project more easier than it was. 


I could have learned how to rap better because on some parts you can totally tell that i dont know how to. Even though I practiced and the one I published was the better one I should have practiced a little bit more. i could have also lowered down the volume on my voice since it is a little too loud.


I will follow my plan so that when I do the project it will seem easier next time. If I am doing a rap song then I can practice how to rap better so that it sounds a little bit more professional.

Plan


This is done underneath the Plan Graph.


I chose the idea of creating a rap song to help the 6th graders learn the design cycle. Since I love music I thought it would be kind of cool to record an original song by me (even if it was school realted song it still counts).


Test my product with survey to students.The questions will be about the design cycle and there will be eight questions.  I am going to make them listen to the song and then answer the  test to see is they understood the MYP Cycle. 


I will follow the plan and try to do everything by then.

Investigate & Design Brief



I will explain to a 6th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (I will need to explain to the 6th graders the design cycle and by the end of this project they should be able to identify each step of the design cycle and what is done in that step.  I need the design cycle for almost everything. For example you will need it to build a car or for to build a house.


More 6th graders will understand the design cycle and they will be more organized. They will also understand it better and might be able to get better grades on their projects.  I can teach them and explain to them the design cycle. By doing this we can helo our community advance in everything that is possible.


We are in the same school so we need to know this so that the school can be a better place. We are also might have the same goal for example we might want to make the school better.  When i teach the 6th graders the design cycle they will understand it and then they will teach other students.  They can also make more projects better because they learned the design cycle from us.


 You have to blog your information instead of putting it in paper. Also you have to research the myp cycle and all the steps. Also you have to identify the problem but not solving it yet because that step is create.


Design cycle is a procedure that helps you create your project correctly. It is used to solve problems easier. There are four steps which are investigate, plan, create and evaluate.
DESIGN BRIEF
There are four parts of the design cycle. The four parts are Investigate,Plan, Create, Design, Evaluate. You follow these steps to make the project well and for it to be correctly. The investigation part you have to research what your project will be about. For Plan you have to actually tell what you are going to do.


I am going to make a rap song explaining the design cycle to the 6th graders. It will be kind of simple and the 6th graders will get the point. I am making the rap song because for me it seems like a challenge and I like a challenge.


Design 
The limitations for this part is that I'm not using the music yet just the lyrics. Also another limitation is that I am not that much of a rapper. I dont know how to rap or find rhymes. I will reread the lyrics and I will choose the best of the three. Also I might ask an opinion from my friends. I can also add some music to see which one sounds better.
DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
It will be simple for the student to understand.
After playing the song for a few times they will understand the design cycle better.
Will be about 2-2:30 minutes long.
Test
I will give a survey and the questions will be about the design cycle. 
Also I will analyze the survey due to the amount of questions answered correctly. 
They should get about 7 or 8 questions right.

Thursday, October 13, 2011