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?
The problem we have to solve is explaining to a 6th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3D,PPT,Movie,Game,Poster,Etc.)
2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world?
The design cycle applies to the real world because we use it everyday. We use it to plan events and parties.
3. How will this project serve my community?
By doing this project we will learn and help make the community a better place.
4. How can my learning help my community?
It can help the community because with what you learned you can apply it to making the community a better place.
5. How do we live in relation to each other?
We all encounter problems we must face and solve.
6. How does this help others?
It helps us help others who need help because we have the knowledge.
7. What are the requirements for this assignment?
We must be able to work as a team. Being able to explain or topic to the class and being responsible.
8. What is the Design Cycle?
A procedure you use to help you when you are doing a assignment.
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
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.
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 2-8th, 3-9th, 4-10th+ 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)
Characters: I rated the characters a 3 out 5. I did not like that they were animals and weird looking things. I think that the more weird looking these characters are the more focus get taken away from what they are actually saying.I wish they would have had more options for the characters.The more weird the characters are the worse I think they the information would get out. Although some people would find it funny and maybe like it more.I find it really annoying and not a really good learning environment. I personally would rather be able to learn than be distracted with all the other things on the video. I think they would like and understand it more with less distracting things and characters. The characters on the website are freaky in my opinion. A lot of them are aliens and animals...I mean there is a character that looks like Fabio( That's kinda cool actually). Anywho I liked the characters on GoAnimate more than I do.
Background: I gave background a 2 out of 5. I really did not like the options given to us. I think they could have added more with better quality. I did however like the option of putting in the sky and extra. Although I did NOT like the actual backgrounds. None of them seemed like a place were two or three kids would hang out and try to teach other kids.They seem more like a place adults would hang out or a place were there is a celebration going on. They are 1) Not adults 2)They are not celebrating anything 3)They are learning. They are learning what the design cycle is. They are not celebrating a win,a holiday.Nothing.They are learning.
Text: I gave text a 5 out of 5. I honestly can't critic the text. Text is text for me. As long as the words get out im fine. Though on GoAnimate you could pick what type of tex bubbler you wanted. I also wished you could chose whether or not to have a text bubble or a thought bubble.
Simplicity: I rated it a 4 out of 5. the reason I rated it a 4 was because I found it super easy. The quality of the finishing product is not that good. I wish it would be more challenging actually and having to make me learn how to create and stuff. I wish I could be challenged. 
Characters: I rated the characters on GoAnimate a 4. I rated them a 4 out of 5 because I like how they were actually people. On a lot of video sites I saw many of the characters were animals or aliens.To make the video more effective I wanted actual people. It will keep them more focused on what the person is saying instead of the actual character being used. I think if I were to use a animal or alien they will focus on how it looks and stuff like that. I think the character on this website are interesting. I also like how you have the option to Create your own Character. This for me seems like a great way to help get your ideas out. If you want a certain character to portray a certain thing you can make it. This helps make your video more acceptable to your audience.If they have something they can relate to they will pay more attention to the video.
Background: I rated the backgrounds a 4. The reason I rated them a 4 was because I liked the variety given to us. There are 7 backgrounds that are free plus if you want to spend your money they have some you can buy. I enjoyed how I could chose one and it would make the scene of the video more believable. This will or should have a bigger effect on the viewers. If the area in which the video is taking place does not match they would lose focus. They would be focused on the weird background instead of what the characters are trying to explain to them. I liked how they have it were you can move things around in your background.This gives us the creator more space to do what we want with our video.It gives us creative outlets with the background.
Text: I gave text a 5 out of 5. I gave it a 5 because I love the opition of being able to chose to use text or to use voice. I can have a text bubble or I can add voice to make it sound actually real. I also love the different text bubble I can choose from. If I want them to be thinking of something they have the bubble for that. They also a have a the circle,rectangle,heart,etc. bubbles to help show emotion. If you use the heart you can tell with what is in the bubble and the bubble itself that the reader is in love or at least falling in love. If they did not have these options I think giving it a 5 would have been difficult.
Simplicity: I gave simplicity a 3 out of 5. The reason I gave it such a low score was because it is a little hard to manuver around the the actual site. Finding how to create the movie was the hardest though. I watched a movie and understood. However it seems that it will take alot more effort and design to actually finish this project.I think that although it will be difficult I think that the outcome would come out better than alot of sites I saw. Hopefully I will be able to get use to the way it works. I'm sure I will. It shouldnt take that long to be able to work the site. It may look difficult but it may not actually be difficult. 
