September 30

1.  Please submit your homework,

2.  Please supply me with the name of your cooperating teacher and project,

3.  Continue working on your Investigations.  You should be finished with the Design Brief and should be starting on "Formulate a Design Specification"

The IBO defines Design Specification as: A detailed description of the conditions, requirements and restrictions with which a design must comply. This is a precise and accurate list of facts such as conditions, dimensions, materials, process and methods that are important for the designer and for the user. All appropriate solutions will need to comply with the design specification.

To get a 5/6 the student: describes detailed methods for appropriate testing to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.

Learning objective: The student will list the specific requirements taht must be met by the product/solution and dsign tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.

Links that help!!!!!

http://coe.winthrop.edu/tepc/research/Articles/FALKARTICLE.HTM
TEACHING THE WAY CHILDREN LEARN
Beverly Falk


http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/archive/publications/EducationalPracticesSeriesPdf/prac07e.pdf
How Children Learn by Stella Vosniadou

http://odtl.dcu.ie/.../Session%2001%20-%20Teaching%20Aids.ppt

Effective Use of Teaching Aids


Possible Programs to use to create a teaching aid:

Microsoft Share Point Designer (this product replaces Front Page)
Front Page (this product is a bit outdated)
Macromedia Flash (hard to use)
PowerPoint
Publisher (can make a webpage but this isn't a great option)

You can also explore Web 2.0 tools like wikis (http://pbworks.com) or blogs (http://www.wordpress.com) BUT these would need to be eliminated because the IBO doesn't consider them appropriate tools.

September 29

One of the goals of the MYP is for students to become problem solvers. If you look at the IB Learner Profiles you will realize that these characteristics will take you far in solving real life problems. Let's take 10 minutes to a look at a real life problem and brainstorm some possible solutions.

Homework - Write a paragraph offering a viable solution to this real life problem and submit September 30.

Now, back to the Investigation.  Has everyone spoken with a teacher?  Please give me the name of your co-operating teacher.

Learning objectives: independently identify meaningful questions, carrry out web search, select and organize appropriate sources and evaluate them

September 27

Year 11 - Today due to technical difficulties, we had to change our plans.

Our time was well spent learning about PowerPoint 2010.  Well done, Year 11!

September 20, 21

Good Morning Year 11.

Now on to the Design Brief.
1. Write a sentence or two to introduce this portion of your Investigation.

2. Then follow these learning objectives to success,

-formulate and discuss appropriate questions (at least 5) that guide the investigation - this means that you should create questions and then do research that will help you solve the problem
- identify and acknowledge a range of appropriate sources of information - use in-text referencing and create a bibliography
-collect, analyse, select, organize and evaluate information - this deeper analysis of your research will lead to higher marks
-evaluate your sources of information- who are your sources? are they appropriate? are they experts in the field?
According to the assessment rubric. . .

To get a 1/2: The student investigates the problem, collecting information from sources.

To get a 3/4: The student investigates the problem, selecting and analysing the information from some acknowledged sources.

To get a 5/6: The student critically investigates the problem, evaluating information from a broad range of appropriate acknowledged sources.

Learning objectives: independently identify meaningful questions, carrry out web search, select and organize appropriate sources and evaluate them.

September 15, 16

Year 11 - Students identify the problem to be solved.
- evaluate the importance of the problem for life, society and the environment
- outline the design brief

What is a design brief? Click here

According to the assessment rubric . . .
To get a 1/2: The student states the problem.
To get a 3/4: The student describes the problem, mentioning its relevance.
To get a 5/6: The student explains the problem, discussing its relevance.

Now, look at this vocabulary: states, describes, explains. How are they different?
Look at these words: mentioning, discussing. How are they different?

MYP definitions:
Describe: To give a detailed account
Explain: To give a clear account including causes and reasons or mechanisms.
Discuss: To give an account including, where possible, a range of arguments for and against the relative importance of various factors and comparisons of alternative hypotheses.

Complete for homework and submit Thursday, Sept 16 at the end of class

Learning objective: evaluate the importance of the problem for life, society and the environment and outline the design brief.

September 13

Good Afternoon Year 11.

We need to have Google docs accounts. Please take a 5 minutes and create a Google Doc account if you don't have one.

Today's lesson is EXCEL. You will design a survey and evaluate the data. You will then create an excel chart to represent your findings. Save the chart as a jpeg. Finish this in class and upload your chart to your blog! Follow the instructions on this Microsoft lesson carefully: http://www.microsoft.com/education/DesignSurvey.aspx


That's it in a nutshell - Let's go!

Learning objective: Students will develop an understanding that presentation of their formal work matters.

September 7 - WELCOME

Year 11 Welcome to OIS AND WELCOME to Technology.

Let's take a few minutes to introduce ourselves and then talk about our class blog, 2 of our upcoming projects (Teaching Aid and Video), class rules and expectations.

Next, we will watch the video and create blogs of our own to be used as a process journal.

Learning objective: Students will create a blog which will serve as a process journal.