November 28

Year 11

Please finish your Plan (Criterion C).

Please submit your Investigate, Design and Plan by Friday;-)

Learning objectives:
1. construct a plan to create the product/solution that has a series of logical steps,
2. construct a plan to create the product/solution that makes effective use of resources and time,
3. evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design.

November 24, 25

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Year 11, Happy Thanksgiving.

Please continue with your plan.
The PLAN should include:
1. Resources

2. Step by Step plan (include time - include how many class periods this will take you.)


3. Gantt chart (this helps you organize your time better)

3. Remember to include a paragraph to evaluate your plan. Say why your plan will work. Ask someone to evaluate your plan and give you feedback. Include this information in your paragraph.IB Learner Profile: Thinker

Learning objectives:
1. construct a plan to create the product/solution that has a series of logical steps,
2. construct a plan to create the product/solution that makes effective use of resources and time,
3. evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design.

November 21

Think about it Year 11 - what is the real purpose of a plan?  The plan is a production plan which will facilitate the process of creating your product.

 BUT it is also a time management tool to help you organize your time to finish your project on schedule. 

In an effort to help you with the time management of your project (and ALL projects) let's take a quick look at a Gantt Chart.

According to Wikipedia, "A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project."
What does it look like you ask?  1 example is:

Have you included this aspect with your documentation?  To get a 6 this must be present.  Pull out your diary and use it to help you organize your time.

IB Learner Profile: BALANCED

Learning objective: The student will construct a plan to create the product/solution that has a series of logical steps.

November 14, 17

Happy Monday Year 11.

Finish your Designs today.

Then, check each design against the design specification. Write a sentence that evaluates each of your designs against the design specification.  (Design 1 meets my design specification because . . .).

Finally, choose 1 design and write a paragraph which justifies your choice and evaluates it fully and critically against the design specification.

Learning Objective: generate several feasible designs that meet the design specification; evaluate the designs against the specification; select one design and justify its choice.

November 11

Year 11 - It's 11.11.11


Make a wish

November 10, 11, 14

Next is the DESIGN (Criterion B) stage of the Design Cycle.

Students are expected to generate several feasible designs that meet the design specification and to evaluate these against the design specification.

Students are then expected to select one design, justify their choice and evaluate this in detail against the design specification.

To get a 5/6: The student generates a range of feasible designs, each evaluated against the design specification. The student justifies the chosen design and evaluates it fully and critically against the design specification.

FYI (For your information) - Here is an example of a design of a grammar review quiz/game that I made. Click on the above picture to enlarge it and look carefully at the image. Can you understand how this quiz/game will function?


Learning Objective: generate several feasible designs that meet the design specification; evaluate the designs against the specification; select one design andjustify its choice.

November 7

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Year 11 Welcome Back.

Let's take stock of where we are so we can redefine our schedule and set new deadlines.

Please research any programme information and/or tutorials that will help you solve your problem and create a teaching aid.