You are expected to generate several feasible designs that meet the design specification and to evaluate these against the design specification. Then select one design, justify your choice and evaluate this in detail against the design specification.
The designs can be drawn on paper or designed using an appropriate software but submitted in hardcopy
Assessment Criteria
0
The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
1-2
The student generates one design, and makes some attempt to justify this against the design specification.
3-4
The student generates a few designs, justifying the choice of one design and fully evaluating this against the design specification.
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.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Research And In-text citation Activities
The links below will be used for our class activities today
http://seanseo.com/business/old-vs-new-marketing-techniques/
http://seanseo.com/business/old-vs-new-marketing-techniques/
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Investigate Brainstorm Activity
Use the questions below to guide your investigate stage process.
Problem description
What problems are you considering to address in this unit?
List possible clients (for each problem)?
How the problem/issue currently being addressed?
Design Brief:
What will you create?
Why do you think the stated product above is the best solution?
Secondary Research
What are the five most important things you need to know about one main problem/issue?
What are the five most important things you need to know about the product?
Identify at least four different sources that you will use for your research
Primary Research
Who will be your primary expert or source of information in regards to the product to be created? Why ?
Design Specs:
What are
the most important features that you will like to see in your product?
Test strategies
How will
you test the success of your product.( At least three ways)
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Digital Activism Investigate Stage
Use the research initial undertaken to start you work on investigate
The final investigate stage should not exceed 8 pages of font 12 Times New Roman. All responses should be in paragraphs with sub-headings for clear identification. APA in-text citation and APA format of referencing should be applied. The process journal must be used throughout the design cycle.
Challenge
Your challenge is to identify a client who will need a product that will be useful in creating awareness of pertinent issues in your community, city, or country. You will need to identify a client with a realistic problem and that will have an IT solution developed. You need to identify problem that you will be passionate in developing a product for.
Examples
An comic book to educate women on their voting rights. Client religious leader or IBEC official
Website for a presure group in Mombasa. Client pressure group leader.
You will have the following headings in your investigation:
Description of the problem.
Design Brief.
Secondary research on the problem and the technology of choice
Primary research
Design specification
Test strategy
Bibliography
Investigate Assessment criteria
Level 0
The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
Level 1–2
The student states the problem. The student investigates the problem, collecting information from sources. The student lists some specifications.
Level 3–4
The student describes the problem, mentioning its relevance. The student investigates the problem, selecting and analysing information from some acknowledged sources. The student describes a test to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.
Level 5–6
The student explains the problem, discussing its relevance. The student critically investigates the problem, evaluating information from a broad range of appropriate, acknowledged sources. The student describes detailed methods for appropriate testing to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification
The final investigate stage should not exceed 8 pages of font 12 Times New Roman. All responses should be in paragraphs with sub-headings for clear identification. APA in-text citation and APA format of referencing should be applied. The process journal must be used throughout the design cycle.
Challenge
Your challenge is to identify a client who will need a product that will be useful in creating awareness of pertinent issues in your community, city, or country. You will need to identify a client with a realistic problem and that will have an IT solution developed. You need to identify problem that you will be passionate in developing a product for.
Examples
An comic book to educate women on their voting rights. Client religious leader or IBEC official
Website for a presure group in Mombasa. Client pressure group leader.
You will have the following headings in your investigation:
Description of the problem.
Design Brief.
Secondary research on the problem and the technology of choice
Primary research
Design specification
Test strategy
Bibliography
Investigate Assessment criteria
Level 0
The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
Level 1–2
The student states the problem. The student investigates the problem, collecting information from sources. The student lists some specifications.
Level 3–4
The student describes the problem, mentioning its relevance. The student investigates the problem, selecting and analysing information from some acknowledged sources. The student describes a test to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.
Level 5–6
The student explains the problem, discussing its relevance. The student critically investigates the problem, evaluating information from a broad range of appropriate, acknowledged sources. The student describes detailed methods for appropriate testing to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification
Digital Activism Unit
Unit Title: Digital Activism
Introduction
AOI
Community and Service: Important community issues are shared using different mediums. The many problems of different individuals can be solved by the choice and means we use to relay the information to influence decision.
ATL: Thinking, organization and information literacy
AK Focus : Governance and Civil society:
Unit Question:
Introduction
Issues and problems affecting the immediate community can go underground unnoticed. The bureaucracies or governments and other interested parties tend to curtail any awareness that will change the status quo. Information technology solutions have in the rest past been used to change the leadership of oppressive governments and alter what seem to be serious issues for change in communities. Different technologies have been used popularly to communicate ideas, create awareness to issues in the society. The technologies can be used to inform, to persuade, and even to spark awareness. With the many current IT related technologies, our messages and stories can be told with more clarity, emotion, and with impact.
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AOI
Community and Service: Important community issues are shared using different mediums. The many problems of different individuals can be solved by the choice and means we use to relay the information to influence decision.
ATL: Thinking, organization and information literacy
AK Focus : Governance and Civil society:
Unit Question:
How can Information technology effectively highlight the issues affecting my community?
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Initial Reseach before investigate
Answer the following question in the handout provided
What is activism? And who is an activist?
Then, how would you define digital Activism?
What are the different ways that issues of the communities have been brought to light?
What are some of the challenges of using the traditional methods for Activism?
Social Media and Activism
Read the following news article titled: Russians use Facebook to protest alleged election fraud
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/russians-use-facebook-to-protest-alleged-election-fraud/5975
Why did the protesters use facebook?
What were the benefits of using facebook to protest?
Video for Activism
Read and watch any video if possible on the topic titled: 5 Great examples of Activism through web video
http://socialtimes.com/5-great-examples-of-activism-through-web-video_b15316
Why do you think the activists the above articles opted to use a video to highlight their issues?
Do you think there are limitations in using videos for their purposes?
Website for Activism
Study the following website for activism
Free Child project http://www.freechild.org/youth_activism_2.htm
Clean water http://www.emergepovertyfree.org/donate/clean-water
Cruelty against animal http://www.woaw.org.au/14andOver/cruelty-prevention/?gclid=CLT4nMi96rECFUR76wodyGYAsA
Why did the owners of the above websites opt to design websites to solve their problem instead of other solutions?
Animation and Activism
Watch the following animations designed for activism share the reason animations where used in this case
Universal declaration of human rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlrSYbCbHE
An Environmental Activist Aniboom Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AagOjHpHJ0k
What are the strengths and limitation of using animations solutions for activism?
Music and Activism
Read the following slide share http://www.slideshare.net/emoir/political-activism-in-music
Listen to Political Music activist http://www.carolhansengrey.com/activism/Musical_Activism.html
Watch and listen to XYZ Music http://www.xyzshow.com/freeshow1.php
Among the song listened to, which was your favorite any why?
Outline other IT solutions that can be developed for Activism?
Then, how would you define digital Activism?
What are the different ways that issues of the communities have been brought to light?
What are some of the challenges of using the traditional methods for Activism?
Social Media and Activism
Read the following news article titled: Russians use Facebook to protest alleged election fraud
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/russians-use-facebook-to-protest-alleged-election-fraud/5975
Why did the protesters use facebook?
What were the benefits of using facebook to protest?
Video for Activism
Read and watch any video if possible on the topic titled: 5 Great examples of Activism through web video
http://socialtimes.com/5-great-examples-of-activism-through-web-video_b15316
Why do you think the activists the above articles opted to use a video to highlight their issues?
Do you think there are limitations in using videos for their purposes?
Website for Activism
Study the following website for activism
Free Child project http://www.freechild.org/youth_activism_2.htm
Clean water http://www.emergepovertyfree.org/donate/clean-water
Cruelty against animal http://www.woaw.org.au/14andOver/cruelty-prevention/?gclid=CLT4nMi96rECFUR76wodyGYAsA
Why did the owners of the above websites opt to design websites to solve their problem instead of other solutions?
Animation and Activism
Watch the following animations designed for activism share the reason animations where used in this case
Universal declaration of human rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlrSYbCbHE
An Environmental Activist Aniboom Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AagOjHpHJ0k
What are the strengths and limitation of using animations solutions for activism?
Music and Activism
Read the following slide share http://www.slideshare.net/emoir/political-activism-in-music
Listen to Political Music activist http://www.carolhansengrey.com/activism/Musical_Activism.html
Watch and listen to XYZ Music http://www.xyzshow.com/freeshow1.php
Among the song listened to, which was your favorite any why?
Outline other IT solutions that can be developed for Activism?
Monday, April 23, 2012
YEAR 10 CT EXAM AREAS TO BE TESTED
The following are some of the Examination Areas to be tested
Digital Activism Unit
Sport Technology Unit
Digital Entertainment Unit
-All the three sections will be tested
-You will need to familiarize your self with the following command terms before the examination
Digital Activism Unit
- IT technologies used for activism
- How the technologies work or have been used by stakeholders
- The impact of using those technologies
- Issues resulting from using the technologies
Sport Technology Unit
- Review of some sport Information technologies in use
- Examine how the technologies work/function are the role played by stakeholders in their
- The impact of using sport information technologies in different sports
- Issues resulting from using the sport information technologies and solutions to some of the related problems
Digital Entertainment Unit
- Review of some entertainment Information technologies tools in use
- Examine how the technologies work/function in particular sectors of entertainment
- The impact of using information technologies in entertainment
- Issues resulting from using the information technologies in entertainment and solutions to some related problems
-All the three sections will be tested
-You will need to familiarize your self with the following command terms before the examination
Monday, April 16, 2012
Design Stage: Digital Entertainment Unit
Task
You will develop atleast three appropriate designs befitting your product; The designs can be
a) drawn on an A4 paper or
b) designed using an appropriate software but submitted in hardcopy.
Each of the designs should of very good standard and should be measured against the design specifications with a brief self evaluation of each.
The final design should be fully Justified
Assessment Criteria
0
The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors
given below.
1-2
The student generates one design, and makes some attempt to justify
this against the design specification.
3-4
The student generates a few designs, justifying the choice of one design
and fully evaluating this against the design specification.
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.
NB
Please use the provided checklist to guide your process of this stage.
You will develop atleast three appropriate designs befitting your product; The designs can be
a) drawn on an A4 paper or
b) designed using an appropriate software but submitted in hardcopy.
Each of the designs should of very good standard and should be measured against the design specifications with a brief self evaluation of each.
The final design should be fully Justified
Assessment Criteria
0
The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors
given below.
1-2
The student generates one design, and makes some attempt to justify
this against the design specification.
3-4
The student generates a few designs, justifying the choice of one design
and fully evaluating this against the design specification.
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.
NB
Please use the provided checklist to guide your process of this stage.
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