G9 Tech Class #17

Today I would like you to use the first part of the class to check on the comments on your assignments and resubmit updates if needed. Also please follow up on missing assignments to avoid "0s" or "Ms" in your grades. Please visit the G9 Tech Class Blog for details and expectations for each stage.

Therefore If you need some time to finish the last details of your products from Project 1 to turn them in today, please work on the first thing today (20 min aprox).


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Today we will also begin with Project 2: Shares Tracking using Spreadsheets

The Project is going to be about keeping track of our investments using spreadsheets.

We will be investigating how shares in companies work and we will be improving our spreadsheet skills.

The dynamic of  Project 2 would be the following:

• Regroup for this project with someone who you haven't work with in Project 1.
• get starte with Part 1 and Part 2 of Activity 1 on the NYSE (listed below)
• make notes and complete the activity on a new shared document with your new group.
• Please name this assignment: Project 2- Activity 1

1. Let's get started with "The Stock Market and you"

Please complete Part 1 and Part 2 of Activity1 from The NYSE Up Close and Personal ACtivity Booklet.

2. In your new group's shared doc, write down your answers and ideas to complete ACtivity 1 (parts 1 &2).

3. If you have time, please add some guiding questions about the Stock Market and tracking shares that can be included in your Investigation stage.

4. Work on Activity 8: 

Can we be internationally minded here? Is NYSE the only stock exchange in the world? Do you know any other Stock Markets?

Please finish Activity 1 (parts 1 and 2) and Activity 8.

G9 Tech Class #16

Today is a half day and we will follow this schedule:

Following our G9 Due dates webpage, today will work on Evaluate stage. 

I am posting below a slideshow of the pictures I took during this project. Feel free to use them to compare your original chosen bridge design against the final bridge you built. If you have any photos that you have taken, please share them with me so I can add them to the slide show for Project1.


G9 Working Bees: 2011-2012 G9 Technology Project 1: Spaghetti Bridge



Evaluate stage is due today (11.59pm):  

• Include feedback received/experienced when the bridge was tested.
• Analyse results of questionnaires if any was used for testing your bridge.
• Include a detailed evaluation of your performance at each stage of the design cycle by discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each stage. 
• Include ideas on how each stage could have been improved.
• Compare the predicted time plan with the actual and gave reasons for the changes (if any) - include original timeline and actual changes/
• Compare the chosen Design with the actual bridge and gave reasons for the changes (if any) - include original sketch and pic of final bridge
• Include a discussion on the impact of the product on yourselves, others and/or the environment.

Remember that you can an always use the Design Folder Checklist to make sure your Evaluate stage is complete.

When you finish working on your Shared Doc, please download a copy of your shared doc as pdf and resubmit it following the steps to submit your assignments posted in the MYP Technology website. Thank you.

G9 Tech Class #15

Following our G9 Due dates webpage, today is Presentation Day!!! Be prepared to show and explain your final bridge in 7 minutes:

• built, 
• operational,
• what did you do/build?
• cost?
• talk about the process of creation
• issues you had to overcome
• timeline and your time management
• group work
• strengths / weaknesses / areas of improvement
• Q&A mini session
• TEST! (I will use a supermarket bag and slowly add expo markers in it)

Thanks!

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G9 Tech Class #14

Today we will finish building the Bridge. I have updated the G9 Due dates webpage to reflect this change of dates.


Please take a look at the pictures below, maybe you can use some of these for your process journals ;-)


Bridge and process journal should be finished today. 
Remember to include the cost of the bridge!!! 
Please submit your process journal to meet Create stage due date by following the steps to submit and assignments posted in the MYP Technology website.

G9 Working Bees: 2011-2012 G9 Technology Project 1: Spaghetti Bridge



Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I thought I would share some ideas for an original Valentine's Day Card:10 Valentine's Day Cards Ideas for your Special Tech Geek :-)

G9 Tech Class #13

Based on our experience with the Create stage last class, we decided we will use this class to finish working on Create stage in order to finish buidling your bridge.

I have updated the G9 Due dates webpage to reflect this change of dates.

By the end of today you will need to fully develop:

1. Process Journal

2. Include tools and techniques you used to create your bridge

3. Time management: Did you follow your time plan? How?

4. Changes made to your chosen design? Why? How?

You can always use the Design Folder Checklist to make sure your Create stage is complete. For more details on Create stage and on resubmitting assignments for a 2nd assessment, please visit our previous class: G9 Tech class #12 blog entry.

Bridge and Process Journal should be finished by today. Thanks!

G9 Tech Class # 12

Today we continue working on Create stage. Review the G9 Due dates webpage to help 

you stay on task.

In Create stage remember to fully develop:

1. Your Process Journal

2. Explain tools and techniques you used to create 
your product

3. Talk about your time management: 
Did you follow your time plan? How?
4. Changes made to your chosen design? Why? How?

You can always use the Design Folder Checklist to make 
sure your Create stage is complete. For more details in 
Create stage visit last class' blog entry.

Your Create stage as well as your product are due by the end of today. 

I have returned grades and comments for all the assignments that were submitted. 
Please review them as a group. You can make updates to those stages and 
re-submit them for a second assessment for that stage.

As stated in the Assignments Standards, if you make changes and/or updates to 
your documents please please please use the Track Changes feature (what is this?) 
so it is evident how you further developed the stage.

If you are working on The Cloud, you can read more about this feature in the 
Google Docs Blog entry on Tools for Viewing Docs Revisions.

You can also visit Google Docs Revision History with step by step instructions on 
how to use Revision History. 

Or if you prefer, you can make your own track changes reference, but it should
be very evident what was added to the assignment for the 2nd assessment.

To resubmit again, download your shared doc as a pdf and follow the 
steps to submit and assignments posted in the MYP Technology website.

Thanks!

G9 Tech Class #11

Today we will start working on Create stage. Please visit the G9 Due dates webpage to plan your time wisely.

For this stage it is super important to look into these:

1. Your complete Process Journal with :

• dated journal entries including Visual Evidence (designs, sketches, screen shots, pictures, etc that show how the steps you took to create the product)
• notes regarding any changes made to your bridge design: e.g. added a step, changed the order of tasks, changed the tools, used another resource, didn't need a resource, didn't finish what was planned etc.
• how did the group work? Did you have any issues? How did you overcome them, if any?

2. Explain what tools and techniques you used to build your bridge

3. How was your time management: Have you followed your timeline? How? Did you need to add more tasks? Did you have to skip/delete tasks? Did you need a different resource? etc...

4. Have you made any changes to your bridge design? Why? How?

You can always use the Design Folder Checklist to make sure your Create stage is complete.