Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Powtoon Ramadan Video

Video Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8R3lWs0H8U&rel=0

Introduction:

  • This is a video explaining the basic points to remember during Ramadan.


Skills I learnt:

  • Maintaining timing
  • including stuff that would engage the audience 
  • making the video informative and interesting
  • working together
  • working with characters, animations and transitions
I was maintaining the time in the video as  we had to make the writing last for enough time for the audience to read but not too long so the audience wont get bored. I included characters, animations and transitions to engage the audience, as a software powtoon helps doing this easily. We had to put in information but we tried to make it colorful and in bullet points so it is easy to read. We worked together and split the work equally  so it would be fair, and we as a group were able to complete the video in time. I think overall powtoon is a great software to send a message and educate people while making sure that the audience is not bored.

Monday, 30 May 2016

Peer evaluation

BY THRISHA:




BY SOFIYA:










Self Evaluation


REFLECTION:

I think I have successfully met the criteria for this project, I have done the booklet to the best of my ability so it is appropriate and informative for the target audience. I think the overall product looks very attractive, organised and neat as well as this it has accurate information in it. during this project, i face many difficulties, including missing lessons and having the idea that looked good on paper not looking good on the computer. Due to these issues I had to work on them at home as well as make some major changes in the way my final product looks, though I now think that despite the changes the booklet still looks nice and has correct information in it that will attract the target audience. Next time I hope to be able to design an idea after some amount of research so I can be sure that the design will be a success and will look good on the final product. over all I am happy with the progress of my skills in Microsoft publisher and hope to improve them further.

BOOKLET







Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Tearm Three Storage Devices- Booklet designs

Statement of inquiry:
Data storage has evolved through the technological advances in the medium of storage devices.

Introduction:
storage devices play a massive role in our day to day lives and we take the luxury of it for granted, in this unit i hope to learn the true technological aspect of storage devices 

Global Context:
  • Information Literacy 
we will use this when we are performing research about how we will design our booklet, as well as this when we are doing our research to fill in actual information about the various storage devices that we are using. As well as this we had to do research if we got stuck at any point while making our booklet, and because we had a set target audience we had to research ways and means of adapting the booklet so it seems attractive to them.
  • Communication
As we are going to present this to the year 7's we have to make sure that our means of communication is clear and comparatively simple for the students to understand. I will make sure that the writing will keep the audience captivated so they will read on. to do this i will use various fund and readable fonts, colors and sizes. This project will be testing our communication at a very high level as we have to communicate lots of complex research in the simplest form for the students to understand and learn thoroughly.







For this cover page design i decided to bind a few images together in order to create one design, it consists of a light bulb to show how the ideas are very smart, behind it is a pattern related to Information Technology. There will be big, bold writing for the title which will be eye catching. 

This deisgn for the cover page is more appropriate for kids as the target audience, it is a brain in the shape of a light bulb as in the previous design. The designs around it are images of storage devices and as in the first deign the title will be eye catching and easy to read. I will choose this design for the cover page because it is more fun looking than the other one which will attract the target audience.

This is one of the designs i planned for the inside of the booklet, it is very basic and therefore it will be easy to comprehend.

This is design i will be choosing for the inside as it is easy to read and will be informative, it also has a good aesthetic presence and will be attractive to the target audience that wants information as well as good looks.

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Storage Devices PPT Reflection

Group: Dev and Joudei
Device: DVD
Application:
  • Compact plastic disk, that stores music or data
  • it can store large amount of data unlike other storage devices
  • used for movies or audio
Advantage:
  • large storage space- 4.7 to 9 gb
Disadvantage:
  • cant be used in CD devices


Group: Shahin
Device: Cloud
Application: 
  • virtual storage device
  • holds data
  • transfer storage from all around the world
  • virtual storage medium
Advantages:
  • cant be broken
Disadvantages:
  • data can be sold
  • can be hacked with professional hackers



Group: Racha  Group 2: Alicia and Kimberly 
Device:  USB
Application:
  • Plug and play
  • stores data and programs
Advantages:
  • Easy 
  • fast 
  • portable
Disadvantages:
  • can be expensive due to price
  • some may store less data depending of capacity
  • data can be wiped off




Group: Natalia and Thrisha
Device: DVD
Application: 
  • used for storage
  • internal
Advantages:
  • large storage capacity
  • data does not get lost
Disadvantages:
  • can storp working
  • will crash the computer




Group: Faisal and Sofiya
Device: SD card
application: 
  • flash memory
  • external dvice
  • adds extra strage to your device
  • used in cameras/ phones
Advantages:
  • portable 
  • gives more storage

Disadvantages:
  • can be lost
  • can be broken

Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Self Evaluation

Thrisha and I presented out tech fair project to the class today, and I think our project was successful that is why we received a positive response from the class. when we presented we showed how the game worked and thankfully there were no difficulties in the game or keyboard. I think the effort that we put into this project despite the difficulties was clearly visible. the audience understood that we were doing this for a cause and supported it for the most part. to improve based on the feedback that we got we could recheck our game to make sure everything works as there were some minor sound issues. I want to thank my peers for the approving attitude they had towards out project and I hope the project that we did will actually help the society one day.