MYP Design Cycle

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We use Design Cycle in Design Technology. The design cycle is a tool to help students to create solutions in response to challenges. Technology is creative, used to solve problems, made by people. These are the steps:


Investigate
Plan
Create
Evaluate

Evaluation

What worked well, and what didnt work well?
There are a couple of things that worked well, and a couple of things that we had difficulties with.
Things that worked well:

• When we were using the Mindstorm, there weren't any pieces missing.
• The Tower worked fine, when we first tried it.
• We were able to follow the instructions in the Mindstorm, and we built the robot quite fast.
• We were able to control the robot.
• We have created an Animoto easily, it is a 30 second video about Robots (pictures)
• My wikispace is full of information about robots, like ( Advantages & Disadvantages, what is the lastes technology in robots....etc)
• I have alot of information about robot rules in my wikispace.

Things that didn't work well:

• We weren't able to program the robot, at the first time.
• We had dificulties planning the robot using WinLogo.
• We also had problems using RoboLab.

How can we improve it?

We can improve it by focusing on the design cycle and following instructions. The investigation part went well, but the design part was kind of a disaster, we had some problems in the create part with the tower.

How a robot works??

Definition of a Robot:A robot is automous(independent).It is a machine that uses power, sensors, processsors, and actuators. Robots are used in dangerous situations environments. A robot doesnt need food or sleep. A robot is faster, consistant, and higher quality. This is my definition of a robot.

Online Definitionhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/robotA mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.

There are 3 steps for robots.1st Step: Senses 2nd Step: Decides 3rd Step: Acts. Sensors: Light Sensor, Heat Sensor, Motion Sensor, Surface Sensor.Actuators: Levers, Wheels, Pullys, Controllers.

Senses: Senses information about the information.
Decides: Decides on what actions to make based on sensors information.
Acts: Controls gear, levers, wheels, pullys and other devices to get the job done.

My Summer!!

I had a very fun summer this year!!!!!

I went to munich, Germany with my family. I met many of my friends in school there. We had alot of fun. We went to theme parks, and we had lunch together. This summer was more exciting for me becuase i spent it with my friends in a very nice country. Hopefully next summer will be even more amazing and ill meet my friends there hopefully!!

Evaluation for MacBook

I have finsihed my Animoto and I have also finshed my Voice Thread. I have put alot of effort into my Animoto and Voice Thread. At first I thought that it was going to be hard becuase I didnt understand what the teacher said. But then I asked the teacher and it became very clear and easy for me. My final presentation came out good, but there are also good things and bad thing about my presentation. Some good things: It was nice, it has nice pictures, my voice was clear. Some bad things: I didnt explain much about the education with MacBook.

Evaluation

My Voice Thread

my voicethread

Script for MacBook (voicethread)

What I am going to say in VoiceThread:
Picture 1:
My voicethread is going to be about why people students in Qatar Academy need MacBook
Picture 2:
Mac Books come in all colours.
Picture 3:
This is a white macbook.
Picture 4:
MacBook is very easy to use.
Picutre 5:
This is another MacBook with white keyboard.
Picture 6:
MacBook is very organzied

MacBook in Animoto

I have made an animoto and its about MacBook.

Mac Book with Inspiration

Inspiration is a very good program for mindmaping. In this case, I have used inspiration for mindmaping what I am going to do throughout this project. It is very creative and I had fun using it. There are pictures of everything. Overall I think it is a very successful program and I hope we use it more often this year in grade 6.

How a lesson at Qatar Academy could be enhanced by using Mac Book!

Mac Book could be used for everything, learning, entertainment, chatting, and many more. In this case, Mac Book can be used in every class. If you need to research something you’ve got the internet. You can get anything from the internet, things about science and many more. I think that every student in Qatar Academy because Mac Book features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors. It would improve the lesson because in some classrooms you don’t have computers and have to use books for research, but if you use a laptop like MacBook you would save up time and get tons of information in no time.

MacBook

Laptops are useful for everyone. The laptop that I chose is a MacBook. You can chat with msn, play games and many more. You can also use it for creativity. For example if you wanted to make a logo for anything you could. MacBook costs $1099. You get from any laptop shop, but it comes from the company Apple. There are other kinds of laptops from Apple like Mac Pro, Mac Mini, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac OS X. If you need to get information, you can use the internet. You can use search engines and many more, and that’s how you can use MacBook for learning.

List and discuss 5 different ways to use iGoogle

5 way using igoogle!

1) I can communicate with my friends.
2) In IT class I have to remember a lot of passwords, so in my account in iGoogle I can put my blogger URL and my delicious URL and many more.
3) Put a to-do list, so I don’t forget my homework.
4) I can use igoogle to remember important dates
5) I can use igoogle at school to organize important websites