Gurav+Vats+Unit+4

The Number Zero  By : Gurav Vats   INVESTIGATION   Identify the Problem  How did the ancient civilization carry out tedious calculations without having the number zero in their numeral system?

Explain the Problem Today we use a number system with the number zero in it and having a zero in our number system greatly simplifies the process needed to do simple processes such as multiplication. I want to find out how the ancient civilizations performed processes such as multiplication with out having the number zero in their number system. I also want to find out if the methods were long and tedious and as simple as our methods.

Research and Analysis

The answers to 5 questions about the number zero. 5 Questions about the number zero
 * 1) 1. The Number Zero came from India.
 * 2) 2. It spread to Europe in the 13th century
 * 3) 3. Fibonacci was the man who spread the zero to Europe.
 * 4) 4. The city of Rome was the first city in Italy to use the number zero
 * 5) 5. The thing that was wrong with the roman number system was that it did not have the zero in it and that many of the symbols were repeated

This is what I have written based on my research on what makes a good presentation:



By doing my research I have found out that:
 * Many ancient cultures simply refused to use the zero in their number system.
 * Their ways of doing calculations with out a zero were very time consuming.
 * That the number system with the zero in it was call the Hindu-Arabic number system.
 * The Arabs carried the Hindu-Arabic number system to the west.
 * Some ways that multiplication could be performed without having a zero in there number system.

The sources I used to gather this information were:

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Design Brief I am going to design a presentation about how the ancient civilizations performed difficult calculations without having a zero in their number system. This presentation will be for all age groups. This power point presentation can be used as a teaching tool for teachers or it can also be used for gaining extra information on the Number Zero and on the number systems that other civilizations have been using in the past.

Product Specification My product must have: > o Slide 4 historical facts > o Slide 5 How did the Roman perform multiplication > o Slide 6 Introduction of Zero Europe > o Slide 7 expansion of maths > o Slide 8 What were the advantages of the Hindu-Arabic Number System > o Slide 9 concluding summary Test Plan Since there is no physical test for a power point presentation I will construct and conduct a survey with 4 people. This the survey:
 * At least 6 slides but the number must not exceed 10 slides.
 * 1 image of the different calculations other civilizations used.
 * 100-300 words on each slide
 * A size of less than 6 MB.
 * Hyperlinks for easy navigation
 * Transitions and animations
 * Titles on each slide
 * A font size between 12-40 throughout all the slides
 * Times New Roman Font for all the text.
 * Indented Paragraphs
 * A bibliography that is split into three categories; Pictures, Webpages and Books but the bibliography will not be included in the power point.
 * 1 Images of different numbers in different number systems
 * 1 Image of the Hindu-Arabic number system
 * 1 images of people using different types of number systems to do calculations
 * Colors that are not to bright for every slide
 * 1 Picture of the number zero
 * Either of these slides
 * · The 9 slides should be titled
 * Slide 1 Life without zero
 * slide 2 contents
 * o Slide 3 introduction

1 Image of the Hindu-Arabic number system ||  ||   ||   ||   || A slide that describes the Hindu-Arabic number system ||  ||   ||   ||   || > o Slide 2 historical facts > o Slide 3 First extra ones up to the student > o Slide 4 Introduction of Zero Europe > o Slide 5 expansion of maths > o Slide 6 Second slide of your choice > o Slide 7 concluding summary ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Question || Answer || Reason || Improvement || Rating out of 10 ||
 * Does the power point have a layout that is simple and easy to understand ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is the writing on each slide relevant to the topic of each slide ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Do the colors of the slides hurt your eyes ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are the hyperlinks helping you to navigate the power point ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are the images in the right places ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is bibliography structured correctly ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there titles on every slide ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there 100-300 words on each slide ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Does the power point have a size of less than 6 MB ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are the paragraphs indented ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is the Font Times New Roman ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is the Font size 12-40 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there 3 images of the different calculations other civilizations used. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there 3 Images of different numbers in different number systems ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is there
 * Is there a picture of the number zero ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is there a title page ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is there a contents page ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is there
 * Are there either of these slides
 * o Slide 1 introduction
 * Are there 4 images of people using different types of number systems to do calculations ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

DESIGN  Pictures of my designs  Design 1

Design 2 and 3

Analysis of my designs Design 1 I think that design one does not meet all the product specifications since it does not have all the pictures that were listed in the product specification. The background colors have no pattern whatsoever and in my opinion I would not like to be the person looking at the presentation. The first design cannot give many details about what the content of the power point presentation is going to be. Design one does also not give any diagrams about the layout of the presentation and the hyperlinks are not labelled to guide the person who is making the presentation. The type of font, font size and other aspects of a power point presentation are not there. I think if this power point presentation was made it would not be a very good one because it lacks the factors that were listed in my piece of what makes a good power point presentation. The essence of transitions and animations is also not which that there will be not movement from the pieces of text in the power point. I also think that the hyperlink shapes do not give any indication of where that hyperlink will take you, Overall I think that design 1 meets the design specifications to a very limited extent. Design 2. Design two definitely meets all the design specifications and has many details are included in the design itself. All the pictures and transitions and animations have been incorporated in the design. All the pictures that were listed in the product specifications were included in the design as well. One thing that makes this design good is that many animations and transitions are included in this design. This makes the design more appealing to look at. What is more is that the animations and transitions in the design are all different and are not always the same. In the design there are hyperlinks same as in the first one. In this design however the hyperlinks are labeled and the shape of the hyperlink is in arrows and the arrow’s head faces the direction that the hyperlink will take you. I think that this will greatly increase easy navigation throughout the power point. The downside of this design is that the background colors are not gradient fills and are just solid fill. The colors do have a pattern but I think that most people will not like this. Overall I think that this design is great and is a strong contender to be the one I will choose to make a power point with.

Design 3 Design three is very similar to design two and also meets the product specifications to a full but broader extent. The same is to be said about design three as there was to say about design two. Everything is in place and details have been given about the font type, font size and most importantly the amount of words on each slide. The amount of words on each slide are the same as deign two but the word count differs from design one. There are three aspects of this design that I like and they are animations, transitions and the background. The animations in design three are in more variety that for the animations. The same thing can be said about the transitions. This is a good thing in my point of view because if there are the same animations and transitions on a power point people viewing the presentations will get bored of seeing the same effects again and again. So I think this is a great addition. Perhaps the most crucial change is that in design 3 I have incorporated gradient fill backgrounds. In addition to this I would point out that many of the gradient fill backgrounds prevent black colored text from being visible and that is why I have chosen mild gradient fill that will not restrict a person’s reading or hurt the person’s eyes. This design is similar to design two though with the addition of some crucial adjustments which will increase the quality of the power point I make. Justification for chosen design The design I have chosen is design 3. The reason I have chosen design three is because it meets the product specifications to the broadest extent and has the highest quality of the main aspects that make a good power point presentation. There are three reasons I have chosen design three over design two which was very close to this design as well. Those three are that the transition is of more variety and the animations are of more variety and finally the backgrounds colors are better than in design two. I am very confident that I have chosen this design over the others and that by choosing this design I have also chosen a better template for my final product.

PLAN
 * Date/Time || Period || What I need to do || Resources/ Things I need to have || How to do it || Homework for that day || Comment eg. I am very happy because I am working ahead of time. ||
 * Day 1 10th of May 2013 || Single || I need to research the information and pictures I have promised to put on each slide. So on slide 4 I will research some historical facts on subjects surrounding the number zero. || * Monitor - The monitor will be for displaying things.
 * CPU - The CPU is the main brain of the computer without it none of the computers operations can be performed.
 * Mouse - This is for navigating the computer.
 * Keyboard - This for imputing information. There is an onscreen keyboard but to input information from that keyboard would be tedious.
 * Active Internet Connection - Internet is needed to complete part of the research only because some of the research may be performed by books.
 * A USB or storage space with at least 10 MB of free space - This free space is necessarily because pictures and word documents will be stored in here.
 * Microsoft word - This is the program that will be used to input the information to. There are other programs but I prefer to use this one because it is very compatible with different computer systems. || 1. Turn the computer on.

2. Log on

3. Go on the internet.

4. In the URL box type in Google and press enter.

5. Once Google has loaded research the information on design 3.

6. Take notes of the information one by one on the word document remembering to add each website you visit to the bibliography.

7. Once the research for all the slides has been completed save your work and log off. || The homework for day 1 will be to complete any research on the slides if it is not completed in class. ||  ||
 * Day 2 13th of May 2013 || Double || I need to summarize the notes I had created earlier so that they are complete to be inserted into the slides. || * Monitor - The monitor will be for displaying things.
 * CPU - The CPU is the main brain of the computer without it none of the computers operations can be performed.
 * Mouse - This is for navigating the computer.
 * Keyboard - This for imputing information. There is an onscreen keyboard but to input information from that keyboard would be tedious.
 * Active Internet Connection - Internet is needed to complete part of the research only because some of the research may be performed by books.
 * A USB or storage space with at least 10 MB of free space - This free space is necessarily because pictures and word documents will be stored in here.
 * Microsoft word - This is the program that will be used to input the information to. There are other programs but I prefer to use this one because it is very compatible with different computer systems. || # Turn the computer on.
 * 1) Log On
 * 2) Open the notes you saved earlier.
 * 3) Start work on the notes and summarize the notes in order from the first slide. This gives you a sense of planning and organization.
 * 4) Once all the information has been summarized save it.
 * 5) Log Off || The homework for Day 2 will be to sort out the pictures that will go in the power point so that the next day you are ready to start work. ||   ||
 * Day 3 16th of May 2013 || Single || I need to start the power point and finish slides, 1, 2, 3, 4 || * Monitor - This is used for displaying things
 * CPU - Th main brain of the computer. All the operations go on inside the brain.
 * Mouse - This is used for navigating around the computer system.
 * Keyboard - This is used for inputting text.
 * A USB or storage space with at least 6 MB of free space. - This is to store pictures and all the other information.
 * Microsoft Power Point - Microsoft power point is perhaps the most important program in this unit, this is because the project is based on a power point presentations
 * Photo Viewer - Photo Viewer is used to view images that will go into the power point.
 * Microsoft Word. - Word is used to transfer the written information that has been prepared earlier in word. || # Turn the computer on.
 * 1) Log On
 * 2) Open the summarized pieces of information on each slide you have prepared earlier.
 * 3) Open a new Power Point Presentation.
 * 4) On the power point presentation label slide 1, 2, 3, 4 . Copy and paste all the information you have prepared earlier.
 * 5) Modify the backgrounds of the slide according to design 3.
 * 6) Insert the hyperlinks according to design 3
 * 7) Insert pictures if needed.
 * 8) In general when all the work that was promised in design 3 is completed for slide 1, 2, 3, 4 save the power point.
 * 9) Log Off. || The homework for Day 3 will be to revise the summarized information for slide 5, 6, 7 and 8 to begin work the next day. ||   ||
 * Day 4 19th of May 2013 || Double || I need to start slide 5, 6, 7 and 8 and finish them with all the information that was promised in design 3 || * Monitor - To display things.
 * CPU - The brain of the computer.
 * Mouse - Used for navigating around the computer.
 * Keyboard - Used to input text.
 * A USB or storage space with at least 6 MB of free space. - Save all the pictures and information.
 * Microsoft Power Point - Used for making the final product.
 * Photo Viewer. - To view pictures
 * Microsoft Word. - Input basic text so that it can be finally altered according to the product specifications. || # Turn the computer on.
 * 1) Log On
 * 2) Open the summarized pieces of information on each slide you have prepared earlier.
 * 3) Open the Power Point Presentation you saved earlier.
 * 4) On the power point presentation label slide 5 and slide 6 and slide 7 and slide 8.. Copy and paste all the information you have prepared earlier.
 * 5) Modify the backgrounds of the slide according to design 3.
 * 6) Insert the hyperlinks according to design 3
 * 7) Insert pictures if needed.
 * 8) In general when all the work that was promised in design 3 is completed for slide 5 and 6 and 7 and 8. save the power point.
 * 9) Log Off. || There will be no homework for day 4. ||   ||
 * Day 5 21st of May 2013 || Single || I need to start and finish slide 9. || * Monitor - To disp[lay things.
 * CPU - This is the brain of the computer.
 * Mouse - This used for navigation.
 * Keyboard - This is used for inputting text.
 * A USB or storage space with at least 6 MB of free space. - This is for storing information.
 * Microsoft Power Point - The main program that will be used to create the final product.
 * Photo Viewer. - This will be used for viewing pictures that will go into the power point
 * Microsoft Word. - This is the program that will be used to input text. || # Turn the computer on.
 * 1) Log On
 * 2) Open the summarized pieces of information on each slide you have prepared earlier.
 * 3) Open the Power Point Presentation you saved earlier.
 * 4) On the power point presentation label slide 9. Copy and paste all the information you have prepared earlier.
 * 5) Modify the backgrounds of the slide according to design 3.
 * 6) Insert the hyperlinks according to design 3
 * 7) Insert pictures if needed.
 * 8) In general when all the work that was promised in design 3 is completed for slide 9. save the power point.
 * 9) Log Off. || There will be no homework for Day 5. ||   ||
 * Day 6 24th of May 2013 || Double || I need to go through the power point and check if everything that was promised in design 3. I also need to check if all the hyperlinks work, If the backgrounds are the right gradient fill, if all the pictures are on the right slide and everything in the product specifications. || * Monitor - This is to display things
 * CPU - This is the main brain of the computer.
 * Mouse - This is used for navigating.
 * Keyboard - This to input text.
 * A USB or storage space with at least 6 MB of free space. - This to save information.
 * Microsoft Power Point - The main program to create the final product.
 * Photo Viewer. - This is used for displaying images.
 * Microsoft Word. - The main program that is used to input text. || # Turn the computer on.
 * 1) Log On
 * 2) Open the completed power point.
 * 3) Do all the things that are listed in column 3, row 7.
 * 4) Save the power point and Log off. || This is last day of the create stage so that there is no homework for the last day. ||   ||

CREATE  Final Product media type="file" key="Life Without Zero.swf" width="540" height="540" Changes made to the original Design There were many changes I made to the original Design purely because of the shortage of time. The changes I made were to the amount of text on each slide, the size and type font and the number of pictures on the slides. I think these changes ruined the power point a bit but some of the changes I think were quite helpful, such as the amount of words on each slide. Because I realize now that a good power point presentation has few words on each slide so that the reader does not get bored. Changes made to the original Plan  The plan was completely ruined because of the public holidays that punctured our lesson and there was a holiday when I was intending to do most of my research and now during the end of the create stage we have our exams next week so we have to revise for them, the result being that we cannot complete much work at home. EVALUATE  Results of tests Person 1: 1 Image of the Hindu-Arabic number system || Yes || Self-Explanitory || N/A || 10 || A slide that describes the Hindu-Arabic number system || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 || > o Slide 2 historical facts > o Slide 3 First extra ones up to the student > o Slide 4 Introduction of Zero Europe > o Slide 5 expansion of maths > o Slide 6 Second slide of your choice > o Slide 7 concluding summary || Yes || S-E || All of the Above || 10 ||
 * Question || Answer || Reason || Improvement || Rating out of 10 ||
 * Does the power point have a layout that is simple and easy to understand || Yes || It is easy to understand and is clear || Use light colors on some of the slides so that the writing can be read easily. || 9 ||
 * Is the writing on each slide relevant to the topic of each slide || Yes || Because the info on each slide refers to the heading the slide is given. || Write about where the 0 was invented. || 9 ||
 * Do the colors of the slides hurt your eyes || No || The shade of the backdrop is light on some slides. || Some of the slides should have a lighter color. || 9 ||
 * Are the hyperlinks helping you to navigate the power point || Yes || They are all assigned to the correct slides || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Are the images in the right places || Yes || They are all on the right places || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is bibliography structured correctly (Not Included) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there titles on every slide || Yes || N/A || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Are there 50-100 words on each slide || Yes || N/A || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Does the power point have a size of less than 6 MB || Yes || Because the power point has a size of 127.8KB || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Are the paragraphs indented || Yes || The paragraphs are properly structured || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is the Font Times New Roman || Yes || N/A || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is the Font size 12-40 || Yes || N/A || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Are there 3 images of the different calculations other civilizations used. || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||
 * Are there 3 Images of different numbers in different number systems || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||
 * Is there
 * Is there a picture of the number zero || Yes || Self-Explanitory || N/A || 10 ||
 * Is there a title page || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is there a contents page || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is there
 * Are there either of these slides
 * o Slide 1 introduction
 * Are there 4 images of people using different types of number systems to do calculations || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||

Person 2: 1 Image of the Hindu-Arabic number system ||  ||   ||   ||   || A slide that describes the Hindu-Arabic number system || Yes || S-E || I could have explained why the biggest advantage is the number 0. || 10 || > o Slide 2 historical facts > o Slide 3 First extra ones up to the student > o Slide 4 Introduction of Zero Europe > o Slide 5 expansion of maths > o Slide 6 Second slide of your choice > o Slide 7 concluding summary ||  ||   ||   ||   || Person 3: 1 Image of the Hindu-Arabic number system || YES || NA || NA || 10 || A slide that describes the Hindu-Arabic number system || YES ||  ||   ||   || > o Slide 2 historical facts > o Slide 3 First extra ones up to the student > o Slide 4 Introduction of Zero Europe > o Slide 5 expansion of maths > o Slide 6 Second slide of your choice > o Slide 7 concluding summary || YES || BECAUSE THEY STOOD OUT OF THE OTHER INFO || NA || 8 || Person 4: 1 Image of the Hindu-Arabic number system ||  ||   ||   || 10 || A slide that describes the Hindu-Arabic number system ||  ||   ||   || 8 || > o Slide 2 historical facts > o Slide 3 First extra ones up to the student > o Slide 4 Introduction of Zero Europe > o Slide 5 expansion of maths > o Slide 6 Second slide of your choice > o Slide 7 concluding summary ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Question || Answer || Reason || Improvement || Rating out of 10 ||
 * Does the power point have a layout that is simple and easy to understand || Yes || I liked it becuase it had nice colors that flowed into each other. || I could have kept all the backgrouds the same. || 9 ||
 * Is the writing on each slide relevant to the topic of each slide || Yes || The info is matching up to the title. || I could have bullet pointed it. || 10 ||
 * Do the colors of the slides hurt your eyes || No || S-E || S-E || 9 ||
 * Are the hyperlinks helping you to navigate the power point || Yes || You know where you are going. || Could have labelled the arrows || 9 ||
 * Are the images in the right places || Yes || They are relevant to the topic. || Could have had more pics. || 10 ||
 * Is bibliography structured correctly ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there titles on every slide || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Are there 100-300 words on each slide ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Does the power point have a size of less than 6 MB ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are the paragraphs indented ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is the Font Times New Roman ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is the Font size 12-40 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there 3 images of the different calculations other civilizations used. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are there 3 Images of different numbers in different number systems ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Is there
 * Is there a picture of the number zero || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is there a title page || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is there a contents page || Yes ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Is there
 * Are there either of these slides
 * o Slide 1 introduction
 * Are there 4 images of people using different types of number systems to do calculations ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Question || Answer || Reason || Improvement || Rating out of 10 ||
 * Does the power point have a layout that is simple and easy to understand || kind of || .because not all the slides have the same background || make all the backgrounds the same or at least the same color || 5 ||
 * Is the writing on each slide relevant to the topic of each slide || YES || because the writing makes sence || have the more important sentences a bigger font || 7 ||
 * Do the colors of the slides hurt your eyes || YES || because all the colors were bright and because when gurav presented he went fast so it hurt my eyes || maybe just make the same pattern but different colors || 6 ||
 * Are the hyperlinks helping you to navigate the power point || YES || the hyperlinks worked and made it easier than finding the arrow on the keyboard || maybe make the arrows more visible || 9 ||
 * Are the images in the right places || YES || the images were in the right place because if they werent there the poer point would look empty || maybe add more pictures on each slide || 8 ||
 * Is bibliography structured correctly || YES || the bibliographies were great as i tried them and they lead me to the correct picture and website. || NA || 10 ||
 * Are there titles on every slide || YES || No reason || NA || 10 ||
 * Are there 100-300 words on each slide || IDK || NA || NA || NA ||
 * Does the power point have a size of less than 6 MB ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Are the paragraphs indented || IDK ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Is the Font Times New Roman || IDK ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Is the Font size 12-40 || IDK ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Are there 3 images of the different calculations other civilizations used. || YES || NA || NA || 9 ||
 * Are there 3 Images of different numbers in different number systems || IDK ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Is there
 * Is there a picture of the number zero || YES || NOTHING TO IMPROVE || NA || 10 ||
 * Is there a title page || YES || MAKE THE TITLES BIGGER AND COLOURFULLER ||  || 7 ||
 * Is there a contents page || YES || NOTHING TO IMPROVE || NOTHING TO IMPROVE || 10 ||
 * Is there
 * Are there either of these slides
 * o Slide 1 introduction
 * Are there 4 images of people using different types of number systems to do calculations ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Question || Answer || Reason || Improvement || Rating out of 10 ||
 * Does the power point have a layout that is simple and easy to understand || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is the writing on each slide relevant to the topic of each slide || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Do the colors of the slides hurt your eyes || Not Really || Because the colours on the slides are different. || I could have the same colors on each slide. || 8 ||
 * Are the hyperlinks helping you to navigate the power point || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Are the images in the right places || Yes || S-E || No Improvement || 10 ||
 * Is bibliography structured correctly ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Are there titles on every slide ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Are there 100-300 words on each slide ||  ||   ||   || 8 ||
 * Does the power point have a size of less than 6 MB ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Are the paragraphs indented ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Is the Font Times New Roman ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Is the Font size 12-40 ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Are there 3 images of the different calculations other civilizations used. ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Are there 3 Images of different numbers in different number systems ||  ||   ||   || 8 ||
 * Is there
 * Is there a picture of the number zero ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Is there a title page ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||
 * Is there a contents page ||  ||   ||   || 8 ||
 * Is there
 * Are there either of these slides
 * o Slide 1 introduction
 * Are there 4 images of people using different types of number systems to do calculations ||  ||   ||   || 10 ||

Overall Evaluation Result for Product After analyzing the results of my tests very thoroughly this is what people think about my product. > o Slide 4 historical facts > o Slide 5 How did the Roman perform multiplication > o Slide 6 Introduction of Zero Europe > o Slide 7 expansion of maths > o Slide 8 What were the advantages of the Hindu-Arabic Number System > o Slide 9 concluding summary
 * At least 6 slides but the number must not exceed 10 slides. - People like the number of slides because it does not bore them.
 * 1 image of the different calculations other civilizations used. - Pictures were not counted since I changed the amount of pictures because of time shortage.
 * 100-300 words on each slide - The amount of words on each slide was highly desirable because it means that the font can be bigger and so it is easier for the person reading the text.
 * A size of less than 6 MB. - The size of the power point is 127 KB which makes it easy to send by email and to store on USB'S even if there is low space.
 * Hyperlinks for easy navigation -From people feedback I have learnt that the hyperlinks in my power point made for quick navigation and in one cick you could go from the first slide to the last slide.
 * Transitions and animations - Because of time shortages there were not many transitions and animations I could put people said that the sudden change of slide hurts their eyes so less transitions are better, but I could have put more animations on the text and pictures.
 * Titles on each slide - The titles on each slide made it very clear what the topic of my slide was.
 * A font size between 12-40 throughout all the slides - The font size was increased and people said that this made it easier and faster to read the writing.
 * Times New Roman Font for all the text. - This font is ideal for power point as I learnt from my research.
 * Indented Paragraphs - I forgot to indent the paragraphs although could fit more words on each slide if I did not indent them.
 * A bibliography that is split into three categories; Pictures, Webpages and Books but the bibliography will not be included in the power point. - This bibliography could not be completed because of shortage of time.
 * 1 Images of different numbers in different number systems - N/A
 * 1 Image of the Hindu-Arabic number system-N/A
 * 1 images of people using different types of number systems to do calculations N/A
 * Colors that are not to bright for every slide- The colors were mild although they did hurt the people's eyes because the colors on every slide was different.
 * 1 Picture of the number zero - N/A
 * Either of these slides All these slides were included
 * · The 9 slides should be titled
 * Slide 1 Life without zero
 * slide 2 contents
 * o Slide 3 introduction

In the end this product was good and after averaging the scores a overall rating out of 10 is 9.

Recommendations for Improvement  In this unit I think the most important way I could improve is by following the plan which I could not do at all because of some holidays and disruptions in the lessons. But again this will only depend on time for there might be holidays in the next academic year that could puncture my plan again. Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle
 * Stage || Mark Out of 6 || Improvement and Reason ||
 * Investigate || 6 || The reason I have given myself a six is because I read the assessment criteria and I have also done what it says to do in a lot of detail. The improvement is that I could do more research so as to get a better understanding of the topic. ||
 * Design || 5 || I have spent a lot of time on all the designs and I have tried to include every little detail. I could use less pages so as to use less space. ||
 * Plan || 6 || I have done an extremely detailed plan and I have included the most basic of steps. I could include a more accurate timeline. ||
 * Create || 5 || The create has been done almost according the design although it is missing most of the pictures and also the number of words has been reduced for betterment ||
 * Evaluate || 6 || I have done all the things that have been listed in the assessment criteria and I have done them in detail. ||
 * Attitudes In Technology || 6 || I have been working hard at home to make up for the lesson time lost during the public holiday ||