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What Environments Am I a Part Of (How Have IT Students Needs Changed?) By :Daniel Rijpma INVESTIGATION Identify the Problem Most IT students nowadays don't know how their needs have changed and will change. Explain the Problem IT students needs always change from years ago where we relied on floppy disks to now where we use flash drives and Cloud storage. Modern day IT students also don't know about up and coming products. We need changes to move forward and also because we will eventually need them such as larger and conveniently small storage devices.To solve this problem I will make a website to answer it. Research and Analysis http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/stordevi.htm http://www.dineshbakshi.com/igcse-gcse-ict/storage-devices-and-media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_storage_device http://www.onlinestorage.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_storage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_keyboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Output_device

These are the websites I used and the research I have gained is that: >
 * a storage device is a hardware device capable of holding information
 * there is two types of memory; primary and secondary
 * the primary memory is the volatile memory and the secondary is the non-volatile memory
 * most online storage is encrypted which means you need a password to get it back
 * Cloud storage is a type of online storage
 * online storage
 * mouses (computing) are objects that turn kinetic movement into movement on your laptop or computer screen
 * keyboards use keys as mechanical levers or electronic switches
 * In normal usage, the keyboard is used to type text and numbers into a word processor, text editor or other programs
 * An output device is any piece of computer hardwareequipment used to give the results of data processor carried out by an information processing system for example a computer which converts the electronically generated information into a readable form for us
 * An output device is any piece of computer hardwareequipment used to give the results of data processor carried out by an information processing system for example a computer which converts the electronically generated information into a readable form for us

Design Brief I will make a website to show people how technology develops and changes over years therefore changing IT students needs. I will also make a section focusing on future technology to show us how IT students needs will change in the future. Product Specification

Test Plan
 * Design Specifications**
 * 1) Design a 5 page website. Before you start designing make sure you run it by the teacher first.
 * 2) There must be a home page
 * 3) 1 page must be about how students today are using different types of storage devices
 * 4) 1 page must be about online storage
 * 5) 1 page must be about how mouses have changed
 * 6) 1 page must be about how keyboards have and will change
 * 7) 1 page must be about how output devices have changed
 * 8) 1 page can be on whatever you want but it must related to the unit question
 * 9) Show how the web page will look. change around the navigational bar, the location of your picture, add more pictures to each page, move the information around to show different designs. Remember two designs are better than one. Three designs are better than two. Make sure you think about navigation and the content of each page in your design. For content a heading will be enough. Remember to look at the design criteria in order to get maximum marks.
 * 10) My website is not too colourful and doesn't have more than 4 background colours on each page
 * 11) The colour contrast is good
 * 12) My homepage is not too long
 * 13) My pictures must be relevant to the unit question and my website
 * 14) My hyperlinks must work
 * 15) My font must not be too big or too small
 * 16) My information must be correct

Are All of the pages I Need There?: I will check with one of my fellow students if I have all the five web pages and their topics Does it Look Appealing?: I will check with a few different people if my website will appeal to them and make them want to go on the website Is My Information Accurate?:​ I will check with someone who knows about different types of storage devices, online storage, how mouses have changed, how keyboards have changed and will change and how output devices have changed if the information I have gained is correct Is it Connected to the Unit Question?: I will check with my fellow classmates if the page of my own choice web page is connected to the unit question Is My Colour Contrast Good?: Check with my classmate if the colours are the right contrast, not too light and not too dark Do My Hyperlinks Work?: Check if my hyperlinks work and go to a different page Do My Hyperlinks Go to the Correct Page?: I will check with my fellow classmates if my hyperlinks go to the correct page Are There Any Spelling Mistakes?: Check with one of my fellow classmates if there is any spelling mistakes Are my Pictures Relevant?: Check with my schoolmate if my pictures are relevant to the main idea Are My Pictures the Right Size?: Check with my schoolmate if my pictures are all the right size Do I Have Enough Information?: Check with my classmate if there is enough detail about my topic in my writing Is the Font the Right Size?: Check with my classmate if the font size is not too big or too small Is My Homepage Too Big?: Check with my classmate if my Homepage is too long Do I have Information On Storage Devices?: Check with my classmates if I have information on storage devices Do I have Information On Online Storage?: Check with my classmates if I have information on online storage Do I have Information On Mouses?: Check with my classmates if I have information on how mouses have changed and will change Do I have Information On Keyboards?: Check with my classmates if I have information on how keyboards have changed Do I have Information On Output Devices?: Check with my classmates if I have information on output devices have changed Do I have Information On My Own Choice of a Web Page?: Check with my classmates if I have information on my own choice of web page

DESIGN Pictures of my designs





Analysis of my designs

**__Design 1__**
My first design, in my opinion, was good. I think it was good because it met all the points in my design specification. It has all six pages. There is a homepage. 1 page is about how students today are using different types of storage devices.  1 page is about online storage. 1 page is about how mouses have changed. 1 page is about how output devices have changed. And I have a page of my own choice about how IT student's needs will change. Each page doesn't have more than 4 background colours. In my opinion and my classmate's opinion, my colour contrast is good on my first design. My homepage isn't too long and over-complicated. My pictures relate to my website and unit question. In my final product my hyperlinks will work. My font isn't too big or too small. In my final product my information will be correct.

**__Design 2__**
My second design was excellent, in my opinion. I think it was good because it met all the points in my design specification and was creative at the same time. It has all six pages. There is a homepage. 1 page is about  how students today are using different types of storage devices. 1 page is about online storage. 1 page is about how mouses have changed. 1 page is about how output devices have changed. And I have a page of my own choice about how IT student's needs will change. Each page doesn't have more than 4 background colours. In my opinion and my classmate's opinion, my colour contrast is good but in my opinion a bit bland on my second design. My homepage isn't too long and over-complicated . My pictures relate to my website and unit question. In my final product my information will be correct. I think this design is better than my first design, in my opinion, even if the colour scheme was pretty bland.

**__Design 3__**
My third design was also very good, in my opinion, because it was also very different from the others. It has all six pages. There is a homepage. 1 page is about <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> how students today are using different types of storage devices. 1 page is about online storage. 1 page is about how mouses have changed. 1 page is about how output devices have changed. And I have a page of my own choice about how IT student's needs will change. Each page doesn't have more than 4 background colours. In my opinion and my classmate's opinion, my colour contrast is good in my third design. My homepage isn't too long and over-complicated <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 1.1em;">. My pictures relate to my website and unit question. In my final product my information will be correct. I like this design too so I think it will be a hard choice to make.

Justification for chosen design My final choice of design is design 2. I chose this design because it is the most creative out of all the designs because it has the writing inside the objects as the others don't. It also looks the most eye-catching because the pictures are bigger. It is also the most professional looking because it's well thought out, not like the other websites I saw in my research analysis. Although this one is the best design it is also the hardest because I have to find pictures to use and type things over. This may sound simple but you have to make it look good by making the text be inside the lines, but if it goes well, it will look a professional website that you might go on to find information. I also think it followed my design specification the best because all the the web pages look very attractive including the homepage, the colour of the pages were quite bland, however I can change that on my final creation, all the pages were there, there wasn't more than 4 background colours, the homepage is small and gets to the point, not long and over-complicated and my information on it will be correct on all the pages. That is why I chose my second design over the others.

PLAN

Put your dongle in the laptop/ computer Select the Mobile Partner Icon Press the "Connect" button Then go to Google Then type in Google Images Select the right hyperlink Type "Laptop" and click "Enter" Save the picture you like and put it on your flash drive (don't forget to take the URL) Type "Hard disk drive" and click "Enter" Save the picture you like and put it on your flash drive (don't forget to take the URL) Type "Cloud Storage logo" and click "Enter" Save the picture you like and put it on your flash drive (don't forget to take the URL) Type "Mouse (computing)" and click "Enter" Save the picture you like and put it on your flash drive (don't forget to take the URL) Type "Monitor" and click "Enter" Save the picture you like and put it on your flash drive (don't forget to take the URL) Type "Futuristic Technology" and click "Enter" Save the picture you like and looks like the one on the design and put it on your flash drive (don't forget to take the URL) Close Tabs || Type "Storage Devices" and click "Enter" Open the page you think will be good Copy the information on a Word document Click the back button Type "Cloud Storage logo" and click "Enter" Open the page you think will be good Copy the information on a Word document Click the back button Type "Mouse (computing)" and click "Enter" Open the page you think will be good Copy the information on a Word document Click the back button Type "Output Devices" and click "Enter" Open the page you think will be good Copy the information on a Word document Click the back button Type "Futuristic Technology" and click "Enter" Open the page you think will be good Copy the information on a Word document Close Tabs Save the Word document on the laptop/ computer and call it IT Unit 3 Information Save the Word document on your flash drive Close the Word document || Log in Put flash drive into computer Open Microsoft Expression Make a new page Make the picture of the laptop from your flash drive the background of the web page On the top of the web page type Modern Technology in big letters Make a text box that fits on the screen of the laptop In that text box, write a paragraph about how IT students needs have changed and will change On the bottom of the page type "Next Page" Save the page || Log in Put flash drive into computer Open Microsoft Expression Make a new page Make the picture of the hard disk drive from your flash drive the background of the web page On the top of the web page type Modern Technology in big letters Make a text box that fits on the hard disk drive Open the Word document which has all the information on storage devices In that text box, write a paragraph about how IT students use different types of storage devices Make the "Next Page" on the homepage a hyperlink that sends you to this web page Type "Back" on the bottom of the page Make that a hyperlink to the homepage Type "Next Page" Save the page Save the Homepage || Make the picture of the cloud storage logo from your flash drive the background of the web page On the top of the web page type Modern Technology in big letters Make a text box that fits inside the cloud storage logo Open the Word document which has all the information on online storage In that text box, write a paragraph about online storage Make the "Next Page" on the 1st page a hyperlink that sends you to this web page Type "Back" on the bottom of the page Make that a hyperlink to the 1st page Type "Next Page" Save the page Save the 1st page || Make the picture of the mouse (computing) from your flash drive the background of the web page On the top of the web page type Modern Technology in big letters Make a text box that fits inside the mouse (computing) Open the Word document which has all the information on mouses (computing) In that text box, write a paragraph about mouses (computing) Make the "Next Page" on the 3rd page a hyperlink that sends you to this web page Type "Back" on the bottom of the page Make that a hyperlink to the 3rd page Type "Next Page" Save the page Save the 3rd page || Make the picture of the monitor from your flash drive the background of the web page On the top of the web page type Modern Technology in big letters Make a text box that fits inside the monitor Open the Word document which has all the information on monitors In that text box, write a paragraph about monitors Make the "Next Page" on the 3rd page a hyperlink that sends you to this web page Type "Back" on the bottom of the page Make that a hyperlink to the 3rd page Type "Next Page" Save the page Save the 3rd page || Make the picture of the futuristic technology from your flash drive the background of the web page On the top of the web page type Modern Technology in big letters Make a text box that fits inside the futuristic technology Open the Word document which has all the information on futuristic technology In that text box, write a paragraph about futuristic technology and how they will affect IT students Make the "Next Page" on the 4th page a hyperlink that sends you to this web page Type "Back" on the bottom of the page Make that a hyperlink to the 4th page Type "Home" at the bottom of the page Make that a hyperlink to the homepage Save the page Save the 4th page || Ask them the following questions: Are All of the pages I Need There? Does it Look Appealing? Is My Information Accurate? Is it Connected to the Unit Question? Is My Colour Contrast Good? Do My Hyperlinks Work? Do My Hyperlinks Go to the Correct Page? Are There Any Spelling Mistakes? Are my Pictures Relevant? Are My Pictures the Right Size? Do I Have Enough Information? Is the Font the Right Size? Is My Homepage Too Big? Do I have Information On Storage Devices? Do I have Information On Online Storage? Do I have Information On Mouses? Do I have Information On Keyboards? Do I have Information On Output Devices? Do I have Information On My Own Choice of a Web Page? Let them answer the questions Record the answers on a piece of paper Ask someone else and follow the same procedure ||
 * Dates || Deadlines || Resources/ Materials || What I have to do: ||
 * 25/02 || Get pictures for all my pages || Internet( WIFI or connected, in my case a dongle), Computer/ laptop, Google, Google Images, flash drive || Put on computer/ laptop
 * 25/02 || Get information on each page || Internet( WIFI or connected, in my case a dongle), Computer/ laptop, Google, flash drive || Open Google
 * 26/02 || Finish my Homepage || Computer, Microsoft Expression, flash drive with pictures and information || Put on school computer
 * 1/03 || Finish my 1st page || Computer, Microsoft Expression, flash drive with pictures and information || Put on school computer
 * 1/03 || Finish my 2nd page || Computer, Microsoft Expression, flash drive with pictures and information || Make a new page
 * 5/03 || Finish my 3rd page || Computer, Microsoft Expression, flash drive with pictures and information || Make a new page
 * 5/03 || Finish my 4th page || Computer, Microsoft Expression, flash drive with pictures and information || Make a new page
 * 9/03 || Finish my last page || Computer, Microsoft Expression, flash drive with pictures and information || Make a new page
 * 9/03 || Test my website with my test plan || Classmates, computer, website ready to be used || Let my classmates use the website

CREATE Final Product

Changes made to the original Design I changed a few things from my design. One change I made was the fact that I changed the colour scheme. I changed this because most of my classmates did not like the plain yellow background. I also felt that the black and blue colour theme was better because it made it look more professional. Another change from the design was the text colour. I had to change this because black text would not be visible with the black background. Another thing I added was more information like timelines and more text boxes. I also changed the positioning of some of the text because whenever I put layers it moved it a few centimetres to the left. I also had more pictures because of the extra text. Also the pictures looked different because you can't find pictures exactly the same as the drawings I made. I also added an extra page explaining how keyboards have changed because I forgot to add it in the design. I also I changed the sizes of the pictures because I couldn't find the exact right size off the internet. They were either too small or too big. I also made borders on the table to make it look better and professional. I had to make a hyperlinks title. I had to do this because I thought it wouldn't be clear when I was actually making my web site. Although my final product wasn't exactly like my design I think that overall, it came out good. Changes made to the original Plan I also changed a few things to my plan. First of all I had to use a table to place all my information on the page. I did this because it makes things more organised and Mr.Mutasa suggested that we should. I changed the colour on the pages. I changed the colour because it would make it more attractive and eye catching.I added a page about keyboards and how they have changed. I added this page because it said it on the design specification but forgot to add it on my design. I had to use layers instead of text boxes. I did this because the text boxes wouldn't work so I did the next best thing Layers. I had to add timelines. I had to do this because it would make my web site better. I had to add extra information and text boxes. I did this because it would make my web site more professional and better. I had to make a hyperlinks title. I had to do this because I thought it wouldn't be clear when I was actually making my web site.I had to download Microsoft Expression. I had to do this because I didn't realise that Friday was off when I was making the plan so I had to download it so I could do it at home. I also did somethings at different times and days. I did this because sometimes I had other to do on a day I had to do something on the website and sometimes I had no other homework on a day when I was free. Although I didn't follow my plan perfectly, I still did it well. EVALUATE Results of tests __** Svend's answers **__ Are All of the pages I Need There?: I will check with one of my fellow students if I have all the seven web pages and their topics Yes all the pages are there Does it Look Appealing?: I will check with a few different people if my website will appeal to them and make them want to go on the website Yes Is My Information Accurate?: I will check with someone who knows about different types of storage devices, online storage, how mouses have changed, how keyboards have changed and will change and how output devices have changed if the information I have gained is correct Yes Is it Connected to the Unit Question?: I will check with my fellow classmates if the page of my own choice web page is connected to the unit question Yes except that my futuristic technology page looks at not only It students technology but all technology

Is My Colour Contrast Good?: Check with my classmate if the colours are the right contrast, not too light and not too dark Yes most of the time it is

Do My Hyperlinks Work?: Check if my hyperlinks work and go to a different page Yes my hyperlinks work

Do My Hyperlinks Go to the Correct Page?: I will check with my fellow classmates if my hyperlinks go to the correct page Yes

Are There Any Spelling Mistakes?: Check with one of my fellow classmates if there is any spelling mistakes No

Are my Pictures Relevant?: Check with my schoolmate if my pictures are relevant to the main idea Yes

Are My Pictures the Right Size?: Check with my schoolmate if my pictures are all the right size Yes

Do I Have Enough Information?: Check with my classmate if there is enough detail about my topic in my writing Yes most of them have enough information

Is the Font the Right Size?: Check with my classmate if the font size is not too big or too small Yes it is a good font size Is My Homepage Too Big?: Check with my classmate if my Homepage is too long The homepage is not too big.

Do I have Information On Storage Devices?: Check with my classmates if I have information on storage devices Yes

Do I have Information On Online Storage?: Check with my classmates if I have information on online storage Yes

Do I have Information On Mouses?: Check with my classmates if I have information on how mouses have changed and will change Yes Do I have Information On Keyboards?: Check with my classmates if I have information on how keyboards have changed Yes

Do I have Information On Output Devices?: Check with my classmates if I have information on output devices have changed Yes

Do I have Information On My Own Choice of a Web Page?: Check with my classmates if I have information on my own choice of web page Yes

I think that my final product has come out well. Most of my design specification was answered with a yes which means that I have done well on that basis. The aspects that could have been better were that my page of my own choice wasn't fully related to the unit question that is how IT students needs will change not necessarily about how technology will change IT students but more about how peoples needs will change in general. Another way that my website could have been better was my colour scheme. This could have been better by adding more colour in to the web site because some of the pictures made the website look like it was black on black. I could have made my website better by adding more information to some pages. This would have let my website be more useful to my audience. I also could have improved by making my homepage bigger. This would have made my audience understand more about what the website is going to be like. Compared to my design specification I think that my product compared well to my design specification.

Recommendations for improvement I could improve my website by adding more text about the website. I would do this because when IT students, or any other people, go to a website they want information and if my website doesn't have enough information people will label it as a bad website. I would also have looked at the design specification more carefully when I was doing my work. I would do this because I did not really pay attention to the design specification when I was actually doing my work I just did it as I went along. A bad thing that had happened because of this was that I forgot to put how keyboards have changed on my design. I also could have listened to instructions more. The reason I say this is because when I tried to finish the website at home I couldn't see the pictures because I didn't put into one website file. I also should not have chose to use layers. My reason for this is because when I put my layers on the preview on browser the program always moved it a bit to the left. I fixed this by making my actual microsoft expression layer a bit to the right to make it exactly where I want it to be. Although I could have improved by doing these things I still think I tried my best and it ended up well overall.

Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle Investigation: I would have changed my investigation by researching a bit more. I say this because I only went to one website for each aspect of my final website. I also could have looked at the investigation page more often. I say this because I wasn't on the page when I was working one hundred percent of the time. I also could have analysed my research more in detail instead of 2 sentences or 1. I think this part of the design cycle is very good overall. Design: I think I could have done better in this stage. One way for it to be better is if looked at my design specification ore carefully. I say this because I made a very big mistake on my designs of not making a page about keyboards and how they have changed. I could have also looked at the design page in wikispaces more carefully while I was doing my work. I say this because these pages are here to make our work better and to guide us through. I think that the designs were very good and unique to each other, with a little more thought put in to it I think it would be very good. Plan: I think I did well in plan but there are ways to make it better. One way to have made it better was to, once again look at the plan page while I was doing my work. Another way to make it better was to read my plan and check if it made sense. I don't have a lot to say about my plan because I think I did very well. Create: I think I could have followed my design better. I also could have looked at the create page while I was doing this once again.I think my final product came out very good and I think my analysing of it was also quite good. One bad thing about my final product was that it was a bit messy because the layers wouldn't stay where they were. Evaluation: I think I executed my evaluation very well including the test results, the recommendations for improvement and this. could have added more information to the recommendation for improvement. I really enjoyed doing the evaluation of the evaluation. Overall, I think that I did good. With a little more thought out in to it I think it would be amazing.

<span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: justify; top: 4501.5px; width: 1px;">had to make a hyperlinks title. I had to do this because I thought it wouldn't be clear when I was actually making my web site.