luke+fitzmaurice+unit+4

By : Luke Fitzmaurice INVESTIGATION  Identify the Problem

We have to make people know how ancient civilizations used the number zero.
Explain the Problem We need to make a PowerPoint presentation on how ancient civilizations invented, and used the number zero, before it became something used in everyday life.

Research

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The number zero was stolen from India by the Arabs. It was brought to Europe by an Italian man who's name was Fibonacci. Zero started off as a small dot underneath a number,(in the Indian system) and then went to a small circle, and finally ended in the shape it is. But that was only what it looked like. The number zero was first used the way it is now, in the 1600's. It was completed by two men, Newton, and Leibniz. ======

Design Brief I am making a PowerPoint presentation. Product Specification My product must: Test Plan I will count the slides. I will count the pictures. I will get a friend to see if there is too much writing. I will get a friend to see if there are any irrelevant pictures/text etc.I will delete the least important slide if there are too many. I will get a friend to see if it is fun to watch. I will get a friend to see if it has colours that are too bright. I will get a friend to see if there is an even colour scheme. DESIGN  Pictures of my designs  Design 1 Design 2 Design 3 Analysis of my designs I think design 1 followed it completely, because it Didn't have too much text, it was easy to read, and if you graded it using my product specification, it would be perfect. I think design 2 did quite well, because it followed all the rules, but I think it had too many pictures, and that there should be no pictures on the bibliography. Design 3(in my opinion) did the worst. I think this because it has too much writing, not enough pictures, and the pictures aren't organized. Justification for chosen design I chose Design 1
 * Have 6 slides
 * Not have more than 12 pictures
 * Not have too much writing on the slides
 * Not have irrelevant picture/text etc
 * Not exceed 6 slides
 * Be fun to watch
 * Not have colours that are too bright
 * Have an even colour scheme.

I chose it because it followed the product specification really well. PLAN
 * =Deadlines= || =Work= || =Resources= || =Comments= ||
 * 11th || Work on create final product. || Wikipedia || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 12th || Work on create final product. || Wikispaces || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 13th || Work on create changes you made to original design. || Google || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 14th || Work on create changes you made to original plan. || Google Chrome || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 15th || Work on create. || PowerPoint Presentation || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 16th || Work on create changes you made to original plan. || Information || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 17th || Finish create changes you made to original plan. ||  || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 18th || Work on evaluate results of tests. ||  || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 19th || Work on evaluate results of tests. ||  || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 20th || Work on evaluate recommendations for improvement. ||  || I've already missed this deadline ||
 * 21st || Work on evaluate recommendations for improvement. ||  ||   ||
 * 22nd || Work on evaluate self-evaluation of your execution of design cycle. ||  ||   ||
 * 23rd || Work on evaluate self-evaluation of your execution of design cycle. ||  ||   ||
 * 24th || Finish evaluate. ||  ||   ||

CREATE  Final Product  media type="file" key="Luke Fitzmaurice's Zero Presentation.swf" width="792" height="589"

Changes made to the original design I changed only two things: the colour scheme, and the order of the things. I changed these, because I thought it would look better with some colour, and I changed the order to contain less, because I ran out of time. Changes made to the original plan I had to change loads of things with my plan, because I missed most of my deadlines.

EVALUATE  Results of tests I will show my slide show to Svend, and make him tell me whether I followed my plan or not. My product must:
 * Not have more than 12 pictures
 * It had 6
 * Not have too much writing on the slides
 * It didn't
 * Not have irrelevant picture/text etc
 * It didn't
 * Not exceed 6 slides
 * It didn't
 * Be fun to watch
 * It was
 * Not have colours that are too bright
 * It didn't
 * Have an even colour scheme
 * It did

Recommendations for improvement This is Svends feedback:

"I think you could include more slides." "I think you should use bullet points." "I think you need more information on things." Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle I think I did quite badly executing the design cycle, because I went way over most of the things due dates. Also, I didn't do my full presentation on PowerPoint, because I ran out of time. i didn't investigate much, or design well, but I think I planned, and created O.K. But the evaluation was the worst of those few things, because I don't know what to talk about.