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(The Number Zero)  By : (Eamonn Fitzgerald)   INVESTIGATION   Identify the Problem  The problem is that people do not appreciate what zero does for them in everyday life and the importance of the zero in our number system.

Explain the Problem They do not properly acknowledge the importance of the zero and its role in our lives. they need to know how important the zero is and its various roles in everyday life and how the world would be without the zero and the chaos that it would be in. people need to learn how the zero helps support the economy and what an important number it is in our life.

Research and Analysis i have taken research from two different sites which i have acknowledged in   my bibliography. i found the research from these two sites highly useful and informative. i will try to use more sites to vary my results more in the future. Design Brief I have to make a presentation to inform people of what the number zero and to tell them what it does for us. It could be used to tell children at school what zero does for us and how it helps us. It would be given by an expert on math that would have a very good prior understanding of the topic and would be able to give a presentation to inform us of the number zeros purpose and use. Product Specification My product must: Be mistake proof so that i can present to the best of my ability and be ready for anything during the presentation. I need to have a loud voice to project so that everyone i am presenting to can hear me. I need to have a interesting presentation so that it does not make everyone bored by the presentation. It needs to have a large and interesting heading to catch peoples attention and it needs to be colorful so that people will come to the presentation. Test Plan 1. to make sure that my presentation is mistake proof i will practice at home and have a written speech. i will practice being able to answer all of the questions that might be given. 2. i will ask someone to judge whether or not i have a loud voice. 3. i will give my presentation to younger children to see if it keeps their attention or makes them bored by it. 4. i will ask my sister to see if she thinks it has a good heading and if it is colorful. DESIGN  Pictures of my designs



Analysis of my designs Design 1: I did not like this design because it did not go along with what I wanted my design to be. It was not my best effort and I could have put in a lot more effort and I could have gotten a better grade for my assignment. I did not like it because it did not have enough color in it. I could have worked in more color in my design to make it look nicer and improve it. It also did not have enough information and only covered the basic topics that we are focusing on. I could have put more focus into one particular area of the unit and go into an in depth exploration of the topic. I could have added more detail in terms of hyperlinks and animations as well as transitions between pages.

Design 2: I liked this design a bit more than design one as it was better organized and had more detail. It has notes on what will be what color and pictures with notes saying what they will be of. I liked my choice of colors as they go together with the brightness of the red crashing with the mellow tones of the blue. I could have put in more text and used the text to create a summary of the zero. I added notes on transitions between slides and know that that will now not be much of a problem to me. I liked this design much more than design one and there is not much room for improvement in my mind. Design 3: I think that this was overall my best design and I think that I will use this as my create. I will probably have to make some changes to my design during the final create stage. Some of the things that I will make during my final create stage are as follows. I will try to put as much detail as possible in my final product to really get the message across to the reader. I think that I put the most effort into design three with the best end results. I feel that this would be the best design to base my final product on. It has more detail and color than all of the others. Justification for chosen design My chosen design is design three.

I chose design three because I thought that it was the best. I like the color plan with two different colors that clash against each other and yet they compliment each other and help to make an interesting design. It has enough information and it is detailed enough to get across a clear meaning of the project. I hope that it is good enough to educate the reader on how the zero spread across the world. The pictures are evenly spaced and should be interesting. The animations and transitions between the slides are satisfying and should attract the reader to continue with the presentation. PLAN and to organize the information into different sections. || I will get all of the necessary information on the topic that we are focusing on and i will organize it into different groups according to its topic. || internet, word || this will be done as homework. ||  ||   || so that it is suitable for the PowerPoint. || I will edit through the information that I have gathered to see whether or not it is true and reliable. || powerpoint, internet || this will be done as homework. ||  ||   || ready for upload. || I will finish my powerpoint and tidy it up so that it is ready for the upload and so that it is up to my expectations. || powerpoint || this will be done in class. ||  ||   || so that it is mistake proof and ready for presentation. || powerpoint || this will be done as homework. ||  ||   ||
 * deadline || objective || information || resources || homework || done || comments ||
 * 5/7/13 || to get the information needed for my powerpoint
 * 5/10/13 || to tidy up the information and edit through it thoroughly
 * 5/13/13 || to put the information on the PowerPoint and to get the PowerPoint
 * 5/15/13 || to upload the power point. || I will upload my power point to the wiki. || internet || this will be done as homework. ||  ||   ||
 * 5/19/13 || to practice the presentation of my power point. || I will practice the presentation of my power point

CREATE  Final Product

Changes made to the original Design

Changes made to the original Plan EVALUATE  Results of tests Recommendations for improvement

Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle