FAITH+MKANDAWIRE+Unit+4

(The number zero)  By : (Faith mkandawire)   INVESTIGATION   Identify the Problem the problem is i have to be able to answer the unit question which is how did the ancients you numbers. Explain the Problem i have to be able find a reliable source were i will be able to find the right answers to my question.

Research and Analyse My analyse are that the things that i have found out about the number zero are that the number is not very important to some other people in the world because of the people before them as in there an-sisters believed in. Long ago the Romans thought that it wasn't good to use the Arab numerals because they had a zero in the numbers and Romans thought that that it wasn't right to get a zero in numbers because zero actually means nothing. zero was actually the last number to be considered as a number because it equaled to nothing when it was added by it self so the thing that basically caused people to not want the number zero is that if you add one plus one then you get two and that's a bigger number than one so that means that the reason that people did not consider zero to be a number is because when you added it it self it actually equaled to it self instead of being equal to something bigger than it self so that's why people used to use the roman numerals but then after some time they started using the Arab numerals because they found out that the number zero was actually a place holder and then the Arab numerals befitted the roman the Romans and now that's why we use the Arab numerals. [] ‎ yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/zero.jsp ‎

Design Brief  i hve to be able to create a a powerpoint that will be able to answer the unit question. the information that i put on the power point must be something that will be able to help the reader if they ever had a question about the diffrent number systems and how the ancients used them. i also have to make sure that evry thing that i put in to my powerppoint is something that everyone who reads it will be able to understand. Product Specification Test Plan i will compare all my designs to each other and see which of them looks the best and is more likely to be understood. i could check if i like it i could go to some of the places were i researched what a powerpoint needs and see if my powerpoint has all the qualities of a good powerpoin change the thing that i think many people wont like. DESIGN  Pictures of my designs DESIGN 1 FAITH DESIGN 2 FAITH FAITH DESIGN 3 Analysis of my designs I think that the second one really links into the product specification because it has many of the quality that are on the product specification.I think that that it has alot of good quality information.I also didn't put too many words in this because when i went to a certain website it told me that when you make a slide it must not have too much information because some times people might get bored. And also the reason that put a little information is because even though its not that much information it is sill very useful and it wouldn't make sense to have alot of writing and not know what it means. Justification for chosen design My chosen design is design number 2. I chose this design because i think that i put good information in it. and even though its not the one i put alot of effort on it i still think that its the one that people are more likely to understand and it has a few words that will stick in your mind you will be able to understand every thing. i also picked this design because the other one is too messed up and so people would not be able to read what i put on it. PLAN
 * I will have 8 slides
 * all of my slides will be able to ansewer thae unit question
 * my font will be times new roman
 * my slides will have a purple and blue gradient back ground
 * i will ahve white writing
 * make sure that it is clear
 * All designs must be good
 * resources || how many days || animation || extra ||
 * computer || it will probably take one week maybe Thursday because i will also work at home || i have to think about what i am going to put as animation || maybe other extra in formation that i might put. ||
 * mouse || it might take days maybe i could do some more work at home and also some at brake on Friday || i could put 2D sketches of the number zero || if i get extra days ||
 * designs to make sure that i am doing the right thing || i will also do some work on the weeckends so that will make me steps closer to finishishing my work || or i could take a very coulerful 3D picture of the number zero || if i come up with more ideas for animation ||
 * Microsoft power point || the final last slide will take a long time because it basically taking everything from the power point and then wrapping it all into one thing. || any other animation that i might think of later on. || i could also take some pictures from clip art and just put it on the power point. ||

CREATE  Final ProductChanges made to the original Design I didnt make too many changes to my creat except at i changed one of the slides and got rid of it and i think that thre powerpoint is sort of better without it.I also decided to change the colour of the background because i didnt like the couler that i chose before i decicded to put more interesting colours. Changes made to the original Plan i only made one change to my create tand that was the back ground only. and also the text i said that all of it was going to be Roman numerals but then i just decided to make everthing any font want. EVALUATE  Results of tests


 * Test plan || yes || no || some || its okay ||
 * Is the writing visible || 1 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Is there enough information ||  ||   ||   || 1 ||
 * Are the pictures okay ||  ||   || 2 ||   ||
 * Is my powerpoint too bright ||  || 2 ||   ||   ||
 * Is some of the information useful ||  ||   || 1 ||   ||

Recommendations for improvement i think that the next time we do something thats like this i will try and maybe do a little more research becausewhen we were doing the powerpoint i thought that i had enough information but then when i got to this other slide i didnt have the right information for that particuler slide. and because of that i had to get rid of that slide because the time for research was over and i had no more time so i had to delete

Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle  explain what you would have changed in the way you followed the design cycle here