Tisa+mushani+unit+4

The Number Zero  By : Tisa Mushani   INVESTIGATION   Identify the Problem

A lot of people don't know the significance of the number zero and I want to find a way to show them how important zero is.
Explain the Problem People think of zero as just another number and don't know how important it really is. They don't know how hard it would be to write numbers if we still used some of the ancient ways of counting numbers and I want to show them that zero is important.

Research and Analysis

Design Brief
I am going to make a PowerPoint presentation to show people how important the number zero is and how lucky they are that someone invented it. I am going to make it during this IT unit. Product Specification Test Plan DESIGN  Pictures of my designs Analysis of my designs **__First Design: __** This design is colorful but in a plain kind of way. I don't think I put enough pictures in it. I put the text in a way so that it's easy enough to read. The colors are not that relevant because I used light brown for some of the headings. **__Second Design: __** This design has more pictures and they are relevant. The text is set-up so you can read everything without any trouble. I have the correct number of slides and their all in order. ** __Third Design: __ ** This design is more than colorful. Each page has its own design and the text is easy to read because its in dark colors. I put the correct number of slides. It has relevant pictures. Justification for chosen design I chose the third design. I think this design is the best because it's the most colorful and it's the most relevant. It has enough color to make people take a look at it and there isn't too much information so that people get bored after the first slide. Everything is put orderly. PLAN
 * My presentation must be colorful.
 * My presentation must have no spelling mistakes.
 * My presentation must be interesting and not boring.
 * My presentation must have lots of interesting pictures.
 * My presentation must be simple to read.
 * My presentation must be easy to navigate.
 * My presentation must follow the criteria.
 * My presentation should have 6-10 slides that all have titles.
 * My presentation must have relevant pictures.
 * My presentation must follow my design and plan.
 * My presentation must make sense.
 * My presentation must have a facts page.
 * My presentation must be engaging and informative.
 * My presentation must be readable and have relevant text colors.
 * My presentation should have bullet points.
 * I could ask a few people to check on whether my presentation is colorful or dull.
 * I would have to spell check everything at least two time to make sure I don't have spelling mistakes.
 * I could get someone to go through my presentation to test out whether it's boring or not.
 * Read the presentation and find out if it''s hard to read or ask someone else.
 * Ask someone to go through the presentation and see if they have trouble navigating.
 * Read the criteria and check if you've done everything.
 * Look to see that I didn't make more than 10 slides.
 * Check that the pictures fit the unit.
 * I'll look at my chosen design and presentation and check if they are just about the same and then check the plan.
 * Ask someone to read through the presentation and see if it makes sense.
 * Ask a few people to look at my presentation and decide on whether it's engaging and informative.
 * Look at the presentation and make out whether you can read the text.

the PowerPoint is about.
 * Deadlines || What to do || Materials || Resources || Work || Comments ||
 * 3rd May || 1st slide- Introduction || PowerPoint- ||  || I will have to make an introduction talking about what

Put the title on page. Text purple (gradient fill, purple accent 4, reflection. Animation shape. For the slide background I will use the design Oriel, effect apothecary. Type How did the Ancients use numbers in font Algerian, font size 30, font color Ice blue, accent 5, darker 50%. Type information font Calibri, font color black, font size 12. Type The number zero, font Algerian, font size 30, font color Ice blue, accent 5, darker 50%. Type information font Calibri, font color black, font size 12. ||  || about the number zero that will catch the readers eye.
 * 14th May || 2nd slide- Historical facts || PowerPoint ||  || I have to make a second slide filled with historical facts

Put the title on page. Text purple (gradient fill, purple accent 4, reflection. For the slide background I will use the design Oriel, effect apothecary. ||  || know about their numbers. The first row of cards has the the numbers and the second has the description of the numbers and all you have to do is match them.
 * 14th May || 3rd slide- Game || PowerPoint ||  || This slide is just a simple game to see how well people

Put the title on page. Text purple (gradient fill, purple accent 4, reflection. For the slide background I will use the design Oriel, effect apothecary. ||  || came to Europe.
 * 14th May || 4th slide- Introduction of zero in Europe || PowerPoint ||  || This slide just tells of who, what, when, where, why and how zero

Put the title on page. Text purple (gradient fill, purple accent 4, reflection. For the slide background I will use the design Oriel, effect apothecary. ||  || came to be. This will have all the information from who invented the system to how well it worked. It will have the faults and mistakes it had.
 * 10th May || 5th slide- Expansion of maths || PowerPoint ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 10th May || 6th slide- Time line of the number systems || PowerPoint ||  || This is just a timeline of the times the different number systems

Put the title on page. Text purple (gradient fill, purple accent 4, reflection. For the slide background I will use the design Oriel, effect apothecary. ||  ||
 * 10th May || 7th slide- Concluding summary || PowerPoint ||  || This slide is my concluding summary.

Put the title on page. Text purple (gradient fill, purple accent 4, reflection. For the slide background I will use the design Oriel, effect apothecary. ||  ||

CREATE  Final Product media type="file" key="tisa's zero presentation.swf" width="540" height="405" Changes made to the original Design explain the things you changed from your original design to the final product and give reasons why you made those changes here All the slides except for slides three and seven followed my plan. For slide three I changed the game from guess the number system to catch the number system. I did this because I thought it would be a little more entertaining to try and catch the systems as they zoomed around. For the seventh slide I just changed the design. I put extra slides in my PowerPoint so it has ten because I found out I needed more slides then i thought i'd need. I used different backgrounds then I said i'd use in my design because  it wasn't easy getting them and some didn't look that nice after I put them on the PowerPoint. Changes made to the original Plan  explain where you did not follow your plan and give reasons why you did not follow the plan here In my plan I said I would put the same font and color for all the titles but I didn't because my presentation looked better with different  designs for the title and font. The times when I did things were different as well because sometimes I would work slow or I couldn't find the  right information so i'd have done only one slide instead of however many I was supposed to do. So by the time I was on my second lesson on  create I was already behind on the plan. But then I got back on track at the end. I finished the lesson before it was due. EVALUATE  Results of tests
 * ** __Did it__  **
 * __**Kind of**__
 * __ ** Didn't ** __

**__Design specification-__**

 * ** I could ask a few people to check on whether my presentation is colorful or dull. ** I asked a few people and they commented on how colorful my presentation was (But I could have made it a little less colorful).
 * ** I would have to spell check everything at least two time to make sure I don't have spelling mistakes. ** I checked and there are no spelling mistakes.
 * ** I could get someone to go through my presentation to test out whether it's boring or not. ** I did and they said it wasn't boring at all (But I could have found more interesting facts).
 * ** Read the presentation and find out if it''s hard to read or ask someone else. ** I checked it and there aren't any grammar mistakes.
 * ** Ask someone to go through the presentation and see if they have trouble navigating. ** Its easy to navigate (I think I should have planned out when the animations and I should have used less).
 * ** Read the criteria and check if you've done everything. ** I didn't do everything.
 * Look to see that I didn't make more than 10 slides. I checked and I have ten exactly and not more.
 * ** Check that the pictures fit the unit .** Some of the pictures are relevant but some are just out of topic.
 * ** I'll look at my chosen design and presentation and check if they are just about the same and then check the plan. ** My presentation is different from the design.
 * ** Ask someone to read through the presentation and see if it makes sense. ** It makes sense.
 * ** Ask a few people to look at my presentation and decide on whether it's engaging and informative. ** It needs more information in some of the slides but it catches peoples eyes.
 * ** Look at the presentation and make out whether you can read the text. ** The text was readable and the font colors didn't clash with the background.

__**Test plan-**__

 * ** My presentation must be colorful. **
 * ** I should make sure my presentation doesn't have no spelling mistakes. **
 * ** My presentation must be interesting and not boring. **
 * ** My presentation must have lots of interesting pictures. **
 * ** My presentation must be simple to read. **
 * ** My pres entation must be easy to navigate. **
 * ** My presentation must follow the criteria. **
 * **My presentation should have 6-10 slides that all have titles**.
 * ** My presentation should have relevant pictures. **
 * ** My presentation should follow my design and plan. **
 * ** My presentation must make sense. **
 * ** My presentation should have a facts page. **
 * ** My presentation must be engaging and informative. **
 * ** My presentation must be readable and have relevant text colors. **
 * ** My presentation should have bullet points. **

Hannah- Shama- Recommendations for improvement I could add more information because it was lacking information in some slides. I could choose more relevant pictures because I added one or two pictures that didn't really fit on what I was talking about. I could also have planned out the animations and when they started a little better because sometimes the pictures would appear first and then the title or the information would come first then the title and pictures. I could also work on keeping up with the plan as best as I can. I should have researched long before I start the project because sometimes researching takes lots of time that you could be spending doing the PowerPoint. I could have used slide master more because I only used it three times. Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle I would have worked harder on some of the areas. I would have researched more and put more effort on my writing. I should have checked the criteria more often. On my design I worked too much on my third design and a little less on my other designs. The other designs you either couldn't see the writing or the slides were just messed up.
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 * Was it interesting, simple and informative || Yes ||  ||   ||
 * Was it easy to navigate || Yes ||  ||   ||
 * Were the pictures and text relevant || Yes ||  ||   ||
 * || Yes || kind of || No ||
 * Was it interesting, simple and informative || Yes ||  ||   ||
 * Was it easy to navigate ||  || Kind of ||   ||
 * Were the pictures and text relevant ||  || kind of ||   ||