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The Number Zero  By : Lauren Schooley   INVESTIGATION   Identify the Problem

I do not know very much about Zero or the Hindu-Arabic system. This is a problem because our unit is about them.
Explain the Problem

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I will research Zero and the Hindu-Arabic system until I know enough to give my a good understanding of them. I will then use this information to create a PowerPoint presentation about Zero and the Hindu-Arabic system. ======

Research and Analysis

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These are the answers to 5 questions about Zero and the Hindu-Arabic system. ======

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Zero and the Hindu-Arabic system were invented in India. They were invented when everyone used the Roman numerals. Because people were so used to the Roman numerals they were afraid that the money changers and lenders might cheat them if they were using the Hindu-Arabic system since most people knew exactly what was going on in roman numerals money changing, but had no clue what went on in the Hindu-Arabic system. Since the people who changed money in Roman numerals rounded off many decimal places they technically charged less than a Hindu-Arabic mathmetician that did not round so many decimal places. this was a problem since charging money at high interest rates is a sin in Christianity. ======



Design Brief I am going to design a PowerPoint presentation about the number Zero. It will be used to teach 11-12 year olds about Zero and the Hindu-arabic system. Product Specification My product must: Test Plan I will ask someone my age if my PowerPoint presentation is about Zero. I will ask someone my age if my presentation has at least 6, but no more than 10 slides I will ask someone my age if my presentation has slide 1 labelled Introduction, 2 labelled Historical facts, 3 labelled whatever I want, 4 labelled Introduction to Europe, 5 labelled Expansion of math, and 6 Concluding summary I will ask someone my age if I have 5 pictures or more. I will ask someone my age if I am using the same slide transition throughout the presentation. I will ask someone my age if I have the same custom animation on all slides. I will ask someone my age if my presentation is easy to understand. I will ask someone my age if my presentation is interesting and holds their focus. I will ask someone my age if my presentation has enough information about zero to give them a good understanding of it. I will ask someone my age if my presentation is easy to maneuver. I will ask someone my age if my presentation is interesting.
 * Be a PowerPoint presentation about Zero
 * Have at least 6, but no more than 10 slides
 * Have 6 slides labelled: 1 introduction, 2 historical facts, 3 can be anything, 4 introduction to Europe, 5 expasion of Math, 6 concluding summary
 * Have five pictures or more
 * Have the same slide transition throughout the presentation
 * Have the same custom animation on all the slides
 * Be easy to understand
 * Hold the focus of an 11-12 year old
 * Have enough information about Zero to give the audience a good understanding about it
 * Be easy to maneuver
 * Be interesting

DESIGN  Pictures of my designs

Analysis of my designs Design 1 It is a PowerPoint presentation about zero. It has 8 slides. After the Title Slide the slides are labelled Introduction, Historical Facts, The Abacus and the Roman Numerals, Introduction to Europe, The Expansion of Math, and Concluding Summary. It has 3 pictures. It has the same transition on each slide. It the same custom animation throughout the presentation. Design 2 It is a presentation about zero. It has 8 slides. After the Title the slides are labelled: Introduction, Historical Facts, The Abacus and the Roman Numerals, Introduction to Europe, The Expansion of Math, and Concluding Summary. It has 4 pictures. It has the same transition on every slide. It has the same custom animation throughout the presentation. Design 3 It is a presentation about zero. It has 8 slides. After the Title the slides are labelled: Introduction, Historical Facts, The Abacus and Roman Numerals, Introduction to Europe, The Expansion of Math, and Concluding Summary. It has 3 pictures. It has the same transition on every slide. It has the same custom animation throughout the presentation. Justification for chosen design I choose design 2. I am choosing this design because I think that green is a good color for a presentation and the design has the most pictures. Pictures grab the audience's attention. I think that this would be the best of all the designs because It is not overwhelming like Design 1. Design 1 has very bright colors which would be a problem for the eyes of the audience. I also think that the other two designs would be hard to read. Blue on green isn't a problem but blue on purple or blue on light blue are. PLAN 29 April, 2013 (school) || start and finish || start ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || start || I will need a computer with PowerPoint installed so I can create my PowerPoint presentation. I will need the Internet to find and confirm information. || 2 May, 2013 (at school and home) ||  || finish || start ||   ||   ||   ||   || work on || I will need a computer with PowerPoint installed to make my presentation. I will need the Internet to find more historical facts than I already know. || 7 May, 2013 (school) ||  ||   || finish || start ||   ||   ||   || work on || I will need a computer with PowerPoint installed so I can create my presentation. I will need the Internet because I need to learn a lot more than I know now about the Roman numerals. || 10 May, 2013 (school and home) ||  ||   ||   || finish || start ||   ||   || work on || I will need a computer with PowerPoint installed so I can make my presentation. I will need the Internet so I can get pictures and information. || 14 May, 2013 (school) ||  ||   ||   ||   || finish || start ||   || work on || I will need a computer with PowerPoint installed so I can create my PowerPoint presentation. I will need the Internet for Learning more about the expansion of math and URLs for my Bibliography. || 17 May, 2013 (school and home) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || finish || start || work on || I will need a computer with PowerPoint installed so I can make my PowerPoint I will need the internet to find all the URLs I missed and to confirm information. || 21 May, 2013 (school) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || complete || I will need a computer with PowerPoint installed so I can finish my presentation. I will need the Internet so I can grab any URLs I missed. ||
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CREATE  Final Product media type="file" key="LaurenSchooleyunit4NumberZeropresentation.swf" width="652" height="491"

Changes made to the original Design I changed the title from The Number Zero to Zero and the Hindu-Arabic System because I thought that since I was covering both of them I needed to say that in the title. I also added a picture to the Expansion of Math page. It is a picture of a stack of books because the expansion of math was helped by the invention of the printing press (See my presentation). I added another picture on the Concluding Summary page, it is a picture of Zero, I added it because it looked good. Changes made to the original Plan  I sometimes did not do some of my work at home on the days that I said I would in my plan because I got more than I thought I would done at school. My plan was also off by a day, I must have made a mistake with the dates. EVALUATE  Results of tests
 * || Me || Mtendere || Amna ||
 * Was the presentation about zero? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Did the presentation have at least 6, but no more than 10 slides? || It has 8 slides. || It has 8 slides. || yes ||
 * Were the slides labeled 1 Zero and the Hindu-Arabic System, 2 Introduction, 3 The Roman Numerals, 4 Introduction to Europe, and 5 Concluding Summary? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Does the presentation have more than 5 pictures? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Does it have the same transition on every slide? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Does it have the same custom animation on every slide? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Is it easy to understand? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Does it keep your focus? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Does it give you a good understanding of zero? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Is the presentation easy to move through? || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Is it interesting. || yes || yes || yes ||

Recommendations for improvement If I could make this again, I would have the design specifications up during the time I made it. This way when I get the test results back, I will remember what the they were. I would also use a slide transition that works better in iSpring Free. On the introduction slide, I would do float in on the individual bullet points, instead of on the whole chunk.

Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle I think I that in this unit I executed the design cycle better than I ever have before. I really put a lot of effort in.