fleur+donker+unit+2

How can Computers Predict  How we are Changing? By : Fleur Donker INVESTIGATION Identify the Problem I have been given the task of using a computers to show and predict how I am changing as time progresses. This means that I have to create something which will show what I looked like in the past, what I look like now and how I will look in the future. Explain the Problem The problem is that I have to learn how to make something that shows what i looked like when i was a baby, now and when i am living in the future. Research and Analysis **Skills exercise 1: Folder Management/File saving** All students to create a folder structure either on their memory stick, the drive on Google or the my documents on that machine (Explain that we do not have roaming profiles). Also explain how we can use the mail function of their G-mail by sending the work to themselves as another way of backing work up. I want to see a print screen of your storage device.
 * New language**
 * Folder organisation
 * Folder
 * Sub folder
 * Online storage
 * Cloud computing
 * Memory stick
 * Backing up
 * Email attachment
 * Crop

**Skills Exercise 2** The students will work with graphic package Gimp. Explain how this can be downloaded for free at this site.
 * Get four images from the BMIS website. If internet is not working use any 4 pictures from your my pictures.
 * Import all four picture into 4 different named layers layers in Gimp
 * This named layers is very important and evidence must be shown of this
 * Re-size them so that they fill the four quarters of the page
 * Using print screen of the layer section and the image show what you have made.

**Skills exercise 3** Using the School Motto, Belief, Motivation, Inspiration and Success
 * Make a new page in Gimp of 1000px by 1000px
 * Students will get a image that represents each of these (reference the website)
 * Each image will be put on its on layer
 * They will put in the mission statement at the bottom of the page using the text tool.
 * Flatten the image showing print screen proof of this



** Skills exercise 4 ** Simple using the text tool create 10 named layers on the canvas based on the IB learner profile. Remember to make the layers transparent so you can see the layer behind it. After naming the layer and writing using the text tool you will then show how you can use the color tool also as follow the color below for the different aspects of the learner profile. Canvas size must be 800 by 600 px

Layer 1 Inquirers Black Layer 2 Knowledgeable Red Layer 3 Thinkers Bright Green Layer 4 Communicators Dark Blue Layer 5 Principled Yellow Layer 6 Open minded Bright Blue Layer 7 Caring Pink Layer 8 Risk-takers Brown Layer 9 Balanced Dark Green Layer 10 Reflective Purple



New Vocabulary:

Transformation tool Posterize

Design Brief I will design and create a collage of pictures of myself which shows the progression of what I look like from the past into the future using the graphics package ** Gimp 2.8.2 ** Product Specification My Collage Must: be 1200 pixels by 1200 pixels have 5 different pictures of myself from a baby to 12 years old have 1 picture of myself now. have 8 pictures of me ranging from 15 to 80 years old. I will use online ageing software to do this. Have each picture on a separate layer. have Each layer named. have my name on the collage on a separate layer Be flattened when finished. be saved as a jpeg file less than 500kb in size Test Plan In order for me to make my creation how i stated in my product specifications i will; ask a friend to cheek the size by looking at the top of the program. I will ask my Mum or Dad to see if i have 5 different pictures, first i would have shown my mum the 5 pictures i stated with so that it wont look like i only have 2 because i will crop them all. i will ask my Brother to take a picture of me on the 12th of November and that will be my picture of now. i can compare to see that they are not the same because i will also bring a picture of when was 6 so you would see a big difference. i will have friends looking at the ages that i have made my self look by me telling them what i want to do when i am older so they will look to see if that means i will be fat or thin etc .. i can also put the ages that i intended to want to look like under the picture. i would like Gurav or Hari to look to see if i have a new layer peer picture because they are very smart with this program. they will look at the side and they will find the different layers labeled. the layer will be named after the age i wanted the picture to be they will see that when they are looking at the layers at the same time. i will create a text box on my layer where it has to have my name i will name the layer "Fleur Donker's Collage". i will look my self if it is flattened by seeing if i only have one layer at the end which if i did it right i would only have one layer. Celeste or Tari will see if its JPEG by seeing how i saved it. it will be less than 500 KB because They will also look at that. Hopefully i would follow the way i want to do my work so i will succeed.

DESIGN Pictures of my designs

Analysis of my designs

Design 1: Does include 1200x1200 because when i make a new file on GIMP i will set it to be 1200x1200. It also has 5 pictures of myself from when i was a baby to 10 years old. it also shows a picture of myself now because that's the top of the ice-cream. the only problem is that it doesn't have pictures from 15-80 it only has pictures from 16-65. i will make sure its all separate layers because a friend will cheek it for me. it also will be flattened because another friend will look to see that there is only 1 layer at the end. it will also e less than 500kb because i will see and read that at the top and also i will look to see if its jpeg. Design 2: Does include 1200x1200 because when i make it i will make sure i give the options. it has 5 pictures from baby hood to 10 years old. it also has a picture from me now because its the top of my arrow. it doesn't have enough pictures from 15-80 but i don't really want to do this design because its not suitable for GIMP. it has different layers because when ever i add a new picture it automatically changes it to a new layer. it also has a name for each layer because when it says new layer i have to nae it. my name will also be on a different layer because i will insert a text box which makes it a new layer. i will flatten it at the end. a friend will check it jpeg. Design 3: Does include 1200x1200 because when i make it i will make sure i give the options. it also has pictures fro when i was 2-10 and a picture from now. i don't have 8 pictures from me in the future but i know where to place them because when i made my design i didn't look at the rubric but i will make more pictures from when i am older. it will have different layer and all will be named. this design also will apply to all the other specifications.

Justification for chosen design i have chosen to do design 3 because its the easiest for me to do on computer. i also choose it over all of the other design because its the easiest to change the ages as i forgot to add ages going to 80. its the easiest because i can just a bubbles floating around the kit, or another option is that i make smaller kits on the sides. there are more and easier ways to make design 3 up to the standards. i also feel i am not very confident in GIMP so i would like to keep my design simple but nice. so there for i feel that it would be much better if i use design 3. PLAN Make a new file on GMIP Crop all my picture to the way i want them Get a picture of me right now || computer, internet, USB, hard copy of my pictures, scanner, friend to cheek my work if i am doing it properly. || this stage helped me the most to get ready and organised. || age my face so i can see what i look like when i am older Start thinking about where i want each picture to be || computer, internet, USB, hard copy of my pictures, scanner, friend to cheek my work if i am doing it properly. || this helped me to start to make my design and have the pictures ready and so next i could just get started very fast. || make it all one layer upload it onto wiki spaces as 1st Draft || computer, internet, USB, hard copy of my pictures, scanner, friend to cheek my work if i am doing it properly, wiki spaces. || i did not start my design on this day but it did help me when i started it and gave me a rough idea on what i had to do to get good marks. || Upload it to wiki spaces the final product || computer, internet, USB, hard copy of my pictures, scanner, friend to cheek my work if i am doing it properly, wiki spaces || this stage i did on Monday and was on task so i was ready to go and get my marks already on Monday but not for my evaluate yet. to be honest i did have a delay on uploading it but i was finished by Monday but it wasn't uploaded. ||
 * __**Date**__ || __**Stage**__ || __**Work**__ || __**Resources**__ || __**Comments**__ ||
 * 24.11.2012 || Create || Transfer all my hard copy pictures to the computer to make it a soft copy
 * 26.11.2012 || Create || Look at all my pictures and select some
 * 29.11.2012 || Create || Start making my final product
 * 03.12.2012 || Create || Do my final touches

CREATE Final Product Changes made to the original Design The changes that i have made to design 3 is that i have decided to add bubbles floating around showing that its the future now and that they are not part of my kite yet, also i made to many so they also represent that i am not only in the past but that we are in the sky for the future. The top of the kite will also be the most important ages for me like when i have my 20th Birthday and thats when i am officially an adult. Also the ages i would like to have children of my own and live in Mexico or Hawaii I also changed the fact that my kite wasnt square so i made my pictures stick out of the side, but i could still see the whole fact of the kite and its shape. Changes made to the original Plan Things i did do were; make my collage 1200 pixels by 1200 pixels. i did have 5 different pictures from when i was 2 to what age i am now (12.) i also have a picture from now my self being 12 years old. i didn't have 8 pictures from 15-80 because the age my face websites didn't allow me to age my self to being 15 only to 20, 40, 50 and 110 ect... Next time i could have used more of a variety of different website to age my face, but i would need more time to do it. my pictures were all on different layer because when i inserted a picture it would automatically make it a new layer and have me to name the layer of the age of the pictures i was copying. My name is on the collage and it is on a different layer. i flattened my collage at the very last detail. the only thing that did bother me is that the file couldn't go bigger than 100 so i think that would have effected my quality. overall i didn't make a lot of mistakes but the ones i did make i learned from them. EVALUATE Results of tests

A friend did look at the top to cheek that my design is 1200 pixels by 1200 pixels. my parents looked that i took 5 pictures from when i was 2-now. i also have pictures from when i am 20-170. Tari cheeked the fact that i have a picture for each layer and that it is correctly named to the age of my picture. i cheeked my self that my name is on my collage because i was the one who made a text box and put my name in it. i asked Hari to cheek that my collage is flattened, he said it was because he could only see one layer at the end. he had also cheeked that my collage was saved as a JPEG and that it is correctly uploaded to wiki spaces. he also looked at the fact that it is less than 500kb. my collage fits most of the requirements.

Recommendations for improvement If i were to do this task again i would have spent more time after school working on my design. the reasons being i would be more organised because i didn't know how to use GIMP as well i can now. next time i would think more about what my actual design looked like because i didn't look at what it really looked like and that i ended up changing my design completely. i would have looked for more age my face websites because the one i used only let me go up in 20-30 year of age. that website didn't allow me to meet all of the criteria sections of getting highest marks. next time i would also focus more on things such as color and detail like ribbons so it look exactly like what i want it to look like. Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle  i would not have changed a lot from my plan because my plan was well organised and i seemed to follow my plane as i wanted to. there for i managed too finish my design. next time i actually would make my plan more detailed to the point where i can see what color to use for my design as this time i didn't look at color and that's why my collage didn't look very much like a kite. a kite was what i intended my design to look like. also i would have changed the order like i think for me to be able to make it funner as well as easier for me i would have make the order as follows; Investigate, Create, Evaluate, Plan, Create, Design, Evaluate. reasons being investigate first because its the best way of researching so i know what i am doing, create next so i can make a rough design of what i intend of wanting to do with my final piece. Evaluate next so i can score myself and say well this is what went wrong and on my final design i could make them much better by doing this..... then plan so i can plan what i had just learned from my evaluation and get those ideas so i can make my final design everything i learned and supper perfect. then create again to make my final design and then design to make my design as perfect as it can be. Evaluate last so i can then see if i learned from the order i made it and have the highest marks. maybe next time i would try and use my cycle but then to to put it on wiki but on paper.

Self-Evaluation Table
 * Stage || Grade || Reason || How I can Improve ||
 * Investigate || 5 || Because I have made 2 designs in this unit and I have a lot of info and reasons on how I was going to do my collage || I think I could have gone on the internet and gotten some info from there ||
 * Design || 4 || Because my designs were not as detailed as other examples || by adding more color to my design next time ||
 * Plan || 4 || because my plan was not as detailed with every step i was supposed to do || by recording all the things i do as i go along ||
 * Create || 5 || i think my create was good but it wasn't as detailed as on my design because it was hard to do it on GIMP. || i would get more understanding on how to use color on GIMP and shapes. ||
 * Evaluate || 4 || because i am very harsh on myself and feel that i don't understand how to score my self very well yet as i am not very familiar with marking myself || i could just do it in word but then upload it on to Wiki Spaces when i have finished in word and i know its well because i am familiar with it. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Attitudes in Technology || 5 || because i am excited to work on internet and computers and i am mostly willing to learn new things to do with technology. || i could maybe work more with the latest things such as word 2010 because i am used to 2003 or 2007 as that's what i have at home. ||