Svend+Winther's+unit+4

= =  By : Svend Feldbaek Winther   INVESTIGATION   Identify the Problem The year group under us are having an exam on the the history of numbers. Even though it is a big test they have not being given any books or internet sites to study from. This means that many of them will get a very low grade which isn't fair for them.
 * The Number Zero ** **The unit question: How did the ancients use numbers?**

Explain the Problem At my school we the grade sixes are studying the history of numbers and a big test on it is coming up. since we are nearing the end of the school year the test means quite a lot to their final grades. The main part is about how the ancients used zero. When i asked one of the students how much he knew about this he said that he wasn't what it meant. Last year we had the same problem and i almost failed but because I did some research on the internet I made it. That was when i was presented with another problem which annoyed me a lot; a lot of the information which i found on the internet was not true and half the sites were unreliable. That's why I am going to find a way to help them get a better grade. It is most likely to be a presentation of some kind

Research and Analysis I have decided to do some research on zero because I need some additional information about the subject. I am also doing some research on what makes a good PowerPoint presentation since i will have to present it in some way, **__What makes a good PowerPoint presentation?__**

In my research i have found out that it is better not to overload your pages in PowerPoint. Neither should you have bright colours as your background or have really bright writing. I have also found out that bullet points are very useful and they should be used at all times in the PowerPoint. Another thing that i found out was that a consistent theme is highly recommended in a PowerPoint presentation. There should be a small amount of information on the page and you should be the one giving them the information. That's why many people use presenter notes. Presenter notes are also very useful things which you should make before you present something. They don't come up on the PowerPoint but you can print them out to look at whiles doing the presentation. You can even give out audience notes to the audience which are basically a picture of the slide and then a space underneath for them to write what they learned on this is useful if it is a long presentation because then they won't forget half of what it was about. I will try to include as many of these things as possible in my own presentation. In my research i found out that zero originally came from india and not from arabia. I also found tóut that the indians weren't the only ones who invented zero; so did the mayans and the babylonians. This is quite interesting because they are halfway around the earth from each other. I found out that it was the famous mathematician fibonacci who brought it to europe and that the people of europe were very passive at first about zero, Some places they actually forbid anyone from using it. But then i learned that it was because they were scared so i can now conclude that human beings become passive and scared when one discovers a new concept. It was rome that zero arrived at first which still was a big city back then. when money exchangers tried to use the new number system mainly because it was quicker the authorities banned it. It was mystical to them and it was almost like they were afraid of evolving. They tried to keep things under control and only allowed people to do what they knew about. Design Brief I am going to design and create a PowerPoint presentation that will help the students in grade six with the "how did the ancients use numbers" aspect of their test. They will be using it as a tool to help them study for their test and it will be available for all of them. I will be making it in my ICT class but also in my spare time. If everything works out like it should they will be using it in the next couple of weeks before the test. It will be put online so that even other people who are searching through the internet will be able to see it. Product Specification My product must: include at least 6 slides, but no more than 10
 * __ Ancient Zero __**

· The 6 slides should be titled o Slide 1 introduction o Slide 2 historical facts o Slide 3 First extra ones up to the student o Slide 4 Introduction of Zero Europe o Slide 5 expansion of maths o Slide 6 Second slide of your choice o Slide 7 concluding summary

My product must: Test Plan __**I will:**__ show it to my parents to see what they think about the amount of pictures that i put on the slides. compare it to my classmates presentations to see the differences put it up on a projector to and then look at it to see if i can read everything from a distance and to make sure that everything is clear. I will get multiple people to look at it to see if they find any of the colour too bright or if there is bad contrast anywhere. I will make presenter notes and print them out for myself and i will practice. I will see what is easier to read: bullet points or normal text and then i will choose the best way. i will read the whole thing aloud to check for Grammar and spelling mistakes. __**The questions underneath are yes-no questions which are going to be answered by whoever is doing the test.**__ Do i have 6-10 slides? Is each slide about the right topic? Do i have too many animations on my powerpoint? Do i have more bullet points than normal writing? Did i include presenters notes? Do i have a consistent theme? Is my presentation full of flashy, bright and moving things?
 * have a decent amount of pictures, charts and diagrams. there should no pages with only writing on them
 * have a consistent theme
 * Be clear, easy to see and read. It has to be a presentation, not a word file.
 * not be overloaded with information on just one page
 * Mostly have bullet points instead of normal writing.
 * not have too many animations
 * not be too flashy or too bright or too small
 * be proofread for spelling and grammar errors
 * have presenter notes

Do i have pure text pages?

Did i include an appropriate amount of pictures?

do I have options on where to go on my PowerPoint?

Is it interesting?

is it appealing to the eye? Is my text big enough?

Is anything unclear? Is there a conclusion anywhere in the slides? Is it amusing? explain how you will test your product here (you need a separate test for each Item in your product specification) DESIGN  Pictures of my designs  Place your designs here __**Design 1**__ __**Design 2**__ __**Design 3**__ Analysis of my designs __**Design 1**__ My first design is a Basic design of a PowerPoint presentation. it has nothing special about it but it has what it needs to have. On my first slide there is a basic introduction to the presentation just like it said it should have in the product specification. I also have lots of pictures on that that slide and only a little bit of writing. There are no animations on that page but i have not found a consistent theme yet. The next slide is about the historical facts which is also says that in the design specification. this one only contains bullet points and it has a decent amount of pictures. this slide also follows the specification. Next the design specification says that i have to have a page of my own choice and i chose to do it on the Mayan zero. Here i only have one big picture and the theme is a bit different so it doesn't really follow the specification. Slide 4 is about the introduction to Europe and and it follows the normal theme again. I don't have a lot of writing on any of slides and that is a good thing. My last two pages also follow the design specification for them. __**Design 2**__ My second design is my personal favorite mainly because it follows all the design specifications. on my first slide there is a decent amount of pictures. As a matter of fact all my slides contain pictures. My second slide is about historical facts. It follows the layout/theme that i have for all my slides. my third slide is of my own choice and it is about the Mayan zero. Just like every other slide this one is clear and easy to read because it is in bullet points. My fourth slide is on the introduction of zero to Europe just like it says in the specification. In the product specification it clearly says what the slides should be about and my slides are all about the right topic. The design specification also says that there should not be to many animations or transitions and i have chosen not to have any at all. On my 6th slide i had a free choice again and this time i chose to do the Babylonian zero. this slide also has a picture on it and it has bullet points as well. __**Design 3**__ This design is a bit different to some of the other designs but that does not make it better. For starters this design has a taskbar even though it doesn't say anything about it in the specifications. On my first slide i have three pictures and it says that i have at least one picture in my presentation on my specification. It is an introduction to the powerpoint just like it says it has to be in the specification. This slide, as well as all the other pages in my presentation, are on the topic the specification says that they have to be on. All the slides have more or less the same layout as each other which is one of the main factors in making a powerpoint presentation. Neither is there too much writing on my slides and it is easy to follow so it also contains that part of the specification. I only have bullet points on my presentation except for on the first and the last and that was probably one of the most important specification points that i put down. next on the list it says that it shouldn't have too many animations which really isn't a problem because i didn't at any. it also says that nothing should be too flashy, too bright, or too small. So far i have not made anything like that but i will have to be careful in the future. Since i haven't written anything yet i can't really answer to the grammar and spelling errors point but I will make sure that i have presenter notes. Justification for chosen design __**Design 2**__ even though all these designs are plausible enough i chose design 2. One of the reasons that i chose it was that i really liked the layout of it compared to design 1 and 3. I also put a lot more time and thought into it. Another reason that i chose it was that i like the way that you can control the presentation itself with the arrows. The idea that you would have the picture in the middle of the page seemed really cool to me and the bullet points interfering with it was nice as well. I really like the long pictures on the introduction page and i also like how the main title is also at the top of the page. These are some of the things that i will keep for sure but i might slightly change the rest......... Oh yeah, and also the fact that it totally follows the design/product specification.

Give reasons why you chose that design from all the others PLAN I am going to do this in the single lesson in class and maybe a bit for HomeWork. || Get any additional research needed for the slides || # Turn on the actual computer I will spend maximum half an hour on this for homework || Get pictures || # Turn on computer. I will do this for Homework but i am not sure how long it will take || Make layout of PowerPoint || # Turn on your computer i will use one lesson on each of these slides (55 minutes on each) || Fill in the first slide without the hyperlinks (Introduction ) slide no. 1 Fill in the second slide (Historical facts) slide no. 2 || 1. Turn on Computer 2. Turn on Monitor 3. Log on 4. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 5. Open your presentation that you are working on 6. Open Google Chrome 7. Go to Wikispaces.Com 8. Log on to your account 9. Open this page 10. From your plan find out what you have to do 11. look at your design to see what it should look like 12. Now go back to your PowerPoint 13. Create a new slide from the master slide 14. Write Introduction under at the subtitle 15. Now in the information box underneath write an introduction of what is in the PowerPoint and the purpose of it. 16. Check for Grammar and spelling mistakes 17. Mind that that is just your first draft and if you have extra time afterwards you can edit it and maybe change some of it slightly. 18. If you don’t that is OK then. 19. Now open the word document with all the pictures and their URLs on 20. Paste the pictures you need on the slide 21. Create a new slide and place all the URLs on it. 22. Write “Bibliography” on this page. 23. Save your work 24. check if it matches your design 25. if not, change it 26. close PP 27. close Google chrome 28. log off your computer 29. turn off monitor 30. (Turn off Computer)
 * ~ Dates (timeline) ||~ What you need to do (deadlines/titles) ||~ Work ||~ Comments ||
 * 7th of may Tuesday
 * 1) Turn on the monitor
 * 2) log on to your account
 * 3) open a web browser (chrome)
 * 4) Log in to your WikiSpaces account and open this page
 * 5) Now open another word document
 * 6) Open the research documents that you also uploaded on your wiki.
 * 7) Look through these documents to see if there is anything else that you need for your PowerPoint.
 * 8) You can also just look at your design and see if you have enough research to make the whole PowerPoint.
 * 9) If not you should now open a new tab in chrome.
 * 10) Then go to the search bar
 * 11) double click if there is already text in it.
 * 12) Type what it is you want to search for. E.g. Mayan zero.
 * 13) open a couple of the search result in new tabs and quickly see if they are worth anything.
 * 14) now you can either save them under favorites or copy a couple of paragraphs over onto a word document. Of course you also have to copy the url and you cannot use the text on your powerpoint.
 * 15) When you have enough research save the document(s)
 * 16) the close down chrome
 * 17) close the word documents
 * 18) log off
 * 19) shut down computer
 * 20) turn off monitor || i finished this on time ||
 * 8th of may Wednesday
 * 1) turn on monitor
 * 2) log in
 * 3) Open google chrome
 * 4) open this wiki spaces and look at your design
 * 5) Open a new tab
 * 6) Go to google images
 * 7) Start from the the first slide and look at what pictures you need.
 * 8) Type something like "Ancient zero" and press enter.
 * 9) Copy the pictures that you need onto a word document and remember also to copy the url.
 * 10) Now do the same thing but for the next slide.
 * 11) do this for all the slides
 * 12) Save the word document
 * 13) close Word
 * 14) close chrome
 * 15) log off
 * 16) turn of computer
 * 17) turn of monitor. || i finished this on time as well ||
 * 9th of May Thursday
 * 1) Turn on monitor
 * 2) log in to your account.
 * 3) open PowerPoint
 * 4) open google chrome
 * 5) open wikispaces
 * 6) go to this page and keep it on the picture of the design
 * 7) open a new tab.
 * 8) go to youtube.
 * 9) search how to use the master slide
 * 10) watch the tutorial video
 * 11) Open a blank PP
 * 12) go to design.
 * 13) look through them and choose an appropriate one.
 * 14) Look at the design a analyse the layout
 * 15) now create that layout on the Powerpoint.
 * 16) Go to view
 * 17) open master slide.
 * 18) create the layout of the pages.
 * 19) Save PP
 * 20) close PP
 * 21) close chrome
 * 22) log off
 * 23) turn of computer
 * 24) turn of monitor || i made some of the layout but not all ||
 * 10th of May Friday

If you are doing these two parts consecutively just ignore the steps such as: turn on computer, log on, turn off, etc.....

1. Turn on Computer 2. Turn on Monitor 3. Log on 4. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 5. Open your presentation that you are working on 6. Open Google Chrome 7. Go to Wikispaces.Com 8. Log on to your account 9. Open this page 10. From your plan find out what you have to do 11. look at your design to see what it should look like 12. go back to PowerPoint 13. Create a new slide right after the introduction slide 14. This should though be formatted as an Information slide which you should have made in the master slide already. 15. As A subtitle write “Historical facts” 16. Open the word document with the pictures on it 17. Open the document with all the information on it. 18. Look at your analyse information and choose some important historical facts 19. Write them in bullet points on the Presentation 20. Place a picture in the middle of the page. 21. Check up with the design 22. If you have spare time add the hyperlinks or think about maybe adding some minor animations. 23. If you have any questions about how to do that either go on YouTube or try it out on your own. 24. If you have done that, you could also just start on the next part of the presentation. 25. Then close PP 26. close Google chrome 27. log off your computer 28. turn off monitor 29. (Turn off Computer) || i finished the layout and i finished the last two slides || I will spend up to an hour on this slide for homework || fill in another 2 slides without hyperlinks (Mayan zero and introduction to Europe) slide no. 3-4 || 1. Turn on Computer 2. Turn on Monitor 3. Log on 4. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 5. Open your presentation that you are working on 6. Open Google Chrome 7. Go to Wikispaces.Com 8. Log on to your account 9. Open this page 10. From your plan find out what you have to do 11. look at your design to see what it should look like 12. Create two new information slides. 13. On the first one write “The Mayan zero”. 14. On the second slide write “Introduction to Europe”. 15. Open your information and picture documents 16. Place a picture of the Mayan zero in the middle of the Mayan slide 17. Place the picture related to expansion of math in the middle of the other slide 18. Now look at the information that you have on the Mayan zero 19. Make some quick bullet points out of it and place them on the PowerPoint. 20. Do the same thing for the Other slide 21. Save your work. 22. Compare to design 23. If you have any more time or you want to get ahead Start adding in the hyperlinks and play around with the animations 24. close PP 25. close Google chrome 26. log off your computer 27. turn off monitor
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 * 12th of may Sunday

(Turn off Computer) || i did one slide || I will be using one lesson on this and maybe some homework time on it || Get another slide of the PowerPoint done (Expansion of maths) slide no. 5 || 1. Turn on Computer 2. Turn on Monitor 3. Log on 4. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 5. Open your presentation that you are working on 6. Open Google Chrome 7. Go to Wikispaces.Com 8. Log on to your account 9. Open this page 10. From your plan find out what you have to do 11. look at your design to see what it should look like 12. Create a new information slide 13. Write “expansion of maths” as your subtitle 14. Open the word document with all the pictures on 15. Open your information word document as well 16. Place the picture that you chose in the middle of the page 17. Make some bullet points out of the information that you have analysed 18. Write them on to your presentation 19. Save your work 20. Compare work to design specifications and design 21. If you have spare time you can start the next slide, add the hyperlinks or maybe add some animations 22. Save again 23. close PP 24. close Google chrome 25. log off your computer 26. turn off monitor 27. (Turn off Computer) || i did some of the slide || I will be using up to an hour of homework time on this stage || Fill in another slide (Babylonian zero) slide no. 6 || 1. Turn on Computer 2. Turn on Monitor 3. Log on 4. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 5. Open your presentation that you are working on 6. Open Google Chrome 7. Go to Wikispaces.Com 8. Log on to your account 9. Open this page 10. From your plan find out what you have to do 11. look at your design to see what it should look like 12. Go back to PP 13. Create a new slide 14. As the subtitle write “Babylonian zero” 15. Open the word document with the pictures on it 16. Open the word document with the research on it 17. Place the picture that you chose for this slide in the middle of the page 18. Look at your analysed information and make some bullet points out of it 19. Paste them on the slide around the picture 20. Save your work 21. Compare to design and specification 22. Change if need be 23. Save again 24. close PP 25. close Google chrome 26. log off your computer 27. turn off monitor 28. (Turn off Computer) || i did an extra expansion of math slide || I will be doing this during our double period IT lesson || Do the last slide and start inserting in all the hyperlinks (concluding summary) slide no. 7 || 1. Turn on computer 2. Turn on monitor 3. Log on 4. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 5. Open your presentation that you are working on 6. Open Google Chrome 7. Go to Wikispaces.Com 8. Log on to your account 9. Open this page 10. From your plan find out what you have to do 11. look at your design to see what it should look like 12. Go back to PP 13. Create a new slide 14. The layout should be identical to the first slide 15. As the subtitle write “concluding summary” 16. Open the word document with the pictures on it 17. Place the picture that you chose for this slide in the middle of the page 18. Create a text box 19. Think about this presentation and write a summary about it 20. Save your work 21. Now start adding in all the hyperlinks 22. If you want to add a hyperlink you simply highlight the text/picture/object that you want to put a hyperlink on 23. Then you right-click it 24. Go down to where it says hyperlink and click it 25. A box with text in it will appear 26. In the top left corner it says “link to:” 27. Underneath are some options 28. Click on “place in this document” 29. Select the slide you want it to go to 30. And you’re done 31. Save you work 32. Now do this for all the slides and see how much you get done 33. Compare to design and specification 34. Change if need be 35. Save again 36. close PP 37. close Google chrome 38. log off your computer 39. turn off monitor 40. (Turn off Computer) || I caught up and finished the last two slides and i had already added the hyperlinks on the master slide || As long as it takes for homework || Finish putting in all the hyperlinks || If you haven’t finished adding in all the hyperlinks or maybe you want to add some animations in then that’s what you are going to do now || i didn't do anything because i finished || Single IT lesson || Upload and finish product || upload the product onto your wiki using Ispring free || uploaded the day after this day || __**Internet access via a wireless connection, cable or a dongle**__ – I need internet access so that I can get my information and research. I also need it in order to look at this wiki spaces page. Another thing that I will be using the internet for will be to go on You Tube to possibly assist me with questions regarding power point.
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__**Computer**__ – I need the computer to work on, i.e. typing, designing, creating and accessing www for the presentation and for saving my work.

__**Monitor**__ – a computer needs at monitor to display the work (data) that I am doing. Without it the computer would not be functional.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">__**Keyboard**__ – I need a keyboard to enter information to the computer

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">__**Mouse**__ – I need the mouse to control and easy man oeuvre the computer.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">__**Software – Microsoft power point 2007-2010**__ – I need this to actually create my presentation. It is the software that I will be using throughout this stage. Other software I need would be a browser for the surfing the internet

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">__**Power/electricity**__ – to run the computer I need a source of electricity - as an electricity outlet or a fully charged battery on my computer that will allow me to work for a few hours. Place your plan here

CREATE  Final Product   media type="file" key="Slide 1 svend winther how did the ancients use zero.swf" width="648" height="648" __**Master slide**__ Put your final product here (refer to the instruction as to the form you need to place your product in. picture link or file) Changes made to the original Design Generally i did not make a lot of changes to my design but there are some. first of all i put visible text boxes around the text. I did this because it made the text more visible than if it was black on grey or white on grey. I also changed it because I thought it looked nicer and matched the theme a lot more than having no text box at all. the whole black-with-yellow-borders thing worked really well with the grey. Last reason that i changed it was that the PowerPoint looked a bit empty and nondescript without the text box. Another change that i made was that since i didn't decide on a theme in my design i had to change into design and that was a change that i made. the first reason that i made this change was that i really had no choice. I mean you can't have no theme at all. The second reason that i changed it was that i thought it looked nice with the "greyish" theme. The last reason that i changed it was that it was a professional looking theme that didn't have a lot of bright colour in it. Other than that i didn't make any other changes except that i didn't include any transitions though i did include the an animation on the titles of the PowerPoint Changes made to the original Plan  For the most part i did follow plan but of course there were some places were i fell a bit behind. firstly i went to south luangwa for 4 days which had been an unscheduled thing. when i was there we went on a lot of safaris and i didn't have a lot of time at the computer. this made me fall a bit behind but i easily caught up on the next double lesson and in my free time. A thing that made me get a head start was that i included the hyperlinks in the slide master. This spared me a lot of time and I had some spare time from the beginning already. Since i have never done a PowerPoint like this before i was unsure of how long it would take and to my advantage it actually took less time time than what i expected and that is also why i made the deadline in time. When i didn't follow the plan it was because I absolutely didn't have enough time not because i was lazy. For the rest of the time it all went smoothly and nice. Overall i pretty much followed my plan. EVALUATE  Results of tests __**I will:**__ __**show it to my parents to see what they think about the amount of pictures that i put on the slides.**__ they thought it had a decent amount of pictures on it and they said it was okay __** compare it to my classmates presentations to see the differences **__ When I compared it to denial's PowerPoint there was quite a lot of differences. First of all he had a lot more information than me and his pictures was labelled. IN comparison, my text was bigger and a different font. he also had different slides for his free choice slides which i thought were quite useful. __** put it up on a projector to and then look at it to see if i can read everything from a distance and to make sure that everything is clear. **__ My font was font 20 so it was easy to read. __** I will get multiple people to look at it to see if they find any of the colour too bright or if there is bad contrast anywhere. **__ when i asked my class mates about this they said that the colours were fine but a bit boring. __** I will make presenter notes and print them out for myself and i will practice. **__ i did make some presenter notes but because of the limited amount of time i didn't get to finish all of them. __** I will see what is easier to read: bullet points or normal text and then i will choose the best way. **__ when i put it in normal text form it was a lot harder to read, but then when i put it in bullet points, it was much easier to see and read. __** i will read the whole thing aloud to check for Grammar and spelling mistakes. **__ __** El shaddai's answer's: **__  Do i have 6-10 slides? yes Is each slide about the right topic? yes Do i have too many animations on my PowerPoint? no   Do i have more bullet points than normal writing? yes Did i include presenters notes? sometimes Do i have a consistent theme? yes Is my presentation full of flashy, bright and moving things? no Do i have pure text pages? no Did i include an appropriate amount of pictures? yes do I have options on where to go on my PowerPoint? yes Is it interesting? n o  is it appealing to the eye? no   Is my text big enough? yes Is anything unclear? no   Is there a conclusion anywhere in the slides? yes Is it amusing? no __**Daniel's answers:**__  Do i have 6-10 slides? yes

Is each slide about the right topic? yes

Do i have too many animations on my powerpoint? no Do i have more bullet points than normal writing? yes Did i include presenters notes? barely Do i have a consistent theme? yes Is my presentation full of flashy, bright and moving things? no

Do i have pure text pages? no Did i include an appropriate amount of pictures? yes

do I have options on where to go on my PowerPoint? a few

Is it interesting? yes

is it appealing to the eye? no

Is my text big enough? yes

Is anything unclear? not really

Is there a conclusion anywhere in the slides? yes

Is it amusing? yes __**My answers (svend)**__ Do i have 6-10 slides? yes

Is each slide about the right topic? yes

Do i have too many animations on my powerpoint? no Do i have more bullet points than normal writing? yes

Did i include presenters notes? not really

Do i have a consistent theme? yes

Is my presentation full of flashy, bright and moving things? no

Do i have pure text pages? no

Did i include an appropriate amount of pictures? yes

do I have options on where to go on my PowerPoint? i have some options on the PowerPoint

Is it interesting? i think it is

is it appealing to the eye? not really Is my text big enough? yes

Is anything unclear? no Is there a conclusion anywhere in the slides? yes Is it amusing? i wouldn't say so These tests show me a lot about my PowerPoint and it helps me think what i can do better. First of all it shows that I made followed the design specification and included 6-10 slides. I actually included some extra pages but here it shows that they are all on the right topic. My tests also show me that my PowerPoint ins't very amusing but it is not supposed to be either since it is an educational PowerPoint. It also includes a conclusion which completes the PowerPoint. All the tests also show that nothing is unclear and that was what i was trying to achieve. My text is also big enough and that contributes to the clearness. It is a good PowerPoint but it is not appealing to the eye. This is a bit of a setback but i don't think it matters to much. most of us thought it was an interesting PowerPoint and i am quite happy with that. I have some options on my PowerPoint and i did include an appropriate amount of pictures. I didn't have all text pages and my presentation don't have any flashing things on my PP. I also have a consistent theme and that i included in my design specification. I do not have to many animations on my PowerPoint and that is a good thing. I don't have a lot of normal text so overall it is a good thing. On my design specification it says that i should have a decent amount of pictures, charts and diagrams. My tests show that i did include enough pictures but having one on almost every slide. I didn't include any charts or diagrams so i didn't fully follow the specification. It also says that i should have a consistent theme and my tests show that as well so that part i fully followed. thirdly it says that everything should be clear, easy to see and easy to read. I had several tests to check this and they all said that it was clear and easy to see and read. I clearly stated that my PowerPoint should not be overloaded with information and it isn't because all my tests show that i don't have any pure text pages and that nothing is overloaded. I also checked if i had more bullet points than writing and we all agreed that i did so that also follows it. My Presentation could not be to bright, too flashy or have too many animations on it and it didn't because all my tests said so. i didn't really proofread it and i didn't have a lot of presenter notes either Recommendations for improvement I think I could have improved on my PowerPoint by adding a picture on the last slide. I could also have labelled the pictures that i included and which i should have done. i think i should have made it more amusing because no one thought it was. I could have done this by adding more colour to it. I could also have included a bit more detail in the conclusion. Furthermore, i should have included presenter notes and that was a huge mistake. if i had included presenter notes i think i would have gotten higher marks. I kind of forgot to proof read it as well but hopefully it will be okay. Other than that i thought it was a great PowerPoint and i am happy with it. Suggest ways you could improve the product in future here
 * have a decent amount of pictures, charts and diagrams. there should no pages with only writing on them
 * have a consistent theme
 * Be clear, easy to see and read. It has to be a presentation, not a word file.
 * not be overloaded with information on just one page
 * Mostly have bullet points instead of normal writing.
 * not have too many animations
 * not be too flashy or too bright or too small
 * be proofread for spelling and grammar errors
 * have presenter notes

Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle  During this whole process there were quite a lot of things i would have like to have changed. In investigate i thought i did quite well. I put a lot of effort into my explain and identify the problem and for the first time i actually analysed the research. I also put a lot of effort into the actual research and i thought that my design brief was very good. If i had to change something i would have made some more tests and looked at the rubric in detail. I would also have looked some more at the comments that i got on it. On design i analysed my designs a lot and i was quite happy with it. I am just a bit annoyed with myself that i didn't put more effort into my designs. they were decent but far from perfect. Next time i will really try and make them better. my justification for chosen design was actually quite good but i could have included a little more detail in it. If i had to change anything it would just be distributing my time probably since i ran a bit out of time at the end. Plan is one of the stages that i think i am best at and i just a lot of time in it. I wrote a lot on this stage and i find it quite easy. the only thing about it is that it takes forever. Mr. Mutasa said that i should not have included all the steps like "turn on the computer" and that is a thing i will try and change for next time. so basically just writing a bit less in the steps. i would also try and include some more detail about the resources that i need. Create was fun this unit but quite easy as well. I easily made the deadline and i thought that i did quite well. I included a lot of information on my powerPoint and i thought i turned out really nice. I am very happy and proud of it and overall i thought it was good. i had to change anything it would be writing more on the changes made. Evaluate I am doing right now and so far it is going okay. If i had to had to change something it it would be adding some more detail in recommendations for improve. Other than that i really liked this unit... thank you