Objective:  Today I will research my topic and find 10 facts/behaviors I would like to

educate my peers about to prevent an inappropriate digital footprint in their future.

 My 10 facts about digital communication.

-http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13495

-A form of digital communication can be cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and cyberharassment.

-Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet, email or other electronic communications to stalk,

-http://withme.com/blog/-how we communicate and share information has changed drastically.

-Human connections and sharing of information and content is no longer restricted by time or geography.

-Once we entered the digital age, the medium and channels changed. As the barriers of communication have dropped, the amount of information shared grows.

-Social networks offered a way to share relevant information with friends, family and co-workers. Today we also share with people we’ve never met who may live on the other side of the world.

-SMS or direct messaging is the easiest and fastest ways to communicate.

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Reflection on my Digital Service Announcement

 For my public service announcement I decided to do a poster on Digital Communication. I spent time to make my poster colorful and creative.  I felt that my poster was well done because it was neat, colorful, and was informative. I hope that i get a good grade for this and try to at least get an B.

My project

The topic i want to do is DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

1.)America Offline is about our country not having inernet acces like other countries. It's not fast enough and expensive.
2.) We are impacted because we need internet for education. If we didnt have internet, it could keep us from learning. Other countries have better acces to internet, and they have more inventions/products that help them.
3.) Lack of internet acces can cause us to have a bad education. It will slow down the learning proccess. Also, we use internet to do research, so without it it'll be difficult to do work.
4.)Lack of internet impacts the country because many jobs depend on internet. If we lose all inernet connection many people will lose jobs and our country will be in debt.
5.)City officials, county, state, mayors need to come together and rewire to get better internet.
6.)
7.)

Tijerina's Essay

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Jasmine Rodríguez

Mía Baldwin-Tijerina

Language Arts.

November 2, 2011

Selena Gomez

            How can one person be a hero to so many people? Celebrities have so many people who admire and honor them, and they use that to bring awareness of people in need. Selena Gomez is a hero because she helps charities, is a positive role model, and inspires people

The first reason Selena Gomez is considered a hero is because she helps charities. According to the article Selena Gomez Wants to raise $1Million for UNICEF by Ashley Parker, “Gomez witnessed the conditions so many [people] live with everyday, ranging from unclean water to preventable diseases.”  Selena Gomez is making an effort to help children while she is dealing with her acting and singing career. Obviously she is very down to earth and doesn’t help for fame; she does it because she wants to help people who don’t have good living conditions.

For many people, Selena Gomez is a positive role model. Selena Gomez has many fans that are very young and teenagers also. According to the article Selena Gomez Fans call her ‘Role Model’ material by Kara Warner, “[S]he helps people, she does everything”. This is trying to say that she does a lot for others, besides herself. And because many kids want to be like her, they do what she does. So when she does good things for the community, little kids and teenager

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Try to do the same. Also, she deals with many things in her life, but she handles it in a way that it doesn’t affect her fans in a bad way.

            Finally, she is a hero because she inspires people. Her music inspires people all over the world.. Many people are inspired to be like her. Her magic moment, an article in Teen Vogue states that, “her fans […] “always come first””. That is very kind of her because she isn’t being selfish. Also, the lyrics to her songs are very inspirational, “Who says, who says you’re not perfect?” .The meaning of the song ‘Who Says?’ is basically to be yourself. Everyone in unique in their own way; don’t let anyone tell you you’re not

As a result of Selena Gomez helping charities, being a positive role model, and being an inspiration towards others; she has become a hero in the eyes of many people. Selena Gomez is very talented and she shares her talent in a positive way.

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Works Cited

Parker, Ashley. “Selena Gomez wants to raise $1 million for UNICEF”. October 2009.Web

Warner, Kara. “Selena Gomez fans call her ‘Role Model’ Material”. June 2011. Web

Waterman, Lauren. Her Magic Moment. New York. Advance Magazine Publisher Inc.2011.

            Print.

Work done in class for essay

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Jasmine Rodriguez

Mia Tijerina

Language Arts

November 1^st , 2011

Selena Gomez

            How can one person be a hero to so many people?  Selena Gomez is a hero to many people everywhere. Selena Gomez is a hero because she helps charities, she is a positive role model, and she is an inspiration.

            Selena Gomez is a hero to others because she helps charities. She gives money to charities that help children. 

Essay

Well I'm writing out my essay right now but i still need to figure out  what quote I'm going to use for my 2nd and 3rd paragraph. I'm doing prompt 2, and so far i have my introduction w. thesis.

Essay for Tijerina Outline- Prompt 2

Thesis: Selena Gomez is a hero because she helps charities, is a positive rolemodel, and she inspires people.


Topic sentence1: Selena Gomez is a hero because she helps charities.
 Supporting Details: Selena Gomez is an ambassador of UNICEF. She helps children who didn't have clean water, or who have a high chance of getting diseases due to living conditions.


Topic Sentence2: For many people, Selena Gomez is a positive rolemodel.
Supporting Details: Little kids who watch her on disney channel look up to her, and want to be like her.


Topic Sentence3: Finally, she is a hero because she inspires people.
Supporting Details: Her music inspires people all over the world. The lyrics are meaningful and inspire people everywhere to follow their dreams.

Tijerina's thesis; PROMPT 2

Prompt 2: Write an essay explaining why one particular celebrity could be considered a hero.

Everyone is a hero in someone else eyes.  Celebrities make a huge impact on others. They could have helped charities, they’re an inspiration to others, and they could give out speeches.

Evaluate

Investigate: For the investigation stage, I give my self a 6 because thats when I started off. And it was when the teacher was explaining how to do everything, so I understood it. I found my topic, and I was fuguiring out how I was going to start.
Planning: I give a 4 for the planning, because I dont think I spent enough time on it.
Design: I also give myself  4, because I think the planning, and design are similar.
Create: For the creating stage, I give myself a 5 because at first I was confused on what I was going to do. But then  I started creating a slideshow on photobucket, and I understood how to do it more.
Evaluate:  Overall, For my project i give my self a 5 because it shows images of the design cycle, but its too simple and not really intresting.

My slideshow

Create Reflection

Today I finished creating my product on photobucket. I put pictures that I found that show the design cycle, and i turned them into a slideshow. I need to test my product now and give the 6th grader my survey.

Post for today c:

Right now I am still trying to finish my project. Im using photobucket to represent the design cycle. Im just looking up pictures and using a caption to describe what's happening. Right now I'm thinking I should have used another website/program, because photobucket isn't the best for this. I'm going to continue though, and see how it turns out in the end.


The questions that I'll use to for my servey for the 6th graders will be:
- What do you think the purpose for thedesign cycle is?
- How would you use the design cycle in the real world?
-  How many stages are there in the design cycle?
- After looking at the pictures and reading the captions, do you think you could explain the design cycle to another 6th grader?
- What are other things that i could do to make my project better?

Create

For the planning stage the creator needs to plan out what theyre going to do. They need to plan out what theyre going to create, how much time they need, and how theyre going to create the product. For the design they see what its going to look like. What materials they need to make the product. So the design and plannning stage are very similar. In the picture, the lady has a folder and it looks like she's a fashion designer.

Create

Right now im looking up images for the investigation stage. I'm using photobucket to show the Design Cycle so my project is going to have images. Under the images i will put captions explain the picture. This picture is showing the investigation stage because the person is showing the person looking for a topic; searching for something.

Gant Chart

The total amount of time im going to use for the project is 295 minutes. That is 4 hours and 55 minutes.

10/4-Plan (30 minutes)

10/5-Make 3 designs (10 minutes)

10/5-Pick one design (45minutes)

10/6- Create product (45 min)

10/7-Get 6th graders (15min)

10/7-Presentation (5minutes)

10/7-  Create survey (20 min)

Design Brief
10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it.
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I am making/using a program that will help me explain the design cycle to a sixth grader.


Formulate a Design Specification
11. What are the requirements for this assignment?
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It has to be simple and be able to explain the design cycle. Survey at least 3 sixth graders.
12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?
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The presentation has to be at least 2 minutes long. It also has to be neat and clear.


13. How will you "test" your project?I will test my project by explaining it to a sixth grader. I know that its succesful if the sixth grader understands the design cycle. I can give them a survey about what was on my presentation to see how much they understood. My questions will be based on the presentation, and ill give them 5 questions. If they get them right then it'll be obvious that they understood.

Investigation Reflection c:

I'd give myself a 4 or a 5. I give mself this grade because i investigated the programs. During this stage I was confused a bit. I wasn't sure if I was doing it right, that is why i dont give myself a 6. I think that i still could have done better and shown the 6th graders a better way to explain the Design cycle.

Sample 1:
Page1: Design cycle picture,  Title
Page2: Investigation information,  picture of investigation
Page3: Planning, ideas, picture of planning
Page4: Create, picture , information
Page5: Evaluate, picture of evaluation
Page6: Design Cycle picture

Sample 2:
Page1: Design cycle, explanation
Page2: Investigation picture, information,
Page3: planning, pictures of planning
Page4: creation process picture
Page5: evaluation, picture
Page6 : "design cycle"

Sample3:
Page1: Design cycle picture
Page2: Investigation information
Page3:planning information
Page4:creation pictures
Page5:evaluate, information
Page6:Picture of Design cycle again.

The total score that I gave photobucket was a 10.  I was using a scale from 1-5. I gave it a 5 on simplicity because its easy to use. After you log in you upload a photo and it has all the tools to edit it. You can easily upload a photo. I also like the fact that it shows where the themes and tools are. It has a section that says themes, edit photos, organize, etc.. That makes it very simple to use.
  I gave it a 5 for themes, because you can add borders, and stickers. You can also add words to the pictures.Also it has a section that say themes and it shows different backgrounds and colors that you could use for it. It lets you edit the photos and make it look black and white or different colors. That makes it very creative, and it attracts people's attention.
 I gave photobucket a 0 because you can't add music but you can turn the phot into a gif. I think that the fact that you cant add music is kind of disappointing. My opinion is that adding music makes it better because its fun to here it. It's exciting and entertaining. But overall photobucket is a good program for photos.
The score I gave for clip genarator was a 9. I gave it a 3 on simplicity because its not really easy to edit on their. What you mostly do is you add/choose a song then you upload the photo/video.  I gave it a 1 on themes because it doesnt really have themes. For music i gave it a 5 because it has alot of music choices. It has recent songs and different genres, and I really like that about it.

I was looking at Photobucket as one of my choices for showing the 6th graders how the design cycle works. I think that photobucket is a good way to show them how the design cycle works because i can easily upload pictures and and add captions to it. Ill explain each step with a picture. 

Day 2: Investigation Reflection

• phttp://www.benettonplay.com/toys/flipbookdeluxe/index.php
• http://www.clipgenerator.com/?lang=en

 Flipbook (benettonplay.com) allows you to draw. What i think about this website is that its a good way to show animation and some people learn by seeing stuff. For others reading is easier. This is good way to show the MYP Design cycle to the 6th graders because its simple. You can draw which will probably entertain them because its hard to draw, and the pictures look funny.
 Clip Generator is good for videos , and I personally like the fact that you dont have to create an account to use it. It shows new music like: Lady Gaga, Justin bieber, Britney Spears, Drake, and Eminem. I think that 6th graders will enjoy listening to them. The website allows you to add photos or you can add a video. This makes it really easy to explain the MYP design cycle to 6th graders because you can just make a video explaining it.

Area of Interaction: Community and Service , Approaches to Learning & Human Ingenuity

Significant Concept: Design Cycle can be used to solve problems

Unit Question: How can my learning help my community? How do I make Sound Choices?

INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) Identify the Problem

1. What is the problem you need to solve? Explain to a 6^th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3d, PPT, movie, game, Poster)

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world?

3. How will this project serve my community?

4. How can my learning help my community?

5. How do we live in relation to each other?

6. How does this help others?

7. What are the requirements for this assignment?

8. What is the Design Cycle?

REFLECT on your learning.

Day 2

9. Spend one day experimenting with DESIGN CYCLE your presentation. List five things your learned about the Design Cycle:

Day 3

Design Brief

10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment?

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?

13. How will you "test" your presentation?

REFLECT ON YOUR LEARNING

PLAN:

14. Brainstorm ideas. Use the chart below

IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf found in schoology under “materials”& then files

15. What idea did you choose to demonstrate the design cycle and why did you choose it?

16. Does your idea meet all of the requirements?

17. Use the story board paper below to plan your presentation.  Include how many levels you will have, what will be on each level, how will you include teaching skills to young students, and what will your questions be about.

story board.pdf found in schoology under “materials” & then files.

18. Explain how you will use your time to get your project finished in 12 days:

REFLECT on your learning

EVALUATE:

20. How could you improve your presentation?

21. Does your presentation meet all of the requirements?

22. Share your presentation with at least 2-8^th, 3-9^th, 4-10^th+ friends. What did he/she like about your presentation?

23. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve?

24. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer?

25. How can my learning help my community?

26. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6)

ATTITUDE:

27. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer:

28. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6)