December 13/December 14

Year 11 - It's so nice that we could spend this time together before our holiday break.

Diary Dates - Last IT class is either January 31 or February 1.

Therefore, you have 4 weeks to complete the Design Folder of Documentation, Plan (flowchart), Create, and Evaluate. That should be plenty of time.

Have a wonderful holiday no matter which one you celebrate!

December 11

Year 11

To begin class we will have a guest speaker;-) Ms. Odelson, our librarian, will deliver a lesson period 1 and period 5 on citations and data bases. This will be good information for you to have and we are lucky to have someone with her expertise to guide us through these topics.

Next:

If you have finished your updates, please continue with the flowchart - it the Plan portion of the design cycle (Criterion C).

We are hoping to move into the Create mode after holidays. This is the part that everyone has been waiting for. Your designs were terrific - so I can't wait to see the finished product.

If you need assistance, I'm here;-)

Remember NO: games, facebook (or other social networking), YouTubes or other unauthorized sites. If you have a headset you MAY listen to music.

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Dec 6/7

Year 11

Remember if you choose to bring up the grade of your Investigation and Design, you have until December 13 to do so.

Otherwise, continue to the flow chart.

Here is a Year 10 example of a swim lane flowchart:

December 4

Year 11 - Wow! What a week. You should have finished your Investigations and Designs. I have given you "provisional grades" for each of these (Criterion A and Criterion B). You can ask me what the grade is. You then have until December 13 to bring up that grade. End of story . . .

I am not completely thrilled by your efforts. I have read your investigations and found that there are many lapses. I was somewhat disappointed . . . But not to worry, I feel that in retrospect I need to offer you more encouragement and support. Therefore, I will be taking a more active role in supervising your online activities.

Go back through your Investigation and make sure that it is properly referenced. The IBO has standards that you must adhere to. Your Design Folder must be one (1) document, not a number of pages collected somewhere inside your folder on the school's server.

*Remember - this is a work environment and we must leave games and social networks behind during class time.

Now let's settle down and work on the Plan segment of your document..