PPT Pointers for getting the grade you want

Year 11 if you are creating your teaching aid using PowerPoint, don't forget to save your final work as a PowerPoint Show.

To do this:
1)click on the "Office button"
2)click on "Save As"
3)"PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation"
a box will open
4)name your game
5)click on "Save As Type"
6)"PowerPoint 97-2003 Show"

It's that easy;-)

Deactivate On Mouse Click

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Year 11 - Check out this little "how-to" explaining how to deactivate the On Mouse Click feature when using PowerPoint.

Media Converter

Convert your YouTube videos easily here: http://www.mediaconverter.org/

February 23, 24

Criterion D: Create Maximum 6

Students are expected to document, with a series of photographs or a video and a dated record, the process of making their product/solution, including when and how they use tools, materials and techniques. Make a process journal, include printscreens.

Students are expected to follow their plan, to evaluate the plan and to justify any changes they make to the plan while they are creating the product/solution.

To get a 6 the student: competently uses appropriate techniques and equipment. The student follows the plan and justifies any modifications made, resulting in a product/solution of appropriate quality using the resources available.

Learning objective: Use a range of appropriate techniques and equipment competently, follow the plan to produce the product/solution.

February 9, 10

INVESTIGATE AND DESIGN DUE NOW - PLEASE SUBMIT AT BEGINNING OF CLASS

Year 11 - it all starts with a plan;-) Plan - Criterion C Maximum 6 points

According to MYP Technology, "Students are expected to construct a plan to create their chosen product/solution that has a series of logical steps, and that makes effective use of resources and time.

Students are expected to evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design."

To get a 5/6: The student produces a plan that contains a number of detailed, logical steps that describe the use of resources and time. The student critically evaluates the plan and justifies any modifications to the design.

Ideas: Make use of Gantt charts, consider appropriate resources, consider problem areas and make any necessary adjustments.

Please look at the examples for ideas;-)

Plan due FEBRUARY 10

Learning objectives:
1. construct a plan to create the product/solution that has a series of logical steps
2. construct a plan to create the product/solution that makes effective use of resources and time
3. evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design

Palindrome

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward.
> This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not
> only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.
> This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant.
> Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward.
>
> This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year
> old. The contest was titled "u @ 50" by AARP.
> This video won second place. When they showed it, everyone in
> the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause.
> So simple and yet so smart. Take a minute and watch it.
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February 2, 3

Year 11 - Here is our calendar of due dates.

Please continue working on your 3 designs - they are due tomorrow;-)