End of year Reflection

It's now end of the year, and the second last ICT lesson this long year, and I have been able to accomplish a lot of things.  I have been able to show my skills through out the whole year, including skills from the IB-learner profile: Investigating, Design, Plan, Create, Evaluate and Attitudes In Technology. For term 1, we were assigned to investigate HTML and Digital portfolios, which I managed well. In term 2, we had to investigate QR-codes, and in this term (3), we had to investigate about Web 2.0 and questionnaires. I managed my investigation  really well, and I've been able to learn a lot of new things this year, because of my good investigation and research. The second criterion is Design, where I had to design my project, using two different ideas of design. In term 1, I managed well to complete my design for my video. In term 2, I had to design my Tech Fair project, which I also managed pretty well, and lastly: for term 3, I completed my design for my Web 2.0 presentation, and my design of the graphs from my questionnaire. The third criterion is Plan, which I also managed well, as I managed to finish my projects in time, which shows that I used good planning for all my tasks. In term 1, I had to plan my video, and how I was going to complete it. In term 2, I had to do a lot of planning, to finish my BIG Tech Fair project in time. For term 3, I had to plan my presentation for Web 2.0, and I manged to complete this in time too, with a little stress though. The forth one is create, where I basically have to create my project, using my planning and design, which is one of the reasons these are important. I created my video in term 1, using Windows Movie Maker, which I managed pretty well. In term 2, it came to creating my Tech Fair project, which was really easy as I had all my planning and my design ready. For this term (3), I designed my presentation for Web 2.0, using all my investigation, planning, and design. I also created my questionnaires, which I managed because of my collected data. The second last one, is evaluation, which I had to reflect and evaluate on all my work, which I managed pretty well, but could have done better. I had to discuss the disadvantages and advantages of my work. The last one is my attitudes in technology, which I've done pretty well, as I have stayed positive through out the whole year, completed all my work, and I've enjoyed working in this class. Overall, this year have been really good, I've managed to complete all my work: and because of this, I've achieved really good marks.  

Reflection on my Term 3 Level

I have reached my target for this term which was a level 6. In term 1 I got a level 5, which means that I have improved by one level. I am happy about my scores, and I think that I've done a lot better this term, and I have stayed more focused. The highest mark I got was a 6/6, which I got for Criteria F (attitudes in technology.) The lowest mark I got was a 4/6, which I scored for Criteria E (investigation), and I could have done better for that one.  For the other Criteria (A,B,C,D) I scored level 5/6, which I am happy for. My target for next year would be a Level 7, which I have to work hard for.  To win my target for next year, I have to stay focused in class, so I won't have any homework, and I'll do all my work in class. I also have to improve my evaluation, which was my lowest mark this term. Overall I'm happy for my score since I reached my target!

Reflection on my final presentation

I'm going to present my powerpoint in use of the wesite Prezi. I chose to do it this way, because the design is cool, and it's a really easy way to make it. I included my investigating tasks in my powerpint, and I did one slide for each task - one slide for Web 2.0, and one slide for questionnaires. I finished all my tasks, and added them all into my powerpoint. The disadvantages of using this website though, is that you can't add more slides to the presentation, which results in not enough space for all the information. I made a graph for each question in my questionnaire, but since there wasn't enough space for all of them, I made one big one, using 3 of my questions.  I completed my powerpoint in 2 days-time, which matched my planning. Overall, I'm happy about my presentation, but it would be better if I could have added more slides into it. I am not going to present today (May 30th 2013), which lets me have more time to finish of any details.

Here is my final presentation:  http://prezi.com/ygdl00a5_5ul/present/?auth_key=rkc52mk&follow=ulvbceee33w_&kw=present-ygdl00a5_5ul&rc=ref-41877501

Final Questionnaire

Please answer yes or no.

1. have you ever heard about Web 2.0?
2. Are you familiar with Web 2.0?
3. Is web 2.0 a part of your daily routine?
4. Do you use facebook?
5. Do you use twitter?
6. Do you use blogspot?
7. Do you use email/yahoo mail?
8. Do you use Web 2.0 to search for information?


Answer (not yes or no)

9. Do you think Web 2.0 has affected your life in a good or bad way?
10. Can you state what Web 2.0 is used for?

Reflection: I gathered feedback from my peers of my first questionnaire, and I took it in. I couldn't make a lot of improvement, because they said that I had to give them more answer options, which is hard as I was going to make it into different graphs. In my final questionnaires, they are able to show knowledge, give opinions, and me myself is able to gather information about how many people use social networking. I gathered enough answers to finish my graphs, and I made good graphs for this specific questionnaire. I also managed to get my answers from different people: My peers, some people from grade 7, some people from my home town (grade 8), and my parents. 

Questionnaire Graphs

Reflection: I have collected data from my questionnaires, which went really well. I didn't manage to collect answers from all 30 people, but I think I got about 15 people answering my questionnaire. I managed to get answers from my peers, people from my hometown (grade 8), some people from grade 7, and my parents. I hoped for more anwers, to get better graphs, but I got enough to make good graphs. To make them, I used Windows Excel, and I used bar graphs to carry out my experiment. Overall I really like the graphs I made, and I'm glad I used Windows Excel, because it helped me to make good graphs, in a really easy way. 

Planning - Criteria C

Reflection: I have to work effetely to finish my final presentation, and I have to be really organized to focus and stay on task. I also have to work at home to complete this, which is bad, and I have to be more concentrated in class. 

Design - Criteria B

Design 1.

Design 2.

Reflection: For my design, I chose to work with my 1st plan. I am using prezi to make my presentation. This is because it's easy to work with this particular website, and I find it easier as I have it on a website, with password and user. I also like it because it's really creative, and I like the way you go from slide to slide. I is also fun to work with this, and you have a lot of different options of designs. I also like this design much better, because its nicer.