November 29

Year 8 We are at the end of the line :-).

Hard work pays off, doesn't it. Your projects are FANTASTIC! I hope you are as proud of your achievements and I am of each of you.

But before we go, there's one last stage of the Design Cycle: Evaluation

Carry out a full evaluation of your product including areas of improvement. (Was your project successful? Do you like it? Be critical - If you could do it again, how would you change it? Assess your own performance throughout the process of creating the digital story, including your engagement in the project and your ability to meet deadlines).

In addition, upload your project first to Photobucket, then to your blog.

Write 5 questions for people to evaluate your PhotoStory. Next, place them in a posting on your blog. Then, ask 5 people to answer the questions and leave an answer in the "comments" section of your post.

After you gather the information make an analysis of your findings and write a paragraph explaining what people thought on your final document.

November 26

Year 8 - We are almost there.

Continue with the uploading your projects onto your blogs and the evaluation.

I will be grading your projects today.

November 19

Year 8

We are having soooooo much fun! The storyboard is an aid to you when you are creating the PhotoStory. The Plan is also to help you organize the steps that you will need to take to create your PhotoStory.

Keep working toward your goal. Once you are ready to build/record your PhotoStory, please see me and I will give you a headset to use.

Great Work Year 8!

November 15

Year 8 - Continue with the Plan portion of your project.

IF you have finished, now comes the fun part: CREATE! This is what we have really been waiting for - hahahaha.

You may open PhotoStory 3 and begin building your final project. This should not take very long because you have your storyboard to assist you.

We are almost done. You will be continuing on the carousel at the end of the month - I will miss you!!!!!

If you have any questions or concerns, please talk with me.

November 12

Good Morning Year 8! You guys are great! You are working at full-speed now - way to go!

After you have finished your story board you need to continue with the Design Cycle.

We are now at the PLAN stage.

Include a step-by-step plan (flow chart or timeline) for your project , which explains in which order you will work on your PhotoStory (a step-by-step set of instructions which charts the order in which you will complete tasks : research, text, graphics, tutorial).

Use Visio 2007 to create your Flowchart.

1)I would like you to create 6 boxes (Investigate, Design, Plan, Create, Evaluate, Process Journal). Connect the first 5 boxes with arrows (the arrows should flow in 1 direction - from investigate to design to plan to create and finally to evaluate. No arrow is needed for your Process Journal.).

2) Please include the step-by-step instructions in the PLAN box.

3) Please include your blog address in the Process Journal box.

You should be able to finish this in 1 double period.

If you need help, please raise your hand:-)

November 8

Year 8

Continue with: 1) the writing of your narration and 2) complete your Storyboard

You guys are working so hard! Keep it up Year 8!

November 5

Welcome back Year 8! I hope you are rested and ready to go! We have a lot to do in the next few weeks.



This week we will begin the Design part of the project.



I) You will design a storyboard: Using Word 2007 you will create a table.

The table will have 2 columns and at least 10 rows (to include at least 10 images for your photostory)

1) In one column you will include: a) Narration, b) Music, c) Slide Title (if any), d) Motion (if any) and e) the Reason You Are Including that particular image.

2) In the other you will insert the image.

It sounds complicated, but it's EASY. We will work on it together Monday and Thursday.