October 20, 22, 23

Year 8 - Let's enter a contest!!!

The EcoForum 2009 SIGG Water Bottle Design Competition.

The winning design will be stamped on Official DSIGG water bottles and distributed to all delegates participating at the Eco Forum 2009!!!

Design Template - Your design must be 11.46 cm x 21.4 cm

Check out some examples here: http://mysigg.com/

Guidelines:

• Only use computer graphics programs (Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, CorelDraw, Freehand, Illustrator but PowerPoint will also be accepted.)


• Save your design in the format of the program you are using and JPEG.


• You can only use 6 different colors (including black and white)


• Details: lines mut be at least 0.4mm thick


• Minimum TEXT size is 9 point.

Remember to save your design in the format of the program and as a JPEG!

Proposals must be sent in the form of an attachment/s (original format and JPEG) to Ecoforum2009@gmail.com

Type an email and send to: ecoforum2009@gmail.com

Include: Your Name, tutor group, and school, and the attachments

Then, type a small email - for example:

Please enter this design in the SIGG Water bottle Competition.

Thank you,

Student name

October 20

Year 8 -

Review your Investigations.

Formulate a Design Specification:

- List 5 requirements that your product must meet,

- Justify list (say why each item on your list is a necessary requirement)

- Create a Questionnaire/Survey to evaluate your product (include at least 1 question for each design specification item you have listed)

Finish and hand in today before you leave class;-)

October 13, 15, 16, 19

Year 8 - Today is the day we have all been waiting for. Today is the day that we explore Paint Shop Pro.

Here are some options to help you get started:

• Tutorial handout
• Online book -
  http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5884504/Paint-Shop-Pro-9

Let's have some fun!

Learning Objective: Introduction to photo editing software (Paint Shop Pro)

Investigations due today

October 6, 8, 9, 12

Year 8

1. Finish Task 2 - Develop a Design Brief (finish researching the questions on the blog)

2. Then on to Task 3 - Formulate a Design Specification. This is the part of the project where we make design specifications. Remember in Year 7 our first project was to create a create a poster and we had 3 design specifications: 1) must include all 5 steps, 2) must be colourful, and 3) must be kid-friendly.

You must include 3 design specifications and then create a test (questionnaire) to evaluate your product/solution (image).

3. Before you leave, vote on the National Geographic photo poll. The winning photo will be next week's featured wallpaper;-)

4. If you still have time: practice cropping!!!!! I've saved the best for last!!!!!