G7 TechClass #4

I have received your Mind Map Assignments on the Design Cycle, Thank you! I will send you my feedback and grading shortly to the email from where you submitted it. So, please be sure to check it :-)

If you have not turned in the AUP, you can do so till the end of this week (Sept 2). You can download it from the MYP Technology Docs webpage.

Today we will talk about collaborative tools for you to work together in your projects. Let's start by watching these You Tube videos in my You Tube Channel: Google Docs Playlist.

• Google Docs Intro:

• Google Docs in Plain English
• Google Apps new look
• Using Google Docs
• Intro to Google Docs
• Google Docs 2011 Beginner Tutorial
• Google Docs Sharing and Collaboration Tutorial.

In your class' shared doc (select your group below) please write main ideas / advantages / options of Documents Sharing as well as reflections on Digital Citizenship.

• G7 A4 Shared Document
• G7 B1 Shared Document
• G7 B2 Shared Document

You can create your own Shared document to start working on Investigation!

G7 TechClass #3

Welcome to the second week of school!
Please review the mind map assignment on the Design Cycle you were scheduled to finish and submit last class.

Let's take some time from this class to look into your assignments and make sure that the Assignments standards are included in your mind map as well as follow the instructions on how to submit your Assignments.

Assignments standards:

• Group Members Names
• Grade (eg: Ms Maru, G7 A4 ~> Grade 7 A day Period 4)
• Assignment title / stage
• Date
• Cite your sources
• Create a Crocodoc account (so I have a reply to email address where to send you my feedback)
• etc

For our first project, I would like you to work collaboratively in groups (max 4 students). You will Design and Build a spaghetti tower. The design specifications are:

• made of raw spaghetti and rubber bands
• hold a Marshmallow at the top for over 5 seconds
• at least 1 ft tall
• make it as cost efficient as possible based on these specifications:

• 1 spaghetti = $0.10
• 1 rubber band = $0.05

Let's begin with Investigation Stage:

• State the problem you are going to solve
• Describe in detail and explain the importance of the problem
• Explain the relevance of the problem (who is effected by this problem and why)
• Define what you need to find out to make the product (which questions will guide your investigation). 
• Research to find answers and information.
• Gather information from a varied range of acknowledged resources.
• Cite your sources via a bibliography in MLA format (examples listed in the Assignments Standards)
• Explain how you will test your tower once it is made to evaluate it against the design specifications.

Don't forget to keep your Process Journal!!! 

G7 TechClass #2

Following what we began last class, pls keep looking into every stage of the design Cycle, to make a mind map showing what "happens" in each stage. Let's continue with Investigation and beyond!

Suggested Tool: Spicy Nodes or you can browse some alternatives....

Resources: MYP Technology Website, IB MYP Technology, Design Cycle Graph and Design Cycle Checklist among others that you will need to research!

Work collaboratively in twos to develop a detailed mind map of the Design Cycle. The content in the mind map has to "make sense" and be meaningful to you!

The finished mind map is due by the end of the class.

For instructions on how to submit your Assignments please click here.

Let's be paperless!!! :-)

Welcome to Grade 7 Technology!

Following our conversations yesterday, this is the first blog post for our G7 MYP Technology class!

Please take some time to browse around the MYP Technology website and find information about:

• course descriptions
• Technology classes schedule
• Assessment Criteria
• Expectations
• Documents standards
• Assignments, attendance and tardy policies

Please read the AUP for 2011-2012. Let's discuss it together. Print it at home and bring it back signed by yourself and your parents for Thursday 25.

I have also posted the updated A/B days calendar in the MYP Technology website's home page. You can download a copy for your records, if you would like to.

Following the IB MYP Technology curriculum (Group 8) , we will be using the core tool: Design Cycle.

Please read in detail the information available at these links.

Next, we will be looking into every stage of the design Cycle, to make a mind map showing what "happens" in each stage. What is a mind map? let's start Investigating!