October 1

Year 7 - It's Friday afternoon - Hooray!  It's almost time for the weekend but before we go, let's:

1.  15 minutes typing

2.  Formulate a Design Specification. 
How can we test our product? One way would be to create a questionnaire;-)
Today we will write questions that will help us evaluate the product/solution (poster) later in the project.

Remember our design specifications is:

        The poster must:

             -include all 5 steps of the design cycle

             -be colourful

             -be kid-friendly

3.  Now let's take a closer look at Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010.

Vocabulary you need to know:

                           Office button       Ribbon         Tab         Group

Now let's practice using Smart Art;-)

Open Word 2010 and/or PowerPoint 2010
Click on the Insert tab
Look at the Illustrations groupFind Smart Art and click on that

Please explore Smart Art

Have a great weekend Year 7!!!!!

Learning Objective:  understand the concept and importance of the design specification, and understand the importance of testing to determine the success of the product/solution and, with guidance, design a simple test.

September 28

Year 7 - Now we will Formulate a Design Specification.

What is a Design Specification?Let's think about the poster that we want to create and write some Design Specifications:

The poster must:
-include all 5 steps of the design cycle
-be colourful
-be kid-friendly

How can we test our product? One way would be to create a questionnaire
Generate (make) tool for evaluating product (poster)- let's talk about this, then include the answer on your Investigation

Learning Objective:  understand the concept and importance of the design specification, and understand the importance of testing to determine the success of the product/solution and, with guidance, design a simple test.

September 20,21

Year 7 - You all worked REALLY hard on Friday. Well done!

1. 15 minutes typing
2. Let's talk about doing a "keyword" search

3.Now we will go on to the 2nd task in the Investigation - Develop a Design Brief.
Please do a keyword search on Google to answer the following questions:

• What is the Design Cycle?
• How many stages does the MYP Design Cycle consist of? Name them.
• What Microsoft Office programs can I use to create a poster of showing the MYP Design Cycle?

Learning objectives: Students will (A3) ask useful questions about the investigation and (A6) understand the importance of questioning the value of sources of information.

September 17

Year 7, Let's start with 15 minutes typing.

Then we will continue with the first task of the Investigation.

Let's look again at the template for the Investigate that will make this process easier for us: Click Here


Next, we will begin to work on Task 2 - Develop a Design Brief.

Please do a keyword search on Google to answer the following questions:

• What is the Design Cycle?
• How many stages does the MYP Design Cycle consist of? Name them.
• What Microsoft Office programs can I use to create a poster of showing the MYP Design Cycle?

Learning objectives: Students will (A3) ask useful questions about the investigation and (A6) understand the importance of questioning the value of sources of information.

September 14

1) Let's look at the structure of the documentation process. Remember that this is a scholastic document (a formal school project) and should conform to certain standards. That means that is a school project that you must hand in and you will be graded upon this work so it has to look professional;-)

We will type in font size 12. We will type in black. We will use a formal font (Times New Roman, Calibri, Ariel).

Let's look at the template for the Investigate that will make this process easier for us: Click Here

Learning objective: understand the concept of a design brief and adapt a given design brief to the problem or, with guidance, start to develop a design brief.

September 7

Year 7,

First, let's start the class with a little typing lesson. Click here to visit Free Typing Games. This site offers free lessons and games. To become a really proficient (fast and accurate) typist, you should do a combination of both lessons and games. Lessons help because they show you where you should place your hands on the keyboard and give practice with specific letter combinations. Lessons help typing become automatic. Games are fun and help you build speed!

We will begin each class with 15 minutes typing;-)
Next, in our first Unit of Work we will learn about the Design Cycle. Our project will be to create a poster to inform others about the 5 stages of the Design Cycle:-)

Remember the goal of MYP Technology is for you to become a problem solver. Every Unit of Work will begin with a "guiding question" which is the problem that you will try to solve. The guiding question for the first Unit of Work is "How can I use Computer Technology to teach others about the Design Cycle?"

1) Let's look at the structure of the documentation process. Remember that this is a scholastic document (a formal school project) and should conform to certain standards. That means that is a school project that you must hand in and you will be graded upon this work so it has to look professional;-)

We will type in font size 12. We will type in black. We will use a formal font (Times New Roman, Calibri, Ariel).

Let's look at the template for the Investigate that will make this process easier for us: Click Here

September 6 - WELCOME

Year 7, WELCOME to OIS and WELCOME to Technology.

Let's take a minute or two to look at the introduction to Computer Technology.



Now that we have an overview of expectations,

Let's Go!!!!!

Learning objective: Settle in and gain an understanding of expectations of the term.