1. How many criteria do you think it is useful to have? Why? Can you have too many or too few? I think that the limit would have to be 15-20 because to much criteria means a lot of work and can be very hard to do so you would only need the basic criteria. And If you only have the basics plus a bit of detail you will get a very good ending.

2. Which of the criteria the class came up with do you think is the most important? Why?

I think that criteria 11 is the most important because if it is to complicated then it is hard to follow and watchers don’t get it. And then every thing and all the work that is done is pointless.

3. Do you feel that the class left out any really important criteria? What ones? No we covered all of them because we have a little flexing room but we covered all the important ones.

4. Do you think the process we used (research, small group agreement, then whole class agreement) is a good way to develop criteria – why or why not?

Yes because when you find out some things that you think are helpful then go to a larger scale group to make sure they are okay then decide as a whole class if its good and then you will have a perfect list or at least a very good one.

Lately in tech we have been doing tutorials for teachers for example I did how to use a french dictionary. Now this is the reflections of the project.

The Areas of Interaction(AoI) are the curriculum that the teachers of my school use and focus all our projects on. With this project I think that it falls into Community and Service. Community and Servise starts in the classroom and extends beyond it, requiring students to participate in the communities in which they live. The emphasis is on developing community awareness and concern, a sense of responsibility, and the skills and attitudes needed to make an effective contribution to society (this is taken from our school homepage YIS). I think that it fits into this subject because we will most likely have to create a movie or presentation in our life to explain something related to buisness or some thing else. For example: In buisness there is alot of things to explain so insted of simply carrying alot of papers you could save all your information on to a memory stick and present it in a nice and organised way. That is one of the reasons it fits into the AoI

I had some strenghs and weaknesses during this project and I will list a few now. One of my strenghs during this project was that I was able to transfer data that I got from class to my presentation at home. For exapmle: My tech teacher told me that I could draw on my picture when I was recording to make things more clear. One thing that was weak was the organising. I had my plan on when to do things and what to do by that day but half the time I would finish that thing on the day and get it done not very good.

I could use these skills that I learnt in the future in numerous ways.  I could use them in university when I have to present things and I need to use the computer the information that I just learnt would prove useful. For example: Insted of me worrying at the last minute on how to put all my information on the computer I would create a plan of when to do things and what to do. Then I would do some research then create a video useing imovie or a presentation using voice thread. Then save it on my usb stick or if I have my own computer save it on the desktop, I would record my voice and combind the two media sorces together to create my movie or presentation. Thats how I could put my infor mation to use in the future.

What did you learn as you created your tutorial? As I created my video on voice thread I learnt numerous things. I learnt that I could put more than 1 slide on a voice thread presentation. I learnt that I could draw on a page so that the viewer could easily identify what I was talking about for example: in my video presentation I circled the most important and hard to see things so that you didn’t have to spend some time to find the things I was talking about.

Are you happy with your finished tutorial? I am happy with my finished tutorial because it has most of the criteria from our 6C criteria page . I need to make my tutorial better by putting music in it to make the video more enjoyable. I also need to work with imovie so that I can make my tutorial better looking and have effects.

Was it difficult/easy to create? Why?

I found it easy in more then one way. I found it easy because I only had to insert the pictures into the voice thread and then talk through the microphone to explian what that step ment. I also found it easy because voice thread is very easy to use and I was soon able to find out how to do what I needed to do. I found it difficult because the pictures that I took became to blury or were to light or to dark.

Which criteria (from our class list) does your tutorial meet? Why do you think it meets your criteria?

I think my tutorial meet more than one criteria. I thought that I kept focused on my tutorial in that I kept my back ground noise as low as possible. I also thought that I kept my visuals clear and I never put anything infront of them to block the visual. I also think I kept it simple and easy to follow. I also feel that my lenght in my tutorial wasn’t to long and it wasn’t to short.

What do you need to learn now to create even better tutorials?

I need to learn more than one thing to make my video better. For one I need to learn how to use other media programs like imovie for example to add the extra details that would have made my tutorial better. I also think I need to make my tutorial more video like and actualy film my tutorial. Also I think the veiwers would enjoy it more if I put some music in or made transitions.

In tech lately we have been dicccusing how to make a tutorial for the teachers in different classes. I choose to do “how to use a french dictionary”. Then we had to make an organiser for our tutorial so that we wern’t behind when we did our work. Now I have to reflect on the things I have done so far. My tutorial plan demonstrates exellent design because I have visuals so the audience has something to look at and follow visualy, I have specific details so that the audiencce can follow along verbally and I have it organized so that people know were to look if they have to go back and recheck.                                                                                                                                                                                        My plan ensures that the audience will learn how to use a french dictionary because it shows the audience visually and verbally. Also I have put a lot of detail and effort into it. And it is all so very simple and easy to understand. My plan ensures that the audience will learn how to use a french dictionary in these ways.

I need to learn how to use voice thread better so that I can upload photos on voice thread. I also need to be able to make drawings. I also need to know how to make transitions. And I need to make my presentation more colorful.

Lately in tech we have been doing tutorials. We have had to research three or more youtube vidoes. Then we had to pic or favorite and write why it was good. Then we had to visit two or more blogs and comment about them. I did thomas`s blog which was about kickfliping and charles`s blog which was how to make a paper gun. I learnt that in every good tutorial you need to be clear in what your saying and that you need to be a good commentator. Then we had to create a simple tutorial using google presentation. Now I have to reflect on how the project went. Please bear with me. I learned that you should never have distractions, you should always have emotion in your voice to keep it interesting. I also learned that you should have a good description on how to do something.

During the investigate I learnt that having good information and lots of specifics and making it clear. I also learned that having a good environment will help watchers feel more comfortable. I could put these things into a tutorial by making the tutorial have more light and so it becomes more clear and comfortable and spending time on drafts and detail is important before doing the tutorial. Between the youtube tutorials and my tutorial I need to be able to take constructive criticism, be clear in what I say, make watchers comfortable, and making drafts to make my tutorial perfect.

We are almost done our tech project in school but we still have to do something else. This is my reflection. I have got to find out were this  project fits best in AOI (areas of Interaction). I think that blogging would go into community and servise. I think this because in a community were supposed to help each other, so a blog is just another way of doing this for eg: If your feeling down you can post up an expirence like that so the bully or the person that made you sad or anoyed knows how you feel about him doing something to you.

I thought that I worked okay and used my time well but I will have to improve on that. I will do this by not sitting next to people that will make me talk. I thought that my time in class was useful because I did my work and learned things in tech and about how to make a blog. I could be a bit more organized in brining back papers and handing things in on time.

In the IB learner profile I think I demonstrated collaborative skills because I respect other peoples ideas and tried to expand those ideas.  I listened to the teacher without budding in to much. I contributed to others ideas and added my own. I worked with my groups well. I tried to demonstrate this IB learner profile as much as I could.

Lately in tech we have been speeding up the process of the blog project. So what we had to do first off is improve our blog with themes and widgets which are the things like the blog avatar you see in my blog. Then we had to write our about me page which you can see on the right widgets. And so now I am writing the reflection. And it has been a good speedy part of the project. I have learned that a part of a good blog is to have the correct widgets in the right order and that having an about me page helps people to have a better understanding of the bloggers ideas, the history of the blogger and the bloggers attitude toward things. I think that I have got my about me page good but learning were my widgets go and finding out my blog better.

lately in tech we have started a new unit and we had to design three blogs I choose a medieval,3 color and color splash theme. After we had to choose our favorite blog label it and write why we choose this type of blog. I choose my medieval theme. Then we had to say what we would like to do with our own blog (not designed blog). Now I have to fill out an sheet of questions so please bear with me.

I choose my medieval theme because I liked the theme of old combined with modern technology. I also choose this theme because I have been reading about medieval times and I thought that some people might find medieval themes a bit interesting.

I think my design might not be really clear to those how don’t know how to use it otherwise its clear and strait forward.This blog explains excellent blog design by showing my knowledge about blogs. For example: I have the shield as a page and you can flip the shield (page) to get to the next blog. This is one type of design I made that demonstrates excellent blog design.

I might need to learn the way to upload things on my blog better and get better at knowing my blog and how to get around it. I also need to go on it and post my adventures during my daily life. I intend to reach these things by studying my blog and getting used to it by posting as much as I can when I can.