vocabulary

ETIQUETTE	guides us in proper behavior on the Internet. There are widely accepted rules of behavior to follow when you're online. It is very important to learn and follow these rules.
CONDUCT	personal behavior; way of acting
COURTESY	a courteous act or expression
FLAME	A searing e-mail or newsgroup message in which the writer attacks another participant in overly harsh, and often personal, terms. Flames are an unfortunate, but inevitable,
TROLL	To deliberately post derogatory or inflammatory comments to a community forum, chat room, newsgroup and/or a blog in order to bait other users into responding.
ANONYMOUS	something or someone that is unknown; undiscovered. Anonymity, the state where a person's name and other personally identifying ...
EMOTICON	A smiley is often used in text communications to convey an emotion with a message.
OBVIOUS	easily perceived or understood clearly
TONE	the manner of expression in writing
SMS	Short for Systems Management Server, a set of tools from Microsoft that assists in managing PCs connected to a local-area network (LAN).
ETHICAL	is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and bad, ...
UNETHICAL	behavior should be reported Unethical Behavior - It's Impact on ... After all, unethical behavior that is not illegal frequently falls in a grey
LEGAL	based on or concerned with the law
BOOLEAN SEARCH	A type of search allowing users to combine keywords with operators such as AND, NOT and OR to further produce more relevant results. For example, a Boolean search could be "hotel" AND "New York". This would limit the search results to only those documents containing the two keywords.
URL	Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

1. Proper ettiquite is essential online. 
2. To use the computer you must have good conduct. 
3. Courtesy is a virtue that everyone should have. 
4. No one appreciates being flamed 
5. Trolls on YouTube have no life. 
6. Remaining anonymous on the net is good!
7. Emoticons are used to show emotions in text.
8. Google is obviously a great tool.
9. Tone is importatn, so no CAPS!
10. SMS is how you text.
11. Everyone should have ethical behavior.
12. Unethical behavior is unacceptable.
13. Marriage under 18 is not legal.
14. Goolge allows boolean search with symbols.
15. URL is the adress of the page you're on.

Lyrics

IPCEA
IPCEA
thats the acronym to remember
whenever youre wearing thin
looking for that somethin
to build an awesome product

it starts with I
investigate
analyze
dont create!

P is next
this stands for plot
3 products is all you need
to hit the jackpot

c is my favorite
thats where you create it
one of the three
but just one thatll fit

the A is attitude
through it it all
without the a it would all just fall
THANK YOU MRS. HINOJOSA!

Create reflection

i finally was able to decide on the song that i wanted. so i will need to create lyrics. i am thinking to take ms. hinojosas advice and make an acronym like IPCEA! that could also double as the title of the song. and i also wanna thank ms. hinojosa in my song for being the rockstar of every class. i was also thinking about using a capo but then im not sure because my voice isnt so high, and there would be a lot of contrast between my voice and the music. i dont want that. so far i have almost completed the music. i deserve a 4.

Design reflection

so far i have two songs designed. these two songs are really getting to me because i have been playing them for over a hour. i have progressed a little bit with the chords and the beginning was fairly simple. its when i got to the middle when i got stuck. it goes:
simple G
simple C
simple E
simple A
G
C
E
A
.
.
.
then after that im not sure where to take it. well thats the one that im liking the most. the other one goes A
D
A
E
D
D
E
and i still have to design one more.

Survey questions

my survey will consist of 5 questions that i came up with but i will not give them the survey until after the presentation.
what were the steps of the design cycle?

what was the acronym?

was the music catchy?

do you know how people create products now?

am i a good musician?

10/13

today in class i created a gantt chart which will show me how to manage my time. this gantt chart is a useful tool when im gonna try to hurry up. the gantt chart that i made shows that creating the project will take me the longest so ill have to try a good method that i learned to write a guitar song. the one ting that might slow me down the most is frustration. the frustration of not being able to make a catchy tune, or lyrics that stick. i figure hat the guitar chords should be repetitive, because those are the ones that stick. this will help my sixth graders remember the song and the design cycle.

9/19/11

Today i completed investigate. i also finished my comparison of the tools that i wanted to use. The guitar or the piano. i found the piano very difficult to make new songs with, but with the guitar it was simpler and easier. i believe i deserve a 3 because as a result of my trial and error i found the right instrument but i could not bring them to class to study them further. so this class period will be spent trying to find reasons that i should go with the guitar instead to enforce my decision. reasons i went for guitar is because chords are easy to play.

Design Folder

Area of Interaction: Community and Service , Approaches to Learning & Human Ingenuity

Significant Concept: Design Cycle can be used to solve problems

Unit Question: How can my learning help my community? How do I make Sound Choices?

INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) Identify the Problem

1. What is the problem you need to solve? Explain to a 6^th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3d, PPT, movie, game, Poster)

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world?

Every product made has followed this process.

3. How will this project serve my community?

i will be able to teach students and help them have a better life for when they go to college

4. How can my learning help my community?

i might make products that better people's lives 

5. How do we live in relation to each other?

we are a large ecosystem

6. How does this help others?

everyone helps everyone

7. What are the requirements for this assignment?teach a sixth grader about the design cycle

8. What is the Design Cycle?

the proper way to make a product

REFLECT on your learning.

Day 2

9. Spend one day experimenting with DESIGN CYCLE your presentation. List five things your learned about the Design Cycle: plan, investigate, create, 6 part rubric, evaluate

This gantt chart shows how i must manage my time. the create process took me the longest because it is somewhat difficult to create a song out of the blue. what would take me the least amount of time would be to grade the surveys. this is because i know the answers so i will know what grade they get almost automatically. This gantt chart was very accurate because i took about the mount of time i calculated on each one of these.

in class

In class i have done a lot. i have created my gant chart and i decided what instrument to use. the gant chart helps me decide how to manage my time. unfortunately i can not work on my project in class because it requires a guitar. so i will have to work harder at home. i thank miss h for being THE Rockstar.

The Design Specification is the most crucial element of the Investigate phase of the Design Cycle


A good Design Specification should include information that you learned about the task/problem from your research.
It is a list of requirements that your design ideas must meet plus a list of constraints that you have. It is the check list that you need to use when you start to make your design ideas.
 After your research you can develop a Design Specification.

DESIGN BRIEF, DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS & TEST DUE AT END OF PERIOD-by THURSDAY-CUT THIS FROM YOUR FIRST POST AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

 Design Brief

10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it. i am making a song to teach the design cycle to sixth graders

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment? teach a sixth grader how to use the design cycle

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment? writers block

13. How will you "test" your project? i will ask them to sing along after the first time

SCORE

Piano:

The first tool I tried was the piano.   The piano is a fairly simple instrument, which is why I gave it an eight for simplicity.   The keys are simply pushed down with your fingers, and it makes beautiful music.   This music is always inspiring to me.   For ease to play, I gave it an eight as well.   This is because I find it very easy to play and it doesn't seem to frustrate me very much, so I would be less prone to becoming angry and giving up.

For ease to make songs with it I gave it an eight.   I gave it an eight because in my experiences it has been really easy to make songs with the piano.   I t is also very relaxing and there are a lot of various sounds that you can use, on a keyboard.  There is also very simple chords, and you can play that can make beautiful music.  So for the chords I gave it a five.  I n total the piano got thirty points.

Guitar:

The second tool I tried was the guitar.  The guitar is actually a lot more complicated than the piano.  Although this gives me more room for experimentation it's simplicity is less than that of the piano.  For simplicity I gave it a five.  I t was a five because of the six strings and the frets that you press along with plucking or strumming.  This instrument requires more hand coordination than simply pressing the keys on the piano.

For ease to play I gave the guitar an eight because I find it easier to play and the notes are easier to remember than the piano.  For chords I gave it a nine because I find that there are many more sounds that you can make with the guitar.  There’s a lot of room for creativity