My peer reflections

Term 3 Scratch Programming Project

Statement Of Inquiry:
Computational Creation enables me to be creative.

Introduction:
In term 3 we will be working on Scratch programming. This is creative computing and enables us to explore various sprites and commands in Scratch.

Global Context:
ATL Skills
INFORMATION LITERACY
I will be using my research skills and understand programming codes and controls using scratch program. I will be using scratch as well as watching other videos on scratch programming, i will also be using 'storyboard that' to enable me to create a storyboard online using my design ideas.

COMMUNICATION
I am going to create a story about how some people are anti-social. Being anti-social isn't the best thing in the world because it stops you from doing many things. I am going to create this using the program scratch to show how anti-social people react when others talk to them. In my storyboard it shows how a conversation between a anti-social person and a over confident person. In my scratch you can see that the over confident person doesn't really mind when the other one leaves because they don't know that they're not able to talk to others without hesitating and over-thinking about the bad things that could happen to them.

Global Context = Identities and relationships
Being anti-social can exclude you from many events. When you're anti-social it means that you're shy or that you can't find anything to say to someone and sometimes when people are anti-social it could also mean that they're depressed. It can make you miss out on different experiences such as going out to concerts or hanging out with friends, so basically just to sum it up it makes you miss out on great fun.



About Me- My first project

Reflection:
Making this Scratch was very boring because i don't enjoy programming. I had faced some difficulties along the way because i kept deleting my sprite by accident and i also had problems finding the correct sprite because i couldn't find a dog and when i tried to draw it it wouldn't turn out the way i wanted it to be.

Scratch Project- Term 3

Introduction:

For this term i have been asked to create a story using scratch programming.This story should either create an awareness of an environmental issue, social issue or something that interest me.

 Criterion A- Inquiry and Analysis


About Me:

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I am going to create a scratch story about my passion which is running,dancing,eating,sleeping, athletics,sports and playing with my beautiful dog Mia. I love sports in general because it's a way of expressing my feelings. My favorite thing to do is to play with my dog because whenever i'i am sad she always helps me feel better. By playing with my dog i can influence other people to be kind to animals or their pets and not harm them. And by playing sports i can inspire other people to stop being on their devices and to go outdoors to be healthy and fit. I think it is important to be fit and healthy because being unhealthy can cause a lot of problems such as heart problems.


Criterion B- Developing Ideas

Reflection:

In the making of this storyboard i came across a few challenges such as not finding the correct character for the scene i chose. In my first three storyboards i used my interests (running,boxing,dancing) and in the last two i did conversations between two people because i think that communication is a big part of your life.

In the first one it shows me winning a running comp. In the second won it shows me winning in a boxing match. Then in the third one it shows me in a dance class. in the fourth one it shows a girl trying to talk to girl but then the girl refuses to talk to her and lastly the final one shows two colleagues meeting at a pizza place for food after a long day at work.

 Criterion C-Creating the Solution

Reflection for Scratch

While creating my scratch i found it very easy to create because my idea was very simple. Mt scratch is about a girl trying to talk to an anti-social person but she doesn't know that the boy is anti-social. When the girl goes and talks to the boy he get's scared and starts screaming at her saying to go away but at the end he leaves and she doesn't care as much as she should. 

Final Tech Fair Reflection

While working on our tech fair project there was a difficulty when our model stopped working and because we didn't have enough time to build it again we came up with another idea. My partner was Isabella Santos,we worked well together because we had worked together before on many other projects we were comfortable around each other. Me and Isabella mostly worked on our project in school because whenever one of us was free the other wasn't so it was difficult to work on it outside of school but on one of the last days we had to work on the tech fair project we met up and started tweaking it just to make sure it was ready but on the next day the lights wouldn't turn on so Isabella came up with the idea to create a dynamo torch. Isabella already had the box with the parts to build it so we just had to follow the instructions and build it.
If we could do it again i would try and change the light of the dynamo torch or maybe not have tweaked our first project if that was what had cause it to break.

Static Wrist Band

Technology & the UAE National Agenda (Sustainable environment and infrastructure)

Technology and the UAE National agenda 

Sustainable environment and infrastructure

For our project we provided light to people by using the dynamo torch. The dynamo torch helps by producing light by using hand motion

Peer Evaluations

Peer evaluation of each group tech fair project
Student:
 Rakan
Project presented:
Game called tanks
What was the project about?:
A game
presentation:
A game, it is an elimination game there are 5 rounds
What are the positive things you liked about their and you're in the dessert there are 2 ways of shooting the software he used is called unity.
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
If he does go to tech fair I think he should be a bit louder
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes
Students:
Bhaavya and Christopher
Project presented:
A robot
What was the project about?:
A robot that is called blinks that walks around it caries anything around and it is made from scratch
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
They built the whole robot made by scratch
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
Maybe just both do the talking because only Christopher was talking
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes
Student:
Youseif
Project presented:
USB powered mini AC
What was the project about?:
An AC that saves electricity and you connect it to any device but it is powered by a USB
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
It helps the environment and it saves electricity
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
Don't do the presentation for such a long time because people get bored sometimes
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes
Student:
Timur
Project presented:
Air freshener quad copter
What was the project about?:
It he project is useful for military and to help find people and for missions(quad copter)
It will make places smell nice
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
The quad copter has a camera on it and it helps people.
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
Just explain a bit better because it was hard to understand
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes

Student:
Hannah and Dominique
Project presented:
Triple-purpose car
What was the project about?:
It's a little car that has 3 purposes it is a drone it's a transporter and it is a transporter
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
It is useful for anyone
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
Just have it charged
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes
Student:
Jasmine and Francesca
Project presented:
How to set up a well climbing car
What was the project about?:
It is a challenge that they have an air-vacuum on a car and the air-vacuum make the car stick to the wall
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
You can put a camera on it
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:

According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes
Student:
Azaan and Yahya
Project presented:
The wheelie cyclone
What was the project about?:
This is a 4 wheeled line following car that is built entirely from Lego and I programmed using a Lego software.
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
It's detailed, the group knows what they're talking about and their PowerPoint includes every step they followed and what they used.
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
No, not really
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes
Student:
Alex and Khanda
Project presented:
Shoebox projector
What was the project about?:
This is a shoebox that has a phone inside of it. In front of the box there is glass and basically the glass helps it project.

What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
They know what they're talking about.
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
Maybe improve the talking a little on how it works
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
No 

Student:
Omar and Armaan
Project presented:
Light n motion sensor bulb
What was the project about?:
Light and motion sensor that when u turn of the lights it can scenes motion and lights up
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
Out of the box idea
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
Not really
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yas
Student:
Ban and Lina
Project presented:
Robotic arm
What was the project about?:
An robotic arm that is controlled by a computer and it is used for picking up things
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
It was well organized
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
Just talk louder because it's hard to hear
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes

Student:
Jonas
Project presented:
Robot
What was the project about?:
It's a robot that avoids obstacles
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
It was simple but could do many things
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:

According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes

Student:
Nada and Ali
Project presented:
Miku miku dance
What was the project about?:
It is a softwear you can make a dance, games, anime models and characters
What are the positive things you liked about their presentation:
It it a cool idea that no one has done in the class
Is there anything specific that you would give them as feedback for improvement?:
I don't think they need to improve anything
According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016?:
Yes

Student: Adam and Karim

Project Presented: Sphero

What was the project about? The sphero is basically a little robot that has a camera attached to the top. Inside the sphero is a little sphere ball that is controlled by a Bluetooth device to help it move. You can also download apps and play games with it.

What are the positive things you liked about their presentation: I liked how they knew what they were talking about. I also liked how when they were presenting they were enthusiastic.

According to you do you think their project needs to be part of the tech fair 2016? YES

New Tech Fair

Ò  Research 1 idea related to a Tech Fair Project.

Ò  Read the article and Post a paragraph about the article  which focuses on: -

É  What was the product or software developed and how does it work?

The product developed is the dynamo torch and how it works is with hand motion it converts it to energy and then the LED light lights up and you can also use it for when your lights are not working.

É  Pictures of the product

É  Who developed it?
       I could not fin who developed the dynamo torch.

É  A paragraph on what was developed and how does the product benefit the society.

Basically what was developed is a torch that lights up with hand motion that is converted to energy and powers the LED light. This benefits society because if there is an apocalypse and the power you can use the dynamo torch because it does not use batteries.

Cite the references.

É  Reflection – On how your research went. What were the keywords that you used in the search engine to get your results. Did you get your results in the first attempt? What were the problems that you faced when searching and how did you refine your search to get the desired result?
I did not get my result at first and the key word that i used the most was dynamo torch because of the name. I did not get my result in the first attempt to research because i did not find what i wanted to find at first.

Term-2 MYP-Design Unit:

Tech Fair Project

Global context: Scientific and technical

Statement of Inquiry: Developments in technology could be seen as blessing or a curse depending on the impact it has on an individual or society.

Inquiry Question: How can we use Technology to help develop our ideas to create a masterpiece for the 'Tech Fair'?

ATL: Thinking skills and research skills

b    https://www.powtoon.com/dashboard/#/  This is the video for the project
     Ò  Research 1 idea related to a Tech Fair Project.

Ò  Read the article and Post a paragraph about the article  which focuses on: -

É  What was the product or software developed and how does it work?

The product developed is the dynamo torch and how it works is with hand motion it converts it to energy and then the LED light lights up and you can also use it for when your lights are not working.

É  Pictures of the product

É  Who developed it?
       I could not fin who developed the dynamo torch.

É  A paragraph on what was developed and how does the product benefit the society.

Basically what was developed is a torch that lights up with hand motion that is converted to energy and powers the LED light. This benefits society because if there is an apocalypse and the power you can use the dynamo torch because it does not use batteries.

Cite the references.

É  Reflection – On how your research went. What were the keywords that you used in the search engine to get your results. Did you get your results in the first attempt? What were the problems that you faced when searching and how did you refine your search to get the desired result?
I did not get my result at first and the key word that i used the most was dynamo torch because of the name. I did not get my result in the first attempt to research because i did not find what i wanted to find at first.

Term-2 MYP-Design Unit:

Tech Fair Project

Global context: Scientific and technical

Statement of Inquiry: Developments in technology could be seen as blessing or a curse depending on the impact it has on an individual or society.

Inquiry Question: How can we use Technology to help develop our ideas to create a masterpiece for the 'Tech Fair'?

ATL: Thinking skills and research skills

b    https://www.powtoon.com/dashboard/#/  This is the video for the project
     

Peer Evaluation

Video link

https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/g2pPGqeTGqR/tech-fair/

reflection on What I Have Done so Far

REFLECTION

So far Isabella and I have finished mostly everything and posted it on our blog. We got all of our materials but haven’t quite started on the actual project which is LED lights attached to different pieces of clothing. For this project we used powtoon to create our video, we used power point to create a power point about  the pros and cons and all the software or hardware we are going to use and lastly we used Blogger to post everything we’ve done that lead us to our project.

 Over the past few weeks Isabella and We have been working really hard to gather all our materials and to find out how we are going to get the LED lights to work, we left putting every piece together for the end so until the 24^th (due date) Isabella and I are going to start to put everything together this week and hopefully it will turn out well. We came up with this idea from a movie we watched called ‘’Step Up 3D’, originally our first idea was a dancing robot but we couldn’t figure out a way to make it work so instead we did a little bit of research and came up with this idea 

work

Tech Fair Powerpoint

Tech Fair

ÒResearch 1 idea related to a Tech Fair Project.

ÒRead the article and Post a paragraph about the article  which focuses on: -

ÉWhat was the product or software developed and how does it work?

Pictures of the product 

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Who developed it? Erietta Tsangaris & Isabella Santos Scher Portella

ÉA paragraph on what was developed and how does the product benefit the society.

ÉCite the references. Erietta's mind and Isabella's mind

ÉReflection – On how your research went. What were the keywords that you used in the search engine to get your results. Did you get your results in the first attempt? What were the problems that you faced when searching and how did you refine your search to get the desired result? 
Isabella and I found our ideas after a few attempts of researching different ideas and then combining them together for e.g. our first idea was a robot dancing and blasting out music but then we thought of dancing and this movie about dancing called 'Step Up 3D', the last scene in this movie is the crew dancing in these black jumpsuits with LED lights attached on them. 

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we are going to put LED lights on clothing and make the colors change.


 Unit: Tech Fair Project
 Global context: Scientific and technical innovation 
Statement of Inquiry: Developments in technology could be seen as blessing or a curse depending on the impact it has on an individual or society. Inquiry Question:
 How can we use Technology to help develop our ideas to create a masterpiece for the ‘Tech Fair’? ATL: Thinking skills and research skills