Planning
This criterion combines what we have done in the past as designing and planning into one. The focus here is for you to:
· define realistic criteria (specifications) to measure the quality of the project’s final outcome or product
· demonstrate your skills in creating possible solutions against criteria (specifications) you have set that would meet your goal
· design a logical and accurate plan that shows your development of the project, demonstrate that you can manage your time, and resource
In more detail:
1. Developing criteria for the product/ outcome:
This is similar to writing Specifications that you have done in the past in Technology. Remember that you are trying to somehow find ways of testing the product/ outcomes success.
Let's look at an example.
Personal Project Goal: To create an art exhibition of original paintings to raise awareness of the plight of street dogs and cause someone to take action
This goal has actually 3 parts (these are at least 3 different parts to make criteria for!).
1. Quality of the painting
2. Raising awareness of the issues street dogs face.
3. People taking action about the issues
What Criteria can we make to test the above are successful?
Let's take each one of the above in turn:
Criteria Tools Target
(to evaluate the success) (how will you measure the success) (how will I know if the criteria was successful?)
The pictures must be of high Rubric created to assess the quality, Target of 80% scored.
quality given to 3 art experts.
To raise awareness of the issues Short test to 20 people in the local village Audience scored 40% more. (They know more than they did about the plight of street dogs before the exhibition and then again after before testing. To test this further, re-test the audience one week later. If the same scores are achieved, we have raised awareness
Someone should take positive action Mayor or other officials in the local village Mayor or other official accept my one year plan to provide
on the issue of street dogs invited to the exhibition food and shelter
A good way to explain the specifications is to
1 Write down (clearly) the specification
2 Explain why you think the specification is important
3 Say how you intend to achieve the specification as your product is being created
4 Explain how you could test (evaluate) that the specification has been met after the product’’s completion.
As an example........
1 Specification: The product should appeal to the target audience (young children aged 4 to 10 years old).
2 This specification is important because the children will not look at or take notice of something that they do not find attractive
3 To ensure that my product will meet the specification I will
• Use a wide range of primary colours
• Have a limited amount of text
• Make use of appealing symbols (animals etc.)
• ...................
4 To test or evaluate this specification, I will ask a total of 20 students aged 4 to 10 years old the following questions in a survey.
If at least 16 students (80%) respond positively then the specification will have been met.
• Did you notice the posters on the entrance to the primary classrooms concerning Cyberbullying?
• What was the message of the posters?
• ...................
This is similar to writing Specifications that you have done in the past in Technology. Remember that you are trying to somehow find ways of testing the product/ outcomes success.
- Criteria that helps you see if your project was successful; your goals were met.
- They should be measurable in some way.
Let's look at an example.
Personal Project Goal: To create an art exhibition of original paintings to raise awareness of the plight of street dogs and cause someone to take action
This goal has actually 3 parts (these are at least 3 different parts to make criteria for!).
1. Quality of the painting
2. Raising awareness of the issues street dogs face.
3. People taking action about the issues
What Criteria can we make to test the above are successful?
Let's take each one of the above in turn:
Criteria Tools Target
(to evaluate the success) (how will you measure the success) (how will I know if the criteria was successful?)
The pictures must be of high Rubric created to assess the quality, Target of 80% scored.
quality given to 3 art experts.
To raise awareness of the issues Short test to 20 people in the local village Audience scored 40% more. (They know more than they did about the plight of street dogs before the exhibition and then again after before testing. To test this further, re-test the audience one week later. If the same scores are achieved, we have raised awareness
Someone should take positive action Mayor or other officials in the local village Mayor or other official accept my one year plan to provide
on the issue of street dogs invited to the exhibition food and shelter
A good way to explain the specifications is to
1 Write down (clearly) the specification
2 Explain why you think the specification is important
3 Say how you intend to achieve the specification as your product is being created
4 Explain how you could test (evaluate) that the specification has been met after the product’’s completion.
As an example........
1 Specification: The product should appeal to the target audience (young children aged 4 to 10 years old).
2 This specification is important because the children will not look at or take notice of something that they do not find attractive
3 To ensure that my product will meet the specification I will
• Use a wide range of primary colours
• Have a limited amount of text
• Make use of appealing symbols (animals etc.)
• ...................
4 To test or evaluate this specification, I will ask a total of 20 students aged 4 to 10 years old the following questions in a survey.
If at least 16 students (80%) respond positively then the specification will have been met.
• Did you notice the posters on the entrance to the primary classrooms concerning Cyberbullying?
• What was the message of the posters?
• ...................
Criteria examples
In order to achieve my goal, the product I create must meet a set of specifications to determine its success. These specifications are:
1. The stories must be well written and contain appropriate content for the target audience.
Why: It is important that the stories are well written because the audience will not enjoy or gain information from the content if the story does not present the information well. My story will have two target audiences. The first target audience will be children because it will be a picture book. It must be well written for this audience because children will not enjoy a book that is not interesting. My second target audience would be teens or adults who will be able to understand the allegory and the content of the story. It is important that the story is well written in order to enable the older audience to understand the hidden meaning.
How: I will make sure that the story are well written by editing and proof reading each story multiple times as well as obtaining feedback from peer and adults. I will make sure that the story is enjoyable for my younger audience by asking several children to read the book and give me their general opinion. I will make sure that the story contains appropriate content by conducting interview and determining what information is essential for the product.
Test: This specification does not necessarily require quantitative data gathered from a rubric. The objective of this particular specification is to have a general understanding of whether the two target audiences are able to understand and enjoy reading the story. This will be tested by asking five people from each target audience to read the story and provide feedback on whether they believed it was well written, whether they believed the content was appropriate and whether there were any errors that interfered with their understanding.
2. Readers of the story with a previous understanding of the Gezi Park events must be able to identify aspects of the allegory and the parallels between characters and real life figures as well as events.
Why: This specification is important because my goal is to create a resource (children’s book) that will be able to aid people’s understanding of the Gezi Park events. Therefore, it is vital that the stories are able to give the readers information about the events in question through the content and the allegory.
How: I could achieve this specification by making sure that the hidden meaning in the allegory is clear to the reader. I would do this by making the connections between real life people and situations apparent. Although the literal meaning of the stories would not be about the events, the connection between the characters in the story and people involved in the events would be evident.
Test: I will determine whether the readers of the stories understood the information about the events by asking them to fill out a short survey about the symbolism and allegorical aspects of the story and how they correspond with real life incidents. If people who take the survey score an average of 75% or higher, it will determine that the stories were informative.
3. The story must be between 500-1,000 words and the book must be between 10-20 pages long. It must also be a small size (A5) or maximum A4 size.
Why: It is important that the story is between 500-1000 words long because if the story were too short, readers it would not contain all the necessary information needed to achieve my goal of aiding the reader’s understanding of events. If the story is too long, the reader may lose interest, which would affect their ability to decipher the allegory.
How: If I pass 20 pages, I will start editing the stories and condense them in order to stay under the page limit. I will make sure that the book itself is the right size by asking the publishers to present the available page sizes and choosing the one that is the most appropriate for the book’s purpose.
Test: I will test that the book is the right length by counting the pages and making sure that it falls between 10 to 20 pages. I will make sure that my book is the right size by looking up the measurements for the size and ensuring that my book fits them.
1. The stories must be well written and contain appropriate content for the target audience.
Why: It is important that the stories are well written because the audience will not enjoy or gain information from the content if the story does not present the information well. My story will have two target audiences. The first target audience will be children because it will be a picture book. It must be well written for this audience because children will not enjoy a book that is not interesting. My second target audience would be teens or adults who will be able to understand the allegory and the content of the story. It is important that the story is well written in order to enable the older audience to understand the hidden meaning.
How: I will make sure that the story are well written by editing and proof reading each story multiple times as well as obtaining feedback from peer and adults. I will make sure that the story is enjoyable for my younger audience by asking several children to read the book and give me their general opinion. I will make sure that the story contains appropriate content by conducting interview and determining what information is essential for the product.
Test: This specification does not necessarily require quantitative data gathered from a rubric. The objective of this particular specification is to have a general understanding of whether the two target audiences are able to understand and enjoy reading the story. This will be tested by asking five people from each target audience to read the story and provide feedback on whether they believed it was well written, whether they believed the content was appropriate and whether there were any errors that interfered with their understanding.
2. Readers of the story with a previous understanding of the Gezi Park events must be able to identify aspects of the allegory and the parallels between characters and real life figures as well as events.
Why: This specification is important because my goal is to create a resource (children’s book) that will be able to aid people’s understanding of the Gezi Park events. Therefore, it is vital that the stories are able to give the readers information about the events in question through the content and the allegory.
How: I could achieve this specification by making sure that the hidden meaning in the allegory is clear to the reader. I would do this by making the connections between real life people and situations apparent. Although the literal meaning of the stories would not be about the events, the connection between the characters in the story and people involved in the events would be evident.
Test: I will determine whether the readers of the stories understood the information about the events by asking them to fill out a short survey about the symbolism and allegorical aspects of the story and how they correspond with real life incidents. If people who take the survey score an average of 75% or higher, it will determine that the stories were informative.
3. The story must be between 500-1,000 words and the book must be between 10-20 pages long. It must also be a small size (A5) or maximum A4 size.
Why: It is important that the story is between 500-1000 words long because if the story were too short, readers it would not contain all the necessary information needed to achieve my goal of aiding the reader’s understanding of events. If the story is too long, the reader may lose interest, which would affect their ability to decipher the allegory.
How: If I pass 20 pages, I will start editing the stories and condense them in order to stay under the page limit. I will make sure that the book itself is the right size by asking the publishers to present the available page sizes and choosing the one that is the most appropriate for the book’s purpose.
Test: I will test that the book is the right length by counting the pages and making sure that it falls between 10 to 20 pages. I will make sure that my book is the right size by looking up the measurements for the size and ensuring that my book fits them.
2. Creating Possible Solutions
Very similar again to what you have done in the past....designs of your product or solution.
Here you will demonstrate thinking skills in designing different, feasible ways to create your product/ solution.
Examples:
1. Video about street dogs. Use storyboards to sketch the possible designs (scenes, timing, sound, dialogue etc)
2. Websites. Layout and content of webpages. Navigation page.
3. Dress design. Designs of dresses, include fabrics, dimensions, colours, techniques etc
4. Books.
Be sure to include what you have learned from the Investigation stage (what make a good video or website and the knowledge of the topic)
Good designs include details that would allow others to follow.
Here you will demonstrate thinking skills in designing different, feasible ways to create your product/ solution.
Examples:
1. Video about street dogs. Use storyboards to sketch the possible designs (scenes, timing, sound, dialogue etc)
2. Websites. Layout and content of webpages. Navigation page.
3. Dress design. Designs of dresses, include fabrics, dimensions, colours, techniques etc
4. Books.
Be sure to include what you have learned from the Investigation stage (what make a good video or website and the knowledge of the topic)
Good designs include details that would allow others to follow.
3. Developing an Action Plan
Use your Action Planning table in your Google Doc:)
The idea is to be able to effectively plan your work over the months to ensure that you finish on time. You should include the following as a minimum in your plans:
Dates and times for actions (and times you are not available eg CEESA etc)
The actions (logical order)
Resources, locations etc
Valid alterations to the plan and reflections, how your ATL have improved.
Time for testing and making changes to the product/ solution.
The idea is to be able to effectively plan your work over the months to ensure that you finish on time. You should include the following as a minimum in your plans:
Dates and times for actions (and times you are not available eg CEESA etc)
The actions (logical order)
Resources, locations etc
Valid alterations to the plan and reflections, how your ATL have improved.
Time for testing and making changes to the product/ solution.