Evaluation:

Evaluation on Investigate:

 When we started working on the process of  investigating tools we could use to teach the design cycle, I feel like I did not get much useful information on web based tools that I would use to teach the design cycle to the 6th graders. I think I list a lot of time due to the fact that I did not look a lot into them and those in which I did were a lost of my time. There were some good options but honestly I could not see myself making something that I did not fully understand....

so that is when I decided to go for the game board. Which in the end was probably the best decision I made.

Evaluation on  Design:

 My three design were very different and not very realistic. I wanted to do so much and I didn't realize how much work it actually took to make it happen. But in the end I came through and my game board looked pretty good. I could of probably  gone for a simpler design that took less time to make, but I wanted to work on something that show some of my technology skills.I think that I let my imagination go crazy and that kind of frustrated me once i was given the green light to start creating my game board.

Evaluation on Plan:

 I liked the Gant thing we used to calculate the amount of time it would take us to complete the create tage of our project. Once we were there, I actually began to think about how much time it would take me to complete the project and I began to panic. In the end it would take me about 550 minutes to have every part of my game board done. Atleast I had an idea of how much work, time and effort it was gonna take me,  so that was good. I tried to add time that I did not necesarily needed so that my goal of completing my tasks would be realistic. It was safe to say I kind of exxagerated but it was fine could I was able to get it done on time.

Evaluation on Create:

   So I had began working on this stage during class and realized that it was not gonna be so easy to do so, so I got to work immediatly. I had some issues working with the design of my project and in the end I had to make a scale model on paper just so that I would be able to visualize the final product. I color coded each stage of the design cycle and added pictures realted to each to ensure a certain level of understanding. The game cards were the ones that took me some time to figure out due to the fact that I wanted thme to be double sided and I had to figure out how to do so. I think that this was what actually took me the longest and what gave me the worst headache. After all of that was out of the way I realized I need the little moving thingies.... So I decided to recycle them from an old monopoly game.

Evaluation on Evaluate:

  I  would like to think that I reflected in every stage to the best of my abilities. I know my product could of been better, but honestly I think my game board came out pretty well. I think I was successful in the creation of my product. Based on the surveys I got from the 6th graders after they played my game, I came to the conclusion that they had an idea of what the design cycle was becouse they both got 6/7 correct and answered the bonus question right. But I think that what was more important is that they liked it and learned while they were having fun and so I feel like I was successful.

Evaluation on Attitudes in Technology:

  In this final criteria I find myself to have been doing very well throughout this long and stressfull process. I was able to stay positive, most of the time. I  tried my best on helping those around me be successful and understand what they were doing. I liked having the liberty to do what we wanted and they way we wanted.