Yoko_Evaluate

//** EVALUATE**//

These are the links to some other pages:

//Introduction:// During this last stage of the Technology Design Cycle, I have created this IT portfolio using this wiki page.

//ESLR's:// I was a Self-Directed Lerarner, who accept responsibility for my own learning and idntifying my needs and applying appropriate learning strategies.

//Reflection:// The most enjoyable part of the project among the Technology Design Cycle, which is the Investigation, Planning, Creating, and Evaluating, was the Creating stage, because I got to make my own e-card, using an application that I never used before. I found this very exciting, since I never used Flash before, and I always get exited when I make something and when I’m using something new. The least enjoyable part of the project was planning, because we didn’t have exciting assignments compared to other steps of Technology Design Cycle (Investigate, Create, and Evaluate). If I were the teacher, I would not make this project change, because I don’t think that there’s nothing that we should change. I think Ms. Cofino should assign a project like this to the eighth graders next year exactly we did during this quarter.

The Technology Design Cycle really helped me organize and complete my project. It helped me what to do in order to complete my project. At first during the Investigation stage, I looked at some e-cards as examples to create my own e-card and I created a mind map of some ideas for making it. Next during the Planning stage, I decided what kind of e-card (the theme of the e-card), and I practiced using the Flash. Then in the Creating stage, I made my own e-card using the Flash. I used what I have learned from the practices I had in the Planning step. Finally during the Evaluation, which is the step I’m working on, I’m making my portfolio online, including my reflections and my works. If I didn’t follow these steps, I think my project would have been in a mess. What I mean is that my project would be unorganized when I finished the whole tasks, and I might have struggled working on the Flash, because I didn’t know how to use it. I also might not able to make an e-card like those samples o e-cards that I researched on.

During this project, I grew as a learner during this project by using the Flash. Not only I learned how to use Flash, but I also achieved some ESLR’s. I can tell what a Flash is and how it works. One of the ESLR’S I achieved during this project is an Effective Communicator. I was an Effective Communicator by demonstrating my creative talents to convey ideas by making my e-card. I created an attractive and… e-card that everyone can see. I also demonstrated the skills of effective collaboration by listening to my teacher (Ms. Cofino) and to my classmates when we had discussions.