Sarah_Plan

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 * __The four parts of the Technology Design Cycle pages + Portfolio Main Page:__**




 * __Introduction:__**

'Plan' is the SECOND part of the Technology Design Cycle after Investigate. During this part of the TDC, we only did 2 things: drawing a storyboard (by hand which was quite challenging for many of us) and writing a reflection.

__**ESLRs:**__

This paragraph is about the ESLRs I managed to achieve during this part of the TDC:

I built meaning and understanding using prior knowledge and new information which means that I was an outstanding //Critical Thinker//. I could do this by drawing my storyboard using the information I already learned while creating a Tutorial in during the Investigate. At the same time, I achieved another ESLR, a S//elf-directed Learner// by finishing up the storyboard plus an extra storyboard at home when I knew I could not finish it in-class; accepting responsibility for my own learning. By being able to achieve those two ESLRs, I was also able to achieve yet another ESLR; //Academic Achiever// when I continually assessed, evaluated and adjusted work to maintain high standards.

__**Files:**__

You can have a look at my Storyboard:

__**Reflection:**__

During the Plan part of this technology design cycle, we draw a storyboard (hand-drawn) about what and how our e-cards will look like, what things will happen and/or change, and what type of animation we will use to show the movements, shape changes, and color changes. Overall, I learned what type of animation will be appropriate for each layer.

My e-card will look like either one of my storyboards. According to the first storyboard, a mom will spray water on a seed that represents me and the seed will grow into a pretty little flower. After that, there will be a message scene where I say my ‘Thank you’ and ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ to my receiver (my mom). If my e-card follows the second storyboard, a seed will grow into a rose over time without involving my mom. Instead, it will grow with light from the sun, rain from the clouds, and soil from the earth. At the end, a message scene will appear on the screen.

This e-card will demonstrate excellent animation design as it will show great animation, creativity, color, message, drawing, text, clarity, and many other things. First of all, it will show a fabulous animation through motion tween, shape tween, rotation, and color change. There will be many appropriate motions made through those things like sun moving to left, a seed growing, etc. The e-card will show creativity as it will be unique by having unique and impressive text, message, colors, motions, etc. Colors, message, drawing and text ill be demonstrated in the e-card as there will be constant color changes and motion tweens made, and it will have appropriate message impressive for the viewers. Clarity will obviously show up in this e-card when the animation, color, message and drawings are clearly demonstrated.

I am planning to create this animation in Flash by using the previous knowledge, something that I learned during the investigate part of the technology design cycle. Things that I learned through the investigate of e-card Animation include how to make the things (balls) move around the scene, and how to make the background. However, this is not enough knowledge to create an animation that will involve other types of animation other than motion tween, things like shape tween, rotation, and color change. I need to learn (know) how to make things look like they are growing through using shape tweens, how to make things disappear through color change, how to change the colors of the background and letters also through color change, and how to make something to face the other way around (spin) to face the audience by using rotation.


 * __P.S.__**

This has been my Plan page (the second part of the TDC), so please go check my other page called Create (the third portion of the TDC).