On The Right Track
Technology Design Cycle Report
EVALUATE
Feedback
5 people that tested my spreadsheet:
- Erica
- Sophie
- Sereirath
- Alpha
- Mr. Luke
4 people that tested my stand-alone:
- Erica
- Sophie
- Sereirath
- Mr. Luke
I interviewed them using the feedback form I created and collected some good feedback from them.
Evidence:
Spreadsheet Results
- Sereirath: yes, it has everything that is in the design specification
- Erica: yes, it contain everything that is mentioned in the design specification
- Sophie: yes, it does contain everything that it's supposed to have
- Alpha: yes, it has everything
- Mr. Luke: no, not everything, it doesn't show the totals and the averages
2. What do you like about my spreadsheet?
- Sereirath: I like the colours used and I like it because it's well organised
- Erica: I like the colours, they help to make the spreadsheet stand out
- Sophie: I like the colours and the design
- Alpha: I like it because it's organised and it has all the information you need
- Mr. Luke: I like it because it has excellent colours/shading and the layout is simple and logical
3. Use ability: Would you use it? Is it user-friendly?
- Sereirath: Yes, it is easy to use
- Erica: Yes, because it's well organised
- Sophie: Yes, I will use it
- Alpha: I might use it, because it is simple to both use and understand
- Mr. Luke: No, because the averages and totals don'd work... If they work, YES!
4. What should I change to make it better?
- Sereirath: Make some colours darker
- Erica: Make the words bigger
- Sophie: Don't use the same colour twice
- Alpha: Darken the letters
- Mr. Luke: Averages and totals formulas
Stand-alone Results
- Sereirath: Yes, for everything
- Erica: Yes, for everything
- Sophie: Yes, for everything
- Mr. Luke: Yes, for everything
2. Write 2 comments based on the beauty of my stand-alone (Is it pretty? Ugly?)
- Sereirath: - It's pretty and has neat background. - Good pictures for each subject
- Erica: - It is neat. - It is organised
- Sophie: Nice photos for each page. - Nice stylish font designs
- Mr. Luke: - It's pretty. - Good layout, good theme, good colours and good fonts
3. How is it going to help the MYP students, the society, the world?
- Sereirath: People will understand every subject in MYP
- Erica: It helps people to clearly understand about each subject in MYP
- Sophie: Students and parents will understand clearly about in subject in MYP
- Mr. Luke: It could be used at any MYP school in the world
4. What should I change to make it better?
- Sereirath: Have clearer pictures for each subject
- Erica: Make the words and the criterion clearer
- Sophie: Have total marks for criterion
- Mr. Luke: Use higher resolution pictures
Reflection
Investigation:
I think I did pretty good in the investigation stage, because I explained the problem, and fully investigated the problem. I also evaluated information from many different sources and evaluated the product/ solution against the design specifications.
To improve myself, I think I could do more research, even though I think I did enough of it, I could do more just to make it better, because it's always like more research more better.
Design:
I think I did okay in this stage, because my designs are not fabulous, but I evaluated each one fully against the design specification and justified why I chose the designs that I decided to create, also evaluated them critically against the design specification.
To improve myself in the design stage, I think I should spend more time and energy on my designing to make them better.
Plan:
I think I didn't do good enough in this stage, because even though I produced a plan that contains enough details and logical steps that describe the use of time and resources, I didn't evaluate the plan and justify the modifications I made to the design.
To make my plan better, I should evaluate my plan critically, and justify the changes I made to the plan.
Create:
I think I didn't do very good at this stage, because although I justified all the modifications I made, my products are not so good, they don't have the best quality available.
To improve at this stage, I think I should find another website/ app to create my stand-alone posters, because the one I used doesn't have high resolution, which made my posters look all blurry. And also I could find higher resolution pictures to put in my posters, that would be better.
Evaluate:
I think I did well in the evaluation section, because I evaluated the success of my products based on the feedback I collected and from the view of different users. I evaluated my own performance at each stage of the design cycle and suggested improvements I could make to improve. I also evaluated the impact of the product on life, society and the environment.
To improve at this stage, I think I could have a more detailed evaluation of the impact of the product I created, and also have more people to test my products.
Suggestions for improvement
To improve my stand-alone, I should:
- Find a better website/ app
- Find higher resolution pictures
- Have better looking rubrics
To improve my spreadsheet, I should:
- Increase the font size
- Make the averages and totals formulas work
- Make the letters more easy to see by changing into darker colours
Impact on society
My product spreadsheet helps in the society, because students can insert their score for every subject for each criteria, they can keep track of their scores for the whole year in the MYP, and also they can calculate their total scores and the averages they get.
My product stand-alone helps in the society, the environment and the world because it could be use in any MYP school in the world. By looking at them, and actually reading them, people will understand what MYP is all about, and also what each subject is about. It helps the students and parents of MYP, because most of the parents and students don't really know what MYP is and they also don't know what is being taught in each subject. If they read the posters, they will get what MYP is all about, MYP students will understand it because it's simple. When the students know what the subjects are about, they sure can do better.