Peer Evaluation

Peer Evaluation by Ward

	Did they do it	Marks
Originality	She did this	3
Creativity	She did this	3
background	She did this	3
Sprites	She did this	3
Script	She did this	3
Purpose	She did this	3
	Total marks:	18

Marks my Peers gave me
Originality: 3 marks
Creativity: 3 marks
Backgrounds: 3 marks
Sprites: 3 marks
Scripts: 3 marks
Purpose/Project Theme: 3 marks

Total Mark: 18/18

Peer Evaluation by Malak

	Did they do it	Marks
Originality	She did this	3
Creativity	She did this	3
background	She did this	3
Sprites	She did this	3
Script	She did this	3
Purpose	She did this	3
	Total marks:	18

Marks my Peers gave me
Originality: 3 marks
Creativity: 3 marks
Backgrounds: 3 marks
Sprites: 3 marks
Scripts: 3 marks
Purpose/Project Theme: 3 marks

Total Mark: 18/18

Self Evaluation

What was I supposed to do?	Did I do it?	Marks
I added my own sprite with costume changes	I did this	3
I moved my sprite with sounds and looping	I partially did this	2
I made my sprite change color	I partially did this	2
I made my sprite talk and think	I did this	3
I added my own background and music	I did this	3
	Total Marks:	13

My Marks

I added my own sprite with costume changes: I did this (3 marks)
I moved my sprite with sounds and looping: I partially did this (2 marks)
I made my sprite change colors: I partially did this (2 marks)
I made my sprite talk and think: I did this (3 marks)
I added my own background and music: I did this (3 marks)
Total mark: 13/15

Term 3 - Scratch Project (1st Story Board)

The Second Story (The One I didn't choose as my final one)



This is the Story Board I had decided not to do

Reflection
This project is about two people bonding over a kind gesture and perhaps starting a friendship on the project. I will be using Scratch to make this project into a reality. I was thinking of a way two people could bond between something as simple as a kind gesture or a polite word. In this case the girl sitting on the bench said 'bless you' to the boy that sneezed whilst he was walking, which caused the boy to start up a conversation between them by asking the girl what her name was. I came up with the project because I was thinking of a way to spread a positive message through my work whilst still making it interesting and relatable. This story is relatable as this is something that actually could happen to anyone, rather than it being something that only happens in fairy tales. It is interesting as it is enjoyable to watch how two strangers can become friends in a few sentences. I believe that the challenging part is making them speak one after the other, whilst not allowing one person to overlap the other person whilst they are talking or for there to be an extremely long pause between a question and an answer. I highly enjoyed the making of this project and whilst it was quite simple it still spread a positive message towards anyone who watches it. It was hard but the fact that we made an "About Me" project before means that it was slightly easier to make than it would have been if we did not have any practice. So, in conclusion, I believe that I did very well on this project and that I will end up being very proud of my work and this will hopefully get me a good mark.

Snips
Ruby's Script 

Avery's Script

Background Script

Term 3 - Scratch Project (2nd Story Board) Final One

The Story



Reflection
This project is about two people who do not know one another, becoming best friends despite the fact that when they first met each other, they judged one another negatively without knowing anything about them. The message of this story is to never judge a person without knowing anything about them. The reason as to why I decided to do this is because, not only is it a good Scratch program assessment, but it also spreads a positive message to anyone who sees it. I wanted to make my Scratch about something that I am passionate about and I am very passionate about people not judging and criticizing one another without, hardly, any proof that the other person is whatever label they decided that the person is. I also believe that I did well on this project and I hope that I included a lot of the things that will help me get a high grade on this project and that keeps and lets the story be interesting and simple as to not confuse people whilst they are watching my Scratch story.  This project is very simple yet still quite complicated. I honestly think that the hardest part of this assessment is making the two people talk one after the other and wait for the other person to finish talking before they start talking. In this assessment I made the project slightly different then how I planned to make it but I still made sure to keep the beginning part the same as I made it in my plan. So, in conclusion, I believe that whilst I made slight changes, the overall message of the story is the same and it will hopefully allow me to get a good or, at least, average mark.

After I had uploaded this post, I had received feed back from the teacher telling me to add my own voice into the scratch project. So I have re-uploaded the scratch project and added my voice at the end.

Snips
Maya's Script 

Alex's Script

Background Script

Term 3 - Developing Ideas Criterion B

Reflection

This project is two strangers that are bonding between something as simple as politeness. I will be using Scratch to make this project into a reality. I was thinking of a way two people could bond between something as simple as a kind gesture or a polite word. In this case the girl sitting on the bench said 'bless you' to the boy that sneezed whilst he was walking, which caused the boy to start up a conversation between them by asking the girl what her name was. I came up with the project because I was thinking of a way to spread a positive message through my work whilst still making it interesting, realistic, immersing and relatable. This story is relatable as this is something that actually could happen to anyone, rather than it being something that only happens in fairy tales. It is interesting as it is enjoyable to watch how two strangers can become friends in a few sentences. I believe that the challenging part is making them speak one after the other, whilst not allowing one person to overlap the other person whilst they are talking or for there to be an extremely long pause between a question and an answer. So, in conclusion, whilst this is a good idea, I am not one hundred percent sure if this will be the final one as it might not be adequate enough to allow me to have a high or, at the very least, an average mark.

Reflection

This project is about how two strangers can bond over something as basic as an apology for rudeness.  For this project I will be using the program Scratch to turn this idea/project into a reality. I was thinking of a way to make these two strangers become friend by something unexpected or so simple that nobody could possibly believe it. In this case there is a girl sitting on the stairs and she hears two cats making an extremely loud noise that it catches her attention. But the cats have an owner. When the owner sees the ruckus and disturbance that her cats caused she apologizes almost immediately which starts a conversation between the two girls. I came up with this project the same way that I came up with the first one. I wanted to spread a positive message whilst still being subtle and interesting. The interesting part of this project is that the two girls bonded over one plain and basic, sorry. The challenging part would be, as I stated in the last reflection, to make them speak, one after the other, as well as making the girl with the cats change her demeanor from scary owner of cats to friendly person. 

Final Reflection

I have chosen the second one as I believe it is more adequate. It has more conversation and I am thinking of adding more to the project itself during the making of the Scratch project. The project is supposed to showcase a story between two people. I have decided to make a story that spreads a positive message and the second one spreads a more positive messages than the first one. I am planning on making the project change background four times and to have two people have a decent conversation. In this project the messages is to not judge people without knowing anything about them personally. I believe that I will be able to show this in the project itself. I believe that the project will work as expected and that I will be extremely proud by the end of it.I believe that this project is very interesting and everyone will be able to engage and relate to it as it is something that can happen to everyone. It is interactive as it includes two people engaging in a conversation. It is not that original but I came up with everything by myself. It is sophisticated as the people engaging in the conversation are polite, at first, and behave in a formal manner. It is pretty as the effects are believable. It is slightly funny although there is not much humor as it is meant to have a serious impact on people. I felt happy and proud that I will not only be making a interesting project for school, but I will be sending a great and content message to the world, or anyone that watches it.     

Term 3 - Scratch Programming Projects

Statement of Inquiry
Computational Creation enables me to be creative.

Introduction
In Term 3 we will be working on Scratch programming. This is creative computing and enables us to explore various sprites and commands in Scratch.

Reflection

What was my inspiration?

I was hoping to be able to tell people the basics about me and what I like as well as what I don't like whilst keeping it entertaining. I also wanted to give anyone who saw or will see this enough time to read the questions.

How did I do that?

I believe that I kept it entertaining by always changing the costume as well as the background after every question. I also did give that enough time to read the facts as I made sure that every fact stayed on for three seconds.

What did I get stuck on? How did I get Unstuck?

I got slightly stuck on how to make the sprite and the background change at a similar time, but I figured that if I went on control and took the "wait for _ seconds" I could time the entire project to take as long or as short as I want. I had chosen for every change to wait 3 seconds as it is a fact that humans like it when things come in threes.

What am I most proud of?

I am very proud that I was able to draw myself, at least good enough to look like a human being, as it is incredibly hard to draw on a computer and I didn't want to take a picture of myself and import it to the presentation. I am also proud that I was able to use this tool efficiently, at least for a beginner.

What might I do next?

I want to learn how to make two sprite or costumes to show at the same time and make them have a conversation as I believe that would be an interesting thing to do and I would be able to understand how this tool works and expand my reach of usable resources in case we have an assessment on programming in the future when we are older. So it would be something beneficial to not just me, but my peers as well.


Global Context
1) ATL Skills 
Information Literacy
Creative Thinking

Introduction

In Term 3 we will be making Scratch programs that will require the two ATL skills listed above, Information Literacy and Creative Thinking. Here I will be explaining how I will be using them. I will use my two ATLs, in this reflection I will be explaining how. For the ATL of Information Literacy I will be researching and gaining information on how to use scratch and one what I am supposed to do as it is a difficult program and I am not the most skilled at it. I will be using Creative Thinking by making my own personalized idea. I will be coming up with my idea by using something that I feel strongly about. So far I have come up with the idea of making my project either about not judging one another as I think that this is a very important topic that needs to cease of happening in the world or to make one about how a polite word a gesture may make a very big difference in this world. So, in conclusion, I will be using both of my ATLs Skills in the process of the future project.

2) What suits my Project?
Identities and Relationships
Personal and Cultural Expression
Fairness and Development 

Justification

The reason why I have chosen these three things I because I have decided, as I stated above, to make it about either, not to judge people or about how a polite gesture could make the difference between a friend and an enemy. Now I will explain about how each of these three things is related to my future Scratch project. The first Global Context is Identities and Relationships; this relates to my future Scratch Project as it will be about judging peoples identities and possible future relationship. The second Global Context is Personal and Cultural Expression, this is related to my future Scratch Project as it is about Personal Expression and the reason the other person is judging the second one might be because of Cultural Expression. The last and final Global Context is Fairness and Development. This also relates to my idea as it will be about not showing fairness and how important it actually is. It can also be taken in a way that it is about development of manners and the way people think, or even, the way they see things in this world. 

Evaluation - Criterion D

Final Reflection

In our project, we had shared our work equally throughout the three of us; My part of the project was the Pros and Cons of the Sawed off USB cable power point, filming the video for the Sawed off USB cable, the making of the Dance Playlist, the description of the Dance Playlist and the filming of the Dance Playlist video.  We had divided our work so everyone was working on the things they excel in. We had few problems finding a proper idea for the Tech Fair project but we, obviously, surpassed that problem with few difficulties. A second problem we had was making the Sawed off USB cable, but we fixed it by working together and helping each other by using each other’s strengths and contributing to the project. The people in my group were Monica, Kiyara and I. In my group we did not have a leader, everyone had their own part of the project to work on and we did well without needing a leader. Monica and Kiyara also had an equal amount of work that they contributed to the making of our easy D.I.Y Sawed off USB cable and our Dance Playlist. My group and I had put a lot of effort in our work and I think it shows in our work and how it resulted in the end of the day. We had followed each criterion that was given to us. We had done the things stated in the criteria and obeyed them to a certain extent. We had first made only a Sawed off USB cable at first but then we were given feedback by our teacher to make it better by adding another project and find a way to mash those two projects together. We had worked well with the information the criteria gave us in our project as well as the feedback that was given to us by our peers and our teacher. If we were given a second chance to do the Tech Fair again, I would probably not make the Dance Playlist but instead make a Game Software, or something related to that, as it would be slightly more Technology related than the Dance Playlist, but I would keep the Sawed off USB cable. We had acceptable time management skills as we had given everything in on the time that was stated in the criterion. I believe that whilst we have done well in our Tech Fair Project but at the same time we could have done a lot better as, even if our project was related to Technology and it was decent enough, I believe that we should always challenge ourselves to do something better as we are bright students that could have given slightly more effort in our Tech Fair even if we tried our best.  So in conclusion, I believe that although we deserve to be given a high mark we should not be in the Tech Fair as there are people in our class who deserve it more. 

USB CABLE: 

Dance Playlist: