Design Technology
Design Technology
MYP Technology is more than acquiring skills and knowledge, for example in computer applications. It is also about learning to approach problems with the appropriate skills and techniques, identifying important aspects of a given situation and developing creative and innovative solutions. MYP Technology requires students to develop and continually apply the skills involved in planning, investigating, inventing, creating, testing, modifying and evaluating. Since technology has both local and global consequences, MYP Technology also requires students to understand the issues and consequences associated with technological developments.
The aims of MYP Technology include:
- To stimulate and maintain students’ interest, curiosity and concern about technological aspects of their environment
- To enable students to develop skills that allow them to design and produce a range of quality products that address problems and needs in society
- To gain confidence and competence in using various resources, tools and materials (DT) or hardware and software (IT)
- To understand how design can be used as a method of communication
- To develop logical and lateral thinking skills as well as practical problem solving skills
Question Set 1
Site:
http://kidsvid.4teachers.org/index.shtml
1. The questions that are answered in these documents are
What is being created?
Who is creating it?
When is it being created?
Where is it being created?
Why is it being created?
How is it being created?
2. The documents that you should include are
An Outline of the Idea and the Story
The Script
The Treatment
A Storyboard
3. The sight survey is important prior to filming because you need to identify the day of time and the outside environment and decide weather it is the right filming condition.
4.The things that you need to consider in filming your video is:
Space for the shoot
Background of subject
Electrical Power
Light Source
Sound Efficiency
Contact Personnel
Other Considerations
Lining up the players – making phone calls and setting up appointments for taping.
Getting the Equipment Ready
Look for an echo
5. The five things you need to consider are:
Survey the room
Set Up
Begin Shooting
After the shoot
The Producers Survey
6. The things you need to keep in mind while editing are:
Using Music
Using Effects
Jump Cut
7. The consideration you need regarding the format and compression are:
Video Codec
Size
Frame Rate
Audio Codec
File Size
Question Set 2
Site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion#Go_motion
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Stop-Motion-Animation
1. Stop motion film is tacking pictures of an object that slightly changes it’s position after every picture. Then you play the pictures in sequence after each other and then you get a film.
2. Since a video is created by playing frames very quickly in sequence for about 35 frames per second, you make a stop-motion animation by taking as many pictures with slightly changing objects. Once you play these pictures after one another for about 35 pictures per second, this will create an effect that makes the object moving.
3. You can use a wide range of materials but the most popular are clay, wire, Lego or similar building block figures. Whiteboard, animating figures and editing the drawing slightly with each frame are also quite popular.
4. Stop motion animation is different than other forms of movies because go motion involved programming a computer to move parts of a model slightly during each exposure of each frame of film, combined with traditional hand manipulation of the model in between frames, to produce a more realistic motion blurring effect while conventional movies use cameras to record the scene.
5. The procedures you need to follow in order to create a stop-motion film
(1) Get objects and figures to use in your movie. Some good choices include clay, wire, Lego or similar building block figures. Be imaginative in the types of objects and figures that might work for your movie
You can also use a whiteboard, animating figures and editing the drawing slightly with each frame.
(2) Set up the figures (characters) in a particular position and within the “set.”
(3) Place your camera in front of the “set” that you are going to take photos of. Make sure that it can view the entire frame. It is very important to support the camera or place it so that it is sitting steadily and cannot shake as you take the photos. Otherwise, the end result will appear chaotic and lack continuity.
(4) Set up a good source of lighting. It might be a lamp or a flashlight. If your light is flickering, you need to shut off other sources of light like blinds or curtains.
(5) Take a single photo of the figure in the selected position.
(6) Begin the movement sequence. Move the figure bit by bit, in very small movements each time. It may be the entire body if the figure is walking, or it may just be an arm, head or leg. If you are moving only one body part and you find that the figure is tilting or threatening to fall over, make use of poster tack under the feet or other area touching part of the set.
(7) Repeat the movement sequence until your action step is completed, or your camera’s memory is full.
(8) Save the pictures on to your computer in an easy to remember place.
(9) Use your movie-making software as instructed (or see two popular software methods below). There are a few key steps regardless of what movie-making software you use.
Import the pictures into the desired program.
Make sure the pictures are at a very small duration so they flow fast. If you are disappointed by the speed at which your program can animate, try exporting the project as a video file (before adding audio), then importing it again and using a speed effect on it such as double speed (these effects only work on video clips). Then, if the resulting speed is sufficient, you may add your audio.
Add titles and credits if you would like. You can also add effects or transitions, if desired.
Make sure you like the end result of your stop motion animation. Keep going if you need to complete more actions to create a story.
Save the video. If you plan on having multiple stop motion segments, save each segment as a separate movie. Once the entire group of segments is completed, you can import all the segments into the final movie. This will make it will look much better and it will be easier to finalize.
(10) Share your movie by burning it into a CD or place it into an iPod. Continue making other ones!
1. The purpose of the video was to describe Issac Newton’s theory about mass.
2. The presenters conveyed the videos well because they included many visual representations of Newton’s law.
3. The intended audience for this video are people who are learning physics and to the people want to have a better understanding of mass.
4. The good aspects of this video was that the students watching this video were able to follow the trend of thought from the presenters in the film. Also, the structure of this video was good. The order of events were clear and easy to follow. A suggestion to improve the film would be to memorize the scripts better.
I am going to design a presentation, to attract people to spend their vacation on Saturn.
I must tell them about my planet: about things like climate and popular attractions, so that people will understand the planet better. Then I have explain how to stay there. And why to spend their vacation on Saturn
I really have to convince them to spend vacation there.
I will make a convincing commercial for a good trip to take vacation on Venus. I will do this commercial on a power point slide show. I will encourage them by finding out what are the positive things are on Venus.
Some facts
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun (58 million km)
It’s diameter is 4,878 km
It takes over 58 days for Mercury to rotate once
It has 5.5 times as much mass as the Earth
It’s surface temp. is 179`c
Mercury is named after the roman Messenger god
One day on Mercury is longer than one year on Mercury
Mercury has no moons.
The ancient people discovered Mercury.
There is no liquid water on Mercury, thou scientists confirmed that there is ice.
It’s surface is heavily cratered, similar to the moon’s.
Mercury has no seasons.
Why do I want to go there?
Mercury is very hot (up to 427 `C) on one side and very cold on the other(down to -173`C), so you can choose what you prefere.
You don’t need an oven or an AC.
Because Mercury is so small, you can travel from place to place easily.
Mercury has a weak atmosphere.
(graph of atmosphere)
Temperatures an Mercury change, because of it’s weak atmosphere.The temperature on Mercury range
from -173`C to 427`C.
Three satellites were launched in the 1990s.Two were successful, the third failing to achieve orbit due to a short circuit. Over $1 billion were lost.
Where I got the information
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/mercury.htm ( May 7)
planets.sciencedaily.com/q/1/8000/When-was-planet-Mercury-discovered ( May 11)
http://www.ehow.com/about_4579102_type-atmosphere-does-mercury-have.html (May 11)
coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/mercuryheat.shtml (May 12)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(satellite) (May 12)
Where I got the pictures
rapgenius.com/1500297/Iggy-azalea-work/All-aboard-my-spaceship-to-mercury-turn-first-at-the-light-thats-in-front-me (May 7)
burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/mercury.html (May 11)