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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Final Design



I chose this design because:
It might help people do the right thing.

Evaluation:

* Does your sign meet all the specifications and requirements of the brief?
If so, how? Yes because my sign is about getting rid of rubbish in the street

* What is the purpose of your sign? Do you think your sign will help eliminate a problem in the school or street? If so, how? to get rid of rubbish.

* What did you do well? finished most of my project

* What difficulties did you come across while making your sign? filling in the planning log and thinking of ideas

* What can you do next time to improve your project?
focus properly and try to finish it off properly and on time

Monday, July 18, 2011

Design 1

PMI


You need to come up with at least 2 different possible sign designs and complete a PMI for each. This should include some feedback from an adult or a peer around the school who would represent the stakeholders.



PMI:

Plus: Has a picture of a bin.
Minus: Has no block writing, no colour
Interesting: Its cool

Friday, July 15, 2011

Brief Development

Brief Development: 1st Brief

Conceptual Statement:
(What is the concept or idea behind your design brief? e.g “To produce a sign with a message that helps eliminate the issue of...”)

To produce a sign with a message that helps eliminate the issue of rubbish


Specifications:
(The measurable must haves ie. the things that are important to designing an effective sign e.g. sign must be easy to read etc...)

1.Big paper
2.Put it in the street
3.has to be colourful
4.have to be big writing

Constraints:
(Musts that are beyond my control e.g. Must be completed by the end of the term)

1.must be completed by the end of the term
2.must be completed properly
3.must be done
4.have to Stand out

Resources:
(things I need to make the sign)
*paper
*ruler
*colour
*glue
*pencil
*cardboard

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Planning Log

Planning Log

Keep a record of both what you intend to do and what you did over the course of the next 3 weeks as we work through the Technology Process.



Week 5Week 6Week 7
What I plan to do brainstormsurveyplanning log, signs
Materials I will needscrapbook, pencilpencil,bookplanning log
People/Sources I need to consult for more information.teacher
friends
teacher,friends,peopleteacher, students
What did you find difficult and why?finding ideasquestionsfind ideas
What I will do next as a result of any difficulties.share brainstorm ideas with a friend


STAKEHOLDERS

The Stakeholders are the people who have an effect on the production of your product

The Primary Stakeholder is your client ie. the person or community of people that your sign is going to be created for. eg. ….

Wider Community Stakeholders:Key Stakeholders:Primary Stakeholder:
parents
studentsme


ATTRIBUTES: These describe the physical (what it is like) and functional (what it will do) characteristics of a product. These characteristics are key or essential for the successful function of a product and should be re- evaluated at each stage of the design process.

With your sign in mind, complete the following attributes table:

Attribute

Method of Measurement

Specification

eg. Eye catching

sign will appeal (be noticed) by stakeholders

Sign must be clear, stand out and be creative

Size

ruler

sign needs to be big

Colour

stand out

it needs to be blue

Create awareness (e.g. clear message)

clear message

put the sign somewhere on the wall

Durable/ Weather resistant

strong

the sign needs to be made out of cardboard

Ideal location (in the right area)

in the street

in the street


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Design a sign

Names of people in my group: pharrah,maranda.

Your task is to design a sign that will clearly assist in eliminating a problem within our school.

- Make sure you are clear what the task is.
- Can you identify the key words in this task (highlight them and discuss it with a buddy)

Thinking about signs and signage (Make a list of all the signs you have seen ….. and the purpose of the sign )
Type of sign:Purpose of the sign:
Rubbish Sign pick up rubbish
Bags Sign put up your bag
Class Sign no runing in the class
No running sign to keep salf
A sign for the office to show were is the office is


Brainstorm some Ideas/ problems that we have around our school environment.

*Rubbish in the street
*Bags left around
*Shoes not in the right place
*People chewing gum
*Throwing balls in the street
*Kids running in the breeze


ISSUE CHOICE AND JUSTIFICATION

You need to think and expand on your answers, one sentence is not sufficient.

What is your issue in our school? RUBBISH

Who does it affect?people, teachers and other people in the SCHOOL

Why is it happening in our school?people are bringing gum to school.

When does it happen? when you are at school or some were you do not need to be.

Where is it happening?at school,in the hall.

What needs to happen to prevent this issue?put up signs saying do the right thing.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Term 2 highlights

My Term 2 highlight was the Tamaki Science Road Show. What I liked about the Tamaki Science Road Show is that we got to go and see experiments that were on the tables. The one that most people went to was the one that people had to lift up the pole that was attached to a bowling ball. You had to let it go and it will go up a tube that had a little ball. It would go on the ground or some one must of caught it. I think that I learnt so much things when I was at the Tamaki Science Road Show.

The other thing that I liked was Taoga Time. My teachers name is Ms Va’afusuaga. When it’s raining we have to go in the green room with our netbooks and we have to go on rugger land. It is a rugby game but it also has maths games on it, that is why I like going on rugger land. The game that I like to go on is rugger maths. You have to register before you go on.


Monday, July 4, 2011

Tamaki Tech

I enjoy going to Wood work (hard materials) because it is fun. We go to Tamaki college so we can learn good skills from the class that we are in.
We go with the year 8s and the year7s to Tamaki College. It is fun when we are in our classes that we were put in.

The class that I am in at Tamaki College is wood tech and the teacher’s name is Mr Grundy. The thing that I made was a chair. It can not have sharp edges on the chair. That is why we use the sandpaper to smoothen the edges so that you can give it to your little sister or brother to play with.

I am looking forward to bringing it home and I am glad to have made a chair but I was also going to make a pool table as well.