Evaluation of Bullying campaign

This project was a project about bullying and how to advertise anti-bullying. I chose to do anti-bullying games which had to be none violent with animated figures. The project didn't work properly in the beginning because there was no software to make this kind o games. The software we had was always violent so that didn't work. We tried downloading something that worked but that was violent as well. In the end we had to make a keynote explaining what bullying is and explaining what we did. I made a garageband song to go with it. It didn't work out the way I wanted to but I can't change that now.

THe time we used was often not used properly but that was not our fault. We had to download big files for game-making and that took quiet long. In that time I was working on the garageband which made it better. THe next time I will take something easier. 

In the end we didn't have much time to make the keynote because we had research before that. The keynote is still ok but we could have done a better job if we had time. The plan and create stage didn't work properly at all. We couldn't do anything with the game machines so that was bad. The only good create thing was the keynote and garageband.

Timeline

We started the project. We chose to do game creating. 

We had a first look at some websites for game creating. We think about how to make an anti bullying game. No violent and animate figures.

We look for a website that does these kind of games. We don't find anything.

We look for a game building program. We found something and download it. Takes until the next lesson to download. 

We think the program is going to be good and start creating.

We try the game and in the end it is a shooting game. We delete the program. 

We decide to simply make a keynote and Garageband because everything is a waste of time. 

We create both.

We need to finish everything. We didn't have much time because we did the game research before.

We started the project. I chose to create the keynote and Felix made the Garageband.

Client Meeting

Dear Client,

I am very proud to present to you the final product of this project. We realize that you asked for an interactive game but we were unable to find a suitable piece of software. So instead we have created a keynote with homemade music made on garage band. We look forward to presenting it to you next week. Here are some samples of the project for you.

Best Regards

Dylan 

Project Designer

Keynote and Garage Band

Today I started to work on our keynote. It is going to be a reflection of our difficulties finding software that we could make games with and a keynote giving information about bullying. Here are some screen shots of what I have done so far. Today Felix worked on the garage band piece which we are going to put on our keynote. Next week we have to present our project to our class so we also have to prepare for that.

Update

We have decided to make a powerpoint reflecting on our project. We have finally decided not to create a game because of a lack of game building software. but to make our keynote more interesting I am going to create an anti-bullying song on garage band. Today we are going to do a mid project review of each others projects. 

Investigation: Designing a Game

We have been playing a variety of games. We have been trying to evaluate games and figure out what we want or dont want to include in our game.

I visited this site http://www.freebestgame.com/playgames/426/super-mario-flash-2.html where I was playing a Mario game. One thing that Felix and I decided upon was no blood and killing because we didn't feel that teachers would allow their students to play the game then. And that wasnt our objective.



We have also looked at other very similar games. Many at Splodder.com and Miniclip.com and have decided that Mario or close to it is the kind of game we want create because we feel that it is more the kind of game that fits our ability and project criterion.

Investigation; Anti-Bullying Campaign

Here are some websites that I am going to compare and evaluate.

PBSKids is a very good website which covers all of the different aspects of bullying from what bullying is to how it can be dealt with. bullying is not the only topic that this website covers. It also includes advice and information about friends, family and school. If you are having trouble in a certain area, be sure to check out PBSKids.

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/

This is not as interactive as PBSKids however it does refer to PBSKids often. This site is more suitable for an older age group than PBSKids is. This blog shows individual cases of bullying, causes of bullying, solutions and it looks at all of the different types and ways of bullying. This could be a good way to talk about personal bullying experiences then you might also be able to get feedback from other viewers about what to do or ways to help.

http://sandeelee.blogs.com/

iWeb Evaluation

Our first project this term in IT has been to design a website for a client about Climate Change. 

I feel that my product works very well. I think the main reason for this is the user friendly layout among other things. My use of graphics and a wide variety of media has made it a very dynamic site. With many different ways to learn about Climate Change. Wether it be a simple graphic, animoto or an informational video. 

I believe that it fulfills all of my expectations and I believe it does it all well. With a large variety of information and media. 

I think that I worked pretty well throughout the cycle. The one area I feel I could've planned better was during the create stage. I didn't realize that we were going be working on other projects this term so I was doing everything in a lot of detail. After I had started doing it in a lot of detail and I realized that we were going to be working on another project I decided to continue doing it in detail. The only drawback to doing this is that it has taken more time than we have been given. So I am going to have to finish over the long weekend but I that I will be satisfied with the final product.

During the Investigation stage we research our topics a lot. Getting a very good general idea of what we would be writing about. Also we slowly started to learn about the programs that we can use to make websites. Such as Dreamweaver, Piczo and iWeb.

  

The next stage was Design.   In this project we combined the stages Design and Plan. We did this by drawing out a sketch of what we wanted our homepage to look like. Also we had to decide what pages we were going to include in our website. I decided to include Home, The issues up close, Photos, Videos, Cool Sites to visit, Fun Fast Climate Changing Facts and more. 

The second to last stage was Create. Here is where we actually combine all of our research and planning along with designing together. I found that iWeb was a very professional looking and easy to use piece of software. I enjoyed using it as I found it a very effective way to convey information. 

The final stage is Evaluate.  Of course that is what I am doing right now. 

Overall I really enjoyed this project. I feel that I also did a good job with my site. I would definitely use iWeb again for a wide range of projects and subjects. I look forward to starting the new unit!

Meeting with Client

1.) Your design and layout of your web pages - does it fit your drawing/plan.

To be honest I have not followed my pre-project drawing and plan because I wasn't sure of what iWeb would have to offer. I didn't know if there would be templates or we would all have to start with a blank page. I assumed the that it was gong to be blank but I turned out to be wrong, there are a wide range of templates. For this project I choose the template "Dark Room." It is a very simple and minimalist template. It has a black background and a link bar at the top. Which navigates you around the site.
Scroll down to see a "sneak preview of some of the pages"


2.) Your topic and research. What have you done in class?

During class I have been researching my topic and trying to learn how to use iWeb. The topic I am researching is Climate Change and Global Warming. We have been bookmarking useful websites and blogs to help us with our research and later on. then we have been transferring the information and graphics onto our websites.

3.) Color, font and use of multi media

For the titles I have mainly used the "Handwriting" font. I like it because it is very easily read but not boring. I have used the default font for any information and I have kept with the white for information as well. For the title I used a lime green. I have only added one video so far but I plan to add more. I have used a lot of graphics, as I believe that they are worth a lot!


4.) Does it have five pages?

Yes, my website has more than five pages. (7 - not done)



5.) The features of Apple iWeb. What is working. What is not working in the web application.

I have really enjoyed using iWeb as it is very straightforward to use and looks good and is professional. I find it comfortably suits the needs of this project and I would definitely use it again.

6.) So you have an emergency plan? Do you have a reference page?

I do not have an emergency plan yet but I will definitely add one later on in the project. At this point I am trying to get the general information first and then I will pay attention to more details such as the emergency plan.

7.) You must take screenshots of your.... iWeb, Delicous bookmarks and Google Docs.
(I Haven't been using Google Docs because I have referred directly to the websites)

(Please note that the enclosed screen shots are only of the home page and one other page which is still in the editing stages.)

My Delicous account




The home Page of the Website