G10 - 2nd Semester Tech Class #4

Today we will finish our presentations of the mind maps that you have developed reviewing the Design Cycle.

As we did last class, each group will 5 minutes to present.


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Second part of the class we will begin working on our Project 1: Digital Citizenship. 

 Develop a Product to Teach others about Digital Citizenship

We will work in groups of 3 students (max). Please organize in groups.


Let's start looking into:
- What will you create/build?
- What will your audience be?
- What is Digital Citizenship?
- What are the Elements of Digital Citizenship?
- add more questions of your own to continue researching...

G10 - 2nd Semester Tech Class #3

Welcome to the second week of the second semester!

Following our activity last class, we will continue developing the mind map on the Design Cycle. Today we will complete the Design Cycle by working on the stages: Plan, Create and Evaluate.

Continue working collaboratively with your partners to complete the mind map today. The final piece of work is due by the end of this class.

Since this assignment has been developed with a variety of tools that not all of them allow for showing your Design Cycle Mind Map on one screen/image that can be submitted following the how to submit your Assignments in Technology class details, we will present your final products at the end of class.


30 minutes before the period ends all groups will present their Mind Map. Each group will have 5 minutes to present.


Remember what standards your final product needs to include! You can make sure you have a complete assignment by visiting the information posted in the MYP Technology Docs webpage.

G10 - 2nd Semester Tech Class #2

Following our conversations last class, this is the first blog post for our G10 MYP Technology class (2nd Semester)!

Please take some time to browse around the MYP Technology website and find/review information about the course, schedule, assessment criteria, expectations, assignment standards, how to submit your assignments and policies among others.

I have also posted the updated A/B days calendar in the MYP Technology website's home page.

Following the IB MYP Technology curriculum (Group 8) , we will be using the core tool: Design Cycle.

Please read in detail the information available at these links.

For further understanding and reflection on the Design Cycle, please read the article below so we can discuss it in class.
Breaking The Design Cycle: Get Creative To Be Creative




Looking into every stage of the Design Cycle, we will make a mind map showing what "happens" in each stage. Let's start with Investigation!

Resources you can use are: 
MYP Technology Website, IB MYP Technology, Design Cycle Graph and Design Cycle Checklist among others that you will need to find!

Work in pairs for this assignment. Please choose one of the collaborative online mind mapping tools listed below to develop your mind map about the Design Cycle stages: Investigation & Design. 

• Spicy Nodes 
• MindMeister
• Bubbl.us
• ExploraTree
• Text2MindMap
• WiseMapping
• EdiStorm
• CoMapping
• Mindomo
• or you can browse for other options and/or come up with your own!