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UNIT TITLE

**Unit question:**

 * Pre-Unit exercise (if any)**
 * Skills one Skills Three Skills Two**

= INVESTIGATION = ===The current situation/problem: The current problem is that the the staff members and students are unaware of the potential dangours that are around the school. The school is dangerous because it has had many parts/sections added on, and people are unaware of these dangers because they are more subtle dangers and are sometimes caused by people around the school leaving things in spots where people are likely to trip over.===

The Design Specification:

 * My poster MUST: **
 * Be 40 cm wide by 28 cm tall OR 40 cm tall and 28cm wide **
 * Be read from near **
 * Have named layers **
 * Have no unused layers **
 * Have images that are ** ** re-sized **
 * Any advanced techniques must be included in the design stage. You must stick to the design as close as possible to chosen design **
 * Be flattened at the end **
 * Title must be able to be read from a distance **
 * Must Warn people about a specific danger **

Tests
1 having people look at it to see if it grabs there attention 2 looking at my gimp file to check if it is the right size, 3 looking at it and seeing if it can be read from near, 4 checking the layers to see that i have no used or unnamed layers, 5 comparing the original pictures to the new pictures to see if they are different sizes 6 look to see if i have used any advanced techniques 7 check the file that i uploaded and check if it is flattened 8 ask several people to see if they can read my title from a distance, 9 ask people and check my self if it warns the reader of a specific danger

Sources:
http://htmlgiant.com/behind-the-scenes/internet-depersonalization-goes-both-ways/attachment/danger-sign/ http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photo-skull-danger-sign-image16961015 http://www.clipartpal.com/clipart_pd/education/teacherssigns1.html http://depositphotos.com/5382115/stock-illustration-Red-triangle-warning-sign.html = DESIGN =

Design 1
Positives: it is creative and fun, it informs the reader about the danger, i like the colors chosen. The danger it informs people about is a very big problem. Negatives: It does not grab the readers attention very well and the writing is not very neat.


 * Design Specification || Does it meet it ||
 * Must be read from near || Yes ||
 * Must Grab readers attention || No ||
 * Title must be able to be read from far || Yes ||
 * Must Warn reader about a specific danger || Yes ||

Design 2
=My final choice= Positives: It is creative and fun, it grabs the readers attention, it informs the reader about the danger. Negative: the title is a little shabby and the danger that it informs the reader about is not that big of a deal.

=

 * I chose this design for several reasons the most obvious being that it meets my design specification. I also am choosing this because it is very creative, fun, it inform the reader about the danger and it easily grabs the readers attention. Although i am choosing this design i am using the title from design one because i really liked it and it looked good.**=====
 * Design Specification || Does it meet it ||
 * Must be read from near || Yes ||
 * Must Grab readers attention || Yes ||
 * Title must be able to be read from far || Yes ||
 * Must Warn reader about a specific danger || Yes ||

Design 3
Positives: it is a creative idea it is clear that it is a warning sign and it informs people that there is uneven ground ahead. Negatives: I does not really grab the readers attention and lacks color. = PLAN =
 * Design Specification || Does it meet it ||
 * Must be read from near || No ||
 * Must Grab readers attention || No ||
 * Title must be able to be read from far || Yes ||
 * Must Warn reader about a specific danger || Yes ||
 * Date || Stage || Work || Resources || Comments ||  ||
 * 26th November || Create || Look at the Chosen Design and Success Criteria

Download necessary pictures (similar to Chosen design’s)

Open Gimp

Remove Background of the pictures || Internet Gimp Computer || This might be too much to do in one lesson if does finish for homework ||
 * 27th November || Create || Create Title (bold and colorful)

Insert Warning signs on the side of Title

Create Cliff similar to Chosen Design’s || Gimp Computer ||  ||
 * 29th November || Create || Insert remaining pictures

Name all layers and make sure that none are unused

Justify Any changes Made

Export into publisher and make A3 || Gimp Wiki spaces Publisher Internet Computer ||  || Computer Internet || It will probably take less than one lesson || Computer Internet || It will probably take less than one lesson || Computer Internet || It will probably take less than one lesson ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 3rd December || Evaluate || Compare to design specification || Wiki Spaces
 * 4th December || Evaluate || Test Product || Wiki Spaces
 * 7th December || Evaluate || Recommend changes || Wiki spaces

= CREATE = finished product The things that I did that were not on the plan were: create a background i did this so i would not have a lot of blank white space in my poster, create extra text i did this because i did not think i had sufficiently warned the reader about the danger and finally i created the bungee rope from the cliff to the man i originally had planned the original picture to have this but it did not so i had to create it myself. layers progress 1 progress 2

= EVALUATE = My tests consisted of 1 having people look at it to see if it grabs there attention, 2 looking at my gimp file to check if it is the right size, 3 looking at it and seeing if it can be read from near, 4 checking the layers to see that i have no used or unnamed layers, 5 comparing the original pictures to the new pictures to see if they are different sizes, 6 look to see if i have used any advanced techniques, 7 check the file that i uploaded and check if it is flattened, 8 ask several people to see if they can read my title from a distance, 9 ask people and check my self if it warns the reader of a specific danger. Test results: 1 people thought it did grab there attention 2 it was the correct size (40 cm wide and 28 cm tall) 3 it can be read from near easily 4 no unused or unnamed layer were present 5 i had re sized the pictures 6 i have not used any advanced techniques 7 the picture was flattened 8 i asked three people and they all said that my title could be read from a distance 9 it did warn people about a specific danger. From these results i can see that my product did follow the design specification very well, all except one was completed, so overall i think i did pretty well. Although my poster meets my design specification there is a lot of room for improvement i think i should have laid out my pictures better to make it look more formal my background was not appropriate for a warning sign if i could do it again i would change it to a different color.


 * ==Stage== || ==Grade== || ==Reason For Level .== || ==How to improve next time .== ||
 * ==INVESTIGATE== || 4 || I listed my design specification i had stated my design brief my tests were not very good and i only used a couple sources || Use more sources think about my tests more ||
 * ==**DESIGN**== || 4 || i compared and evaluated the designs against the design specification and i justified my choice but my designs were poor quality || spend more time darkening the lines and make it better quality (colors and use a ruler) ||
 * ==**PLAN**== || 5 || my plan was not detailed enough for a six but i think i did well otherwise and used logical steps and described the use of resource and time || Include more detail ||
 * ==**CREATE**== || 4 || I did well by following my plan and justifying any changes made, it also followed my design specification i also liked the fact that it was fun and not boring but i do not think the colors i chose were very appropriate for a warning sign and it did not seem that there was enough text warning people about the drop off. || Think about the unit and product and chose colors that would fit with it. ||
 * ==**EVALUATE**== || 5 || i have tested and evaluated my product against the design specification and i have recommended changes although i don't think i recommended quite enough for a 6 || spend more time recommending changes ||
 * ==**ATTITUDES IN**==

**TECHNOLOGY**
|| 4 || I have tried hard in this unit but i think i could have spent a little more time outside of school finishing and perfecting my various stages || spend more time perfecting my different stages. ||