Grade 10 c - IT

Process Journal

2009-02-14T23:29:00.000-08:00

I am part of the editing area of the project, so I hae to make changes and add information if necessary to the project.
All the members have to contribute somehow or the other
I am part of the story board of the google section
so I have to come up with a video to display the story board of Google.
so far, I have added pictures and set up discussions for the wiki

The Ning

2009-02-04T21:49:00.000-08:00

I joined the ning and had a conversation with my partners on the project, they all seem pretty new at it, so i dont feel left out.
I added a video of myself as an introduction
and I also added a video that describes my chapter
the sixth chapter in the project
the link below will help take you to the videos
http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/emelinas-intro
and
http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/second-movie-of-chap-6
I think I did a great job in creating the wiki summary video because I understood the chapter and gave a story board for it according to my point of view.

The Ten Forces

2009-01-09T02:08:00.000-08:00

The Ten Forces That Flattened The world

We are introduced to Friedman's interpretation of the Ten influencing factors that led to globalization and world flattening.

The ten forces are

Collapse of Berlin Wall was an event that represented the end of the Cold war, it allowed people from other side of the wall to join the economic mainstream.was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic(11/09/1989). This was the start of how the world got flattened.

Netscape and the Web expanded the viewers for the Internet from its roots as a communications medium used mainly by geeks that made the Internet available to everyone of any age groups. (8/9/1995)

Workflow software was another type of force that had the capability of machines to talk to other machines with no humans involved. Friedman believes that the first three forces have become a “crude foundation of a whole new global platform for collaboration.”

Open sourcing is force that made communities uploading and collaborating on online projects, for example the blogs, and Wikipedia used by people. Friedman thought that this force was "the most disruptive force of all."

“Friedman quarrels that outsourcing has allowed companies to split service and manufacturing activities into components, with each component performed in most efficient, cost-effective way”. This force helps people to communicate even if they don’t know each other. its a great way to get a project done and learned from them. Students learn a way to make international adds possible from any other region in the world.

Offshoring is a way or version of out sourcing by Manufacturing's

Supply chaining is the 8^th force that Friedman evaluates to be the modern retail supply chain to a river, he points to “Wal-Mart as the best example of a company using technology to streamline item sales, distribution, and shipping.”

Insourcing, according to Friedman is to use UPS as a prime example for insourcing, “in which the company's employees perform services--beyond shipping--for another company.” For example, UPS itself repairs Toshiba computers on behalf of Toshiba. The work is done at the UPS hub, by UPS employees.

In-forming is way to information of various subjects, Google and other search engines are the prime example. "Never before in the history of the planet have so many people-on their own-had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people", writes Friedman.

The Steroids are personal digital devices like mobile phones, iPods, personal digital assistants, instant messaging, and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). In the field of The steroids, I personally feel comfortable with that force because I understand the way it makes the world flat. In the case of mobile phones, people have been successful to contact and find out about other people. Such as families are sure they are safe through this process of communication. Friends enjoy talking to each other for comfort and the mobile is responsible for all these benefits. The VoIP protocol has also been a major preference for cheaper calls abroad. Most people live away from families and friends so instead of wasting more money calling from a mobile phone or landline most people use the voice over internet call. Another example would be Skype. It happens to be free if a person calls computer to computer.

Analysing videos

2008-12-02T02:07:00.000-08:00

The class had to comment on any two videos created by the previous classes that did the project and I did realize and acknowledge that every one had great videos that displayed their idea precisely to the point. some went to a further extent and got interviews with the people that were related with their project. This is called outsourcing
we also have to go to this process to accomplish a better project.

This screen shot is just a preview of what the web site looks like.
to enter this web site I joined flatclassroomproject.ning.com
i think this web site it self makes the world flat because its an entertainment with a witness to how people are trying to discover technology that makes that possible.
Every video demonstrates the skill to prove how technology is improving and making the world smaller. so that even if people are miles away, they could feel like neighbors.

Design cycle

2008-12-02T01:47:00.000-08:00

The design cycle is a process that all students should follow to complete a successful project.
here are a few ‘standardised’ headings that are associated with the 'Design Cycle’ but the best approach is to use these as a guide and add reviews and analysis into the list at almost all the stages of the design of your product. Obviously the ‘research’ section can carry on to some extent after the main bulk of research has been completed since it can constantly inform what developments or changes you might make. Equally sensible will be for the Ideas to continue to be adapted as the ‘making’ work is carrying on. If your brain stops working as soon as any particular section has been completed then clearly you are not going to get the best out of either yourself or the design features that might be seen in the completed product. after completed with the investigation, design, plan, create and evaluate stage. Ask yourself who you made the product for. Find out the views of others around you and see if the product can be improved - if it can then make proposals as to how it will be done.

Process Journal

2008-12-02T01:39:00.000-08:00

Today was the first day with Mr. Jones. Everything was the new, the class the teacher, and the computers. it was all so new and so brilliant. i learnt a little about the MAC pc's and we also did our first task. Our first task was to define what a design cycle was in the MYP studies. we are basically reviewing what a design cycle is. our second task was to evaluate one video that talks about a flat class room video. We had our time to research. The teacher said that we might create movies, slide shows and various other activities and to do all these different tasks we use amazing programs that are new to all he students.