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This design challenge is:

"There's an App for That!"

or App, App & Away! or If You're Appy and You Know it...or Don't Worry, Be Appy...

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Significant Concept:

Systems provide a pathway for creativity.
 Area of Interaction:
Human Ingenuity
Awareness and understanding of how new software systems have democratized technology.
Unit Question:

Context:


Can you read and write?
Literacy, in the traditional sense, can be described and being able to read and write. The same can be said for digital literacy. To consider yourself truly literate, you need to not only consume technology (read) but you need to be able to create with technology as well (write). In the recent past, only a relatively few people with years of training, working for large corporations could create applications.
You needed technical expertise to be creative.

Today new software has enabled anyone to create their own apps and bring them to market quite easily without needing know how to 'code'. You just need a little creativity, originality and the time to learn the software system.
Task:

Almost all teenagers are experts in playing electronic games on many types of digital devices. Can we use these hours spent playing apps to design the next Angry Birds? You will design and make a simple and fun game app using GameSalad. Firstly you need to complete some tutorials to become familiar with GameSalad and then you are free to design and create any game you like.

Your success criteria will be: originality, gameplay and simply how much fun they are to play.
 Key Terms

Coding/scripting
Outsourcing
App Store
Application
Accelerometer
Attribute
Debugging
Function
Interpolate
Spawn



MYP Technology Objectives
 Assessment Tasks Checklist
Investigate Due: 4th MarInvestigate Objectives:Identify the Problem. (Research)
  • Evaluate the importance of the problem for life, society and the environment.

  • Outline the design brief.


Develop A Design Brief.
  • Formulate and discuss appropriate questions that guide the investigation.

  • Identify and acknowledge a range of appropriate sources of information.

  • Collect, analyse, select, organize and evaluate information.

  • Evaluate the sources of information.


Formulate a Design Specification.
  • List the specific requirements that must be met by the product/solution.

  • Design tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.


Investigate examples here!


Rubric Here

Extra Video Tutorials for GameSalad.


GameSalad Cookbook

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 Investigate Tasks:Identify the Problem. (Research)
  • Read and expand upon the concepts described above, the AOI and the key terms to demonstrate an good understanding of of the 'big picture'.
  • Outline Design Brief. Write a design brief based upon your own experience of game apps and what makes an 'addictive' app.

Develop A Design Brief.
  • Write guiding questions: what do you need to understand in order to complete this design task?
  • Conduct some user research into game apps. Types, themes, gameplay, etc to determine what is popular and why. This is a type of product analysis.
  • Complete the tutorials by following these GameSalad videos. (3 games)
  • Fully reference your sources.
  • Please gather as much information from primary sources as possible.
  • Evaluate the above sources of information.

Formulate a Design Specification.
  • Create a simple, yet useful design spec.
  • List the requirements of good game design
  • Design and explain tests for your completed product.
GameSalad user Manual:
GameSalad Creator for Mac Manual(1).pdf
Design Due: 25th Mar
Design Objectives
Design a Product or Solution
  • Generate several feasible designs that meet the design specification

  • Evaluate the designs against the design specification

  • Select one design and justify its choice.


Exemplar student Design work HERE


Rubric Here
 Design Tasks:
Design a Product or Solution:
  • Create several (4-6) 'doodle' page(s) of thumb-nail sketches of ideas for the games.
Consider:
* Genre
  • Actors/Characters
  • Attributes
  • Scoring
  • Music
  • Background
  • What else???
  • Evaluate each design against the design specification in full sentences.

  • Choice one design and completely justify why it is the best of all your ideas.
Plan Objectives:

Plan a Product or Solution
  • Construct a plan to create the product/solution that has a series of logical steps

  • Construct a plan to create the product/solution that makes effective use of resources and time

  • Evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design.

Exemplar PLAN work

 Plan Tasks:Plan your Product or SolutionNOT assessed but....


Try: Toms Planner!
Create Objectives:Create Due: 27th May

Create the Product or Solution
  • Use a range of appropriate techniques and equipment competently.

  • Ensure a safe working environment for themselves and others.

Use Appropriate Techniques and Equipment
  • Follow the plan to produce the product/solution.

  • Evaluate the plan and justify any changes to the plan (when necessary).

Follow the Plan
  • Create a product/solution of appropriate quality


Create examples HERE

Create Rubric Here
 Create Tasks:
Create the Product or Solution
Use various techniques avaliable to you and document your skills!

Use Appropriate Techniques and Equipment

  • Document major changes to your chosen design!

Follow the Plan
  • Keep a process journal, with screenshots while making your game.
  • 3-5 SCREENSHOTS EACH LESSON!
  • Explain what went went, what went wrong, what problems you solved and what you need to do next lesson.
Evaluate Objectives:Evaluate Due: 10th June
Evaluate your Product or Solution
  • Carry out tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification

  • Evaluate the success of the product/solution in an objective manner based on testing, their own views and the views of the intended user.

  • Evaluate the impact of the product/solution on individuals and on society.

  • Explain how the product/solution could be improved.

Evaluate your Use of the Design Cycle.

  • Suggest ways in which their performance could be improved.

Evaluate example found HERE

Evaluate Rubric Here
 Evaluate Tasks:

Evaluate your Product or Solution

  • Evaluate your completed game using the Design Spec as a checklist. (Complete sentences)
  • Test your game in a practical way and record its performance
  • Reflect upon the impact of educational games such as your on learning
  • Describe, in detail, how you could improve your design based upon the results of these tests

Evaluate your Use of the Design Cycle.

  • Reflect upon your efforts at each stage of the design cycle.
What would you do better next time? What parts of the design process worked well?