Term+3+-+Project

=Final project - Term 3=

If you have been a student at British International School, Phuket for the last 3 years, you will have used the following applications:

//** MS office, Google Apps for Education, Photoshop, Garage Band / Audacity, Web authoring software, SketchUp, iMovie or other video editing software, InDesign, Scratch, Flash. **//

For your final Key Stage 3 project, you may choose to further develop your skills in one of the applications above or any other suitable application. Suitable applications include those which have sufficiently advanced features. Alternatively, you could choice HTML or a scripting language such as Java Scipt (or similar).

Brief
You will spend a total of 7-8 weeks making efficient use of tutorials, and seeking appropriate help when necessary. As students will likely choose a range of different applications / languages, the emphasis will be on **developing your own understanding and problem solving abilities**. Obviously, there will be times when teacher guidance is necessary, but where, possible, you should choose an area of interest where you have some prior knowledge.

//** Blogs, simple one page designs, basic web 2.0 applications, social media sites, any project which uses pre-built templates. **//
 * What is not suitable?**

Step 1 - Class Presentation
You will be expected to present your project proposal to the whole class (**2 mins per student**). Within your presentation, you should focus on the points below. You will need to create a presentation (powerpoint, pages, prezi or similar)

1. Explain your chosen project and your proposed final product (**eg what application you will use and describe exactly what you will create**) 2. Explain how it will help you (**either academically or personally**) 3. Demonstrate how you plan to develop your understanding / problem solving skills (**what tutorials, online help, etc you will make use of**)


 * // Both the teacher and students will listen to each presentation and they might ask further questions for clarification. Should your ideas be limited in educational value or lack sufficient detail, a project will be allocated to you and you will not be able to choose your own topic. //**

Step 2 - Planning
You should have a very clear idea of what it is you will be creating - your final product / solution. You will then need to break down your project and plan for the appropriate steps. For example, if you choose to create a video of an educational trip you would need to plan for the following steps: >
 * Original video clips - who will be involved, filming locations, when will you film (you cannot use IT lessons), props
 * What format will the video be in? How will you convert into a suitable format for editing? What software / hardware will you use?
 * What soundtracks will you use? Effects? Transitions? Do you have student permission for using personal images/video?
 * Where will you output the completed, edited video once the project is completed?
 * Any tutorials / websites you plan to use?
 * You are responsible for your project and it will need to completed at least 1 week before the end of term. **

Step 3 - Working on your project
You will obviously use ICT lessons to work on your project. As you will only have around 7 weeks to complete your project, you will need to continue working on your projects for homework. You will need to back up your work on a weekly basis and you should make use of your BIS **Google Drive** for this. google.com/a/bisphuket.ac.th

Step 4 - Evaluation
You will need to create a survey for other students to provide feedback. Once you have received feedback from your peers, you should create a **google doc** and address the following points.
 * ** What worked well? **
 * ** What didn't work? **
 * ** Do you think the feedback you received from your peers was justified? Did you make any changes to your project, if so what? **
 * ** What would you change or do differently next time? What did you learn personally by completing the project. **

How will I be assessed?
Create a folder in your google drive "**your name_final project**" and share with your teacher. Make sure you upload;
 * 1. Your initial presentation **
 * 2. Your planning **
 * 3. Your evaluation **
 * 4. Your final product **

Your work will be assessed using the rubric below
 * [[file:final project_rubric.xls]] || [[file:final project_rubric.pdf]] ||