Week 11 Update

We have a level 2 flow chart ready for inspection. Much of the last week was spent mapping out what we felt was a good structure for our program and converting it into a flow chart form. Much of what we can up with is consistent throughout the program with each of the five different concepts. They will be broken down into the four sections that we came up with and each section and concept will be preceded with an advanced organizer (video) to help the viewer understand what they are supposed to get out of each section. This is very important for a motivational program because it will let the view know the important points to pull out of the content they will be viewing. We also spent time creating a Gantt chart for when we are ready to put our binder together. We have also begun to review a past project and go over the list in the syllabus to critique it.

Health Status: We are doing okay. By getting the small pieces out of the way (critique and Gantt chart), we can focus on level three after level two has been checked and marked up.

Week 10 Update

This week we split up the responsibilities and planned on coming together during class to discuss and put our information together. Ryan was in charge of looking at levels one and two for our project. During the processing of the flow charts, it was decided that we should compare and contrast our flow charts with other groups to see how theirs were laid out. Angela was responsible for creating a sample script to bring to class so that we can keep our content consistent throughout our program. With the sample script, we will be able to maintain a certain length and focus within the different categories. Much of our content has been collected and is now beginning to be planned for use in our program. Videos, text, and animation are being planned so that we can really take a look at where our content is being used and how. Patrick has been working on a template for our level 3 so that once our content is ready and the flow charts are made, we can begin work on our binder. Patrick also has been working a Gantt chart template so that we can plug in information when we are ready.

Health Status: Still alive and going. We are working hard to get our content useable and our plans laid down.

Week 9 Update

After meeting during the week, our group has hatched out a good instructional sequence that will motivate students to see the importance of math in the real world. Our plan is to have advanced organizers in place to introduce the each piece in our sequence. These organizers will get the viewer ready for each different category. Once our instructional sequence was developed, we began to look at our content and continued to build and collect information. We thought about the best ways to deliver the content and decided on a few things that will be consistent throughout the program. Each math concept will have testimonials about how this particular math concept has become important in maintaining a job, a definition and real world application, examples of positive occurrences and negative occurrences, and scenarios for the viewer to apply what they have found. Over all, we are making good progress and are going to continue to build content and start placing it appropriately within our program.

Health Status: Doing well. We are working hard and continuing to make progress on our planning and data collection.

Week 8 Update

This week we started to do a lot of the planning for both our level 2 and level 3, as well as completing our design plan. Much of our time in our last class was spent looking at the binders from previous semesters to get an idea of how to come up with a template and make our flow chart readable. We tried to navigate through another project by following their flow chart to see the connection between the two. We also took a look at how the other groups stayed organized by looking at how the level 2 and level 3 compared to each other. We came up with some good ideas to organize our planning and drew a rough draft of our level 2 to be checked. Our level 3 template is completed and we are ready to begin utilizing it once our level 2 is finished. We are still collecting content and sorting through what will be useful to us. We also have to take a look at what content would motivate students and raise their level of interest. It is important that students are able to make several connections to our content in order for our program to be successful.

Health Status: We are doing all right. No major problems or road blocks yet. We are building content and doing some rough planning to see where things will begin to fit in.