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Evaluation Stage 1) Show evidence of product (Screenshot or Image): Animation Video:

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The image above shows a screenshot of my animation video, which I wasnt able to do, because I didnt have time to create the animation, since I faced many problems and it was very hard to solve these problems, especially due to the fact that the online tutorials were very little and werent very helpful, and so, above is an image of my city in the background, a sky, and a future transportation method, the flying car.

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URL to the Page: https://www.facebook.com/futuretransportationmethodsvision

The images above show the title, description, and image of the FaceBook page, in addition to the comments that I posted for the supporters of the project to look at, which I wrote in Arabic and English, just like what I mentioned in my design specifications.

Omar Ibrahim 10D Twitter Page: URL to the Page: https://twitter.com/FutureProjectIT

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The image above shows the comments and Tweets that I created onto my Twitter page for the future transportation methods project, including comments about visiting my FaceBook page and website for the project. - Website: URL to the Website: http://16307.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/Future+Transportation+Methods+Proj ect

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The images above show my website that I created for the project, which has important information, such as important images and videos connected to the project, general and specific problems, and more. Evaluate the Product: - Discuss how well this product solves the problem: - If we are talking about the animation video, it is very ineffective towards solving the problem, and maybe doesnt even help solve the problem in any way, and this is because it was of a poor quality, since I was only able to submit an image of my animation video, and I couldnt create the full animation video in time, just like the rest of my classmates, because the program was hard to use, we faced a lot of difficulties that we didnt have solutions to, because the online tutorials didnt help us that much, since they werent a lot, and so, we wasted a lot of time just trying to fix and solve small problems, which held us back from creating the animation video in time. If I were to show this image to someone who finds it difficult to visualize and imagine how transportation methods will be and look like in the future, this image wouldnt help them become more

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imaginative towards this issue and wouldnt allow them to start visualizing all the various future transportation methods and how they will look like, because it is just an image of a flying car, and so, the result would be that they still will find it difficult to visualize and imagine future transportation methods, causing them to ignore the issue and not care about it, and so, transportation methods will remain the same, and the world will not develop. But, if I were to show them a full animated video that shows and expresses various future transportation methods, they will start looking at these transportation methods and they will care about them more, and so, this will allow them to think about the issue more and imagine more various and different future transportation methods, because they were attracted to the animation video, resulting in them taking action towards improving transportation methods, to solve problems such as traffic, pollution, and more. As for the website, I believe that it was of a high quality and it included important information that would allow my audience to understand the aim of the project, which would help them understand the important of the project and the animation video. This important information includes the general and specific problems, the images used in the project, in addition to the videos used in the project. So, the website is the place where the audience know more about the project, but the website doesnt necessarily make it easier for people to image how future transportation methods will be like, since its not supposed to do so, but the animation video is. As for the social media pages, they are of good quality, since they do have comments that I posted, also in English and Arabic, they have profile images, they have names which relate to the name of the project, and they link to the website and the other social media page, but, they werent shared and they dont have any followers or viewers or supporters, except one person on the FaceBook, which means that they dont really serve their purpose of allowing the supporters of the project to communicate on them, because there are no supporters. Once again, they are not meant or created to solve the problem and allow the audience to visualize how the future transportation methods will be like, but they are just created for the audience of the project to communicate about the project, on them, and so, they are of good quality, but they are not meant to solve the problem.

Omar Ibrahim 10D Include evidence of your testing: Animation Video Testing: Checklist Testing (Visual-Checking): Design Specification Website URL at the end of the animation video Social Media Pages URLs at the end of the animation video Animation Video is on YouTube Animation Video created on Bryce

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Visual Checking

Achieved or Not? Not Not Not Achieved

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Audience-Testing (Rating from 1, lowest 5, highest):

Omar Ibrahim 10D - Website Testing: - Checklist (Visual-Checking): Visual Checking Design Specification Website is ONLY on my Qatar Academy Wikispaces account Animation Video is on Website

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Achieved or Not? Achieved No animation video created, but the final image or product, which is supposed to be the video, is on the website Achieved Achieved Achieved Achieved

All Videos and Images Related to the Project are on Website Text on Website is in Arabic and English URLS to Social Media Pages are on Website All Videos and Images on Website will have a caption or sentence explaining what the image/video is about Both General and Specific Problems are on Website

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- Audience-Testing (Rating from 1, lowest 5, highest):

Omar Ibrahim 10D - Social Media Pages Testing: - Checklist (Visual Checking): Visual Checking Design Specification Social Media Pages are on FaceBook and Twitter and can be accessed by people Each social media page links to the other one Each social media page links the website, on it Each social media page gives the link to the animation video on YouTube Text in the social media pages will be in Arabic and English, and when someone talks to me in either English or Arabic, I reply to them in the same language

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Achieved or Not? Achieved

Achieved Achieved Not

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Audience-Testing (Rating from 1, lowest 5, highest):

Omar Ibrahim 10D - Audience-Testing (Yes/No Question: Were Names of People the descriptions of Surveyed my social media pages short? Ahmed Khalifa Hassan Maher Mohammed Shalabi Mohammed (My Brother) My Father Questions): Yes No

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Based on your test results, does it meet the design specifications you wrote in your investigation? If we look at the testing results for the animation video design specifications, you can see that I was able to achieve only 3 design specifications out of the 7, which were about the animation video being created on Bryce 7.1 Pro, making the animation video completely about future transportation methods, and making the final product clear and easy-tounderstand (for the last two design specifications mentioned above, I didnt have a full animation, but the product that I created at the end, the image, was completely about future transportation methods, and nothing else, in addition to that the image was clear and easy-to-understand, based on my testing results that I got from my audience, and so, for these two design specifications, the final image that I created as a product is supposed to be equivalent to the animation video). I was unable of accomplishing four design specifications for the animation video, which were about having the website URL and the social media pages URLs on the end of the animation video, having the animation video on YouTube, and having a clear and easy-to-understand narration over the scenes in the animation video. So, the final testing results for the animation video are very bad, and this is because, as I mentioned before, I wasnt able of making a full animation video in time, just like the rest of my classmates, because we faced a lot of conflicts and problems when using Bryce, because we didnt know how to use the program, and the online tutorials didnt help that much, because they were very old and there werent a lot of them, and

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so, we had to waste a lot of time just trying to solve problems with Bryce, and so, none of us were able to complete the animation video in time, and this is why I wasnt able to finish most of the animation video design specifications. As for the testing results for the design specifications of the website, I was able to achieve all 8 of them. One of them, though, is about uploading the animation video onto the website, which I said that I did achieve, and that is because despite the fact that I couldnt create an animation video, I still uploaded my final product onto the website, which was the image of the flying car animation, and so, I wrote that I did achieve it, because the focus on this design specification is not on making the video or not, but is about uploading whatever I made onto the website, and so, I believe that I did achieve that. As for the design specifications for the social media pages, I was able to meet 7 of them, out of 8. The only one that I didnt meet was the one about each social media page linking the animation video, which should be on YouTube, and as I mentioned, I couldnt achieve that because I didnt create an animation video in the first place, because I didnt have time to. All the other 7 design specifications were met and achieved, and so, I was able to achieve the majority of my social media design specifications. So, overall, I was able to accomplish most design specifications, but the most design specifications that I wasnt able to complete were the animation video design specifications, because I didnt have time to create an animation video. (FOR THE TESTING RESULTS DONE BY AUDIENCE RATING, I WAS ABLE TO MEET THEM BASED ON WHAT I MENTIONED IN MY DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS. EG: IF 5 OUT OF 7 PEOPLE RATE IT AS A 4 OR A 5, THAT MEANS THAT I WAS ABLE TO MEET IT). How Could the Final Product be Improved: Next time, I need to actually make sure that I would finish and be able to have a full, complete product, unlike the incomplete animation video that I created for this project. If you look at the final image of the flying car that I created as a product, you can see that the city has a weird texture that looks unnatural and unrealistic, which is where you can see random grey parts in the buildings of the city, as if the city has been demolished or destroyed and its insides are showing, which

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is not what I was aiming to do when creating the city, but instead, I need the city to look modern, natural, and realistic. Adding cars to the ground or the floor of the image would make the whole scene look more realistic, like an actual city, that would have different buildings and vehicles, which would make it more realistic and attractive, and would add more detail to the scene. Adding more buildings to the right and left of the city would make the scene more realistic, because a futuristic, modern, and developed city would have lots and lots of buildings that would spread all over the city or the country, and that would contribute and add more to the idea and the point of the whole video, which is to allow people to see my vision of the future, allowing them to have their own visions and imaginations of the future and future transportation methods. Adding airplane wings or anything similar to the sides of the flying car would make it more realistic, so that the car would have something on it that would allow it to fly like that, but as I mentioned in my process journal, when I tried inserting the airplane wings, they changed colors and they started becoming very weird, and so, I just decided to remove them, but if they were there and if they worked, they would make the car more realistic and detailed. Evaluate YOUR Performance:

- Investigate: In the Investigation process, I was very happy with my work and I was very satisfied with what I did. That is because I was able to include everything necessary for that stage. So, I was able to talk, in depth, about my general and specific problems, including talking about the history of the problems, why they are problems, how they are relevant to me, to others around me, and to a wider audience in the world. I was also able to write a full, complete design brief that stated exactly and precisely what my product will be, what the necessary equipment for the project are, who and why Im creating it for. Also, in my research, I was able to include 3 samples of other people who used animation to show a vision of the future, and I was able to write 3 positive and 2 negative points on each of these samples, in additions to 2 possible ways for improving these samples. I was also able of describing what these samples

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are about, in addition to explaining how they relate to graphics, telling a story, of a future vision, which will be shared, for a purpose. I also had a full, annotated, and alphabetically organized bibliography that mentioned all research sources. I also had design specifications for each of the products that I will create, the animation, the website, and the social media pages, and each of the design specifications were written, along with their purpose and testing method. So, I believe that I did great in the Investigation and did all of what was required from us. Design: For my design stage, I didnt do well in it, which is why I got a 3. For the design stage, we were supposed to create 2 designs for the animation video, which would show a story and explain it, 2 designs for the social media pages, and 2 designs for the website. In addition, we needed to talk about the details of the designs, such as the purpose of the design, the duration of the animation video, the components of the design, and the use of the design, in addition to talking about which design specifications are met through the design you drew. Afterwards, we need to analyze the design, by talking about 3 positive and 2 negative things in the design, and possible ways of improving the negative points, and at the end, we need to choose which design we want to execute, and why we chose it. And then, when we upload our work on Moodle, we need to use a third design, created by another student, and analyze it, by stating the good and the bad, and how the bad can be improved. Unfortunately, I wasnt able to do all of this, because I didnt have a lot of time. So, I was able to create 1 design for the animation video, 1 design for the website, and 1 for each of the social media pages, in addition to talking about the purpose, duration, use, and components of each of these designs, in addition to writing about which design specifications were met in these designs, and which werent. I wasnt able to do anything with the analyzing portion, and I wasnt able to choose my final design, because I didnt make a second one at all, but I just had one design for each of the products. So, as you can see, many parts of the Design Stage were missing, but I tried my best, and I got a grade that matched the amount of work submitted, a 3.

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- Plan: I was able to improve a little bit in the Plan, and I felt that I did much better in the Plan than in the Design. I finished all the parts necessary for the Plan Stage, but some parts were not of the best quality. Firstly, I was able to include all the hardware and software tools needed for the project. In addition, I was able to finish all the steps needed to create for the animation, for the website, and for the social media pages, in addition to how to create these steps, tools needed to finish them, importance of the step, and the estimated time I think would take to finish each one of these steps. Any sources or websites needed for the project were mentioned in the steps themselves. I also compared the time given for the project to the total estimated time that I expected, to finish the whole project, and I talked about whether or not I had enough time to finish the project, in addition to talking about the skills and knowledge that I needed in order for me to successfully finish the project. I also talked about the reliability of my Plan and how well someone can follow it to create their own similar product, and I think that the Plan was very good for someone to follow it. The only problem with it, which is why I think I got a 5 instead of a 6, is that some parts of it are less detailed than they should be. For example, after finishing the full table for the steps for creating the animation video, I didnt have time to create tables again for the website and the social media pages, and so, I just wrote down the steps in a list, which made them less detailed and less professional, in addition to that the steps for the website and the social media pages didnt have the estimated time written for them, because I didnt have time to do so, and so, I didnt have an indication or estimation of how long it would take me to finish the website and the social media pages. So, these few flaws dropped me down a little bit, and I was expecting to get that grade, because I knew that my performance wasnt at its best. - Create: For my Create Stage, I did all right, but it wasnt my best piece of work. I was able to finish just a still image of my animation video, which is the main reason why I didnt get a very good grade and didnt perform well in the Create Stage. As I said before, I didnt have enough time to finish the full animation video, because for most of the time in the Create Stage, I was just trying to solve problems that I faced with Bryce, because the program was very

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hard to use, and I was just trying to know how to use it, and the same thing was happening with other students in class, and so, throughout the Create Stage, I was just wasting time trying to overcome problems that I had with Bryce, and I was just able to create only a still image of the animation video. I was also able to create the full website, with text in Arabic and English in it, in addition to images and videos related to the project. In addition, I was able to create both social media pages that I wanted to create, with comments on them, by me, a profile image, and a name, but the problem was that these pages werent really shared at all, since there was only one follower on the FaceBook page, and that was it, and so, the social media pages werent really effective, because they werent used at all. In addition, I was able to create a modified plan, where all the modifications I created for my Plan Stage went, any additions, modifications, or steps removed. The modified plan also had justifications for any modifications created in the steps of the plan, or in other words, I talked about why I changed any of the steps that I changed in the plan stage. In addition, I was able to write all process journal entries, which all talked about what I did today, any problems that I faced, screenshots of todays work, and the progression in my work. So, I got a 4 at the end, and it was mainly because of the incomplete animation video and the unshared social media pages, the rest of the project was all complete. - Attitudes in Technology: I think I did great in the Attitudes in Technology. Firstly, I was able to follow the template and the criteria to create my work for I.T, even though I wasnt able of finishing some work in time, but for the work that I did, I followed the templates and the criteria and the teachers guidance, whenever he told us to add any more work or focus on anything specific. In addition, I was able to comment on the news forum a lot, allowing me to take advice from classmates and giving them advice, which would allow us to all have great quality work. In addition, I was able to help and guide one of my classmates and students a lot, which was Maher, who was new to the school this year. I was able to spend a lot of time with him, helping him, guiding him, telling him what to write and what to submit, telling him about what we need to do in I.T class and in home, and so, I was able to guide him to become more experienced and more used to I.T class, without feeling very confused or lost,

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and so, I was able to help him a lot. Also, on most occasions, when I faced any problems, with software or in class, I tried to always solve these problems in the best ways possible, but in a few occasions, I didnt solve these problems efficiently, but overall, I think I deserve a 6 in Attitudes in Technology, because I was very hardworking and helpful and guiding. Goals for Next Project: - Be faster with my work, instead of wasting a lot of time on unnecessary things. - Try to be faster with solving problems that I face, at all times, so that I can quickly get back to work and proceed to finish my product(s). - Do a lot of research about the software or hardware that we will use, before the beginning of the project, so that Im prepared, when the project begins. - Make faster designs and less detailed drawings that would take away hours of my time. - Write fewer words when submitting stages of the project, because writing a lot could result in not finishing a lot of parts. Evaluate the Impact of the Product: Right now, the product that I created is very ineffective and very weak, because it is just an image, but I will answer the following questions as if the product is complete and effective. - Impact to Society: - What will be the impact for the intended user? Now, my product doesnt have an impact on anyone, at all, but if it was a full, effective video, it wouldve impacted my audience a lot. If the video was effective and successful enough, it couldve been shared between people on FaceBook and Twitter, and eventually, it would become very popular, and my audience, governments and vehicle-making companies, would watch the video, and they would start thinking more about developing future transportation methods and making them better, because they would finally be able to visualize how the future transportation methods will look like, after watching my video, and so, in the near future, our transportation methods will become better, faster, and more efficient, and so, vehicle-making companies and governments will become more successful, and they will gain more money, and the economy of the government will become better, because there will

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be more improved future transportation methods, that will be sold to all the people around the world, solving problems such as pollution and traffic, and so, my audience, governments and vehiclemaking companies will be richer with all the new, modern, and improved transportation methods. - Will the product impact other people in society? Who, in and what way? Firstly, if the product is successful enough and it becomes popular and widely spread on FaceBook and Twitter, it might actually become a very important product around the world, and everyone will be talking about it, and so, it will impact people in the streets, friends, and family, which will talk about it continuously. Also, if the vehicle-making companies actually start taking action into creating the future transportation methods, and they do create them, the transportation methods will become very popular and widely spread around the world, and they will impact drivers around the world and vehicle-lovers around the world, who will immediately buy the new transportation methods and become more engaged with them, as the transportation methods will become better and more efficient, and so, they will impact vehicle customers by making them feel very interested and connected to these transportation methods, causing them to buy them. - Impact on the Physical Environment: - How will it impact on your environments? (Yours, Others) As I said before, if the product becomes successful, and is shared on the social media pages that I created, it might become famous and popular enough to reach to authorities and governments and vehicle-making companies, which would actually start creating these future transportation methods and they would start visualizing more future transportation methods, and if they start creating the transportation methods, they will start taking resources from nature, which would destroy nature and affect it negatively. For example, to design the inside of a futuristic car, vehicle companies could start cutting down large numbers of trees in large forests, to design the car from the inside, and so, they would ruin nature, destroy and kill trees, and ruin the habitat for other plants and animals, causing their death. Also, these companies could start killing innocent animals for their leather, and start cutting down trees for rubber, which, once again, would ruin habitats and kill many innocent animals and plants, causing their

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death, and maybe, the animals might become endangered or extinct. Also, using iron, steel, and aluminum can make nature look ugly and broken down and demolished, after these companies take all of these resources from nature, to build the vehicles, causing nature to look deformed and unnatural. So, the product could be the beginning of the impact of environments around the world, including my environment and other environments. - How will this product evolve? As I mentioned many times before, if I was able to create a full animation video that is effective, it could attract a lot of people to it, and many people might start joining the social media pages and will start supporting the project, and so, the project will become popular and serious, and people will start actually visualizing how future transportation methods will look like, causing them to take action, and so, vehicle companies and governments will start consuming money on this project, to make transportation methods more developed and improved in the near future, and so, the project will become very important, and soon, there might be a very significant improvement in transportation methods, and the world will have much better, faster, improved, and more efficient transportation methods, that would stop problems in the world such as pollution, global warming, accidents that cause death and injuries, and of course, traffic. So, this project could be the beginning of a new era for transportation methods.