Grade 8 4th Quarter Assessment

GRADE 8

Design Cycle Summative Assessment

4th Quarter S.Y. 2012 – 2013

Goal	To determine your knowledge in using the Design Cycle, you are expected to: Make a creative and informative blog entry on the different stages of the Design Cycle which will be posted on your personal website Categorize and explain the steps you took during the 1st Quarter Assessment based on the stages
Role	You were tasked by the Principal of Xavier School to inspire fellow students to use the Design Cycle whenever they make an assessment.
Audience	Regular high school students who undergo assessments every quarter.
Situation	Almost every quarter, 6 Summative Assessments are given to high school students in every subject. Students face different challenges while doing each of them. To help them cope with these challenges, they need to find a better way of making quality Summative Assessments on time. The creative blog post that you will be making will be their resource in understanding the Design Cycle and realizing its importance whenever a task is given to them.
Product	A creative and informative blog post on your wordpress site on the Design Cycle Blog post should also showcase what you have learned during your computer classes.Examples of a creative post: Aside from the explanations in text, you may want to add the following: Add your video explaining the Design Cycle (VLOG). Make a slideshow of the screenshots of your resources(script, timeline) should contain but is not limited to the following: related photos (original or taken from the internet – with proper citation) related videos (VLOG, actual video footages) screenshots of the 1st quarter Summative Assessment Design Cycle Worksheet other resources used during the 1st Quarter summative assessment (examples: script, timeline) Explanation of the steps you took during each stage Evaluation of your performance during the stages, what you could have done to improve it. Recommendations in each stage to further improve performance in future summative assessments.
Standard	You will be graded based on the Design Cycle Rubric

Requirements:

• Blog Post
  • Title of the blog post: DESIGN CYCLE
  • Link of the blog post should be emailed to your computer teacher
  • How the post will look like

 

Deadlines:

Cycle	Stage that should be finished
Cycle 2	Investigate and Design
Cycle 3	Plan and Create
Cycle 4	Evaluate
Deadline of entire blog post, link should be emailed to the teacher	Feb 15

DESIGN CYCLE RUBRICS

A+

Design Cycle stages are completely identified,  comprehensively explained and contains examples from previous assessments.Additional information is added like realizations, recommendations,tips, do’s and don’ts

A

Design Cycle Stages are completely identified,  comprehensively explained and contains examples from previous assessments

B+

Design Cycle is complete,  has clear explanation and contains examples from previous assessments

B

Lacking or insufficient in 1 of 3 descriptors.Identification of 5 Design Cycle Stages Clear explanation of the Design cycle stages Examples from previous projects related to the Design Cycle Stages

C

Lacking or insufficient in 1 of 3 descriptors.Identification of 5 Design Cycle Stages Adequate explanation of the Design cycle stages Examples from previous projects related to the Design Cycle Stages

D

Lacking or insufficient in 2 of 3 descriptors.Identification of 5 Design Cycle Stages Explanation of the Design cycle stages Examples from previous projects related to the Design Cycle Stages

F

The Design Cycle stages were not identified in the Blog postThere was no explanation of the stages No examples were included in the post

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To know more about “Single Sign-On”, you may download the steps and procedures how to migrate your XS mails here: Steps in E-mail migration

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Videos and pictures taken during the event will be posted soon.

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SMIT-Robotics, posted with vodpod

 

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