T2W5: Rubrics for Animation

For your information, this is the rubrics for your animation:

T2W4: I&E Lesson on Problem Identification

This is the scenario so far...

The year is 2012 and SST has moved to its permanent site. As the school is surrounded by a lot of trees and vegetation, there are a lot of birds and insects flying around. This has caused a lot of problems for the school especially at the dining hall, the school field and any open spaces. The birds’ droppings are everywhere and this is not only unsightly but also unhygienic. The food in the dining hall also attracts the birds and insects and this has made the dining experience very unpleasant.

The school has decided to form an innovation team to come out with a solution to the problem. The team has decided to adopt the following steps in the problem solving process:

Step 1 - Identify underlying problems

Step 2 - Select an underlying problem

Step 3 – Produce solution ideas

Step 4 – Select criteria
Step 5 – Apply criteria
Step 6 – Develop an action plan

For today's lesson between 2:30 to 3:30 pm, you are tasked to complete Step 1 using the Wallwisher.com site here. Please take about 15 mins to identify and come out with as many possible problems as you can. For steps 2 and 3, you are encouraged to use a Mindmap tool, or/and any other relevant IDEATION tools, on ONE of your selected problems, that would enable you to put it up on your ADMT blog.

T2W3+W4: Animation Programme - Creating YOUR Story

Based on the sessions conducted earlier, your group would have completed a simple basic animation clip on the 'Bouncing Ball'. Please do remember to upload this clip into your group ADMT blog (if you have one), OR in one of your team member's blog. Do remember to input the URL into the 'Comments' section of the previous post! I would also appreciate it if the other team members could also input some key learning points that they have obtained whilst coming out with the 'Bouncing Ball' animation.

For the next part of this programme, you would be looking at coming out with the most important component of your animation, i.e. YOUR STORY. Do remember Mr Joshua's key pointers during his presentation. Some things that you might want to take note of are:

• Use the research information that you and your group have collated earlier in Term 1 to come out with some initial story ideas/seeds
• Do be mindful of your 5W+1H's (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How). For eg, who is your target audience, what is the message that you want to deliver, when would be an appropriate time for your clip to be shown, why do you think your clip would be most effective, etc
• The 4 key structures of a story, as mentioned in the last session on creating a story: 
• PREMISE: (5W+1H, Protagonists, Antagonists, Goals)
• CONFLICT: Goals, Opposing Attributes, the Antagonists (Others, Self, the surrounding Environment)
• Crisis: Height of Conflict, Important Decision
• Climax: Resolution of Conflict, Achievement of Goals

Your assignment: 

Each one of you would have to come out with 3 possible story ideas or seeds for your homework. Do get this done on a simple piece of paper/foolscap before the next lesson!

T2W3: Animation Lessons - 'Bouncing Ball' clip

Please remember to include the link to your group's 'Bouncing Ball' animation clip in the 'Comments' section of this blog post. Do take the effort to take a look at other group's animation and comment, where relevant.

T2W1: Animation programme - a software update!

Just an update on the software that would be used for the Animation programme. Instead of the FrameBy Frame software tool that was originally planned, we are using an alternative software that is downloadable here or here: http://tinyurl.com/yjjh6sh. Please do take note of this!

T2W1: Reflection on LEAPS to NeWater Plant

After your visit to the NeWater plant, please do follow up with your own reflection. You can use the following questions to guide your reflection:

1. What are the 3 key takeaways from today’s visit?
2. Name 2 concepts that you have learnt today during the visit.
3. What is the 1 interesting thing that you have learnt today?
4. What are the things that you can do to help with water conservation in Singapore?

Submitting your work...

• Post your response in the personal ADMT blog that you created earlier. Give the title in your post: Personal Reflection (NEWater visit)
• Copy and paste the hyperlink of this particular post to the Comments section in this post. 

March holidays: Late submissions+Animation Program for T2W1...

Before we start on the animation program, please be advised that the software that we are going to use is called FrameByFrame for Mac (Leopard). Please download and install it into your learning devices before the start of the lesson. The software is downloadable HERE. Have a great and a restful week-long holidays.

For those groups that have not submitted your reports, please submit them to me by Monday 1800 hrs latest, because marks will be deducted at 5% per day of late submission!

Week 10: 'Greener Gadgets' Design Competition

Something that you might be interested in. Go check it out!

'Greener Gadgets' Design Competition

Week 10: Revisiting 'Bad Design' - IDEO's Shopping trolley project

The videoclip is a feature done by ABC on a design company called IDEO. Famous for being one of THE best, if not the best, design company, in the world, the feature highlights the problem-solving process that have made IDEO famous for her outstanding and innovative solutions. Watch the clip and answer the following questions:

1. In your opinion, what are some of the problems of the current design of the shopping trolley?
2. What are some of the rules instituted by the IDEO's design team, and why do you think were they instituted?
3. From your observation, what are some of the company's culture or practices that have made IDEO one of the best design company in the world?
4. How do you think some of these culture or practices can be implemented or internalised in SST, or within you as a student?

Week 10: An exemplar on the process flow for 'A Healthy Environment'

As presented during class: