Project 1a. ICT

COLLECTING INFORMATION:

As a part of my coursework I need to find different ICT and Non ICT sources off the internet and out of magazines, newspapers etc at home.

First of all I will start with my ICT source:

My second ICT source has a different background to it as I had to search for it using a Boolean search on the internet.  First of all, my story booklet is obviously based on one of the most famous children’s Television programmes around (Bill and Ben).  I used google to find this picture as I knew that millions of different searches will be processed through the search engine.  I will talk about Boolean searches later on in the project.  This picture from my ICT source is found on my 2nd, 3rd and last slides.

Secondly I am going to show you my Non ICT sources, as I found one source which I could fit into my Presentation perfectly.

This is an example of the picture I had to scan into my pc so that I had a non ICT source to hit the criteria.  This alien is scanned out of my monthly magazine called NME. NME is a music magazine but regularly have a section for drawings and other information to be added in the back of the magazine.

To show you that this is definitely from the magazine, I have left the named signature left on the photo.  

Project 1a criteria says there must be a Non ICT source, as this is from a magazine this hits straight into the criterion and helps me gain extra marks.  I will be using my alien drawing in the 3rd slide of my presentation story booklet.

This is my second example of a Non-IT source which hits the criteria.  I scanned this in and used it in my Microsoft Powerpoint children’s storybook.

This globe is a picture from the book ‘My First Book Of Knowledge’.

  As you can see by the example below, I had to scan this image into the computer from a children’s book.  

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Boolean searches are a form of finding different images and webpages throughout the internet.  I have used two different search engines so that a can find different results on a search of ‘zoo animals’.  Now, on dogpile, I used the search type of ‘zoo animals’.  This search type was not very specific so the search came up with animals from the wild, zoo signs, and animals you would find in everyday zoos.  As shown as below.

I learnt that to make the search more specific you will need to put a plus sign in between the zoo and the animals, to make the search be straight specific to search type.

As you can see I have added a plus sign in between the zoo and animals search.  Now the search engine has produced zoo animals in a productive search which will be very specific.

Organisation Of My Work:

The organisation of my work is vital to keeping my work neat, tidy and easy to understand.  I have made a new folder inside my I.T folder stating that ‘Project 1a’ is inside.  As you can see below that I have taken a screen shot of my directory structure so that you can see how I organise my work.  The folders that make up ‘Project 1a’ are all clearly named and are all appropriate.

The reason you save all your work in various different folders I for reasons such as if there was a power cut, your work would be lost.  You need to keep saving at least every 15 minutes.  Above in the screenshot it shows all my ‘Project 1a’ work and how I saved it.  

This is how I created my

‘Project 1a Folder’.

EDITING TECHNIQUES

It is often very necessary to edit images or work when your going through different PowerPoint’s, Word documents etc.  Editing images can be very important as you want your pictures to be appropriate for your desired audience to give the results you need.  There are many different ways this can be done.  As well as being many other methods I have chose to show you how I edited one of my slides in my Power Point presentation.

First step:

My first step is how I chose my background for my project.  I chose this background as I believe this links in with my space themed book let.  This gives a dark and somewhat supernatural so my target market will imagine they are actually in the story.  The choice of background option is in view > background.

Second Step

First of all I would like to show you a normal plain document made from Power Point in the Microsoft office tool.  This is a simple and easy slide to develop as you have the two tex boxes which are easily accessible and can be moved all over the slide.

Third Step:

Now, my third step is even simpler, as I have just filled in the text boxes with my full name and form and the title of my full project 1a.

My project is in the font of Arial as this gives the child an easy font to read.

Fourth Step:

Finally I added a few extra little pictures to make the slide more appealing for a child of age of my target group.  I used clipart to access these images as this is a main ICT source which is very good for children’s images.  

Using Clipart:

Using this program in addition to PowerPoint helps add images you need to you slides by the copy and paste tool.  I searched ‘rocket’ but I also used the multiple criteria button as I did not want any animated cartoon pictures because the story booklet cannot create animated designs in real.

Purpose of My Work:

This is almost a run through of what my work is and how I produced my work.

The purposes of my project are simple; to create a very good story booklet which my target audience are happy with and I can sell to shops in the near future, it will be a story booklet for children aged 4 to 8 years old.  

The application is used to create my booklet is Microsoft PowerPoint which is a brilliant source for updating slides and for copying and pasting lots of different pictures suitable for children in a children’s story booklet.

First of all I would like to introduce why I am actually doing this project as part of my GCSE ICT Cousework, This coursework states that you need to produce a story booklet for children.  This has always been a problem for the market in shops and across Britain as there are never any suitable story booklets for the younger generation.

I know I have mentioned my target audience various times throughout the project but I have not explained how I will keep this target audience in mind so I can make my project suit the needs.  With the target audience of ages 4 to 8 years old, it is essential that you meet there everyday needs.  I have devised a story booklet which helps them read clearly with spaces with learning vocabulary but also let them enjoy the booklet to by adding various images including cartoons etc.

How the Development Matches the Purpose:

There are many ways you can develop a project once you have designed and evaluated it, like I have found out.  With my target audience being so young, I can develop my PowerPoint by changing pictures and writing styles to suit this age.  I will show you a few slides and how I have designed and changed to suit my audience.

Older Slide

Younger Slide

The screenshots I have used are vital to my target audience because I use images which are relevant for the age range I aim at.  By using cartoons like these you can see that the age range is going to be designed for the younger generation.  If I was devising this story booklet for someone in my generation or older I would take the opportunity to right a fare bit more as our vocabulary and much more sophisticated in life than someone who has barely been into the world for long enough to work.  I also used large types of different hand writing in these slides as a child cannot read small print as well as the older generation would.  This would make it harder for a learning child as words sink in more if you can see this clearly.

Design Layout

Also I use more complex layouts to make the page more used so that the pages are not blank in parts.  As you can see from the above, the story is becoming very simple.  As a children story booklet author I wanted to make the children more self sufficient.  If you increase the load of writing/images on pages throughout the booklet, it would help the child learn more vocabulary but keep them enjoying it by seeing different images.

Show Consistency:

Consistency is a vital part of my project as my actually story booklet is extremely simple and is easy to read and interpret.  Overall my design should be recognized as a perfect story booklet.  Throughout the booklet my title and writing fonts have to be the same so I can prove I have consistency throughout my work.  I have used font Arial in font size 18 throughout the presentation.

Also throughout the presentation I have used the same layout on all of the designed, the title/story writing at the top and then one or two pictures below this to show a clear understanding that I can use consistency in the story booklet.

Differences:

• The front and the back pages are different as they consist of my name, the title of the piece, the ending and pictures of the story booklet itself.
• Pictures do change on each slide so you need different slides with different descriptions.

Spell Checker:

The coursework states you need to use a spell checker when checking your work, I know how to spell visited but this is an example of how you would check this if worded incorrectly.

I have now showed you how you spell check a word, by highlighting the word and then right clicking, and choosing the correct option available.

Finished slide after it had been spell checked fully.