Monday, 20 April 2015

Term 3 Invitation cards

Types of invitation cards

Type 1: 2 page invitation

This sort of invitation would most probably be one perfect for kids because of the 'minions' from the movie 'despicable me' and because all of them look happy, they're smiling and are smiling in the shape of a heart so it would attract kids from the age of around 4 to 8. The letters are also fancy so it would be good for kids and it's double sided so it's like a little book.



Type 2: Scroll Invitation 

This invitation would be a good invitation for a 'medieval' and 'princess' themed party as it includes a lot of pink which instantly makes people assume it's 'girly' and it has writing such as 'Queen Beth' and 'King Paul' and is in the shape of a scroll so it has a medieval look to it. The fact that it looks girly suggests it's made for a party of a girl and it is an 'only-girls' party.




Type 3: 1 paged wide birthday card

This card is aimed at 2-4 year olds because it is talking about a 3 year old boy. They style fits the age because it shows a small lion, smiling and being happy which might make children more attracted to it. It also has nice, clear writing so that anyone could read it and even has a picture of the boy 'Andrew'.




Monday, 19 January 2015

Term 2 tech fair 2015 reflections



Reflection: 1/13/2015
Today i researched a bit about how to disassemble a mouse. I plan to either disassemble a mouse or make a "robot". My partner is Ryan and we will probably do the mouse but we might make a robot.


Reflection: 1/20/2015
Today we tried to disassemble the mouse Ryan managed to get and we almost did it. I have also managed to researched more about how to disassemble the mouse and a bit about making robots. I also watched a few videos about mouse disassembly. I had also started to research some information on making my own computer games.


Reflection: 1/27/2015
Today i had found another possible idea for the tech fair which is "bouncing paint" on a speaker and if we use it we will first show everyone the experiment and then explain how it works and give them a quiz. It was also a great idea in my opinion.

Reflection: 2/3/2015
Today i had made a spider graph which required 8 different types of communication. I found it a bit challenging to find all 8 types but in the end i managed to do it. Here is a picture of the spider diagram: 






Monday, 5 January 2015

Term 2 Tech Fair 2015


Tech fair ideas:
1. Mouse disassembly
Ryan and i are going to get a mouse each and find out more about how they are made and disassemble one.We have already almost taken one apart and we found a few websites to help us do it. We will also show how it is disassembled during the presentation and the mouse is the HP x3900.
2. Robot
For this idea i want to make a robot who can walk and be remote controlled. I am planning to make it move but even if it moves slowly but it moves i think it would be a great achievement for me and ryan. We have also found a few websites to find out how to build the robot and we have lots of things to build it with. We will probably make it something like this and it might use wheels not legs:


Making a video game:
I decided that another option for the tech fair could be making a video game that could be played online by anyone and i found out about a really good game making software called "GameMaker: Studio" 


Bouncing Paint:
Another option for our project would be paint that we would put on a speaker and see it's reaction to music. Then we would explain to everyone how it actually works and how many different reactions from different music we get.