Effective+Communication

=Unit II: Effective Communication=

Design Challenge ___#__1**
 * IB MYP Technology
 * **Level** |||||||| ✔**1 /2** |||| **3** |||||| **4** || **5** ||
 * **Branches** |||| ✔**Information** |||||||||| **Materials** |||||| ✔**Systems** ||
 * **A. of I.** || **H&SE** |||| **ENV** |||| **ATL** |||||| **C&S** |||| ✔**HI** ||
 * **Unit Question** |||||||||||||||||||| What does it take to create effective online communication? ||

You are considered “digital natives.” Older people, of your parents’ and grandparents’ generations are considered “digital immigrants.” You are natives because you have grownup digital. The problem is that you do not yet fully understand how the media you consume is created. You also do not yet understand the impacts of that media on you as a consumer. You have had little experience creating media for the Internet.
 * Unit Title: Designing Effective Media for Online Communications**
 * Context:**

Effectively communicate the results of your research to an Internet audience. Research the topic you have been wondering about and use the results of that research as the subject of your project.
 * Challenge**:
 * What must be done at each stage of the design cycle?**
 * **Investigation Stage** || **Explore, experiment and research the technology used to create an effective online communication. Keep track of the results of investigation in the Engineer's Notebook**
 * Computer as a System
 * Internet & World Wide Web networks
 * Social networks ([|Personal Learning Space], [|Youth Twitte,r] [|Project Global Cooling])
 * [|Voice Thread]
 * Wikis [|(Youth Wiki)]
 * Video
 * Screen Casting ([|Jing Software])


 * At the End of the Investigation Stage for Unit 2 Students Will Have Produced the Following**
 * Skill #1: Journey through the Investigation (Topic investigation I-Search Paper)
 * Skill #2: Documenting the Technology Investigation: (Engineer's Notebook)
 * Skill #3: Design Brief ||