Blog # 1.11 - Process Journal # 4

The developments that my team and I have made towards the execution of our project is figuring out what each of us are going to do. We figured out how to create the cards and what dice needs to be used. For the next class, we have to still work on our individual parts. Before next week, we have to work on our cards, gameboard, and collect other pieces. I have to work on the orange and purple cards. Yaritza has to work on the green and yellow cards and Sadae works on the red and blue cards. All three of us have to work on the gameboard. Sadae has to work on getting the dice. I have to collect the scrap paper. Yaritza has to make the game pieces. I've had certain difficulties. I think that thinking of questions for history is a little hard. I will try to research more in order to finish my cards.

Blog 1.10 - Process Journal # 3

My team and I have added specific details to our project. We came up with the number of tiles that should be on the board and the number of each color as well. I have started to design my cards. I came up with the idea of having the answer, upside down on the back of the card. Also, there will be multiple choice on the front. Yaritza put together the whole presentation. We will divide the presentation so that we each have a part. Our cards and game pieces are the same. My design for the cards will be used and Yaritza's designs for the game board and game pieces will be used.

Blog # 1.9 - Process Journal # 3

I believe that the only challenge we are facing is the gameboard. We still need to figure out the actual design and specific details of the gameboard such as the number of spaces. The IB learner qualities that the members of my team are exhibiting in a positive manner are Thinkers and Communicators. We each communicate our ideas to one another and think about different designs. We also talk about them and plan our game out. We are still working on developing Inquirers and Open Minded. We have to start researching how to word our questions so that the 6th graders will understand. We also have to be more accepting of others' ideas. My greatest strength is that I contribute to the discussion. I need improving on accepting others' ideas and considering their ideas.

Blog # 1.8 - Design Justification

My team and I decided to use my design for the cards. We all thought that it looked the best and was very detailed. My team and I also decided to use Yaritza's design for the game pieces. There was a variety of game pieces that she had designed such as a car and book. Lastly, we chose to use Yaritza's draft of a game board as our game board. We felt that the board was pretty self-explanatory. It had the six colors that we are going to use (red, blue, green, purple, orange, and yellow.)

Blog # 1.7c - Possible Designs

I briefly looked over Sadae Livingston's paper and saw her cards. We did not get a chance to work on our gameboard since we had drafted it before. Her cards looked decent, but, I personally liked my cards and Yaritza's cards better with the question on the front and the answer on the back, upside down.

Blog # 1.7b - Possible Designs

Yaritza Burgos also designed the game cards and game pieces. My game cards and her game cards were a little similar so I liked it. Her game pieces were all different. One game piece was a car and another was a book. I thought that the 4 game pieces should all be the same. I think that she should work on her game pieces, but, keep her cards the same.

Blog #1.7a - Possible Designs

I designed the game cards and the game pieces. For the game pieces, I kept it simple. I made them have a circular bottom and sort of rectangular top poking out. I also designed two types of cards for the two subjects (Math and History.) The yellow cards represented history and focused on the names of states. The green cards represented math and focused on multiplication. The front contained the question and the answer in the back. There will be 6 different color cards and the font will be in white.