Presentation Evaluation

Final Web 2.0 Assignment

Create a wiki report in business format which answers the questions outlined in the next 3 sections. Be sure to include a full interactive sources cited:

Part 1 - Where we are and why - Web 2.0 Expo (May 2010)

From the conference: http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2010/public/content/news-coverage

Watch the following videos:

Tim O’Reilly - State of the Internet Operating System:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAau6W--iMo&feature=player_embedded#!

Danny Sullivan, - "The Search Platform: Friend Or Vampire?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmbnwAqh6qI&feature=related

Choose to watch at least one other video of interest from this conference (they are all listed on the right side of the screen when viewing the State of the Internet Operating System video).

Answer the following in your report part 1:
1. According to O’Reilly - What is “the Internet Operating System”?
2. How does this operating system outlined by O’Reilly differ from the current?
3. What is your opinion of Google - Friend or Vampire? If a friend, why do you think so. If a vampire, what can they do to be less scary?
4. Are there other businesses that we should be concerned about? Why, explain your answer?
5. Who do you think is the business that will lead the way in the next evolution of Web 2.0? Why, explain your answer?
6. Comment on what you learned from the third video you watched. Write at least one paragraph about the video
7. What do you think the motto “Create more value than you capture” means? Why is it applicable to Web 2.0 today?

Part 2 - Where are we going and Ideas for the Future
Watch the following 2010 Web 2.0 Conference LaunchPad presentations. These presentations are picked from a number of entries for presentation to the Web 2.0 annual conference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrkB8HCp61g

and perform any other research you feel necessary to answer the following in your report part 2:
After viewing each of the 6 new ideas outlined in the 2010 Web 2.0 Launchpad give:
1. a brief description of each idea
2. outline which of the 6 ideas you feel has the highest probability of success and why you feel it will be successful.
3. what directions do you think are coming or what ideas do you have to extend Web 2.0 into the future

Part 3 - Applications GDCI and in business
Answer the following in your report part 3:
1. What are your feelings towards Web 2.0 technologies being used at GDCI as it now stands?
2. Where can GDCI go with the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the future?
3. Where can businesses go with the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the future?

This assignment is worth 10% of your final mark.
The digital portfolio assignment is worth 5% of your final mark.
The final exam is worth 15% of your final mark.


Here is my final report:
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1H3QEj3OwDOwi3NmHL3rotJ5HqeC5m0pca3VEnONoybo&hl=en#

Presentation

Topic:
1. Compare two workplace settings (eg. Home office, small business, large corporation) in terms of their information and communication technology needs. Describe the software, hardware and web 2.0 tools used in each setting.

Here is a link to my slideshow:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AcpaQZXl_h77ZGY4YzZ2NW1fMTh3Y3FnY2Rk&hl=en

Here is a link to my quiz:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AspaQZXl_h77dFR0R3lHQjJYblE2QV9tbUh5dGJtYkE&hl=en#gid=0

Windows Movie Maker Evaluation

Windows Movie Maker Assignment

This assignment has three parts, all of which will contribute to your digital footprint. Part 1 involves learning how to use Moviemaker and creating a business report that another potential user could refer to when using Moviemaker. In part 2 of the assignment you will use your knowledge to create an instructional video using Moviemaker (or another online movie creator if you can find it). In part 3 you will use a Web 2.0 movie creator to create content for the 'cloud'.

Part 1 - Learn Moviemaker (or alternate). Where to start - visit the Microsoft tutorial at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

Create a report (using Wordperfect) on the following topics:
Windows Movie Maker - what is it?
Windows Movie Maker - how to:
• Add clips to a story board
• Edit clips
• Add sound to movie
• Adding a transition
• Adding titles and credits
• Add special effects

Include a title page, table of contents and a sources cited. The use of images (Screen Captures), and other advanced wordprocessing techniques (tables, columns, tabs, etc) is encouraged when creating this report. This report is to be created using Wordperfect wordprocessor. For help in creating a business report refer to: http://gdciinformationwiki.pbworks.com/f/BusinessReportWriting.pdf

Once you have a complete business report created in a wordprocessor, convert the report and upload it to a Wiki for final evaluation.

Part 2 - Create an instructional video to enhance your digital footprint. Your assignment is to create a short video that teaches someone about a skill you have. The skill can be anything from how to make a cake, to playing a tune on a piano, to how to write a proper essay. You decide on the skill that you think you are best at! Using video cameras, programs such as jing, and any other resource you choose, ‘shoot’ (create raw footage for) the instructional video. Once the video is shot, edit your video using Windows Movie Maker. You will use some or all of the features covered in your report (from part 1 above). Upload your video to YouTube to share your knowledge with others. When creating the video keep in mind that it is going to be uploaded, so be sure to protect your privacy.

Video requirements:
1) Opening title screen - give your movie a title
2) Closing Credits (list all movie maker names etc.)
3) Create a link from your report in Part 1 to the video
4) Submit the video by emailing your teacher the link to your report from part 1.


Part 3 - Create a video that uses the site: http://xtranormal.com/ The content of this video will be a discussion between you, an experienced Web 2.0 user and a parent, guardian, teacher, principal, an employer, or a client. You are trying to convince them that either:

a) They should be allowing you to use Web 2.0 tools to learn
or
b) They should be using web 2.0 tool s in their workplace to increase ....

You will need to do some research to create facts to use in your side of the discussion.

Work periods for this assignment: May 13, May 17, May 18, May 19, May 20, May 25, May 26


REPORT:
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1DKJ82P5MIggfITTUrNdH-_ZxohsUW2Hex1u30TbZgYA&hl=en#


Instructional Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl0usqWRyPY

Xtranormal Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSPr4amKeiI

Ecommerce Website Assignment Evaluation

eCommerce Assignment Evaluation (1-4)

Using your knowledge of E-Commerce and your HTML, Web 2.0, Moviemaker knowledge, create an E-Commerce website for a product or service of your choice. Follow the steps below and research the following areas as necessary. Good planning will lead to good results!

1. Pick a Product or Service
Pick a product type or line (ie. books, electronics, CD’s, DVD’s, bikes, shoes, clothes, etc.) that you would like to sell online. Remember to keep in mind which products or services are most likely to be sold in an online retail environment. Research the range of items you wish to sell and the possible sale prices you can foresee for these products. Create or find and store pictures, prices and other information about your products for use in your website.
Where to Start:
Online Purchases by Canadians: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/061101/d061101a.htm
Disadvantages of Online Business: http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol90/disadvantages.htm

2. Decide on Payment Methods
Research how you would setup to receive online payment. What payment methods will you accept? How much will an online payment service cost you? How are you going to report this to your customers? How are you going to link?
Where to Start:
http://www.moneris.com/index.php
http://www.paypal.com

3. Decide on Shipping Methods and Costs
Research how you will ship your products. How much does a parcel containing a paperback book or a CD or your product weigh? How much will it cost to ship one item? What other shipping costs are there? How are your going to report this to your customers?
Where to Start:
http://www.canadapost.ca/
http://www.purolator.ca/

4. Decide on how you would like to setup your website
Research what you like or dislike in websites and setup a ‘site map’ of pages for your website. Before you design your own eCommerce web site you need to consider each element of the web design.
Where to Start:
A) Find an eCommerce site that sells your proposed product (or a product similar) and review their setup

B) Answer the following questions:
1. What makes a good e-business web site?
2. What makes a bad web site?
3. Keeping your answers to question 1 and 2 above in mind, answer the following questions for your website:
a) For your eCommerce website, what is/are the:
• goals of the site
• what medium will you use - traditional webpage / Web 2.0 / a combination?
• level of consistency you require (ie. Colour schemes, backgrounds, fonts, page layouts, etc)
• target audience(s) for the site - do you want the site professional, academic, fun, retro, earthy
• site navigation methods
• graphics (logos, buttons and photo requirements)
• other considerations?

Write a short report of all your web design decisions. This report sets the design for the site and serves as the guide for the creation of all the pages in the site. Review this report with your teacher before proceeding.

b) Create a ‘site map’ of all of the pages of your site. Decide which page will come up first, what it will link to and the interactivity of all pages at your site. Review this site map with your teacher before proceeding.





5. Design your website
Design a website using the decisions you have made in parts 1-4 above. Create a separate directory for your website. Remember to use proper naming conventions for all files (ie. Use 8 letters or less in all filenames and folders , use only 3 letter filename extensions (ie. .htm, .jpg, etc), use proper image formats (.jpg or .gif), use all lower case in filenames when saving and calling, etc). Find a host for your website and upload it to the internet.


6. Test your website
Once you feel you have completed your website, test all links and images. Have someone else try your website and watch them as they navigate. Ask them to fill out an online review of your website. Make changes (if necessary) to make your website more user friendly and error free.


To hand in:
• Reports from Steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Web 2.0 (Wiki?) format - provide the address to your teacher. The page should have a link to your completed website. The report should also have a link to your user review form.


Written Answers:
http://calliesstuff.pbworks.com/eCommerce-Assignment

Website:
https://sites.google.com/site/cbshoes2/

eCommerce Research

1. What is Electronic Commerce (eCommerce)? What is the yearly value of eCommerce in Canada in the most recent data you can find?

Electronic Commerce consists in the buying and selling of products over the internet.

2. How does the term eCommerce differ from the term eBusiness?

eBusiness refers to serving businesses or employees over the internet. An ebusiness doesn't rely on the internet completely like an eCommerce business does.


3. The two major types of consumer driven eCommerce are Business to Consumer (B2C) and Consumer to Consumer (C2C). Explain each of these two types of eCommerce Websites

A B2C website is set up by a business or a company that services to other consumers like Wal-Mart which is the name of the business and they sell products online, but an eCommerce business doesn't have a huge walk in building they have a place for storage and only provide their goods over the internet. A C2C eCommerce is other consumers selling goods to others like them through a site such as eBay. EBay you can sell products to others and you can also buy from others.

4. List two specific examples of major B2C eCommerce businesses.
- Wal-Mart
- Chapters

4.1. For one B2C eCommerce business listed above, visit the website and answer the following questions:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/

4.1.1. How does this eCommerce business generate revenue?

they provide irewards which you pay a monthly fee to get a percentage taken off of items bought in their store
they sell other products from other companies in their retail location and online

4.1.2. Identify methods that consumers can use to pay for online purchases.
- Credit Cards
- Interac Online
- Gift Certificates
- Gift Cards
- Coupons

4.1.3. Describe the security measures used by this eCommerce website

They outline that they aren't responsible for any third party resources and that you are responsible for your own account. They do have it implied that their website and your account are modified regularily as they do suggest that they can make any changes they want to your information or to their policies making you responsible to go over everything. They also state that they will terminate your account if needed or just give you limited access. Registered members and guests do have a difference in what they can do and see and they observe their site activity. They boldly outline what they are reponsible and not responsible for and members are responsible to abide by these outlines in their security and legal statements.


http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/Legal-Statement/legal-art.html


4.1.4. Analyse the privacy policies of this eCommerce website and comment on how safe you feel your information is with this business.

They've clearly outline their fields of Privacy making it easy to find and keeping information laid out where it can be seen and gone through quickly. You can easily read over any concerns you may have within their Privacy Policy they even provide a summarization of their security measures.

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/Privacy-Policy/priv-art.html


5. List two specific examples of major C2C eCommerce businesses.
- EBay
- Amazon

5.1. For one C2C eCommerce business listed above, visit the website and answer the following questions:
http://www.ebay.com/

5.1.1. How does this eCommerce business generate revenue?
take 7% off of purchases
make members of the site required to pay an amount to place their product information to their site

5.1.2. Identify methods that consumers can use to pay for online purchases.
- Credit Cards
- PayPal

5.1.3. Describe the security measures used by this eCommerce website
They provide a tutorial to teach you how to properly protect your account, they give tips on preventing and reporting identity theft, they give information on being able to safely make purchases using PayPal and they even have a trust and safety tutorial.

http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/index.html


5.1.4. Analyse the privacy policies of this eCommerce website and comment on how safe you feel your information is with this business.
They give a detailed list of concerns that they have outlined in their policy. It's similar to the one for Chapters.indigo.com Privacy policy also. They give an extensive list as well as hyper links to allow you to go through any concerns that you want to go over first or you can scroll through them all easily.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-policy.html

6. What are the most common types of items consumers purchase online?

- Books
- Music
- Toys
- Health Products
- Beauty Products
- Entertainment
- Cars

7 .What are the benefits of buying on-line? What are the barriers to buying on-line?
A benefit to buying online is that you can shop on your time with no worries about store hours, you don't have to wait in a line, you can find what you want with search engines and quickly discover weather that store has what you're looking for or not. The barriers are that you don't get the same atmosphere as being in a store, like some people enjoy being surrounded by books in a book store or being able to smell the food being selled in the delhi, buying online there is no atmosphere other than that of your own home. Also, it isn't very useful for finding anything out on any products you are new to because you can't get any personal opinions on the product in the retail environment.

8. What services do financial institutes (eg. Canadian Banks) offer on-line? Do you consider financial institutes to be eCommerce businesses? Why or Why not?
checking your account balances
making payments
following credit flows
move money from one account to another

Yes, because you can make payments from your personal account to another department, but no because you aren't purchasing products. You can, however; purchase different types of accounts through the financial instutes and purchase gift cards which would give the bank extra money.

9. Visit PayPal.com and answer the following questions about PayPal

9.1. What is PayPal?
PayPal is an online service that allows a person to pay safely on the internet without giving away credit card numebrs or other information. You're able to store money into the PayPal account instead of directly to your bank to be able to easily use that money to make online purchases.


9.2. Do you feel that PayPal is an Ecommerce business? Why or Why not?
It is a business in the sense that it does have in someway gains money from you through you using it, but it is more like an online bank that is only usable to make online purchases. It'd be fair to say that it isn't an Ecommerce business since you don't purchase products, but you make purchases to the service.

9.3. How does PayPal benefit consumers?
It benefits the consumer by keeping the consumers information secret from another buyer or seller on the internet.

9.4. How does PayPal benefit eCommerce businesses?
People feel safer buying from online eCommerce businesses because they don't have to give away their personal financial information.


9.5. Describe the security measures taken by PayPal.
They provide information about how to prevent fraud to and indentity theft through using their services. THey give different tips on selling and buying securely.

https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_security-center-outside

9.6. Analyse the privacy policies of PayPal and comment on how safe you feel your information is with this business.
They give links and a scroll list of how they use different resources to keep your account safe. They give information on how they collect your information and what they use it for.
https://cms.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=ua/Privacy_full&locale.x=en_US

9.7. Do you consider PayPal to be a financial institution? Why or Why not?
Yes, because it's like a more private bank account that only stores money, you can't make any bill payments, but you can transfer money to and from it.

Vitual Time Capsule (indiv. evaluation)

Virtual Time Capsule (team evaluation)

Finacial Planning and Software.

- - This unit is all about money and finances. Looking after your money is an important job in your life now and in your future. There are many types of financial software that can be used to assist in banking, financial planning, budgeting, income tax filing and other areas. - software provided by financial institutes (often for free) to manage personal finances - financial planning software - spreadsheets (and templates) that can be used for budgeting, tracking expenses, other finances - income tax filing software

Banking Software
Visit the website of the bank which you do business with. Explore their website and search for information about online banking. You can use your own account (be sure to clear browser memory when finished) or you can use an online demonstration of the account. For the bank’s online banking answer the following questions in a word processing file or WIKI.

1) What bank have you chosen? How do you identify yourself to the bank to access your account? How do they know it is you?
- The bank I have chosen in CIBC. How you identify yourself to the bank to access your account is by logging in with your band card number and a a personal password. They do not really know it is you, they are assuming it is you, because you are the only one who should have your bank card and password.

2) What can you view in online banking?

In online banking you can view:

• Your account balance.



• A demo on how to use online banking.



• Account details.



• Message Center.

• Recent Transactions.



• Alerts.



• How to contact them.

3) What types of banking transactions can you perform using online banking? List the type of transaction and then explain the process.

You can preform the following:

• Bill Payments



• Money Transfers (from one account to another)



• Email money Transfers



• Order checks



• Check Balances

4) Review the security procedures of the bank you chosen. Do you feel the bank has taken necessary steps to ensure your security? Why or why not? Why is it important for a bank to ensure your transactions are secure?

5) Why does a bank offer online banking services to its customers? When answering this question be sure to outline benefits to the bank and benefits to the customers.

- The bank offers online banking services to its customers because it will attract the customer to stay with the company. If another bank company offers online banking and CIBC didn't than a CIBC customer who has no time to go to the bank during bank hours is more likely to switch banks. Also the bank saves money by having online services because the money and bills do not have to go threw so many steps. By having online banking it makes less work for the tellers, and it is more convenient for people at home or work that do not have time to go to the bank and wait in line.

6) Provide relevant links

CIBC Website: http://www.cibc.com/ca/personal.html

Financial Planning Software
Read pages 415-421 of ITC Projects in Business and read the Career Perspective on page 160 of Business Connections. Answer the following questions (save answers in finances.wpd)

1) Using information found at www.canlearn.ca and other sites (such as a bank website -search for information for students) complete the tables as outlined in Question 20-1 on page 417 and 20-2 on page 418 of ITC Projects in Business Textbook. (Please note the links outlined in the textbook are out of date - choose links from the front page to complete tables) Investigate other areas of the www.canlearn.ca website to help with your future planning. What other items did you find useful at the site? Name at least 3 other items.

2) Read page 160-161 of Business Connections Textbook. Complete Questions 4, 5 on page 426 of ITC Projects in Business textbook Answer Question 1 on page 161 of Business Connections.

ITC Projects:

4. Briefly Describe the difference between a scholarship and a bursary.

- A scholarship is money that is given to the student that they are not required to pay back. Scholarships are awarded academically (by marks). It is a grant-in-aid to a student. A bursary takes into account academic merit, but every bursary is means-tested and its value is related to the income and financial resources of the recipients family.

5. What are three types of investment options for students?

- Three types of investment options for students are mutual funds, stocks, and GIC's. There are different funds available to choose from. Money Market funds are good quality and equity funds are good choices. Stocks in solid companies provide growth and dividends. GIC's (Guaranteed Investment Certificates). There are the safest investment but may not provide the growth that the other two options have.

Business Connections:

1. Explain the role of a financial planner and how one can be of assistance to an average person.

- Professionally certified financial planners pass rigorous examinations to verify their competence in applying financial knowledge to actual situations. They take courses in the financial planning process, tax planning, employee benefits and retirement planning, estate planning, investment management, and insurance. A financial planner will work with you, the client, to determine what your financial goals are and an appropriate way of achieving them. A financial planner assist you to live "comfortably," free from the worry of running out of funds, and can achieve their life goals.

3) Try the moneysense.ca net worth calculator at http://www.hsbc.ca/1/2/en/calculators/net-worth-calculator and create an electronic version of your personal results. Try the RESP and University tuition cost calculators at the moneysense.ca site ( http://www.moneysense.ca/calculators/ ) and save your results in electronic format. Provide relevant links.

- Click the link below to view my personal results:

http://www.hsbc.ca/1/2/en/calculators/net-worth-calculator

- Click the link below to view my RESP:

http://tools.moneysense.ca/calc/resp/Default.aspx?balance=5000&contrib=1040&income=2&rate=6&year=3&goal=8000&submit=Calculate&process=1&calc=resp_calculator

- Click the link below to view my tuition for University:

http://tools.moneysense.ca/calc/univ_cost/Default.aspx?athl=1&health=1&stdserv=1&other=1&duration=4&calc=university_planner&process=3&uniID=35&tuitionType=ca&facID=4&degreeType=under

4) Search the internet and find 3 other Canadian companies that provide financial planning software that could help students. Provide relevant links.

- CCH Canadian Limited is a software that you are able to purchase in-order to help with financial planning. (http://www.cch.ca/)

Using Spreadsheets for Financial Planning

Read page 158-160 of Business Connections and answer the following questions:
1) Question 1 - 4 on page 160 of Business Connections

1. Define a template. Explain how it can assist in the preparation of spreadsheet data.

- A template is a format used to create standardized documents; also a pre-designed worksheet in a spreadsheet program that contains labels and formulas and functions; but no values. A template can be used to assist in the preparation of spreadsheet data by simply entering the values into the templates and the functions and the formulas preform the required calculations.

2. Describe how a macro improves efficiency in using the same spreadsheet time after time.

- A macro can be used to improved efficiency for situations where you require customization and these procedures are preformed repetitively (e.g., weekly or monthly). They recognize similar actions while using the spreadsheet and immediately repeat the steps used.

3. Explain why you think protecting you documents is so important when using a spreadsheet.

- It is important to protect your documents when dealing with spreadsheets, because most of the time you are using personal information and you would not want someone to find out what that information is, or to tamper with that information.

4. Describe two methods of protecting your spreadsheets.

- The first method is the password-protecting of individual sheets within the document. This allows the viewer to open the document in a read-only format and they have to save the document with a new name. This will alert you that someone has tampered with the document.
- The second method is to save the document with a password. When trying to open the document, if the person trying to view the document does not know the password the are unable to view it.

2) Using a spreadsheet - prepare a personal statement of net worth using the Statement of Net Worth Template. Enter your personal data into the template and save an electronic version. Provide relevant links. Compare the results to your statement of net worth created in the last section. What did you find?

3) Using a spreadsheet template create and print a personal budget. Create an electronic version of your budget. Provide relevant links..

4) Enter the numbers from your spreadsheet budget into the aarp.org Budget Calculator found at: http://www.aarp.org/money/toolkit/articles/home_budget_calculator.html?CMP=KNC-360I-YAHOO-MON&HBX_OU=51&HBX_PK=budget_calculator&utm_source=Yahoo%2BPanama&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=budget%2Bcalculator&utm_campaign=Y%21-Money%2BSection Create an electronic version of your results and provide relevant links.

Income Tax Filing Software

1) Read pages 421-426 of ITC Projects in Business textbook
2) Answer Questions 6-8 page 426 of ITC Projects in Business textbook.

6. What are the two types of student expenses? Give examples of each type.

- The two types of student expenses are Fixed Costs and Variable Costs.

Fixed Costs:

• Tuition
• Books
  
• Supplies
• Residence ( or rent)
• Meal Plan
  
• Student Fees
• Internet Connection
• Car Insurance (if you own a car)
• Utilities
  

Variable Costs:

• Food
  
• Entertainment
  
• Clothes
• Gas (if you own a car)
• Laundry
  

7. What are the income tax deductions uniquely available to students?

- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA)

8. What is the name of the government agency that is responsible for personal income tax?

3) Visit the Canadian Revenue Agency website. Why do Canadians need to prepare a tax return? What is NETFILE?

4) What certified tax preparation software does the CRA allow to be used for income tax filing?

5) The following statement is found on the CRA website.

- What is the difference between tax preparation software and tax preparation web application? "NETFILE-certified" tax preparation software or "NETFILE-certified" tax preparation Web application means that the developer of the tax preparation software has gone through a process with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to verify that their product is compatible with the CRA NETFILE electronic tax filing service. This does not mean that we endorse or recommend any product over another, nor does the CRA look at spelling or grammatical errors within the tax preparation software packages or Web applications. From the CRA website (http://www.netfile.gc.ca/sftwr-eng.html)

6) Install TaxFreeWay Income Tax Software and complete a tax return using your own information slips from the 2009 tax year or the information slips provided by your teacher. Create a PDF file from the completed income tax return. Provide a link to the PDF file.

Team Project Reflection Assignment.

Create a report with a title page, table of contents (you decide on section headings), page numbering and a sources cited. The report should be spell checked, proof read and grammar checked. The report should use correct business language, your personal knowledge of the team project, chapter 2 and 3 of the textbook and any other sources you wish. You can decide where and how you would like to create this report (The only rule is it must be accessible on the internet) . This report is due: March 31, 2010. Your report should answer the following questions:

● Introduction: What was your project? Give the name of the project, a short description and the name of your project manager. Introduce your report

● What area of the project did you work on?

● What successes did you have - outline what you accomplished, what you learned and things you enjoyed

● What problems did you encounter - teamwork and/or technology?

● What were the advantages of completing this project as a team?

● Identify and describe the electronic tools used by your team to communicate and share data.

● Explain the project management process (what steps did your project team take) used to complete your team project.

● What strategies were used to enhance your team’s productivity? How did your or how could your team resolve conflict between team members to enhance team productivity?

● Was your team effective? Explain why your team was effective or ineffective. If it was ineffective describe what could have been done to make it more effective. If your team was effective compare it to what could have happened if it was an ineffective team.

● Overall Conclusions

● Now that the project is complete, how do you let the users/customers of your product know that the project is done? Design a simple advertisement (poster / newspaper ad / other??) to let your customers know that the project is complete. Include the address of your project on the advertisement. The advertisement should be saved somewhere on the internet. Include a link to the advertisement in your report.

(NOTE: Be sure to add a link in your notebook to your team project and this report)




http://cberrygdci.blogspot.com/p/team-project-reflection-reflection.html

Vitural Time Capsule

This is our facebook group where we talk amoung our group and post what work we have done so far.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?cropsuccess&id=502315753#!/group.php?gid=334318533505&ref=ts

This is where all the edited work is put, and when it is complete people for years to come will be able to view the website and comment and see what was in and what was out..
http://www.gdcitimecapsule.piczo.com/

Working in Teams

Questions:
1. What is a project team?
2. List advantages and disadvantages of working in teams as outlined in the textbook and through your personal experience.

Project Teams are specific groups formed to plan and execute projects. Project teams shoudl be assigned early, kept intact, and located near the work, of applicable, in contigous spaces. The project team consists of those who work on the project and usually report to a project manager. Generally, each member is assigned to a team because he or she is possesses a certain skill that is essential to the complection of the project. for instance, a software project team would require a software desginer, several programmers, possibly a graphic artist, a tester (or quality assurance specialist), and a project manager.

There are many advantages and disadvantages when working in teams:

Advantages:

• Promotes innovation and creativity.
• Improves the quality of decision making.
• Gains memebers' commitment to tasks.
• Exerts control or disipline on members.
• Promotes interaction among members that satisfies the affiliation needs of individuals.
• Provides more information to all involved through the contribution of individuals.

Disadvatages:

• Requires interaction that may result in too much time off-task.
• Success depends on all team members being responsable
• Results in time lostes because of numerous meetings.
• Conflicts may result from differences in personality or leadership style.

Wikipedia Evaluation

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Web 2.0

The first link is a link to my Wikipedia information.
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The second link is a link to mine, Cam's and Lex's Web 2.0 information.
http://cperriamgdci.pbworks.com/FrontPage