Design Quality Implementation Log

Name:  John Semprini
Content Area Class:  8th Computer
Standard/Benchmark:  8.1.1
Iowa Teaching Standard:  4D, 2B

Design Qualities of Context

Content: (Instructional Objective)
The students will create a business that will engage them and keep their interest during their computer exploratory. With this business they will create a product database, charts, advertisements, and a multimedia presentation. To brainstorm what type of business they will create, they will write a paragraph describing their business.

Organization of Knowledge: (Strategies)
The teacher will show the students a finished product . Then explain the objectives of the unit. The students will look at a sample paragraph describing a business. Then the students will brainstorm their business idea and write a paragraph describing it. The teacher will give them feedback on their progress.
Clear and Compelling Product Standards
(Assessment)
Students will assess their own work. Teacher will ask questions to help students in process. Then teacher will give more help when needed. 		Protection from Adverse Consequences for Initial Failures
Teacher will provide feedback to students to keep them on right track.


Design Qualities of Choice (All That Apply)

Product Focus
The end product will be a paragraph describing their business. This will include the type of business, categories of their business, and possible brand names used.

Affirmation of Performance
Affiliation
 Novelty and Variety
The student can write about what interests them like their skateboarding business or clothing shop. This will help  the student be engaged in the writing process.
Choice
The students get to choose the business they create. This is designed to engage them in the learning process. 		Authenticity
The students choose a real world business that will help to make their learning authentic.


1. Explain which Design Quality of Context was most important for this lesson.
The choice of what type of business to create will be important to engage the students in learning about database reports, spreadsheet design, multimedia design, animation design, and the writing process.

2. Reflect on 1 or 2 Design Qualities of choice used in your lesson.
The students get to choose what business to create. If they like animals they could be a pet store, sports could be a sporting goods store, etc.