Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education
Unit Question: How does music change me?

Requirements:

-Create a new page on your wiki. Name your new page "How does music change me".
-Spend 7 days creating your own songs with GarageBand.
-You need to create 5 songs. (20 points for each song)
-Each song needs to be at least 1 minute long. (10 points)
-Each song must have at least 5 tracks. (10 points)
-All of your songs must have at least one edit.
-All of your songs must have at least two "pan" changes.
-At least one of your songs must have your voice recorded on it.
-Upload all your songs to your wikispace.
-There is a total of 100 points for this assignment.
-You will also receive an IB grades for Investigate, Create, Evaluate, and Attitude.


Day 1:
Take the Test on Skyward.

INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences)
Identify the Problem:
1. What is the problem you need to solve?
that i need to make five songs in a week.
2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world?
you need to investigate and plan create and evaluate like i need to get to school but how see i am planning how to get to school.
3. How does music change me.
it makes me calm and relaxed.
4. What are the requirements for this assignment?
make five songs with five tracks in each song.
5. What is GarageBand?
it is a place to create music.
6. Spend 15 minutes experimenting with GarageBand. List three new things you learned about GarageBand: there are many ways to make a song, you can record your voice, you can have a bunch of fun doing Garageband.

Design Brief:
7. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it for.
i am making five songs for my grades on the computer.

Formulate a Design Specification:
8. What are the requirements for this assignment?
you need five songs, one minute each, five tracks on each song.
9. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?


PLAN:
Day 1: Answer the questions under "Investigate", and start GarageBand.
Day 2: Finish Day 1 and start GarageBand.
Day 3: Work on GarageBand.
Day 4: Work on GarageBand.
Day 5: Work on GarageBand.
Day 6: Work on GarageBand.
Day 7: Send your songs to iTunes, upload your songs to your Wikispace, and burn your song to a CD if you choose.


CREATE:
  • Use appropriate software to create your songs . (and be nice to my computer!)
  • Follow your plan.
  • Pay attention to the quality of your songs!


EVALUATE:
10. How many songs did you create?
i have created five songs.
11. How could you improve your songs?
go back and create more things for my songs
12. Did you meet all of the requirements?
yes i have must have five one minute songs and each one of those songs have five tracks.
13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle.

  • What did you do well in the Investigate step? What do you need to improve?
  • What did you do well in the Plan step? What do you need to improve?
  • What did you do well in the Create step? What do you need to improve?
  • What did you do well in the Evaluate step? What do you need to improve?
14. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer?
I was responsible of using the internet, I only used the things that I needed to use.
15. How does music change the way you act and feel about yourself?
it makes me calm and relaxed.
16. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6)
i think i deserve a five on this project but the teacher decides what to give me.

ATTITUDE:
17. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer: it was hard at first, then I got the hang of it and it became easy.
18. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6)
i think i deserve a five on my attitude but the teacher decides what to give me.