GIMP+Project

=GIMP Project =

= Introduction to the TASC Wheel =  The TASC wheel outlines a process that supports thinking and creative problem-solving.
 * Cybersafety Poster using GIMP **
 * Aim: ** **To use the process outlined in the TASC wheel by doing an activity**

When confronted with a problem, the TASC wheel can be used to guide your thinking to consider the problem, develop, consider and discuss ideas, implement and share a solution, reflect on what you learned and reflect on how to do improve.

The intent is to become accustomed to using this process so that it is second nature. In this activity, you will consider the process you are going through as well as completing the activity.  The school is putting on an Education Fair for the students. The purpose is to introduce students to the educational and social aspects of school life. You have been asked to make a poster about cybersafety. You will create a poster about cybersafety. The poster must be A4 size and incorporate text and images.
 * Situation: **
 * Activity: **

You will select a theme or topic about an aspect of cybersafety or cybersafety in general (will it interest other people or can you make it interesting). What design ideas can you use to capture someone’s attention?

 On Pages 2 and 3 are a set of questions that can be applied to this specific activity. These questions may help you with this particular activity.
 * Resources: **

On Page 4 is a set of general questions related to the TASC process. These questions may help you use the process in any situation.    <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Have I presented material about cybersafety before? Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity?
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part One – Planning **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">TASC Process ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Questions to consider ** ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Gather/Organise **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What do I know about this? ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What do I know about cybersafety?

What skills and knowledge will I be using? <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-spacerun: yes; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msospacerun: yes;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on cybersafety? Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students? Are there examples of cybersafety posters or materials that I can look at? What are the obstacles? What problems may happen? Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for posters. What software will be used to create the poster? Have you used any drawing/paint tool software? If so, name them? Have you had any experience in using Gimp? || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> What aspects of cybersafety interest me? What would I want to see on a poster? Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. Are there any other subjects to consider? What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea? || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea?
 * ==Identify==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What is the task? **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What do I want to accomplish in creating a poster? How do I want to interest others in my topic? Do I want to present an informative poster that can be used as a reference? Do I want to present a warning poster that alerts people to danger? Or some combination of those goals?
 * ==Generate==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How many ideas can I think of? **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">List as many ideas as possible.
 * ==Decide==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Which is the best idea? **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Which are the best ideas? Prioritise the 3-5 best ideas.

Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal? What is my plan? What are the steps to follow? How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones? Possible list of steps: <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Research and gather material about my subject. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Revise material and compose text for poster. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Create graphics. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Take pictures. Edit pictures. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Assemble text and images into poster. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Review poster and modify as needed. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating **<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity. Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created? <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Is the text as interesting or informative as intended? Are the graphics and images appealing?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">TASC Process ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Questions to consider ** ||
 * ==Implement==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Let’s do it! **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Am I making progress through the plan?
 * ==Evaluate==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How well did I do? **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did I complete the task as originally set out? Did I solve the problem?

What have I done? What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good?

Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything?

Have you checked your poster for any spelling errors?

Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others? || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * ==Communicate==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Let’s tell someone! **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(You may have answered some of these questions early on during the planning stages.)

Who can I tell? Who is my audience?

What is the best way to present this to my audience? How do I interest other students in my particular subject?

Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students? || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * **Learn from experience**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What have I learned? **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If I had to start this activity all over again, how would I improve my performance? Would I change my work habits? Would I use a different subject or different design? Would I only make small changes?

How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task?

Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information? Can I use that elsewhere?

How has my thinking changed as a result of this work?

What skills have I learned and developed? Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities?

What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome?

How did I use the strengths of others to help me? || WebQuestUK <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[] Welcome to e-TASC <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[] ** Resources: **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources: **<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">TASC - Thinking Actively in a Social Context <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|http://www.tascwheel.com]



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