Design & Making: Step 8

			..	Design & Making across the Curriculum An interactive study of the Design Process
Our model is now complete! When you're done with this page, click one of the links at the bottom of this page to return to where you came from.				The last step was to integrate the website into a final design. The written content was sorted into eight areas sympathetic to the steps in the design process, and the page design was developed after the other materials were completed. If I could get rid of the crank and hook the last gear to the first with a piece like this, we would have a perpetual-motion machine! However, because of a small design flaw, I can't. Can you figure out what the flaw is?

		How to assess and evaluate design thinking?
		By using the design process as a guide, students can capture their thinking. Products can be generated to provide evidence of each step in the process. In these products of evidence, teachers can find a student's level of understanding, knowledge, and skill.
		Project Assessment Chart

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		Content and Accuracy	.	·All information was precise and accurate · All facts and materials were relevant to the topic · All information was clearly presented · The audience clearly learned something	.	· Mostly accurate, a few inconsistencies · Most facts and materials were relevant · The information was clearly presented · The audience clearly learned something	.	· Somewhat accurate: more than a few errors or inconsistencies · Most facts and materials were relevant · The audience learned something	.	· Mostly inaccurate: the facts in this presentation were misleading to the audience. · Ideas were not presented coherently and distracted the audience
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		Visual Presentation	.	· Extremely well organized · Presented with originality and unique approach · Large enough for all to see · A variety of visuals was used	.	· Very well organized logical format · Presented with originality and unique approach · Large enough for all to see	.	· Somewhat organized but most facts did not follow smoothly from one idea to another · Not large enough for all to see	.	· Choppy and confusing · Little creative energy was used · No new knowledge was presented
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		Presentation Mechanics	.	· Captured interest of the audience · Constant eye contact with the audience · Was very well prepared and rehearsed · Voice was loud and clear	.	· Captured interest of the audience · Frequent eye contact with the audience · Was somewhat prepared and rehearsed	.	· Sometimes captured the interest of the audience · Some eye contact with the audience · Voice was inaudible · Was somewhat prepared and rehearsed	.	· Did not capture the interest of the audience · Little eye contact with the audience · Was not prepared
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		Criteria	.	· Met all criteria · Creative and efficient use of resources · Understood strategies · Solution is workable	.	· Met most of the criteria · Efficient use of resources · Understood most of the strategies · Solution could be workable	.	· Met some of the criteria · Did not define the strategies or outcomes · Solution could not work	.	· Met none of the criteria · Inefficient use of materials · Did not define the strategies or outcomes · Solution could not work
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