Investigate Task

Introduction: For this project my product will be looking at different type of sports shoes. The sports that the shoes will apply to will range from, invasion games (e.g. basketball or foot ball) or single person sports (e.g. racing or cross country). I would like to design, or at least get somewhere near the perfection of the shoes that apply to these sports. This is due to the fact, every time they bring out a bran new shoe, it is said  it is perfect however after a while there is a new and again it is said to be the best. However since this factor is in the way, no person will ever be able to design the one and only sports shoe, however we can always try our best and create the perfect shoe that will be the best over some period of time. This is my goal, to achieve it I will question my peers through a specific questionnaire one what sport they most encounter and what they look at in a perfect basketball shoe, this will then be the area i will focus mostly on. However this shoe must also have impact in my life.

My target audience: My target audience will include men and women, from ages 12-14 ( these ages apply to the grade 9)

The Three Sports to choose from, the sport picked will impact on the shoe specification:

• Foot Ball
• Basket Ball
• Cross Country 

The reasons I have looked at these specific sports, is because they are the most common ones encountered in Dubai, as also in my daily life:

• Foot Ball: Foot Ball is a very common sport, each school has there own football team, each person has there own favorite foot ball player, also there own favorite equipment, which mostly include the shoe. In my daily life foot ball is not an essential sport, as I am not a football player, however I still do enjoy it. After this short reflection on whether this shoe is important to me, I think I won't be designing this shoe, however this decision is still to be made.
• Basket Ball: Basket Ball is a tremendously popular sport in our grade, however not only in our grade also in the all wide city. However it is very  popular due the fact it is being the main topic of the Physical Education Unit and so even if you don't play it on a daily basis you still get to play at least 2 times week with your team. This is the reason that most likely I will be picking this for my chosen sport. However this decision is not final.
• Cross Country: Cross country is a decently popular sport, encountered in Dubai, this is mostly due to the numerous amount of places to run, either, around lakes, sidewalks, sand places or sometimes even grassy places, and who would not take the chance. My age group meaning my group, has done and is doing this frequently and this would be a could sport to focus, because the show would have to apply to all different environments. This shoe might be or might not the chosen one.

Choosing My Idea: Through the past sport analysis I have been saying that the decision is not yet final, this is because I have yet to examine the results front he questionnaire that was used to achieve different opinions about the different sports as well as the different specification the person is looking in a professional sport shoe.

My questionnaire started from a general question about sports, and then going into to shoe specifics. After this questionnaire gets answered I will able to start investigating specific shoes on specific features. I interviewed 30 people.

These are the tables and graphs representing my results




My final choice has been made. I will investigate Foot Ball Shoes looking mostly at Accessories/Movements. I have made this choice from the survey answers I got and my own
opinions




3 Evaluations of already existing shoe designs, from different brands

NIKE

 Qr Code Leading to the Website

Adidas

Qr Code Leading to the Website

Puma

Qr Code Leading to the Website

3 Evaluations of existing  methods of Advertisement

Brochure

Reflecting on this Advertisement:

• Very nice display layout
• Usage of pictures, text and color frames to compose an eye catching brochure
• Quick and eye catching homepage 
• At some points a bit to much text, however effectively supported by pictures and diagrams
• Over all great but more pictures and limitation of text would make it perfect

Leaflet

Reflecting on this Advertisement:

• Great usage of pictures
• Perfect picture and text displacement to attract the customers
• Good way to mention a bonus to the meal by just letting it flow right in the side of leaflet
• Red writing always telling us something important
• More text would be also good however in this case it is not that needed
• Over all it is a perfect advert for this type of company however in different cases I would suggest using more text

Company Card

Reflecting on this Advertisement:

• Good use of company significant prizes won
• Proof of significant prizes 
• Contact information, such as phone numbers, email addresses missing, which decreases the card value a lot
• Name of bets staff could all be mentioned
• Overall okay but could be way more better, especially by including the contact information

Reflection

This are the Microsoft Power Point Snap Shots of Mind Maps that will be used for now as a small and brief plan on what will be done for my project.
The mind have been done for every criteria.
If any questions are brought please feel free to comment and I'll be sure to answer them.

Evaluation Mind Map

Create Mind Map

Plan Mind Map

Design Mind Map

Investigation Mind Map

Reflection

This post is just to show the criteria boundaries and why I do these through out my project. I would be very good to take a read through and so understanding my project will be very easy and quick

Back Ground Information On Each Criteria

Criteria A-Investigation
Investigation is the essential part of any project. This is mostly because everything starts with investigation. Investigation is basically, gathering the most important information, which will then be used further in my project.
Criteria B- Design
Design is putting every piece of information from my investigation into one document, which in this case is a the design. The design that I will choose will be the one that shall be created at the end of this project. I will post my chosen design on this blog right after I have finished and perfected it.
Criteria C-Plan
Planning is very important, because with out planning, the sequence of the work will all over the place, doing this and this. However with planning everything will be scheduled week by week, posed on deadlines. Most of all, this will make my project neat and organized.
Criteria D-Create
Create is the final action for the project chosen. It is taking investigation and design, following the plan and creating what we have aimed for. After this the project is soon to be over. Hopefully by creating this we have achieved are target.
Criteria E-Evaluate
Evaluation is very important, because it is reflecting on the project. Looking at the good things and the bad things. Depending on how the project came out or how you followed your plan. The evaluation is best when it is truthful, because good self criticism, can benefit a better next time.
Criteria F-Attitudes
This criteria is basically about you in the project, how you engage, how much effort you put it, similar to Criteria E which is Evaluate, however that speaks more about the project, however Attitudes is mostly about your personal engagement, in group projects this criteria is essential, because in a group when one person does something wrong all the group goes down, and this criteria down grades him the most for what he did.

These were all the 6 Criteria's I will be assessed on during the project.

Reflection

Today's lesson was all about enquirer what and why we will create our chosen sports gears and what we will be learning to use for the duration of our assignment

Brief about my Project

More on my Work, well this is the start of term 2, and there is alot of work going. Mostly creating my own sports gear using the ICT technology we hold. Making a sports gear includes alot of work. Mainly a lot of  steps, starting from Investigation, which I am doing now, and finishing on creating which means finishing of my chosen idea and perfecting it to its best. I'm really looking towards this project because I will be using a lot new software, like photo shop or image editor and many more. Some software like Microsoft, I already know and I'm confident with. But back to the point at the end of this amazing project I will be presenting to you my chosen and perfected idea.

Reflection

In today's lesson we got our project, and so I have posted all the information that will be based upon my upcoming work.
I think that designing our own sports gear is a great idea, we will be able to use photo shop and other editing software but with that also comes a lot investigation. I hope it wont be to hard and I'll try to the best I can.

Project Specification

My project is going to be about creating a practical sports gear under a specific category chosen by the student.

This project requires:

• 3 designs of our sports gear
• 3 designs of a logo, appropriate for the type of sports gear chosen 
• 3 type of advertisement (e.g. brochure or web page) 

The due date for this project is the 8th of December, after every new stage that I complete I will post it to my blog for peers and teachers

Reflection

In today's lesson we got a short brief of what to expect our project to be, and what to be prepared for. Further Information will be posted soon.
Hope you enjoy my up coming project

About Me

Hi my name Michael
I'm in EIS-Meadows
I'm in grade 9
In my ICT Class we do alot of work, and the best way to share and reflect on this is my blogger, so here it goes.