Final Desicion

Me and my partner decided to make the LED Mood Lamp. We thought it would be interesting to make this lamp as we have never actually made something physical by ourselves. It might be more challenging than the camera but we are up for it. We're going to have as much fun as possible and hopefully it's good enough to get us into the Tech Fair.

Software and Hardware

SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE needed for our projects:

Pinhole camera:

• A large piece of 5mm thick foam core board
• A 2cm x 2cm flat piece of metal from a tin can
• Three 35mm spools
• A ballpoint pen 
• Black acrylic paint
• A strong craft glue
• A sharp knife for cutting through the foam core board 
• A metric ruler
• A needle
• A fine-grit sandpaper
• A flashlight or electric torch
• A metal straight edge to aid cutting

LED Mood Lamp:

• Arduino UNO board (older boards should be compatible)
• USB A and USB B connector cable
• Arduino solder-less breadboard shield
• 3 resistors (330 ohm)
• Red LED
• Blue LED
• Green LED
• Breadboard connector wire
• White paper
• Scissors
• Tape

Advantages and Disadvantages of my idea

Pinhole camera:

Advantages:

• Captures images clearly
• Captures high resolution images within seconds 
• High quality images of outdoor and indoor settings

Disadvantages:

• Might break easily
• Might be difficult to judge exposure probably
• Long exposure time

(LED) Mood Lamp:

Advantages:

• Cheap materials
• No prior or electrical experience needed for the project
• It takes about 15 minutes to resemble

Disadvantages:

• Technology knowledge required
• Materials might be hard to find
• Circuity knowledge and C programming needed

Tech Fair Thoughts

TECH FAIR THOUGHTS

Me and my tech fair buddy are have come up with two ideas for the tech fair. We have to think hard about it because there are disadvantages and advantages for both the ideas. We came up up with two ideas which are:

• Pinhole Camera
• (LED) Mood Lamp 

Peer Review - Wiki

I marked Uday's wiki and I was quite impressed. He could make some improvements but overall it was pretty good. As the total mark, he got a 5. That's good but I'm sure he can get a 6 if he makes all the improvements.

Strengths:
His home page was written in complete detail which amazed me. On him home page, I found a true reflection and description about him. He included three examples of his hobbies and interests and why he liked them. His personal statement was more than 3/4 paragraphs long. Uday's wiki was original and attractive because he changed the original colour to something more appealing. Also, he changed the original wiki picture to something different. On each page, he had a suitable heading so I knew what I was going to read about. Every subject that I read about reflected sensibly on a piece of work in full detail. The subjects EACH have one picture and EACH subject is longer than 4 paragraphs with a lot of detail. As a reader, I have understood what I was reading and I knew what Uday studied in term 1.

Weaknesses:
He didn't have many weaknesses but there were some that he could improve on. On his home page (personal statement) he needs to include examples of at least 2 things he dislikes and he also needs to discuss his family. Also, he didn't give examples of the places he has visited. Uday can improve on his grammar. Most of it was correct and accurate but not all of it. His wiki showed originality in the look and feel but could improve. Uday did NOT add 9 subjects to his pages. He only added around 6. And because of that, he lost quite a few marks. His page layout is awesome but it could have been more appealing to attract some attention.

Peer Review

I marked Uday's blog. It was pretty impressive. Everything that was required on the sheet, Uday had included in his Process Journal. It was an easy 6 for almost all the requirements.
All his information was fully detailed and easy to understand.
Maybe his grammar can be improved in the posts. 


He could fulfill some of the requirements such as:

• Putting a picture
• Correct grammar in ' All about Me ' 

Overall, it was a very well done blog. 

http://udayprocessjournal.blogspot.com/

Weaknesses 
Strengths
Improvements

Investigating software options for creating a Digital Portfolio

Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a web design software/web development software. 

Pro:

Dreamweaver is available for Mac and Windows. 

Dreamweaver helps you quickly scan your code as well as spot any errors. Also, some other stuff with the code.

You can create a template with different functions.

Con:

You have to understand what to do with the codes and you have to the functions.

HTML

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. 

It is the main markup language for displaying web pages and other information.

HTML is written in the form of something called HTML elements which consist of tags together within angle brackets (like <html>).

Pro:

HTML gives you the ability to put graphic ads through your newsletter.

Con:

HTML is a very weak formatting tool that lacks even the most basic page-oriented formatting capabilities

Frontpage

FrontPage is a discontinued  HTML editor and Website administration tool from Microsoft.

Pro:

Very low at cost.

Easy to edit some features.

Con:

Doesn't produce codes as neatly as Dreamweaver.

Current edition is only available for Microsoft. 

Which one?

In my opinion I think Dreamweaver is the best one because it is neat for the codes and it is more simple to use.