Peer Evaluation

Self Evaluation- Criteria A

Posts on Blog
Research on 2 ideas related to Tech Fair Project	Done
Paragraph which explains what the product is and how does it work	Done
References Cited	Done
Reflection about the research	Done
PowerPoint about the Tech Fair idea posted with minimum 4 slides giving details about the project	Done
Essay about Technology with Global Context as Lens	Done

Statement Inquiry- Development in Technology, Blessing or Cursing and Impact on society

These days technology in the world is developing faster than it used to before and each day there is always a new piece of technology that comes out. At least 50% of the worlds population have technology that they own or have at least interacted with it once or twice. Technology now comes in many different ways like phones, tablets, laptops, and even watches that you can speak through. THIS NEVER EXISTED BACK THEN! Technology can also be seen in two different ways, it could either be a blessing or a curse to the society today and in my opinion I think that it is both. It has equally damaged our society and helped it develop immensely. Without technology this developed today, people would not be having the jobs they have today, life would be much harder and it would not be as fun as it is seen now. Nowadays technology can be used for many different purposes like for people to communicate with family or friends, follow some of their favorite celebrities, play online games with friends and do many things that bring people closer around the globe. Back in the past technology was just used for making life and survival in big companies easier by now with all the modern technology it has changed the way we learn, the way we think, the way we communicate and the way we entertain ourselves.

With more communicative technology around the world, it has made it easier to talk to people without going to meet them personally with social medias like whats app, Facebook and Twitter. Back then when people had no technology people had to send each other letters that were written by hand and send them by the post office, then technology developed and they were able to send them electronic mails by computers, now technology has come so far that hardly anybody sends mails any more other than work purposes and now they all use chats on social medias. Technology is also now being used in places like schools to help students learn better and make there lives easier, nowadays there is no such thing as research from books or even books at all other then the ones you write in. Soon there will be no books at all. Before teachers used to have to write everything for the students to copy down on the board, now it's all converted into power points. All students homework would have to be handwritten and teachers would have to write out the test papers themselves, Now most homework has become an online thing and they can print it out, teachers can just type out the test and print out as many copies as possible.

 Technology has developed so much now and it is surely going to be even more to the coming future. If technology was not as developed as it is today life would obviously be much harder but at the same time much less complicated since everything today relies on the internet?technology so without that the world would probably stop living today. Now with all the blessings that technology has given us with making everything easier and developing the world further with it, it has also left a curse with it. As they all say ,everything that has a good has to also have a bad. Since technology has developed so much it has  massively affected our society and how each individual lives today. Since technology has created the easy use of so much communication with people around the world or just your friends it has meant that people are being less communicative with the people right next to them and when they are face to face they are hardly even talking and they are just attracted to the technology. The development of technology has meant that people are allowed to do almost anything they want on something that could just fit in your pocket or you just easily carry around.

 Technology has created so many problems in the world as some peoples jobs completely rely on technology and without it they can't do anything, this means once the whole world starts using technology and doesn't work the world will stop working.  Technology has made social networks where you can chat with people that are far from you or you don't meet that often but these days people use it to talk when they are right next to each other, or talk to other people when they are next to each other, they are still being social but not in real life when there is a friend or a person you know next to you. Technology can also be used for dangerous ways like cyber bullying and troubling people you don't know or don't like and it can stay there forever. I think technology has done many things to the world in terms of developing it and make it an easier place to live but also equally damaging the social part, it has completely change how we look at the world as an individual and to the future it will just keep getting worse or better, much better. Technology for me is more of a blessing to me for entertainment, communication and education and it has changed my life since I found out about it. There are many things that are curses like not communicating face to face and also being less active but I try and keep it balanced and it has a good impact on me!

SWOT Analysis- Criteria A

Strengths- - The strengths for our project is that our project is very easy to make and it will not take that long to make. - Also that we can easily change our project up because all the materials used are reused. - All the power points and information about the project is easy to make because there is a lot of information about our project.	Weaknesses- - Some of the weaknesses for our project is that our project can easily be damaged - The camera which is used for the spy camera can only be used with internet -  The car can not go very, very far and it has to be always controlled with the remote
Opportunities- - If this project can be done and made very well it can be used in the army to spy on people - If it is really good it can be used in bigger tech fairs outside school and win competitions - We can get a good mark	Threats- - If the camera get’s lost we will lose a lot of money since the camera is expensive and it will be hard to get back - If the project breaks the engine and the camera will be damaged which will then mean we can’t use it anymore

Criteria A- Power Point

Tech Fair project created by others- 4/1/16

What was the product or software developed and how does it work?

The product that was developed was a chemical sniffing Lego robot that was created by Anna Simpson and it is used to fight terrorism by detecting chemicals. She built a mobile robot that was built out of Lego bricks and some simple electric parts. It is able to detect  and react to chemical spills using a porous silicone chip that changes colour when it comes in contact with the compound.

Pictures of the product

Who developed it?

High School Student Anna Simpson

A paragraph on what was developed and how does the product benefit the society.

A chemical sniffing Lego robot was developed and the product benefits the society by fighting and helping people against terrorism since it is able to detect the compound with a certain chip. She is also trying to make it possible for the law enforcement to use it and it becomes a popular product to detect chemicals.

Critical Judgement – Looking at the product from different angles trying to find out flaws and benefits of the product.

I think the product has a lot of benefits since the army will be able to use this as one of their products or weapons to easily detect terrorism and it will help the people of the society and try to stop it. I think the only flaws would be that I want to know how the product would be controlled and how would this be able to defend itself since Lego is not that strong

Cite the references.

11 Amazing Science Fair Projects (science fairs, kids, tech, inventions, science, ) - ODDEE. 2016. 11 Amazing Science Fair Projects (science fairs, kids, tech, inventions, science, ) - ODDEE. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.oddee.com/item_99107.aspx. [Accessed 05 January 2016].

Reflection – On how your research went. What were the keywords that you used in the search engine to get your results. Did you get your results in the first attempt? What were the problems that you faced when searching and how did you refine your search to get the desired result?

My research went very well as I was typing out amazing tech fair ideas and I found what I needed since I was looking for something that I would possibly be able to make as well. The problems I faced when researching were that I was not able to find mainly tech ideas it was more science fair ideas. I changed my research to make it top 10 tech fair ideas so I could find the best.

Tech Fair

 Unit: Tech Fair Project
Global context: Scientific and technical innovation
Statement of Inquiry: Developments in technology could be seen as blessing or a curse depending on the impact it has on an individual or society.
Inquiry Question: How can we use Technology to help develop our ideas to create a masterpiece for the ‘Tech Fair’?
ATL: Thinking skills and research skills