Name:CaraTheunissen

Date:1/9/2014
Unit1.InteractiveMapsandGalleries

CriterionA.InquiringandAnalysing

Part1.ExamplesofInteractiveMaps
A.Onlineexamples:
Lookfor3onlineexamplesofinteractivemapsusedinschools,communitiesandestablishments.
Herearesomeexamples:
http://samples.mapsalive.com/20019/page1.htm
http://www.sevenoaksschool.org/campusmap
http://samples.mapsalive.com/mall1/
http://www.georgeschool.org/campusmap/index.html
http://samples.mapsalive.com/20088/page1.htm
http://www.stjames.edu/Campustour
http://samples.mapsalive.com/20795/page1.htm
http://res.hostexp.com/#UMAP_2012121276845

Cons

http://www.georgeschool.org
/campusmap/index.html

http://www.stjames.edu/Ca
mpustour

http://res.hostexp.com/
#UMAP_20121212768
45

StrongPoints:

Whenyourmousescrolls
overanumberitgivesa
descriptionofwhereitisand
whatitit.Italsoincludesa
picture.

Theyhavemininumbers
nexttoeachbuildingso
whenthemousegoesover
thenumberyougeta
descriptionofwhatthe
buildingisusedfor.

Ilikehowitgivesyou
theoptiontolookatthe
middleschoolandthe
highscoolsideandthis
oneisdifferentthanthe
other2ihavelooked
at.Thionedoesnot
includenumbers,all
thathastobedoneis
putyourmouseover
thelocationyouwantto
lookatanditgivesyou
asimplequick
description.

WeakPoints:

Fromwhaticanseethereis
none.

Itdoesnotgiveyousucha
niceview.Itdoesnot
includeapictureofthearea.
liketheotherswouldhavea
pictureoverthenumberbut
thisonedoesnot.The
numbertagsareinaway
blurryaroundsottakesthe
actualfocusofwhatyouare
supposedtobelookingat,

Someareasarenot
describedlikefor
examplethe
scoreboardonthe
soccerfield.if
everythingbutthati
labeledthingsdon't
looksogood.

tructatabletocomparethestrongandweakpointsofthe3onlineexamplesofinteractivemapsyouhavechosen.

B.Paststudentprojects:
InourclassfolderinGroupDocuments(Design8C20142015),compare3examplesofpaststudentprojectson

interactiveAISMcampusmapsandvirtualgalleries.
Constructa

Map1

Map2

Map3

StrongPoints:

Ilikehoweverythingisso
organizedandthathetook
picturesofourclassrooms
andoutteachers.

ihaventseenthethirdmap
yetbutilovehowthisone
includesallofthestaff
members.Also,howitgives
youadescriptiononeach
page.

WeakPoints:

Thatonthesecondslide
wasboringanditwastoo
muchinaway.butifhetook
pictureslikeonnumberlike
23forexample.number23
istheschoolplayground
whenmymousescrollsover
ititdoesn'tgivea
descriptionorapicture
whichwasnothelpful.

Maybeitcouldhavegiven

usalinkwithaconnected
picturetoitsoifsomeone
justwantedtoseeoneplace
theywouldn'thavetoscroll
throughthewholethingto
findwhattheyarelooking
for.

tabletocomparethestrongandweakpointsofthe3examplesyouhavechosen.

PartII.ProblemandNeed
A.Problem/Need:
TheoldAISMwebsitecontainsanoldAISMsecondaryschoolcampusfloorplanwhichcanbedownloadedin.pdf
file.Checkthecampusfloorplanhere:http://goo.gl/rnHk8l
Thelibrarianalsowantstohaveaninteractivetourforthelibrary.

Explainandjustifytheneedforany1ofthefollowing:(in1paragraph,discussatleast5reasons)
changingtheoldcampusfloorplanintoaninteractivemap
creatingavirtuallibrarytour
creatingavirtualgalleryofcampuslifeoractivities(sports,arts,theater,studentlife,environment,technology,etc.)

B.DesignChallenge:
Yourfinalprojectistodesignandcreateanyoneofthefollowing:
a.InteractiveAISMcampusmap
b.InteractiveAISMsecondaryschoollibrarymap
c.VirtualgalleryofAISMsecondaryschoollibrary
d.VirtualgalleryofAISMcampusactivities(sports,arts,theater,environment,technology,etc.)

Choose1optionfromabove.In1paragraph,describewhatyouwouldliketodoforyourfinalproject.

PartIII.Research
Studyanexamplehere:http://goo.gl/PTJuja

List5
GuideQuestions
forResearch:

Rankthe
importanceof
thequestions:
1:Most
important
5:Least
important

a.

Kenzo."WhatWould
theAudienceliketo
SeeinMyInteractive
Map?"Personal
interview.9Sept.
2014

Whatwouldthe
audienceliketosee
inmyinteractive
map?

Source:
(MLAformat)
(Use
http://easybib.com)

Typeof
source:
Primaryor
Secondary
Source

Secondary

Mainpointsofthe
researchinformation
gathered

Significanceofthe
informationtothe
project:

Theywouldliketo
seecreativeideas
andfunvideosor
interestingfacts
abouttheinteractive
map.

Thiswillhelpme
makemyinteractive
mapmoreinteresting
anditwillattract
morepeopleand
maketheaudience
interested

b.

Whatafterschool
activitiesareheldin
AISMprimary
library?

primary

Theyholdabook
readingclub

Ithelpstheyounger
childrenwiththeir
readingskills.

c.

Howmanysport
activitiesarethereat
AISM

primary

d.

Whatwouldthe
audienceenjoy
seeinginmy
interactivemap

Secondary

e.Whocreatesthe
AISMafterschool
activities?

Primary

WorksCited:CreatealistofallthesourcesyouusedinMLAformat.Seesamplehere:http://goo.gl/PTJuja

PartIV.DesignBrief:Seeanexamplehere:http://goo.gl/oJKHEB
In1paragraph,answerthefollowing:
summarizeandanalysethemainpointsofyourresearch
brieflydescribeyourproposedproduct(Whatareyoumaking?)
identifythetargetaudienceorintendedusersforyourproduct(Whowillbenefitfromyourproduct?)
describehowyouproductwillbeuseful(Howwillyourproductbenefityourtargetaudienceorusers?)