Monday, November 16, 2015

Sports Technology Unit Details.

Unit details:

Below are the unit details for this unit

Designers don't just create products and solutions out of no where.  They have a process that enables them to succeed.  In MYP Design we focus on how to approach design.  Students learn the Design Cycle- An effective method for engaging with design problems.  Always remember that your goal is to apply the design cycle to solve problems for real situations. That is why we insist on a real client.In design emphasizes in the process is actually MORE critical than the product at this point in MYP.  Evidence of your learning and the evolution of your ideas throughout in the product development should be clear.Activity 1a) Read the following article and comment on how the technologies described will impact sports.http://www.topendsports.com/resources/technology.htmhttp://www.topendsports.com/sport/tennis/hawkeye.htmhttp://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/ten-techs-transforming-sports.htm

b) Databases used to manage sportsCreate your own online database for sports management using https://www.zoho.com/creator/create-online-database.html

c) Sport training solutionOpen the following training and discuss how effective these solutions are for training in sports.Coach solution http://micoach.adidas.com/Trainer solution http://www.tricoretraining.com/trainer/

d) Sport simulatorsWhat are they and how useful are they in sports?http://www.animotion.eu/pages/en/sport-simulators.phphttp://www.sportssimulator.com/http://www.visualsportssys.com/

g) Gaming in sportsHow has gaming transformed sports? Which are the common softwares used to develop sports gaming solutions?http://www.teamonthree.com/features/playbooks/create-sports-playbooks.aspxhttp://gizmodo.com/5509025/how-professional-athletes-use-video-games-as-training-aids

Research Activities

1. In-Text Citation.

In - Text Citation allows the reader to know what ideas, opinion and facts are the author's and what came from the source. The citation also refers the reader/ examiner to the reference page at the end for full citation.

In APA style, in-text citation are composed of author's last name, date/year of publication and the page number. (Truner, 2003,p.34).If you include a page range, use two ps followed by a period (Wafula, 2015, pp.34-35). The sentence period comes at the end of closing parenthesis.


 Additional information
 1. one author stated "..................",(Tally, 2003, p.6).
2. Two authors said, "...................",(Tally,& Deifan,2003, p.7).
3. Three to five authors ".............", (Tally, Daifan,&Mohamed, 2003, pp. 45-46).
4. Six or more authors, ".............",(Tally et al,2003, p. 17).
5. Unknown author use short title (" hip hop art", 2006, p. 7).
6. No date no page  (" hip hop art", n.d, para.1).
N/B:

When using APA format, follow the author-date method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998) said...., and a complete reference should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper.
 Read more on this link In-Text citation

2. Writing Bibliography for Websites/ YouTube videos (APA)

Citing a general website article with an author

APA format structure:
Author, A.A.. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article title. Retrieved from URL

Citing a general website article without an author

APA format structure:
Article title. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Retrieved from URL

How Do You Write Bibliography Of a YouTube Video?
Follow these steps:

1. First Identify the AUTHOR's Surname or screen name the rest leave them in initials.
e.g. Victor.S.W. 

2. Second identify the YEAR, MONTH, DATE, VIDEO POSTED -(2011, April, 4)

3. Third Identify the VIDEO TITLE - Video File. ( italics)

4. Fourth identify the RETRIEVED FROM- URL of specific video,

Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video
file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

3. Appendix/appendices.

An appendix (one item) OR appendices (more than one item) is information that is NOT ESSENTIAL to explain your findings in the essay or report that you have written. However, this information may support your analysis and justification of your conclusions. For example the interview questions and answers.

 Therefore, you will need to know that: 
● Appendices are used when the incorporation of material in the body of the work would make it poorly structured or too long and detailed.( Interviews, questionnaires, surveys and their answers can be placed in appendix)

● Appendices may be used for helpful, supporting or essential material that would otherwise clutter, break up or be distracting to the text. ( images, photocopies, drawings, sketches,...)

● Other people’s work in the appendix will be referred to (e.g. see Appendix 3), not quoted (e.g. using short or long quotes) from the appendix.

 ● Appendices must be referred to in the body of the text, for example, ‘details of the questionnaire are given in Appendix B (on page 23)’

- Appendices are placed at the end of references.

Examples of students’ understandings about using appendices Student 1 (reflective writing) 
This example is about a two-page questionnaire that I designed and placed in the appendices. My understanding is that an appendix can be information that you used to inform your writing that you don't want to put directly into the essay; however, you MUST refer to this appendix in the body of the essay Therefore, in my Education essay, I included an appendix that was the actual questionnaire that I gave to my students when I was on teaching practice. In my essay, I wrote for the marker to ‘see Appendix 1’ when I had mentioned the results of the questionnaire I was required to write and use with my class.

 Student 2 (reflective writing)
 In my nursing assignment, my appendices were used to supplement the information in my essay. Firstly, we had to demonstrate our knowledge of the human skeletal system. The photocopied diagrams covered a number of pages, so Appendix 1 was a set of photocopied, labelled diagrams of the skeletal system discussed and referred to in the essay. Because the photocopied diagrams were copied from a book, I placed an in-text reference to this source in my writing. Secondly, we had to summarize the results of interviews with five patients at the local hospital about their recovery from bone breakages in car accidents, so Appendix 2 was a transcript of these interviews. Using appendices like this meant that I could show my lecturer that I had completed the set task and collected the data for the issues that were discussed in the essay

More information on appendix click on this link  How to use Appendix

3. Reference - APA

Writing the perfect bibliography: 

Why do you need to do it?
  • It helps you to find the resource again if you need it.
  • It helps others find the resource if they want to read more about what you have found.
  • It helps to keep you honest in your research by requiring you to cite your sources.
  • It shows the depth and breadth of your research and knowledge.
  • It helps you develop competence in information literacy and organisation - which help you take responsibility for your own learning.

How to do it?
  • The following instructions are a brief guide on what you need to include and when for different resources to create a citation. It is called the APA style. APA stands for American Psychological Association which has created this style for use in all its publications.
  • After you have written the citations for the resources, you need to organise them into alphabetical order by the Authors surname at the end of your project - no matter what it is, you need to have a bibliography.
  • The date always goes after the first entry - author or title.


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