Computer Design Projects

Overview

Work Responsibility

Professional Development Prepares - Pursues Goals Communicates Applies Computer Knowledge Project Management Skill Seeks Information Conveys Achievements Meets Deadlines Completes A Good Project

Developing Work Responsibility

1. Chooses a Study Topic.

Marginal 60 Describes a general area to learn about.

Satisfactory 70 Defines the kind of material that would support learning.

Average 80 Finds relevant source material on the world wide web.

Better 90 Locates a book to learn from.

Ideal 100 Absorbs contents of book on subject .

2. Cooperates With Others

Marginal 60 Comes to most class meetings.

Satisfactory 70 Participates in most class meetings.

Average 80 Comments on written drafts.

Better 90 Shows how something can be done using computer technology.

Ideal 100 Assists partners and classmates; improves the work of others.

3. Supports Task Success

Marginal 60 Does something toward the general project goal.

Satisfactory 70 Prepares items to share with partners.

Average 80 Contributes technical knowledge in class.

Better 90 Documents work done.

Ideal 100 Creates text and appendices that enable successors to complete the job.

4. Selects Work Directions

Marginal 60 Develops a project from a work task.

Satisfactory 70 Prepares requirements to make project realistic.

Average 80 Interacts with new clients to define a project.

Better 90 Prepares specifications for own task based on group or client needs.

Ideal 100 Continues project tasks to completion or assignment to others.

Professional Development

1. Identifies Skills

Marginal 60 Selects a single work mode.

Satisfactory 70 Selects more than one work mode.

Average 80 Finds worker and manager roles.

Better 90 Determines needed knowledge.

Ideal 100 Develops a new work skill.

2. Chooses To Grow

Marginal 60 Gives required talks and contributes to written drafts.

Satisfactory 70 Learns a new computer language.

Average 80 Finds a new way to work in a noncomputer mode.

Better 90 Starts a program of self-study.

Ideal 100 Completes some part of a self-study program.

3. Strengthens Expository Skills

Marginal 60 Learns to create and speak from outline, write on, film transparencies.

Satisfactory 70 Learns to use graphic aides in transparencies or hand outs.

Average 80 Contributes to improvement of drafts by others.

Better 90 Seeks out handbooks on writing.

Ideal 100 Makes visuals support text; checks the report draft against handbooks.

4. Defines a Future Plan

Marginal 60 Lists work that remains.

Satisfactory 70 Prepares requirements to finish the project.

Average 80 Investigates new company support paths.

Better 90 Prepares a proposal outline based on the project report.

Ideal 100 Prepares a proposal draft based on the project report

Pursuit of Goals - Focussed Preparation

1. Initiates

Marginal 60 Describes some work concept.

Satisfactory 70 Refines an initial work idea.

Average 80 Brainstorms comfortably with others.

Better 90 Leads idea development process.

Ideal 100 Generates unforseen directions from leading an idea development process.

2. Develops

Marginal 60 Writes an understandable draft describing work for a project.

Satisfactory 70 Learns in a technical computer domain to accomplish a project subtask.

Average 80 Writes and creates figures - diagrams, charts; to further project.work.

Better 90 Starts with figures and writes a facing page text description.

Ideal 100 Refines a facing page text description in accord with a project program.

3. Sustains

Marginal 60 Supports a project by words and some deeds.

Satisfactory 70 Creates and modifies written items to hand out or give back to partners.

Average 80 Conveys references or technical suggestions to partners and classmates.

Better 90 Creates an engineering notebook or weekly progress report to share.

Ideal 100 Reports on work evolution to partners and class in writing and orally.

Communicates

1. Verbal Skills

Marginal 60 Answers questions and completes presentation assignments.

Satisfactory 70 Makes comments that start some changes in work direction.

Average 80 Develops ability to convey a technical idea to a group.

Better 90 Finds ways to change oral presentations to suit audience needs.

Ideal 100 Convinces all about the merit of a viewpoint.

2. Writing

Marginal 60 Contributes to required reports and finishes other assignments.

Satisfactory 70 Creates a notebook recording design choices and technical ideas.

Average 80 Seeks out handbooks on writing or books on style, technical writing, etc.

Better 90 Seeks ways to read and write regularly.

Ideal 100 Builds a writing self-study program with definite improvement goals.

3. Interaction

Marginal 60 Available to group members by phone and email.

Satisfactory 70 Recommends another person to a new source.

Average 80 Becomes involved in dialog about a technical point.

Better 90 Helps others gain technical knowledge.

Ideal 100 Others come to know they can gain from interacting with the person.

4. Positive Support

Marginal 60 Meets deadlines and helps others stay on that track.

Satisfactory 70 Prepares intermediate drafts in a timely manner.

Average 80 Comments appreciate the achievements.

Better 90 Comments appreciate the achievements, show possible improvements

Ideal 100 Prepares group(s) to propose or seek investment funding.

Applying Computer Knowledge

1. Conceives

Marginal 60 Describes a software, hardware, analysis, or system activity.

Satisfactory 70 Locates relevant material to a chosen computer or system activity.

Average 80 Synthesizes material, interviews and new products built with partners.

Better 90 Creates a novel approach to a technical issue.

Ideal 100 Develops a working prototype demonstrating skill and resolving a task.

2. Presents

Marginal 60 Talks about something that strenghthens the computer skills of others.

Satisfactory 70 Gives out material to strenghthen the computer skills of others..

Average 80 Leaves audience able to work in a new way in the computer field.

Better 90 Motivates working in a new way in the computer field.

Ideal 100 Involves the class in a computer field aspect supporting project design.

3. Builds

Marginal 60 Describes an activity by a series of flow charts.

Satisfactory 70 Develops cos t and marketing information .

Average 80 Contributes to a joint software system or other computer design.

Better 90 Prepares much of software system or other computer design.

Ideal 100 Also documents own design and correlates it with others' creations.

Project Management Skills

1. Segment and Synthesize

Marginal 60 Describes components of an overall work concept.

Satisfactory 70 Arranges component solutions into an overall product.

Average 80 Brainstorms comfortably with others.

Better 90 Leads idea development process.

Ideal 100 Generates unforseen directions from leading an idea development process.

2. Review and Revise

Marginal 60 Writes an understandable draft describing work for a project.

Satisfactory 70 Learns in a technical computer domain to accomplish a project subtask.

Average 80 Writes and creates figures - diagrams, charts; to further project.work.

Better 90 Starts with figures and writes a facing page text description.

Ideal 100 Refines a facing page text description in accord with a project program.

3. Agree

Marginal 60 Participates in discussions with group members.

Satisfactory 70 Recommends another person to a new source.

Average 80 Becomes comfortable in brainstorming.

Better 90 Contributes to acheiving an agreement.

Ideal 100 Organizes and leads a negotiation or brainstorming session.

4. Perfects

Marginal 60 Creates substantially error-free materials.

Satisfactory 70 Checks spelling and grammar.

Average 80 Checks for code comments and text explanations of figures, tables.

Better 90 Fosters a group style that supports a common goal.

Ideal 100 Prepares course items with continuing, after-term activities, in mind.

Seeks Information

1. Interacts

Marginal 60 Asks questions in class.

Satisfactory 70 Presents partial solutions, initial knowledge to generate comment.

Average 80 Reads one book or several world wide web pages on a single subject.

Better 90 Finds source/needs fromgovernmental or nonprofit organization employee.

Ideal 100 Prepares for future meetings to finish the design and development process.

2. Initiates

Marginal 60 Specifies own project work.

Satisfactory 70 Develops a common goal with others.

Average 80 Creates outlines, schedules, diagrams, and charts to further project.work.

Better 90 Searches web or library to find main technical tools, target agencies, etc.

Ideal 100 Proposes or writes an invention disclosure for program or hardware design.

3. Disseminates

Marginal 60 Works in some current source to learn skills to improve own project.

Satisfactory 70 Points out a current source to another project.

Average 80 Finds new information to present to the class.

Better 90 Includes substantial search (web or library) information in project.

Ideal 100 Demonstrates advantages of project approach compared to other sources.

Conveys Achievements

1. Distinguishes

Marginal 60 Says what is own work only in class presentations.

Satisfactory 70 Presents diagrams in talks that become figures in project reports.

Average 80 Describes work done alone by a short abstract.

Better 90 Uses straightforward matter-of-fact language in description of work.

Ideal 100 Presents an overall finished team design with brief statements of individuals' contributions to the process.

2. Educates

Marginal 60 Speaks about the needed project work.

Satisfactory 70 Presents accomplishments on some aspect of the project.

Average 80 Knows the difference between a patent and a copywright.

Better 90 Prepares a state of the art background survey on the project.

Ideal 100 Writes a claim regarding a new invention.

Meets Deadlines

1. Completes Tasks

Marginal 60 Acts to finish something related to the project just before a deadline.

Satisfactory 70 Presents part of a solution to one partner in advance of a deadline.

Average 80 Revises a draft using partner comments in time to meet a deadline. .

Better 90 Resubmits version of work to a partner well in advance of the deadline.

Ideal 100 Prepares part of a report where all participated in the revision process.

2. Works With Others

Marginal 60 Finds a way to remind a partner about a mutually agreed goal.

Satisfactory 70 Develops steps to progress to a mutually agreed goal with a partner.

Average 80 Builds a trust relationship with partners.

Better 90 Seeks ways to stimulate partners to greater effort.

Ideal 100 Creates an enthusiastic atmosphere about the design work.

Completes A Good Project

Marginal 60 Item has rough form of a report and some minimal thought about the job.

Satisfactory 70 Achievement is similar to things done before and shows little innovation.

Average 80 Achievement shows new work and some original result.

Better 90 Substantial and credible achievement or rediscovery of a significant thing.

Ideal 100 An original effort that achieves something not done before anywhere.

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