Week 3 - Reflection on Design Process

This week we have gone through the design cycle process which can been seen below.

After completing the investigation stage of my initial design of the Sustainable edible garden with links to local indigenous bush tucker, I had to decide on 4 alternate designs using the wise mapping tool that I had learnt to use in week 1 https://app.wisemapping.com/c/login;jsessionid=9B22BE1E25923F5E4C87989440A42E45

I felt I could jump right in and create the concept map fairly easily and took less time then the first. After needing some help from Wendy in week 1 to allow the map to show up as the correct size on my wiki page I was able to use this previous knowledge and tried 3 different sized options until I liked what it looked like on the screen. I was then able to embed the widget onto my wiki page and making sure when it was saved to check that it showed up how I intended for others to see when looking at my page.

Then by using the decision matrix (was a little confusing at first) but as I watched the videos over a few times I was able to complete the excel template (have used excel before which helped) and change a few things to how I needed it to look, I was able to see which number design was the better of the 5 options when breaking it down into different categories.

Overall this has been a great learning experience for me, taking my new understandings of these new online tools and help assist my students in my classroom when needed as students learn basic technology skills from a very young age.