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Unit 1 ict project
1. Unit 1 Question:
To What Extent Does our Health Depend on Technology?
Area of Interaction (AOI):
Health and Social Education
Significant Concept:
Our health is only as good as our health service
Clarissa Annunziata
2. Investigate
Problem
For this unit, I have to create a video or animation to educate a certain group on the
health benefits of a particular technology. With this video, I will try to raise awareness of
the problems related to this technology and hopefully teach a certain age group the
dangers and benefits of a particular technology. I will be able to achieve these things
thanks to my investigation which will help me in researching in depth the technology
and then present a video or animation to a certain group.
What kind of technology could I research?
Pacemaker
Dialysis
for kidney’s problems
Electronic cigarette
Electronic toothbrush
After having discussed during lesson, I chose to research the health benefits of the
dialysis machine for kidney’s problem because I think that it is a very important machine
and without technology many people would’ve had many problems with their kidneys.
I will try to educate a certain group of people of what this machine does, how it helps
people and how it works.
How does the problem relate to me?
This project will help many people as it raises awareness of a specific technology that
can provide certain health benefits. I chose to research the dialysis machine and
fortunately, I don’t have any kidney problems so this type of technology isn’t directly
related to me, however I have met people who suffer from kidney problems and this
machine is essential for them to live.
How does the problem relate to the society?
This problem relates to the society in many ways because this technology provides an
enormous change in people’s life and in extreme cases, extending it. Many people
around the world need the dialysis machine to survive so, this problem is very relevant
to the society.
How does the problem link to the Area of Interaction?
This problem relates to mainly Human Ingenuity because as a goal I am creating a
video to raise awareness of the technology that I am researching and to teach a
certain group of people this. It also can be related to Health and Social Education
because I am researching the health benefits of this specific technology and sharing
my information to people.
3. Guiding Questions
I have to create some guiding questions that will lead into my research; these questions
will help me for my research and for the information that I have to find in my investigate
section.
“What are the health benefits of this technology?”
“How does this technology work?”
“How can I raise awareness of this technology with a video?”
“How can I find a variety of sources for my research?”
“How can I decide which age group to focus myself when creating the video?”
“How can I show the information that I researched?”
“How can I make this video interesting to a specific age group?”
Sources that I will need for my research
I came up with a variety of sources for my research, these are essential to have a good
range of different information to make sure that they are relevant, true and recent,
especially when we are talking about health related technologies because they can
change and improve in a short time. So, we have to make sure that sources are recent
and we have to back up them with clear evidence. I should have at least five sources
for my research:
Websites
Books
Magazines
Videos
Newspaper articles
Interview an expert
Television programs
Documentaries
Research: The Dialysis Machine
Does the job that a normal kidney should do
clean the blood and the waste exits the body through
urine.
People use it when they have kidney problems
The blood runs through tubes in the machine that
removes salt and urea form the blood
4. It takes about 4 hours and the patient has to go about three times a week
depending on the case
http://www.davita.com/treatment-options/hemodialysis/in-center-hemodialysis/howdoes-a-dialysis-machine-work?/t/5596
What does my dialysis machine do?
The dialysis machine mixes and monitors the dialysate. Dialysate is the fluid that
helps remove the unwanted waste products from your blood. It also helps get your
electrolytes and minerals to their proper levels in your body. The machine also
monitors the flow of your blood while it is outside of your body. You may hear an
alarm go off from time to time. This is how the machine lets us know that something
needs to be checked.
What are those plastic jugs sitting in front of my machine?
The plastic jugs hold the liquids used to mix the dialysate. The machine mixes the
dialysate, which is made up of an acidified solution, bicarbonate and purified
water. The acidified solution contains electrolytes and minerals. You may hear it
referred to as “acid.” The other solution is bicarbonate or bicarb, which is like baking
soda. Both are mixed inside the machine with purified water. While you are
dialyzing, dialysate and your blood flow through the dialyzer (but they never touch).
Fresh dialysate from the machine enters your dialyzer throughout your treatment.
Impurities are filtered out of your blood into the dialysate. Dialysate containing
unwanted waste products and excess electrolytes leave the dialyzer and are
washed down the drain.
How does my blood get in and out of my body?
Blood tubing carries your blood from your access to the dialyzer. The blood tubing is
threaded through the blood pump. You’ll see the blood pump turning in a circular
motion. The pumping action of the blood pump pushes your blood through the
dialyzer and back into your body.
What’s in the syringe that’s attached to my machine?
Blood tends to clot when it moves through the blood tubing. To prevent this the
nurse will give you a drug called “heparin.” Your doctor orders the amount of
heparin you get at each treatment. That amount of heparin is drawn up into a
syringe then placed on the machine into the “heparin pump.” The heparin pump is
programmed to release the right amount of heparin into your blood tubing during
your treatment. The heparin prevents your blood from clotting.
How does the machine keep me safe?
One problem that may occur during dialysis is that air gets into the blood tubing. To
prevent this from happening, blood tubings have two air traps built into them. One
trap is before the dialyzer and the other is after it. These traps catch any air that may
get into the system. If air does get past these traps an internal machine air sensor
shuts down the blood pump and an alarm will sound. All blood flow is stopped until
the air is removed.
Why are there so many alarms?
The machine continuously monitors the pressures created by your blood inside the
blood tubing and dialyzer. It also monitors the blood flow, temperature and proper
mixture of the dialysate. If any of these go out of range, the machine lets us know by
sounding an alarm, blinking lights and shutting down blood or dialysate flow. It also
lets us know if your blood pressure is too low or high.
5. Design Brief
I will address my new problem stated to a specific group through a video. Since I am
researching the dialysis machine, the age group is quite general but I chose to focus
myself on my age group since I will show my final video in school. I will achieve my
problem by different steps. Firstly I will start with my research and investigating my
chosen technology. Then I will interview some people and create storyboards for my
video and test them with a survey. Testing my storyboards with a survey is very
important to understand which one is the best and which one is the most professional
and the one which has the right amount of research. When I decided which story
board I am going to produce into a video, I will create it and try and make it as
professional as possible.
I will have to organize my time well in order to hand in and create everything in time.
Thanks to a Gantt chart that I will create during the research, I will know what to do in
order to have everything ready in time.
My Goal
With this video, my goal is to educate a certain age group, in this case my age group,
on the health benefits of the dialysis machine. In the video I hope to include some facts
about the machine and how this helps many people around the world.
My Target Audience
The technology that I am researching can be targeted at everyone because many
people of different age need the dialysis machine. However, after talking with my
teacher, I decided to focus myself on school, hence the targeted audiences are
teenagers and my peers. I chose this because I will present my video in front of my
classroom and I hope to educate my peers on the health benefits of this technology.
Design Specification
Limits
Function
There must not
be more than 1
technology
It must not be
Appearance
It must not look
childish
Content
There must not
be too much
information
Materials
The music must
not interfere
with the rest of
the video
There has to be
Size
The video must
not be made in
a poor quality
The video must
6. aimed at any
age group, it
has to be a
specific one
images about
the technology
not be too long
or short
Materials
There must be
music
Size
It has to be
high quality
It has to be
created in a
video format
The video has
to have a
reasonable
length
Materials
There should be
music, fitting
the topic
It should be a
video or
animation
Size
It should be
high quality
Demands
Function
It must talk
about 1
technology
Appearance
It has to be a
video or
animation
It needs to be
aimed at a
specific age
group
It has to be
professional
Content
There has to be
information
related to the
technology
There has to be
images
The information
must be in
bullet points
Wishes
Function
It should be
aimed at my
peers
It should teach
something
Appearance
It should be
professional
Content
It should have
interesting
images
There must be
at least 10 facts
It should be
around 5 min
long
It shouldn’t
bore people
These three tables will help me make my specifications for the project to follow when I
am creating it. The limits and demands are very important for specific information such
as how long the video or animation is going to be is or how many facts to put about the
information.
Test Plan
Test Name
Is the video at least 5
Actual Outcome
Comments/ improvements
needed?
7. minutes in length?
Does the video contain at
least 10 facts about the
chosen technology?
Does it talk about only one
specific technology?
Does the video aim at a
specific age group?
Does the video look
professional?
Is the video interesting?
Is there suitable music in the
video?
Is the information clear and
easy to understand?
Are there enough images?
Is it high quality?
Is it a video or animation?
Do at least 5 people find
my video interesting?
This table is a test plan that I will have to complete once my video or animation is
created. It shows all of the demands, limits and wishes previously stated in the design
specification. It will be very useful to understand which aspects of my video needs
improvement and to see if I did everything following my design specification. Moreover,
it will help me when I will evaluate my whole project against the design specification.
I am going to create another test plan to complete and I chose to do a survey at my
age group and people in school, to understand if my video is interesting, professional
and if it is suitable for my age group. Creating two different test plans will help me have
a variety of opinions to follow and this way you can really understand what is wrong
and right in my video.
Questionnaire
This is a questionnaire that I am going to ask to complete to at least 4 people to get a
clear opinion that will help me to evaluate my video.
Do you like the video?
Did you learn something new from it?
Did you find it entertaining?
Is it professional?
8. Does the music interfere or disturb you?
Is it clear?
Is it high quality?
What would you change?
Any other comments?
Evaluating my performance
During this stage of the design cycle, I had to decide some crucial things for my project,
such as, choosing the technology that I will talk about, choosing which age group to
focus on and doing the design brief and design specification. In this section, there
wasn’t a very difficult thing to do, so I didn’t struggle with much. However, I struggled a
bit in choosing my demands, whishes and limits because I had to carefully choose
everything that I wanted in my video. I could’ve added more things in my test plan and
questionnaire to make it more professional.
When writing the Design Brief and Design Specification, I had to think of every little
detail that is going to be in my video. I chose carefully the time limits, how many facts
there will be about the technology and if I am going to create a video or an animation.
These specifications will help me when I will evaluate my designs against it and see if I
followed it thoroughly.
For the testing part, I chose to do a questionnaire and testing plan. Creating two
different test plans will help me to give a clear opinion of my video and then it is easier
evaluating the whole thing with the opinion of more people.
The research that I did wasn’t very long because the most important facts are written
and, in my video I don’t want to fill it with lots of information. However, I used more than
four sources such as videos, books, websites and an expert.
For my next project, I want to do create an even more detailed specification because
they are essential to carry out a project and to evaluate it against it.
9. Design
Storyboards
In this second stage of the design cycle, I have to create storyboards for my video. I
have to create more than one of it because I then have to choose the best one and
evaluate it against the design specification. The storyboards have to be very detailed;
for example, there can be included if there’s a close up, if there’s a song, how many
seconds or minutes does the clip last ecc.
Storyboard #1
