DiDA – Sources table
Lesson 1 – Objectives
• Understand the need for the sources table.
• Using research to get ideas
• Evaluating sources.
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Research
• Anything that we find for use in our ICT work
is research.
• Good research will make your work
professional while poor research will reduce
the quality.
• This includes images!
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Poor image research
• What is wrong
with this
image?
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Poor image research
• What is wrong
with this image?
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Tips when choosing an image
• Never select an image with a water mark on
it!
• Always search for “large” images.
• Ensure the image matches your theme
• Always select full size image!
• Always look through a few pages of results
before selecting a image.
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Activity
• Imagine you have been asked to create a
poster advertising a charity which supports a
jaguar.
• Try and find a image to add to the poster. This
image will take up most of an A4 page.
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Some considerations
Would this work?
DiDA – Sources table
Some considerations
Would this work?
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Some considerations
Would this work?
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Some considerations
Would this work?
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How a image can be used
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Finding examples
• You will be creating a poster to promote a
fictional film of your choice.
• Before you start you need to look at example
posters AND record your findings.
• We need to understand what makes a
successful poster
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Comparing posters
What makes a good poster?
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Comparing posters
What do they have in
common?
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Activity
• Find 4 movie posters (different movies!)
• Copy the following into a word document (we
will be needing it later!)
– The URL (address)
– The poster itself
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Filling out the sources table
• You can get the sources table here
• Or you can get it from the dida help site
– http://dida.pwnict.co.uk
• Use the next few slides to help you complete
it.
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Item / where found
Item – What you found
Where found – The URL or
address of the resource
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Description of item
• It this column you must specify what ideas you
are taking from the research.
• You should only pick one or two ideas from
each research item.
• You can also specify ideas which you will NOT
use.
• You must say how you are going to implement
this idea in your work.
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Look at the example
• Look at the example sources table to get ideas
on what to add.
• Notice the other columns and how they were
completed
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Activity
• Complete the sources table for the 4 items of
research you have found.
• DO NOT start the poster!!!!!! We still have a
way to go!