DGA Website Investigation

     The topic my group got to research on is texting while driving. The purpose is to raise an awareness and inform teenagers so that they can know about this important topic. We began to research more in depth; we gathered statistics about the increasing number of accidents as a result of this being done. Also we got information on percents and graphs that have these statistics. Most of the information we got is like background information and history. This will help the reader to know what the whole point is and the reasons they shouldn't text while driving.
     All the information was gathered from reliable resources and we checked the links to see if they actually work. Our PSA will be something visual that will help get the point across easier. Each part of the website will contribute to raise an awareness. For example the home page will have tabs that lead to other pages that have more information relevant to the topic.

DGA PSA-Evaluate

     Our PSA came out to be successful. Our self evaluation scores were similar to the peer evaluation grades. The highest was a 95% and the lowest was a 76%. In each step of the design cycle I did the task that corresponded to it. In the investigation stage I didn't research so much. I only looked for a few facts and pictures. Afterwards, I sketched three designs to have more than one idea to choose from. We chose the best one and planned specifically every part of it. Then we started to create it according to our plan. I felt that I evaluated our team critically so that I could clearly see if it was successful or not. I can improve on being more focused and using my time wisely. Now that I reflect on it ii can tell that we could've done better if we were more dedicated. The PSA is beneficial because it raises an awareness, but we could've made it more interesting.

PSA-Create

     To create our PSA we used imovie. We got pictures from the web and also the information on texting while driving. We also downloaded a video to include at the end of our PSA. This is what our PSA is mainly composed of including a background song called Mad World. We didn't make any changes after creating our permanent design and plan. We were able to follow it thoroughly. Overall, our video was created well because it meets the requirements and standards. It clearly sends out a message to teens that text while driving and persuades them to stop doing it showing them the consequences.