Wednesday, March 20, 2013

How to draw a 5 point star is better suited for a job aid than learning outcomes or authentic assessments :(

Ok, so after much thought I have come to the humbling realization that my original two ideas are just not well suited for a job aid. Creating authentic assessments, and how to write learning outcomes are tasks that require more depth of explanation, and a job aid is simply not the solution. For that reason I decided to do something more procedural in nature. Drawing a 5 point star does not require in depth  coverage since it is a simple procedure without much complexity.

I first learned how to do this about 20 years ago when I was perusing a book about "how to draw Islamic patterns". The procedure was so simple that it stuck with me for this long since all I need to remember is that 360 / 5  = 72 (3rd grade arithmetic!), and the rest is just common sense. Even though there are many software apps such as illustrator, inkscape, corel draw, etc., that have a star tool (and thus it is a one step process with software) I decided to do this, because everyone ought to know how to draw a 5 pointed star by hand. Right?  :)

Here is my draft. I remind you, that it is a D.R.A.F.T., but the steps of the procedure are pretty much done, but awaiting feedback for improvement :)

So, here:


Thank you in advance for any feedback!

ricardo

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