Andrea+Adachi_Project


 * I will be creating a drug awareness website for Chief Sealth which will include information for both parents and students and ways of prevention. My client is the Teen Health Center. **

Timeline
Have a meeting with the Teen Health Center
 * December**
 * This meeting is to see what they would like to see on the wiki page that I will be setting up
 * Recheck with them to see what days their drug and alcohol specialist is in (Chan Saelee)

Write interview questions! Also set up interviews and the Teen Health Center and Saelee for more facts

Gather numbers and statistics about teens and drugs

Provide websites, hotlines, and more links that people can use if they have any more questions

Find articles about teens and drugs

Start constructing wiki page
 * January**

Complete the wiki by the end of January/beginning of February

Complete wiki by the end of first week of February
 * February**

Show the Teen Health Center the rough draft and see if they have any corrections

Add final touches to project, turn in
 * March**
 * **Week** || **January 19-22** || **January 25-29** || **February 1-5** || **February 8-12** || **February 22-26** ||
 * || I will continue to build the website, starting with the home page. At least once a week, I will have Nurse Alison look at the updates that I have made on the site so she can "okay" it. By the end of this week I will have completed Criterion I. || This week I will keep adding to the website, this week I will summarize the Seattle Public Schools pdf of consequences. By Friday I will be done with Criterion J. (And Nurse Alison will be checking the website to okay the updates made) || This week I will be focusing on the criteria, completing K and L by Friday. As for the website, I will be working on the "Links" page. || I will be focusing on the website this week, adding the information about the dangers and consequences of selling/using/possessing/distributing. This week will also be focusing on adding pictures, making the website look good, etc. || Ideally by this week I will complete Criterion M and I will be putting the final edits on the website. ||

Criteria
Despite statistics that claim that drug use amongst teenagers is on the decline, it is still a serious issue that needs to be addressed. I will be creating a drug awareness wiki for Chief Sealth in order to educate students and parents about the consequences of using/possessing/dealing. My client is the Teen Health Center (see below to see my notes from my Dec. 17 meeting with Nurse Enochs). Currently, if Chief Sealth parents and students have any questions regarding the consequences of possession, etc, they must go to the Seattle Public Schools website and read through their guidelines. Although the information is available, it is lengthy and written in a more corporate manner. One of my goals is to make a wiki that has the same information that is written in more student friendly language.
 * Criterion G**

After my meeting with Nurse Enochs, we have both decided that creating a wiki page is the best way to educate students and parents about drug prevention. It is easily accessible to not only students, but parents as well. A disadvantage of this idea is that families that do not own computers would have more difficulty accessing it. We had also brainstormed about putting up posters about prevention in the halls of the school, but we decided against this idea. The posters would have the same information that the wiki. While creating something online is easier to access, posters hanging in the school would be a constant reminder to students about drug prevention and the consequences. Posters could be problematic because if there is too much information on the them, students will not be interested and stopping and reading them during school. They also do not reach everyone because if they are only made available at school, parents would not be able to see them. We decided to go with a wiki because of the accessibility to the entire Sealth Nurse Enochs provided me with two links to websites with information about the Seattle Schools rules of consequences for possession/use/dealing. She gave me basic information that she would like to have on the wiki, and I plan on going more in depth and providing more detail. I plan on holding interviews with Chan and Claire, the two drug and alcohol specialists that come in every Tuesday and Friday.
 * Criterion H**

Currently, if a parent or student would like to find out the consequences of drug possession, they must go onto the Seattle Schools website, and look on the pdf document titled "Code of Prohibited Conduct". It is a lengthy, 20 page document that discusses a range offenses and consequences involving drugs, violence, etc. On pages 2-4, it discusses the consequences of possessing, distributing, selling, and using "controlled substances": []

Links
[] [|http://www.abovetheinfluence.com] [] [] []_ []

Log Book
Today I brainstormed for my project. The idea I ended up coming up with was the idea to work with the Chief Sealth High School's Teen Health Center in educating students about the Seattle Public Schools guidelines and rules on the consequences of using, possessing, selling, and distributing illegal substances. Drug and alcohol abuse among teenagers is a big issue, abusing substances at a young age makes one more likely to become a chronic abuser as an adult (www.marininstitute.org). I looked at the Chief Sealth website and also the Seattle Public Schools website, looking for the resources already available to students. Currently there is no direct resource for Chief Sealth students.
 * 12.09.2009**

I talked to the Teen Health Center (the school nurse Alison Enochs and drug and alcohol specialist Chan Saelee) today to see if they would like to be my client. I proposed the idea of educating Chief Sealth students about the consequences of substance abuse through an IT solution. They were both enthusiastic to be my client, and were willing to collaborate with me. Nurse Enochs and Mr. Saelee both expressed that students know that there are consequences to selling, distributing, using, and possessing illegal substances at school, but they don't know what those consequences are. Nurse Alison gave me the pdf document that is currently available: directly. http://www.seattleschools.org/area/discipline/ProhibitedConduct-English.pdf.
 * 12.10.2009**

Today I created a timeline, mapping out what needs to be done by March 2010. I also talked with students and teachers about if they knew the Seattle Public School regulations regarding drugs and alcohol, which none of them were entirely clear on (if at all).
 * 12.11.2009**

I talked to a couple of parents today about what they knew about Seattle Public Schools drug and alcohol policies. What all students, parents, and faculty thought was that all drug and alcohol regulations could be found in the student handbook that is available online and in the student planner. I looked into both sources and found that in reality there is no reference at all to any of the regulations.
 * 12.12.2009**

I sent an email to my client, the Teen Health Center/Nurse Enochs --- Ms. Enochs-
 * 12.14.2009**

Hi, my name is Andrea Adachi and I'm in Ms. R's ITGS class. I came in last Thursday to talk to you about creating an IT solution that would raise drug awareness at Chief Sealth. I was interested in setting up a meeting with you to see what kinds of ideas you had. Please just let me know when you're available, I'm free any time. Thanks a lot!

-Andrea Adachi ---

I had a meeting with Nurse Alison today. We decided that between a wiki and a website, we would create a website. I have also started constructing Criterion G.
 * 12.15.2009**

Today I found out that the drug and alcohol specialists, Chan and Claire come on every Tuesday and Friday. I also looked at other Seattle Schools' websites to see if they had any drug and alcohol resources readily available to their students. I looked at the websites of Roosevelt, Garfield, Rainier Beach, Ballard, Seattle Academy, Lakeside School, the Bush School, and the Northwest School. The Northwest School and Lakeside were the only schools that provided online links to its students, while the Bush School made a brief reference to it: "Students will not be permitted to use, possess, or traffic tobacco (including chewing tobacco), alcohol, drugs, narcotics, hallucinogens, non-anabolic steroids. Any student violating this rule will be disciplined as outlined in the Bush School Policies and Procedures.". Every other school directed students to their Teen Health Center and their school nurse.
 * 12.16.2009**

I had another meeting with Nurse Alison. We talked about what kind of information she would like to see on the website. Here are the notes that I took from our meeting: I went and talked to Chief Sealth parents, students, and teachers about what they would like to see on a drug awareness website as well.
 * 12.17.2008**

After coming to the conclusion of creating a website, I completed Criterion G and started H.
 * 12.19.2009**

After looking at the websites of Seattle Public Schools and private schools in Seattle, I looked at school websites outside of the district (Shorewood, Black Hills, Central Kitsap, Shorecrest). I found that all of them either had a student agreement and/or student handbook that made regulations regarding drugs and alcohol explicitly clear.
 * 12.22.2009**

I was working on Criterion H when I clicked to save and then I reloaded the page. When the page reloaded it came up blank, all of the work that I had done since starting the project had been erased. I was able to get back almost all of my information, except for the work I had just done which I was able to recreate.
 * 01.03.2010**

I completed criterion H. I also had one check-up meeting with Nurse Alison.
 * 01.06.2010**

I have started criterion I and I am also beginning to design a layout for the website.
 * 01.08.2010**

I added what the Seattle Schools substance abuse consequences look like now.
 * 01.12.2010**

I have added a couple more links that I intend to use for the information section of my website.
 * 01.13.2010**

I sent Nurse Alison this email: -- Hi Nurse Alison,
 * 01.14.2010**

For the design of the drug awareness website, I was wondering if you would like to have a meeting so we can discuss what you would like the layout to look like, or if you would like me to create several designs and you can choose which one you like the best (and of course, edits can be made to these). If you are interested in a meeting, please let me know when you're available, I'm free any time.

Thanks a lot! Andrea Adachi -- I have decided to use a website that builds websites, webs.com. Webs offers website template and as a user you can fill it out using word boxes and adding pictures, etc. The one downside of using webs.com is that in order to have a free website, one must put ".webs.com" in their url. A user can take that part out if they pay for their website monthly. Even though I have made a website, I'm not going to update it yet. She responded to the email, and I'm going to have a meeting with her today. I will start edits and updates once I talk to her.

Yesterday I talked with Nurse Alison. We discussed what she would like the layout and design of the website to look like.
 * 01.15.2010**

I created a more realistic timeline/calender for when I will be done with the website and the criteria.
 * 01.18.2010**

From my meeting last week, Nurse Alison gave me some more resources to use for the website. They included a powerpoint and a pdf document. Today I worked on building the home page of the website. Initially when I tried to log in, the website wouldn't allow me to because I had forgotten to confirm my email address with the site. Once I had verified my email, I was able to make the corrections and updates needed. This was the progress made today.
 * 01.19.2010**

I had some trouble viewing my website today. I would try and open the url, but it claimed that it could not display the page.
 * 01.20.2010**

I am still having difficulty making updates on the website, it is still stating that it cannot display the page. Since I am having trouble with opening up the website, today I am going to start writing the information for the website on a word document. I also added a few more links.
 * 01.21.2010**

I am still having difficulty accessing the website at school, last night I tried to access it at my house and it worked. Since I do the bulk of my work during class, I am considering changing to another website building site because I have not made a lot of progress on it and changing now would not be a big setback in my work.
 * 01.22.2010**

I am still having trouble opening my web page on webs.com, so I am going to make the switch from webs.com to yola.com. I'm not entirely clear as to why webs.com stopped working on the school computers, but getting it to work is just taking up more time than necessary. I have officially made the switch from webs.com to yola.com. The downsides of Yola are similar to Webs in that unless you pay money, Yola's name will be in the url.
 * 01.25.2010**

Today I worked on the new yola website. I started the home page, writing a bit of information and adding in a logo. I have also changed the appearance of the website, having a more basic look.
 * 01.26.2010**

I worked on the website some more. I updated the Seattle Public Schools Regulations information and added in a section educating the Sealth community about marijuana use.
 * 01.27.2010**

When I went back to check on the yola website, I noticed that all the changes that I made were erased. I'm assuming that I forgot to save the page when I was done working, thus wiping all my information.
 * 01.28.2010**

I started working on my report. I have started to answer the questions listed in the SL project requirements. I have gotten these questions from some of the SL requirements, after I clearly answer these questions, I will create a more cohesive report.
 * 02.01.2010**

Today I continued to work on the report questions. I completed the last questions in the "explanation of the process".
 * 02.02.2010**

I am still working on the report. I have started the "analyzing the problem" section.
 * 02.03.2010**

Today I worked on my report. I had set up a schedule for January 19-February 26, but I have not been following it because this week I have been focusing on the report. I plan on putting more energy into the website in the week of February 15-19.
 * 02.04.2010**

I'm still working on the report, I have made more progress on the "analyzing the problem" aspect of it.
 * 02.05.2010**

I typed up more of my report, I completed the rest of the questions for "analyzing the problem".
 * 02.08.2010**

I am continuing to work on my report, I finished up the "considering the feasibility of alternative solutions" section.
 * 02.09.2010**

I have started answering the questions in the "planning and developing the chosen IT solution".
 * 02.10.2010**

I went through what I have written so far in my report and made sure that all of my information matched up with my log book.
 * 02.20.2010**

Today I continued to work on the criteria and my report, and I also made progress with the website.
 * 02.21.2010**

I continued my work on Criterion I.
 * 02.26.2010**

I took more screenshots and worked more on Criterion I. The website is also completed.
 * 02.28.2010**

Today I wrote up a survey that will be used in beta testing on Thursday (March 4).
 * 03.02.2010**

Today I had my website beta tested by randomly selected users. While they tested the website, I continued to edit and write the report.
 * 03.04.2010**

I had two more beta testers come in and take the survey that I made.
 * 03.05.2010**

A storyboard was made and I worked on Criterion I.
 * 03.07.2010**

I am having troubles with saving information with my USB drive when transferring documents from my home computer and my school computer, visa versa. Yesterday when I worked on my report, I used my USB to retrieve that work that I had done during school on Friday, but it wasn't there. Today when I went to open my documents up that I worked on yesterday, the information was not present.
 * 03.08.2010**

I made edits to website. The link "Seattle Public Schools Regulations" was shortened to "SPS Regulations".
 * 03.09.2010**

I made more edits to the website. A lot of the beta testers said that I needed to make the website more visually appealing, so I added some pictures, changed font colors, etc.
 * 03.11.2010**

Edits on the website are still continuing. Edits on the report were also made. []
 * 03.12.2010**

Today I had my client and technical tester come in and look at the site. I have completed my report and finals edits have been made.
 * 03.15.2010**