Sacramento Journey

Hi all, here are some photos from my trip.  It is very smoky out here as the fires are burning in areas 20 miles away.

Lesson Plans for Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday

Hi all,

Here are your plans for today & tomorrow.  Your guest teacher will be Ms. Hays on Tuesday afternoon and Ms. Velasquez on Wednesday.  Please show respect to your teacher today.  Use your time wisely.  Make sure your blog reflects all the work you have done so far.

Basic Plan all Periods

1. 10 min - Daily Touch typing on Typing Agent (10 min) - TA or NitroType Games on Fri.
2. 4 min - Check email OR CHECK THE LESSON PLANS on Class Blog(SAME).
3. 4 min - Preview the day’s activities with class - Students are working on coding activities.  
1. All Classes - 2 tasks - finish one, start on the other - VIEW EXAMPLE ON BLOG
1. Task 1 (Due 10/6) - Finish Artist code activity and post:
1. 1 image of the art sample you liked with the code
2. 1 image of completion bar with title of coding activity
3. 1 image of the completion certificate with your username
4. Title the blog post - Hour of Code - Artist
5. Write a brief explanation of the activity
2. Task 2 (Due 10/12) - Start a NEW coding project of your choice.  Please don’t finish one you started last year.  You can do that when you finish a new project for this class.  Please provide the following evidence in your blog post:
1. 1 image of a difficult code string (and graphic) that you conquered
2. 1 image of completion bar with title of coding activity
3. 1 image of the certificate of completion
4. Title the blog post - Hour of Code - My Choice - (Name of Project)
5. Write a brief explanation of the activity
2. No What’s Up Post - Your Hour of Code post will take it’s place
3. Ask colleagues for help but first make sure you try different ways of solving the problem
4. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
5. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they may be just visiting so you will need to move around the classroom and listen into conversations.  THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR GOOD CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT!!!!!
4. Done with Project - Students can do these activities when complete with project and posting on their blog
1. DIY ACTIVITIES

Blogger	Modify your blogs themes, colors, and layout
Tinkercad	Create a new project or work on an old one
Finish Preparing 3D printed ID	Use tools carefully and clean up work table
Scavenger Hunt	Keep working on the Scavenger Hunt.  Link is in the class blog
Read & AR Test	You can read and test in AR
Code.org	Work on another new task or finish one from last year
Scratch	Go play some games on Scratch!  When you find a game you like, look at the code used to create it

5. 1 min - Shutting down & logging out - I make all student wait at stations till all headphones, tables, and chairs are neatly arranged.  I excuse one row at a time.   Do not excuse students until workspaces are clean.
1. P6 needs to put chairs up on FRIDAY!

Reminders:

• Write good, detailed, and readable reflections.  
• Email me if you have any question.
• Collaboration is helpful, socializing is distracting - Know why you are out of your seat and it cannot be to socialize.

I wish you all a good day.  See you tomorrow!

Mr. Garcia

IndieCade 2017 Photos

Here are the photos that I took during our adventure at IndieCade 2017 in Little Tokyo.  Please send me an email with any photos you have of the event.

GAME ON!