RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 12/18 - 22/2023

  Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our last school week of the year 2023!

All of our classes have some tasks to finish up.  Keep going, do all you can before the break.

Class parties need to be planned before Tuesday so get on it Party Planners and get your class ready to party.  Parties will be on Thursday, Friday will be a minimum day.  

Hope your Christmas shopping is done, it's almost Christmas Time!

      

P3 & 4 Due By 12/22

• November Keyboarding Test, Post, & Reflection
• Complete Portfolio Home Page
• Post Earthquake Survival Kit Project & Reflection

P5 Due By 12/22

• November Keyboarding Test, Post, & Reflection
• Complete Portfolio Home Page
• Project Identification (turned into Garcia via email.  Will post in portfolio in Jan)
• PSA Milestone 1 - Garcia has that data

P7 Due by 12/22

• November Keyboarding Test, Post, & Reflection
• Complete Portfolio Home Page
• Project Identification (turned into Garcia via email.  Will post in portfolio in Jan)
• Spike Robotics - 1st Unit lesson - post in portfolio with image and reflection

Today is the Winter Solstice!

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Period 3 - ELD

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Reading Maniac Magee or Movie

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Reading Maniac Magee or Movie

Finish Your Student Portfolio

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Finish Your Student Portfolio

Thursday - Morning Routine

 

Holiday Class Party

Friday - Minimum Day - Morning Routine 

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Wrap up any work before winter break

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Period 4 - ELD

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Reading Maniac Magee or Movie

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Reading Maniac Magee or Movie

Finish Your Student Portfolio

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Finish Your Student Portfolio

Thursday - Morning Routine

 

Holiday Class Party

Friday - Minimum Day - Morning Routine 

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Wrap up any work before winter break

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Period 5 - Computer Science

Monday - Morning Routine

Finish PSA

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Finish PSA

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Finish PSA

Thursday - Morning Routine

Holiday Class Party

Friday - Morning Routine

Finish PSA

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Period 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday - Morning Routine

Finish PID

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Finish PID

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Finish PID

Thursday - Morning Routine

Holiday Class Party

Friday - Morning Routine

 

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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday - Morning Routine

Continue with your robotics unit

Post an image and a screenshot of your code in your portfolio

write a reflection, with your parents as the audience, explaining:

1. what is this project about?
2. how did you make it?
3. what do you think about it?

You can also finish your tinkercad project!

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Continue with your robotics unit

Post an image and a screenshot of your code in your portfolio

write a reflection, with your parents as the audience, explaining:

1. what is this project about?
2. how did you make it?
3. what do you think about it?

You can also finish your tinkercad project!

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Continue with your robotics unit

Post an image and a screenshot of your code in your portfolio

write a reflection, with your parents as the audience, explaining:

1. what is this project about?
2. how did you make it?
3. what do you think about it?

You can also finish your tinkercad project!

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

Finish any work you need to finish & clean up.

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Space Out Friday

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 12/11 - 15/2023

  Hello Everyone!

A couple of weeks are left to get your work completed.  You will be working on a style for your portfolio, posting work, or tuning it up so that it is complete before the break.   

We also have all the classes working on class assignments that will mostly be due before Thursday, 12/21.

It is also a great time to do something special for your close friends.  Friendship is important.

Party planners should be meeting and communicating with their colleagues about what kind of party they are having and what to bring.

Esports Tournament during lunch - Rocket League players will be coming to the Tech Lab every day this week at lunchtime to compete in Rocket League.  Because of this, I will be limiting use of the row 2 computers before lunch which will affect Period 5.  Thanks for your patience

Let's make it a great week!

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Period 3 - ELD

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Earthquake Kit Presentation Reflection - did it make a difference?

Post your slideshow on your portfolio.  Also, write a review/reflection of the assignment.

1. Post your project on your portfolio
2. Write a reflection

After:

Update & complete the home page in your portfolio

Update & complete the keyboarding page in your portfolio

Coming up:

Finish a writing piece using Canva

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Post your EQK slideshow on your portfolio.  Also, write a review/reflection of the assignment.

1. Post your project on your portfolio
2. Write a reflection

After:

Update & complete the home page in your portfolio

Update & complete the keyboarding page in your portfolio

Coming up:

Finish a writing piece using Canva

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Post your EQK slideshow on your portfolio.  Also, write a review/reflection of the assignment.

1. Post your project on your portfolio
2. Write a reflection

After:

Update & complete the home page in your portfolio

Update & complete the keyboarding page in your portfolio

Coming up:

Finish a writing piece using Canva

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Friday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

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Period 4 - ELD

Monday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Sign up to schedule your Presentation - Make sure you know your time & be ready

Presentations

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Earthquake Kit Presentation Reflection - did it make a difference?

Post your slideshow on your portfolio.  Also, write a review/reflection of the assignment.

1. Post your project on your portfolio
2. Write a reflection

After:

Update & complete the home page in your portfolio

Update & complete the keyboarding page in your portfolio

Coming up:

Finish a writing piece using Canva

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

Post your EQK slideshow on your portfolio.  Also, write a review/reflection of the assignment.

1. Post your project on your portfolio
2. Write a reflection

After:

Update & complete the home page in your portfolio

Update & complete the keyboarding page in your portfolio

Coming up:

Finish a writing piece using Canva

Thursday - Morning Routine

Question - 

Post your EQK slideshow on your portfolio.  Also, write a review/reflection of the assignment.

1. Post your project on your portfolio
2. Write a reflection

After:

Update & complete the home page in your portfolio

Update & complete the keyboarding page in your portfolio

Coming up:

Finish a writing piece using Canva

Friday  - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

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Period 5 - Computer Science

Esport Tournament all week.  Please clear Row 2 at 12:30 - restart computers and load Rocket League

Monday - Morning Routine - no keyboarding

Project - Create a Public Service Announcement

What is a problem that you want to help make people aware of?

What do you want them to know?

What do you want people to know about how they can help?

How do you want to tell them?

Tuesday - Morning Routine - no keyboarding

Meet with your partner and start getting your ideas together

Focus on what you want to say

Who are you saying it to?

How will you say it?

Have your idea ready to share with Sandra or I.

From this point, you will start creating a draft of your idea.  

What do you want it to look and sound like?

What do you need to learn to create your PSA

Wednesday - Morning Routine - no keyboarding

Share your idea with Sandra or Garcia.  I'll have a schedule ready to go.

• bring your brainstorming sheet
• bring any information/research you want to use
• bring any ideas you have(script, storyboard, photos...)

by the end of the meeting, you should have the beginning of your PSA.  You will now need to start creating it and learning what you will need to create it.

Thursday -Morning Routine - no keyboarding

PSA Project

Friday - Morning Routine - no keyboarding

PSA Project

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Period 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday - Morning Routine

Introduction to Project Identification

Project Syllabus

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Project ID

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Project ID

Thursday - Morning Routine

Project ID

Friday - Morning Routine

Project ID

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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday - Morning Routine

Get into groups - Click here for your assignments 

Inventory your box

• charge hub 
• use the inventory sheet to make sure you have most parts
• verify that all parts are organized 
• Bring up Spike Prime instructions - Go to START and run through all the demos to make sure your hub and sensors work and you know what they do.

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Finish your START activities from Monday

Let's start building!  It is important to follow the directions in the app

1st Year - Start with the Invention Squad Unit

2nd Year - Start with the Training Trackers Unit

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Work through your unit

Thursday - Morning Routine

Work through your unit

 

Friday - Morning Routine

Start to wrap up your project. 

Post your project in your portfolio.  Include a picture of your code and a video of your finished project.

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Esport Prep

• Verify Updates on gaming machines
• Change/clean keyboards & mice
• Verify all RL video settings
• Verify all RL Keyboard settings
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  Verify all devices are accessing Ethernet
• Set up a camera to record the room
• Practice Jobs
• Welcoming Host(Stand by door to monitor how many people come in)
• Lunch & room Host (get lunch, monitor room, assist with brackets)
• Tournament Tech Crew (Monitor any tech issues with gaming machines, signing in & out of personal accounts)
• Get ready, it's going to be fun!

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Space Out Friday

What's up in the December Sky?

Are There More Moons?

Meet the Europa Clipper That Will Be Traveling to Jupiter's Moon Europa - click on the image

Click on the image to Sign up

My Name is Going to Europa!

RV Computer Science, Robotics, & ELD Week 12/4 - 8/2023

  Hello Everyone!

Lot's to do as it gets colder outside.

Try not to get behind on your work, finish what you can in class or finish it at home

Do you want to have a Christmas Party or a Secret Santa?  You will need to take the lead and organize it.  Please contact Mr. Garcia ASAP by Wednesday.

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Period 3 - ELD

Preparing for a Presentation

• Some suggestions from other professionals - You will be asked to make a copy.  This is your copy and will be saved in Google Drive.  You can take notes on this doc

Monday - No Keyboarding Today

Sign up to schedule your Presentation - Make sure you know your time & be ready

Finish your slideshow and practice your presentation

Tuesday - No Keyboarding Today

Presentations

Wednesday - No Keyboarding Today

Presentations

Thursday - No Keyboarding Today

Presentations

Friday - No Keyboarding Today

November Keyboarding Test - In typing.com:

1. Warm up for about 5 minutes
2. Take 2 - 1 minute tests
3. Reflect - Compare them to your first KB test - Are you growing?  In wpm or accy?  Can you KB without looking at the keyboard?
4. Post in your portfolio - take a screenshot of the graph & your two tests.  Post them in your portfolio
5. Write down your reflection

Your time.  Thanks for working hard this week

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Period 4 - ELD

Preparing for a Presentation

• Some suggestions from other professionals - You will be asked to make a copy.  This is your copy and will be saved in Google Drive.  You can take notes on this doc

Monday - No Keyboarding Today

Sign up to schedule your Presentation - Make sure you know your time & be ready

Finish your slideshow and practice your presentation

Tuesday - No Keyboarding Today

Presentations

Wednesday - No Keyboarding Today

Presentations

Thursday - No Keyboarding Today

Presentations

Friday - Morning Routine

Keyboarding - 10 min - (13 on the clock)

November Keyboarding Test - In typing.com:

1. Warm up for about 5 minutes
2. Take 2 - 1 minute tests
3. Reflect - Compare them to your first KB test - Are you growing?  In wpm or accy?  Can you KB without looking at the keyboard?
4. Post in your portfolio - take a screenshot of the graph & your two tests.  Post them in your portfolio
5. Write down your reflection

Your time.  Thanks for working hard this week

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Period 5 - Computer Science

UN Goals & PSA focus

Mrs. Sandra Mossman will be with us on Wednesday.  

By the end of Monday, I want you to have an idea of what UN Goal you have an interest in so we can start generating our PSA ideas.

Monday - No Keyboarding Today

Project PSA

• What is a PSA? Description and Project Syllabus
• What are the UN Sustainability Goals?
• What are we going to do?
• What is the United Nations and why does it matter?

Let's Learn a little bit about this topic.  Do the following activity on your own or with 1 partner.

United Nations Sustainability Goals - What Do You Know?

Monthly Updates from the UNSG - Check for more details about specific goals

UNSG - Flash Cards

UNSG - Puzzle

UNSG - Test

UNSG - Activity

Tuesday - No Keyboarding Today

1. Review the UNSGoals.  Look over the info provided

review UNSG & Let's play a kahoot!

What goal do you see as the most important or most interesting for you?

• What will be your focus?

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Guest Mentor - Sandra Mossman

Inside/outside Game

1. Finalize the goal you want to focus on
2. Enter the goal you want to work on
3. What media do you think you want to use to make your PSA?

Thursday - Morning Routine

Start planning your PSA

Friday - Morning Routine

Rio Mesa Presentation for 8th Grade

November Keyboarding Test - In typing.com:

1. Take 2 - 1 minute tests
2. Reflect - Compare them to your first KB test - Are you growing?  In wpm or accy?  Can you KB without looking at the keyboard?
3. Post in your portfolio - take a screenshot of the graph & your two tests.  Post them in your portfolio
4. Write down your reflection

Continue with your work that is due

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Period 6 Computer Science on the Wheel

Monday - Morning Routine

Finish Keyboarding Test if necessary

Complete Cup

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Starter Projects

Project Identification Description

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Christmas Party Survey - Please answer now

Starter Projects

Project Identification Description

Thursday - Morning Routine

Project Identification 

Friday - Morning Routine

Project Identification Description

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Periods 7 - Robotics

Monday - Morning Routine

November Keyboarding Test - In typing.com:

1. Take 2 - 1 minute tests
2. Reflect - Compare them to your first KB test - Are you growing?  In wpm or accy?  Can you KB without looking at the keyboard?
3. Post in your portfolio - take a screenshot of the graph & your two tests.  Post them in your portfolio
4. Write down your reflection

Continue with your work that is due

• Project Identification or advanced project
• Editing your online portfolio

Tuesday - Morning Routine

Continue with your work that is due

• Project Identification or advanced project
• Editing your online portfolio

Done with everything?  Try this year's Hour of Code!

Last 20 minutes of class - What is a Voyager?

Wednesday - Morning Routine

Intro to Robotics

• partners
• website
• projects
• responsibilities
• 
  

Thursday - Morning Routine

Friday - Morning Routine

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Space Out Friday

What is a Voyager?  Look it up!

What is Voyager 1 & 2

How the Voyager probes keep going and going decades after launch

What is on the Voyager 1 & 2 Probe?

Voyager 2 Trajectory through the Solar System

Question & Answer about the Voyager Mission at 45 years!