CS Tasks for 8/28 - 9/1

What's Up? My First Keyboard Result of 2017

These are the results of my first keyboarding test.  I had a difficult time keyboarding but i am going to practice and get faster.

Assignments for 2017/18 Trimester 1

Assignment      Date     Points     Notes

What's Up Post                              8/24/17                     5                       Must include KB test & reflection

What's Up? My First Keyboard Results for 2017

What is this?  This is my first keyboarding test.

 My Feelings about this. This test

Welcome to Rio Vista CS

End of Year Podcasts!

Final Grade Issues

All posted work is in Student Portal.  Grades reflect what you have posted in your blog.  You have until Tuesday to post any work.  Please let me know if you have posted anything new so I can update your grades.

The following students are missing or have problems with their blog links in the class Padlet.  Please refresh the link so I can give you a grade.

Period 2 - Ashlyn, Diana
Period 4 - Samuel, Jose V.
Period 5 - Anaid, Ashley, Rebecca, Sierra, Christian, Marcus
Period 6 - Oswaldo, Ashlie, Gabriel, Juan, Alexis, Brian, Marc, Gisele

SKOOLCADE 2017 - We Did It!

Rafael G.'s game JUMP took 1st Place in the Middle Division!
Anthony A.'s game SOCCER PHYSICS took 3rd Place in the Middle School Division!

Finishing Up the Year - Projects & Reflection

Here is what you need to have on your blog to complete the Trimester 3 Assignments.

Remember that at the end of every project, you need a DETAILED Reflection.
Reflection for CS class has 4 basic sections:

1. What is this?  Describe in detail what the project sample is and why you made it.
1. What problem/need were you solve? - Design Thinking Strategy - Empathize, Understand, Design, Prototype, Test
2. How did you create this?
1. include details of the software used to create 
2. describe using vocabulary specific to the project.  For example 3D printing vocab - cut, group, ruler, caliper, align, resize, workspace, shapes, angles, milimeters - should be used in your explanation
3. How do you feel about your project?   Explain your feelings about your work - was it your best, did you learn something new, can you use these tools or skill in other areas of you learning, how cool is it?
4. Evidence
1. Photos and screenshots of you projects.  
2. Photos of finished projects in use
3. Audio files of your work
4. Video evidence

P2, 5, & 6
All projects listed in the April 30th blog post &:
5/5      Laptop Case ID Tag/Keychain Project Post & Reflections (40 pts)
5/12    What's up Post (5pts)
5/30    Race Car Project Post & Reflection  (50pts)
6/1      Keyboarding Test - Final Results and Reflection  (20pts)
6/7      Road Rally Participation/No Participation Reflection (10pts)
6/9      What's up Post (5pts)
6/9      .gif Project Post & Reflection (15pts)
6/13    Goodbye For the Summer Podcast & Reflection (15pts)

P4
All projects listed in the April 30th blog post &:
4/28     What's up Post (5pts)
5/5       Keyboarding Test Results & Reflection (10pts)
5/12     What's Up Post (5pts)
5/25     Earbud Project & Reflection (40pts)
5/31     Video Game Project & Reflection (40pts)
6/4       Race Car Project & Reflection (50pts)
6/5       Makey Makey Project and Reflection (Post video) (15pts)
6/7      Road Rally Participation/No Participation Reflection (10pts)
6/13     End of Year Project Reflections (40pts)

EOY Project Groups - Graded on 5 C's Rubric

1. Film crew - continue uploading all the video from the Lion King practice.  PLEASE DELETE ALL VIDEOS FROM CARDS.  Try to get some editing done on the video to produce a short movie. Lion King trailer or trailer for Road Rally
2. Road rally crew - How’s the poster going? - Date to be determined later this week
3. SALT - Prepare your kits, look over scripts - Lion King Production - Stage Crew
4. Aerial art - Add your names and emails to the letter.  Send to dmainzer, mklinefelter, amendez & agarcia. Don’t forget the @rioschools.org part.  Do not expect a quick response, they are very busy.  Start working on your own idea for a design.  
5. Skoolcade Crew -  Look over the name logo’s on this doc.  Screenshot your favorite and put it on your shared doc.
6. Makers - create either E hook for the table, or other project that solves a problem.

What Students Do When 8th Graders are Gone!

2nd Annual 3D Road Rally Competition!

Fun was had by all in this 2nd Annual Rio Vista Road Rally featuring student designed race and showcars!

Alyssa won the road race with the fastest runs ever seen by a school bus!

Riky won best in show with his highly detailed F1 racers!

Schedule of Events to Finish the Year in CS Class

Thursday 6/1 - Rio Vista CS Class Skoolcade Video Game Challenge!  Period 4 Students - Have your game ready to compete.  Challenge will happen at lunchtime.  We'll set up during P4 and start judging games as soon as were ready.  We'll plan on using SSR time to finish playing games.  We'll look at the rubric on Monday.

Tuesday 6/6 - 3D Road Rally @The Stage - All classes have your cars ready to race!  We'll be judging show cars and racing during 6th and 7th grade lunch.  We'll get permission for 6th graders to be there both lunches.

Saturday 6/10 - SKOOLCADE 2017 - All Period 4 students are invited to attend the event in our MPR.  I need volunteers to help set up on Friday after the dance or Saturday morning.

Film crew can film all events!
Final project need to be done by 6/13.  Grades will be posted soon after.

 All reflections due on blog to receive a grade!

Our Contribution to the Rio Art Show!

Our display was enjoyed by many.  Thank you to all our CS artists!

Lesson Plan for Friday

Hi all,

Yes, I am out once again to help me prepare for testing. Do a good job today and get those out of sight racecars build. Know your car's dimensions!  You have a great teacher today so enjoy the new set of eyes to impress. I'll be dropping by because I'm on campus.

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 & CHECK THE LESSON PLANS.
3. 4 min - Preview the day’s activities with class -
1. P2, 5, & 6 - Friday
1. Students are posting a “What’s Up” post on their blog.  It is a review of what they have done during the week.  Once done, they are working on designing a racecar with rolling wheels.  Here is the screencast to help get started.  
2. P4 Friday
1. Students are posting a “What’s Up” post on their blog.  It is a review of what they have done during the week.  All students can work on finishing their earbud holder.  You can also work on your school project if you have something you want to get done.
2. Earbud project reminders:
1. Is it artistic (not a box or oval with a name)
2. Is it flat on the bed
3. What size is it (Know the measurements and about how big in will be in your hand)
4. Will it do what you want it to do?
3. Done with Earbud, Keep working on your Video Game
4. Film crew - continue uploading all the video from the Lion King practice.  PLEASE DELETE ALL VIDEOS FROM CARDS.  Try to get some editing done on the video to produce a short movie.
5. Road rally crew - How’s the poster going? - Date to be determined later this week
6. SALT - Prepare your kits, look over scripts
7. Aerial art - Add your names and emails to the letter.  Send to dmainzer, mklinefelter, amendez & agarcia. Don’t forget the @rioschools.org part.  Do not expect a quick response, they are very busy.  Start working on your own idea for a design.  
8. Skoolcade Crew -  Look over the name logo’s on this doc.  Screenshot your favorite and put it on your shared doc.
9. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
3. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they maybe 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
1. DIY Jobs - listed on tv, at the end of this lesson plan, on blog
5. 2t3 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.

Please stand outside of classroom to monitor students in the passageway.  Keep them off the rail!

Make it a great day people!  I’ll see you Monday for testing.  Mr. G

Lesson Plan for Today

Class,

Sorry for being out today, I needed to go on a field trip with my daughter. You'll have Mrs. Peraza Garcia as a guest teacher today. Do your best to finish prior projects and start your new ones today. I'll see you tomorrow.

Mr. G

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 & CHECK THE LESSON PLANS.
3. 4 min - Preview the day’s activities with class -
1. P2, 5, & 6 - Monday
1. Students are finishing Laptop case ID Post on blog.  Once done, they are working on designing a racecar with rolling wheels.  Here is the screencast to help get started.  
2. P4 Monday
1. Finish Earbud holder.  If you think you are close to being done, look over the following things that are the first things I will look at:
1. Is it artistic (not a box or oval with a name)
2. Is it flat on the bed
3. What size is it (Know the measurements and about how big in will be in your hand)
4. Will it do what you want it to do?
2. Done with Earbud, Keep working on your Video Game
3. Film crew - get some editing done on the video you started yesterday.
4. Road rally crew - need a poster - Date to be determined later this week
5. SALT - Parent forms are on my desk - Scripts are coming tomorrow
6. Aerial art - get a letter to ASB ready to send out.  Share it with me so I can review it before sending out.
7. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
3. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they maybe 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
1. DIY Jobs - listed on tv, at the end of this lesson plan, on blog
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.

Please stand outside of classroom to monitor students in the passageway.  Keep them off the rail!

Make it a great day people!  I’ll see you Thursday.  Mr. G

Trimester 3 Progress Report Tasks & Posts

Your blogs should have the following posts.  The dates are not exact and may vary slightly.  

Project reflections should explain the following:  Describe the project (What are we looking at?), Details about building the project(How did you make it?), Your self-evaluation of your project and next steps(How do you feel about it and what's next?)

Periods 2, 5, & 6

3/6     Create Blog in Blogger (10 pts)

3/7     My First Post/ Typing.com Keyboarding Test Scores (15 pts)

3/15   Scratch Post - Researching Programming (10 pts.)

3/24   What's Up (5 pts)

3/28   Animated Name (10 pts), Embedded Game (5 pts), Project Reflection (10 pts)

3/30   My Podcast Project - Create & Embed Padlet on blog (10 pts), Create 3 Podcasts Using Audacity (30 pts), Export and post 3 podcasts on Padlet (15 pts)

3/31   What's Up (5 pts)

4/7     What's Up (5 pts)

4/21   What's Up (5 pts)

4/28    What's Up Podcast posted on Padlet(15 pts)

Current Project - Laptop Case ID 3D Design post will be posted by 5/5.

Period 4

3/1    Typing Test Post (10 pts)

3/17  What's Up (5 pts) Scratch Research post (5pts)

3/24  What's Up (5 pts)

3/31  What's Up (5 pts)

4/7    What's Up (5 pts)

4/21  What's Up (5 pts)

Upcoming projects & posts - Personal Earbud Project Post & Reflection (30 pts, 5 pts, 10 pts), Makey Makey Video Reflection, Road Rally 3D Race Car Post & Reflection (30 pts, 5 pts, 10 pts), End Of Year Project  Presentation & Reflection (30 - 50 pts)

JPL's Cindy Auman Webcast With Rio Vista Game Builders

Axiom Printing All Night Long at RVMS

49 hour Print Fails on Hour 43!:(

After a valiant attempt by two students to save the print, the alignment was off and the print could not be saved.  Even on an amazing printer like the Airwolf Axiom, 3D printing needs to have operators that can watch, adjust, and attend to issues as they pop up.  As we learned, there can be problems at any time.

Lesson Plans for Thursday & Friday

Hi all,

Here are your plans for today.  Your guest teacher will be Mr. Jablonicky.  Please show respect to your teacher today and tomorrow.  Use your time wisely.  Make sure your Friday's blog post reflects all the work and concerns you have.

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 & CHECK THE LESSON PLANS.
3. 4 min - Preview the day’s activities with class -
1. P2, 5, & 6 - Thursday - Finish and post Podcast on Shared Padlet
1. Thursday - Finish recording, editing, and narrating your podcast.  Save project before you export as an mp3 or a .wav.  Our files are small so either one will work.  You can view this screencast that I made to help you along.  If you finish early, please create another podcast trying new things.  Check out this video to help you edit more completely.  Look around minute  7:30 to adjust volume!
2. Friday - After keyboarding games, make a blog post on your blog titled “What’s Up” and explaining and highlighting what you have been doing this week.  Don’t forget to post your podcast in 2 places, 1 - your padlet & 2 - our shared padlet on the class blog.  After that, I would like you to try Little Alchemy for the rest of the period.  Try to combine items and see what they make.  Have a great Spring Break!

VISTA OLYMPICS ARE ON THURSDAY DURING 5TH & 6TH PERIODS.  PLEASE TAKE THE STUDENTS DOWN TO THE FIELD AND FIND A SPOT TO PARK AND WATCH THE FUN.  WHEN DONE, RETURN TO CLASS AND CONTINUE THE PLAN.

SOME STUDENTS WILL BE CALLED OUT DURING 4TH PERIOD.  I HAVE INCLUDED THE MASTER LIST.

2. P4 Video Game Design
1. Thursday - After keyboarding, students will move quickly, not like sloths, to their coding teams.  They will continue coding their video games.  Remember to use your resources (Scratch tips, Scratch how to’s, your neighbors (not for socializing!), and maybe your teacher.) to keep moving forward.  
2. FRIDAY - all student post a “WHAT’S UP” BLOG POST describing what they have been doing all week.  Then move into groups to continue working on their games.  Have a great Spring Break people and thanks for respecting each other and making putting forth an effort everyday!
3. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
3. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they maybe just visiting so you will need to move around the classroom and listen into conversations.  THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR GOOD CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT!!!!!
2. Done with Project - Students can do these activities when complete with project
1. DIY Jobs - listed on tv, at the end of this lesson plan, on blog
3. 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.

Friday P6 student carefully move keyboards and put chairs up on tables.  Thanks folks!

Make it a great day people!  I’ll see you Thursday.

Mr. G

Reminders:

• Write good, detailed, and readable reflections.  
• Email me if you have any question.
• You can work on DIY projects below when you are done with your projects and blog.
• Collaboration is helpful, socializing is distracting - Know why you are out of your seat.

DIY -

• Complete/Extend previous project
• Blogger - Modify your blogs themes, colors, and layout
• Tinkercad - modify an old idea, race car, personal project
• Code - Code.org - Scratch - Tynker - Code Combat - Khan Academy
• GameStar Mechanic - Game Maker Thinking!
• Little Alchemy - You into mixing elements and making something new?  It's fun just don't give up too early!

I wish you all a great and restful Spring Break!  See you next Thursday!

Mr. Garcia