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Lesson Plans for Tuesday

Hi all,

Here are your plans for today.  Please show respect to your teacher, Mrs. Polanco.  Use your time wisely. I’ll see you all on Wednesday.  If any students come in needing tech repair, please refer them to the Tech Crew (Emilio, Alexis, Anthony, Joseph, & Cristopher) for service or to the library if it is necessary. Please stay focused, relax, finish your work, and enjoy the movie!

How many of you think the world will be different in 50 years?  Will it be livable to humans? Will we be ok? Will you be helping to ensure the survival of the human species?

Basic Plan all Periods

1. 4 min - Check email and CHECK THE LESSON PLANS on Class Blog.
2. Class Work - All students are either finishing the last of their tasks and posting them on the blog or are done and looking for something to do.  
1. All the work they need to finish can be found on the blog or in student portal.  Last day to turn in work is Tuesday, June 11.
2. After you take attendance, please start the movie I left on the TV.  I purchased Wally on Amazon. I’ll try to start it before I leave in the morning.  Each class has a couple of students who I showed how to start the movie - P2 - Emilio & Gio, P4 - Alexis & Joseph, P5 - Aracely & Danae, P6 - Joel & Athziry
3. Please place yourself in the back of the classroom so you can monitor student behavior.
4. No Drones today

Tasks Students have set their own goals. They are responsible for reaching their goals and helping their team finish their project.   NOISE Level Noise level is between a 2 & 3 but should NEVER get so loud we disturb other classes or there is no yelling across the class. Walking around is for help only, no social maneuvering around the classroom: Lost movement privileges, stay in seat - P2 - Kevin, Elijah, Keanu     P4 - Cole, Consequences for repeated (2) disruptions: Student may be moved away from others & continue working if behavior improves Student may be sent  to office with a blue behavior referral - student will loose promotion points and will not be available to help their CSP team. Just do your work and stay focused Be Calm:)

3. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
1. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they may be just socializing 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.  Early finishers can go on DIY Projects - If you are here, go to Gamestarmechanic.  
5. DIY ACTIVITIES

Blogger	Modify your blogs themes, colors, and layout
Gamestarmechanic	Great game design website.  Sign in, use the year 2004 for registering, select “Get Started” until you get to the “Quest” and click on that.
Tinkercad	Create a new project or work on an old one
Finish Preparing 3D printed ID	Use tools carefully and clean up work table
Code.org	Work on another new task or finish one from last year
brush.ninja	Work on creating an animated GIF.  export, post or upload to chrome
Scratch	Go play some games on Scratch!  When you find a game you like, look at the code used to create it
Typing.com	Students can get some more keyboarding practice.

1. 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.

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 Wednesday

Mr. Garcia

Agustin9856 Scratch Creations!

Local artist and coder Agustin9856 has been creating some custom animations to reflect our time here at Vista.  Give him some props by dropping a comment on his Scratch channel.

So Long Rio Vista...
animated story

Dr. Murphy Boss

Keep away from the alien and avoid the walls.  Use arrow keys to move & space bar to attack alien.

Seven Days Left of School!
animation

Make GIFs with Brush.Ninja!

Very easy to use and very creative app that is free for the web-based version or pay for IOS app.   Lots of creative fun!

EOY Syllabus

End of Year Syllabus

Below you will find an outline of the projects that we will be completing to wrap up this school year.
Tuesday 6/11 is last day to turn in your work!

• GDC - Game Development Project - Due 6/5
•  Write a reflection on your blog about this project.  Reflect on how you choose your team, how you decided on a game idea, how you choose responsibilities, how the game developed, how you finished the game, and your thoughts about the project.  POST A LINK TO YOUR GAME!
•  Fill out the PEER SURVEY
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• CSP - Community Service Project - Due 6/10
•  Community Service Activity
• must be completed by June 1 - arrangements can be made upon request
• ask for supervision if necessary
•  Presentation -
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• The presentation must include the following:  
• A description of the project from beginning to end
• choosing groups, planning, deciding on a project, preparing, the event, debrief about the event (what went well, what could be improved)
• Photos of you at the event if applicable
• POST YOUR PRESENTATION ON THIS PADLET
•  The Event - Must be completed by June 1 unless other arrangements have been made with Mr. Garcia.  
• Take photos to provide proof of the event
• Make sure you get your parents approval if needed
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• Road Rally Car - Due 6/7
•  Must be completed by June 7 - design only
•  Must meet specifications & have rolling wheels
•  Post a screenshot of your car on this site
• Create a blog post with an image of your car and a reflection stating what this is, how you made it, and how you feel about it.
• Be ready to tune your car up before the race on Monday, 6/10
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•  End of Year Keyboarding Test & Reflection:
• Take a 3 minute typing test and post it
• Take a screenshot of your first typing test of the year.
• Reflect on how your keyboarding has changed
• are you more confident?
• have you memorized the keyboard?
• do you use better posture when keyboarding?
• do you use 10 fingers?
• will this skill help you in the future?
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• EOY Class Survey
• Please complete this survey about your Computer Science class experience
• Click on this link to complete the survey
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CEC Field Trip

CEC Field Trip

Thanks to all the students who participated in the Career Education Center Field Trip.  Here are some of the photos from the event.  Thanks to Bridge Carney for helping us control an Itty Bitty Buggy, Robin Sullivan for making us want to fly, Mr. Jimenez for showing us how locksmiths keep us safe, & Ian Fish from soundsfishy.tv for including us in Star Wars!  

Lesson Plans for Thursday

Hi all,

Here are your plans for today.  Please show respect to your teacher, Mr. Munk.  Use your time wisely. I’ll see you all on Friday.  If any students come in needing tech repair, please refer them to the Tech Crew (Emilio, Alexis, Anthony, Joseph, & Cristopher) for service or to the library if it is necessary. Please stay focused, finish your presentations and prepare that event!

Basic Plan all Periods

1. 4 min - Check email and CHECK THE LESSON PLANS on Class Blog.
2. 15 min - Typing Test for May - take a 3 minute test after warming up with some 1 minute tests.  Post your test results and a brief reflection.
3. P2 & 4 -   2 different projects:
1. Community Service Projects (CSP) - Students are in teams working on preparing their CSP event or building their presentations.  They should not be on games or videos unless it is related to the project. Please let me know if there are any questions about their actions.
2. 3D Design of Road Rally car - If students are not working on their CSP, they should be working on designing their race car.

Tasks Students have set their own goals. They are responsible for reaching their goals and helping their team finish their project.   NOISE Level Noise level is between a 2 & 3 but should NEVER get so loud we disturb other classes or there is no yelling across the class. Walking around is for help only, no social maneuvering around the classroom: Lost movement privileges, stay in seat - P2 - Kevin, Elijah, Keanu     P4 - Cole, Consequences for repeated (2) disruptions: Students may be moved away from others & continue working if the behavior improves Students may be sent to the office with a blue behavior referral - students will loose promotion points and will not be available to help their CSP team. Just do your work and stay focused Be Calm:)

4. P5 & P6 - Work on CSP and Road rally car design
1. 15 min - Typing Test for May - take a 3 minute test after warming up with some 1 minute tests.  Post your test and a brief reflection.
2. Work on Road Rally Race Car

5. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
1. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they may be just socializing so you will need to move around the classroom and listen into conversations.  THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR GOOD CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT!!!!!
6. Done with Project - Students can do these activities when complete with project and posting on their blog.  Early finishers can go on DIY Projects - If you are here, go to Gamestarmechanic.  
7. DIY ACTIVITIES

Blogger	Modify your blogs themes, colors, and layout
Gamestarmechanic	Great game design website.  Sign in, use the year 2004 for registering, select “Get Started” until you get to the “Quest” and click on that.
Tinkercad	Create a new project or work on an old one
Finish Preparing 3D printed ID	Use tools carefully and clean up the work table
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
Typing.com	Students can get some more keyboarding practice.

1. 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.

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 Friday

Mr. Garcia

Just for Fun - No Spoilers!

Video Game Art

The following slideshow contains images of art created by RVMS CS students for their specific video games.  Art was created using different methods and different applications.  Each group needed to decide how important custom art was needed in their game designs.  Also, each game development group needed to choose and arrange the art to create the visual impact they needed in their games.

Use a QR Code scanner to view each game.

RVMS Skoolcade Video Game Challenge

Thank you for participating in the RVMS Skoolcade Video Game Challenge.  Please get instructions on how to evaluate the games from Mr. Garcia before starting.  Make sure to use the correct Game Evaluation Rubric to record your results.  If you finish grading the games you were assigned and want to evaluate more games, please contact Mr. G.  All evaluations are due Monday.

Welcome Back!

Hi All,

Looking forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday.  Hope you had a decent break!  Mine was full of family time.

It is going to be a busy 3 months till our final week of school.

When we return tomorrow, we'll be focused on evaluation video games for the remainder of the week.  We'll start on Tuesday by reviewing the rubric used to score the games and then move on to playing and scoring games.  After we find our top 3 games, we'll celebrate on Friday and get into our new activities, CSP for P2 & 4.  Code development for P5 & 6. 

Looking forward to our end of year adventures!


Meanwhile, check out something big in the air you may see flying over our school in the coming year.  Click here to watch it make its first flight. Some of you may even work on it.  Check out the career opportunities created by this awesome space flight tech.

Here is Virgin Galatic' Unity 3rd test flight.  This is the vehicle that will be taking paying passengers into space in the upcoming year.  Unity is pictured below.  

It will be able to be launched from the Stratolaunch vehicle as will the above-pictured vehicles.

Aerial Photo

Over 100 Rio Vista students of all grades participated in creating this aerial photo for our yearbook!

Thanks to all for suffering the intense sun and long wait.

Periods 5 & 6 - Finishing PID Lesson plan for 3/27/19

Hi all,

Today's lesson plan is to watch this screencast and do what it says.  Let's see how well a video can teach you what to do.  The results will be easy to see on your blog.  Good luck!