Rio Vista Computer Science Week 11/2 - 11/5

 Hi all,

I'm glad you are all back!  I'm looking forward to a fun week building, examining, and modifying your Halloween game.  Later in the week, we will start to look at our next CS skill, 3D design!  Totally ready!

As we move forward, we will start working on 3D Design as the main focus but we will continue to use Project Stem throughout the year.

Tuesday - Game  Design - Reviewing Code

Wednesday - Game Design - Reviewing Code

Thursday - Game Design - Reviewing Code

Friday -  3D Design - Intro

Quote of the week:

The Power of

Optimism

Space Out Friday

NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid at 15,000 mph. Will it make a dent?

Earth's Planetary Defense System

RV Computer Science Week 10/25 - 10/29

 Happy Halloween Week!

Coding - This week will continue working on coding with a Halloween focus

Monday - Haloween Tutorial Scratch - Do your best to make this game today!

Tuesday - Complete your Halloween Shooter Game

Wednesday - 

Thursday - BreakOut EDU - Trick or Treat Puzzle

Friday - 

Regenerating Body Parts - Creepy or Cool?

Space Out Friday

Halloween Costume Guidelines

Computer Science Week 10/18 - 10/22

 Hi all,

This week we will be working on more programing this week.  You will also start on your new portfolios on Edublogs.  Below is some information to get you started.  Click on the EduBlog icon FOR YOUR CLASS to get started building your new portfolio.  Look on the board for the invite code.

   

WHERE TO START

1. Click on the link for your class

2. Follow the prompts

3. Use your @rioschools.org email & PW

4. Adventure and explore your new blog

5. Add your title -  Your name's Blog

Click here to check out My Edublog for class

Project Stem - Scratch in Motion 

We'll be on Unit 1 lesson on getting deep into programming in Scratch.

Monday - Get your blogs started.  Look over the information above and follow the directions.

Tuesday - Unit 1 Lesson 1 

Wednesday - Unit 1 Lesson 3 - Skip lesson 2

Thursday - Unit 1 Lesson 4

Friday - What's Up Blog post, Space Out, & catch up

Vocabulary

This week:

• events
• sequence
• parallelism
• initializing

Prior weeks:

• algorithym
• program

Reminders:

DARE Week Door Design: If you want to volunteer to decorate our classroom door for DARE week, please meet during lunchtime in the techlab on MONDAY to start planning.

Space Out Friday

Lucy is "Outta Here!"

click to watch the launch

Our Moon &

A View of Our Solar System

Check out this simulation of our solar system.  It is amazing!

Next Week Red Ribbon Spirit Day Schedule

Earthquake Preparedness

Survival Kits & More!

Click on the image to get the info

Computer Science - Week 10/11 - 15/2021

 Hi you wonderful people!

I will be out of the classroom until Friday.  Thank you for coming to the class blog to check for the latest information.  Also, thank you for doing your best in class while I'm away.  Your Guest Teacher will be Mrs. Peraza.  

Congratulations to all those who are improving their keyboarding skills! More students are reaching their keyboarding goals and using the home row.  Next up is not looking at the keyboard!!!  Remember to focus on accuracy and NOT speed.  Teach your fingers how to reach the keys from the home row.  Once you know where the keys are, speed will come.

Here is the plan for the week:

Monday - Stacking Cups with Code

Tuesday - Project STEM

1. Normal morning routine - keyboarding for 13 minutes & check mail (your time) for 3 minutes. 
2. Log in and navigate to Unit 0, Lesson 0.3, & watch the video in sections A & B.
3. After watching section B, let your teacher know you are done by getting into presentation seating.

    3. Class discussion:  

Think

Pair

Pair up with someone wearing the same colored shirt.

Share

Share with your shirtmate 

    4. Watch the video in section C.  

            *Have fun.

            *Stick to one game today, you will have time to play both games on Friday.

    5. Clean up & wait at your stations to be dismissed.

You all are awesome people.  It is my pleasure to know you this year.  

Mr. G

Wednesday - Project STEM - 

• Start your day with the normal routine: Keyboarding & check your mail.
• Start Project STEM: Unit 0, Lesson 0.4

• Watch Section A & B on your own.  When done, get into presentation seating.
• Mrs. Peraza will lead a brief discussion about Pair Programing
• Find a classmate with the same colored shoes, this person is your pair partner!
• 
  
  
• Complete the activity with your partner.
• Have fun!

Thursday - Lesson 0.4

Friday - Debrief & review

Space Out Friday

Lucy

Get on the website & explore, Lucy will!

Click here for more "getting to know Lucy" videos

RV Computer Science Week 10/4 - 8/2021

 Good day all,

We will continue working with code this week as we try out a new program.  Get ready for something different!

Monday - Finish your name animation project or game project.  Grades are in, email me when you have finished your project.  You are responsible for the code strings in the tutorial.  Many of you went beyond the basics and created some very interesting animations and games!  NICE WORK Vista!

Tuesday - Work in AFE

Wednesday - Work in AFE

Thursday - Work in AFE

Friday - Keyboarding Games/lessons - Check your keyboarding time

Condor Trait of the Month

FOSTER Good Habits - Student Information

Space Out Friday

NASA's First Interactice Graphic Novel - First Woman

The Website

Read the book, listen to the audio, and get lots of information here.

Hispan@s de la NASA

What is the International Space Station (ISS)?

Rio Vista Computer Science - Week 9/27 - 10/1/2021

Hi all,

This week will be full of coding challenges.  Get ready to think!

Monday - Thursday - Scratch challenges - Please take this students survey on Monday

Friday - 

• October Keyboarding Test - Take two 3-minutes tests and post on your blog
• What's Up Post - take some time today to compose a post about anything YOU want to talk about!

 Check out this incredible site - Instructables

Super cool drone wind surfing video

Scratch Animations & Games

Post your Scratch Name Animations & Quick Games here.  

Make sure to include your name and period

P2 Garcia

What's Up - 9/24/2021

 Hi All,

This week you will start a weekly assignment named "What's Up"

Each Friday, you will write about something that you want to write about.  It can be about how you feel today, what you are doing this weekend, a movie-tv show-anime-song-music video you like, how much your feet hurt, how much you love your bed, or anything you want to write about.

What's required?

• a paragraph of written text (you can add a recording if you like)
• an image, video, or drawing
• a title - What's Up - current date
• Graded weekly - 200 point value

A few things to remember:

• no personal information
• if you write about people, keep names out of your writing.
• keep your content appropriate for an academic blog

Here is an example:

____________________________________________________________________________________

Hi all,

This week, I listened to a great webinar and heard a NASA astronaut talk about being in space.  John Herrington is the first Native American to travel to space.  He performed a spacewalk to install solar panels on the International Space Station!  Mr. Herrington flew on the space shuttle Endeavor.  That's cool because the space shuttle Endeavor is not at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.   He also took part in a new IMAX movie that I want to see.  I'll include the links below.  Have a great weekend!

    

            Captian Herrington working on ISS solar panels                               USS Endeavor in Los Angeles (click on image)

    

Check out the trailers for these exciting IMAX movies.  The California Science Center has an IMAX movie theater.

Into the Wild - Website

To Fly - IMAX movie only show at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington DC

Rio Vista Computer Science - Week 9/20 - 9/24

 Hi all,

This week we'll be exploring and building code strings in Scratch to make some fun programs.  Get your brain working and your imagination flowing for this week.

Monday - Scratch Discovery

Tuesday - Peace Day

Wed. & Thurs. - Animate Your Name!

Friday - Space Out Friday - Rover Activity

For those of you at home, I'll record a video showing you what to do for this week.  Hope you are feeling better.

Here is something to hopefully, give you a smile

Development of Boston Dynamics Robots

Space Out Friday

The Artemis Project - We ARE Going Back to the Moon

Watch the video.  Write down your questions or comments on this form.  Click here

I hope you all have a great week!

Mr. G

Rio Vista Computer Science Week 4 - 9/13 - 17

 Hi all,

This week we'll get into coding through several challenges.  We'll have some fun and get a chance to be creative while learning how to program a computer!

We'll also get a chance to start designing your blog and posting a couple of items to build your portfolio:

• Typing tests - take a screenshot that includes both typing test and the line graph
  
  
  
• My First Post - This was the first post you made after creating your blog.  Include some information about something you like or that is important to you.  Include an image and an explanation.
•  Share Your Portfolio - You will post your portfolio on a shared Padlet Board.  This will make our experience of finding and sharing our blogs with each other much more enjoyable.  Look up at the upper left corner of this blog to find your class.

What you need to accomplish this week: Getting to know your blog

• Finish posting all 3 posts for this week
• My First Post - Post an image that visually shows something about you and what you like
• September Typing Test - Post a screenshot just like the one above with a description of what this post is.
• A Cool Video for a Tuesday - Post a favorite video & an explanation about why you posted the video
• Share your Blog - Share your blog in your classes Padlet.  Find your classes Padlet in the upper left-hand corner of this blog
• Design your Blog - Work on getting the look you want for your blog

Beach Cleanup - We'll be out at the beach making it look better this Saturday.  Bring your family for some fun on the sand!

   

Mr. Gray at our Cleanup Site

 Here are Mr. Gray's weekly announcements

 

One More Day

Hi All! Week of 9/7 - 9/10

Vote Here -  : https://forms.gle/12cSscTFE7DVvDhC7

Welcome Back CS Students!

Mr. Garcia here looking forward to a week full of exploring computer science!

First, check out what you can see in the skies during the month of September.

Tuesday - We'll be wrapping up creating our email signature.  Remember to send me an email to demonstrate that you have completed the signature.  Have fun with this and use a quote that means something to you.  If you need help, make sure you let me know in class!

Wednesday - Friday - We are going to start looking a what it takes to make a computer work.  Hardware mixed with software.  This week, you'll check out more of the hardware and start to work on some of the software.

Finished Early? - Make sure to create a Scratch account so we can start building code strings to make a computer work for you!  When you "JOIN Scratch", make sure to use your google account information & DO NOT use your real name.  Always use your gamer name.

Looking forward to working & learning with you this week!

Mr. G

Here is a great quote I heard this weekend.

California Coastal Cleanup is Coming Soon!!!

9/18/2021

Get your sunblock, gloves, and buckets ready for a fun day at the beach.  Join your Rio Vista colleagues and families at the beach to help make a difference.  Check out the videos below to learn about the impact coastal cleanups have made on our beaches and marine life!

FYI - Here is the tutorial just in case you need to finish the Email Signature Assignment

Welcome Back to School! August 30 - Sept 3

 Hi all, 

Mr. Garcia here.  

This week will be about setting up & getting to know our Google information system and tuning up your Chromebooks.  Lots to learn about all the tools you have at your fingertips.  

We'll also be setting up or updating your accounts for software applications you will be using this year.

Class Routines: When you come into class, take a few minutes to

1. Find your seat
2. Power up your computer
3. Adjust your work area to be comfortable.  That can also include finding a chair that is right for you.
4. READ THE CLASS BLOG - here is where you will find your daily & weekly tasks
5. Follow the directions

On Monday: we'll put connect and check all of the Acer Desktop computers.  We'll also tie up the wiring so it does not become a mess.  We'll also talk about student privacy on a school network and what you can do while using a school device. 

On Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday: we'll start looking at some Google apps that we will be using all year long.  We'll also start checking out some web-based software we'll be using.

• Calendar
• tasks
• set dates based on our school calendar (see below)
• 
  
• Mail
• send & receive
• delete 
• organize
• customize
• Bookmarks
• how too bookmark a site
• organizing bookmarks
• Web-based software and apps
• Scratch
• Tinkercad
• typing.com

Friday:

• Space Out Friday!
• The Artemis Program
• Kahoot

Let's have some fun!

Mr. G

Rio Vista Regular Remote Learning Schedule

 

Smart Start Week 2 - Computer Science Week 2 Activity

Hi all, 

I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day!

This week you will be working from this slideshow.  Click on the different activities.  Most of the assignments are on the last slide.  Make sure you mark "Done" in the Google Classroom assignment. 

New School Year 2020/2021 Starts On MONDAY!!!

I'm is looking forward to seeing you ONLINE on Monday!

Don't forget to check your email for the latest info!

Make sure your remote work areas are ready to go!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Computer Science - Garcia - Day 1 - Monday, August 31

Period	Time	Monday 8/31 - First Day of School Schedule ONLY
Period 2	9:25 - 9:40 am	Welcome & Introductions to our class - check your mail
Period 4	10:15 - 10:30 am	Welcome & Introductions to our class - check your mail
Period 5	10:40 - 10:55 am	Welcome & Introductions to our class - check your mail
Period 6	11:05 - 11:20 am	Welcome & Introductions to our class - check your mail