Rio Vista Condors Technology - Computer Science

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

RV Computer Science Week 3/14 - 18/2022 Special Post - Student Plans for 3/17 & 18/2022

Hi all,

Enjoy the time in class either getting your game idea started or learning how to use Tinkercad. I’m looking forward to next week and working on these projects with you.

If you need me for any reason, you can email me. I’ll try to respond as soon as possible but it will not be immediate.

Make it a great 2 days. Please be respectful to your teachers and focus on your work. Keep the socializing at lunch.

Mr. Garcia

Thursday & Friday

P1 - Homeroom - Introduce yourself, take attendance, listen to announcements, answer any questions, send the students off with their computers, and a warm wish or thought for the day. Students can warm up by playing games on their devices.

All Classes - Morning Routine

Keyboarding Practice - 13 min - Typing games when done with your time
Check mail/your time - 3 min
Start on class projects

Thursday & Friday

Periods 2, 4, 5

Our students are starting to build a video game. They will work in groups next week. For Thursday & Friday, they will be working on their own researching their ideas, watching some tutorial videos, and working in Scratch or on paper to get some basic code started.

Morning Routine - Friday only - What’s Up Post - Your theme or write about one of these ideas
Watch these videos -

Continue researching the game you want to build

Find and save in a bookmark the tutorials or information that may help you.

Start building your game in Scratch

For today & tomorrow, you can draw out your ideas on paper if you want to. The big idea is to have something concrete to share your idea with others next week

For later: Some items to remember for next week.

A clear goal for the game & for each level of the game (3 levels)
What is the theme (knowing this will help you design the graphics & sound)
A title page or launch page
What is the player interface (keyboard, mouse, alt controller)

Thursday & Friday

Periods 6 & 7

You are working in Tinkercad. Specifically, you are working on completing all 7 Starter Tutorials. Take your time and try to understand what you are doing in these tutorials. Next week, you will screenshot each finished tutorial and post it your portfolio.

Morning Routine - Friday only - What’s Up Post - Your theme or write about one of these ideas
Watch this video - What is 3D Printing?
Tinkercad - Start the Starters

Complete all 7 starters. Take your time to learn the skill being taught.

If you finish early, you can start your Project Identification!

Click on the image

End of class:

1 min - Log out of class devices & shut down computers - I make all students wait at their workstations until all headphones, tables, and chairs are neatly arranged. I excuse one row at a time. Do not excuse students until workspaces are clean.

P7 needs to put chairs up and shut down the TV on FRIDAY!

Guest Teacher Reminders:

Write good, detailed, and readable reflections with the names of students who are off task and students who are helpful.
Email me if you have any questions. agarcia@rioschools.org

I wish you all a good 2 days and a great weekend. Help each other by respecting each other and what you all have to complete in class.

See you on Monday,

Mr. Garcia

P.S. you can email me any questions. It may take me a while to respond.

Monday, March 14, 2022

RV Computer Science Week 3/14 - 18/2022

Good Day Everyone,

We are diving into both Game Development & 3D design depending on which class you are in. Let's get to it and have some fun.

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This week:

Period 2, 4, & 5

Monday - What kind of games are out there? What are the parts of the game? Add to Game Dev Document - fill out this survey

Tuesday -

Wednesday -

Thursday -

Friday -

When you finish:

Update your blog - Some students are taking control of their blog to post about things that they want to talk about. For example, anime & fandom pieces, food & recipes, animals, places they want to visit, fears with the world.
Redesign your blog - make your blog a thing of beautifying by updating themes, colors, images, & layouts.
Scratch - start or continue working on your own project
3D Design - Design something to solve a problem, to create something new, or make a gift
Rolling Drones. FRIDAY ONLY - Get with a drone leader in your class to get started.

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Period 6 & 7

Monday - What's Up Post - Monday:) - Tinkercad - sign up & overview

Tuesday - What's Up Post - Your Favorites - Create a list of some of your favorites - Tinkercad

Wednesday -

Thursday -

Friday -

IF YOU ARE DONE -

Update your blog - Some students are taking control of their blog to post about things that they want to talk about. For example, anime & fandom pieces, food & recipes, animals, places they want to visit, fears with the world.
Redesign your blog - make your blog a thing of beautifying by updating themes, colors, images, & layouts.
3D Design - Design something to solve a problem, to create something new, or make a gift
Rolling Drones. Get with a drone leader in your class to get started.

Space Out Friday

Sunday, March 6, 2022

RV Computer Science Week 3/7 - 3/11/2022

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Welcome all,

Practice is a skill that builds a person's ability to learn new things. Without practice, how would we learn to do anything well?

Can you think of a thing that you did not know how to do but you took control of your learning and practiced it? What were the results?

This week, the first week of Trimester 3, we'll revisit some of the things we have learned, some things we continue to practice, and we'll move forward into some new territory.

First, watch this video that looks at what practice does to our brain.

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This week:

Period 2, 4, & 5

Monday - Watch the video & follow-up discussion. What has practice helped you learn? Create a blog post titled "Practice & Keyboarding" Write and answer this question - "Has your practice paid off?"

Tuesday - Look back at your first Scratch game. What do you remember about creating it? Can you look at the code and know what it is supposed to do?

Wednesday - Practice some basic code script in Scratch: automated sprite movement, manual sprite movement,

Thursday - Let's talk gaming & more coding

Friday - Game Day - Play some of the championship games from Skoolcade

When you finish:

Update your blog - Some students are taking control of their blog to post about things that they want to talk about. For example, anime & fandom pieces, food & recipes, animals, places they want to visit, fears with the world.
Redesign your blog - make your blog a thing of beautifying by updating themes, colors, images, & layouts.
Scratch - start or continue working on your own project
3D Design - Design something to solve a problem, to create something new, or make a gift
Rolling Drones. Get with a drone leader in your class to get started.

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Period 6 & 7

Monday - Welcome to CS! We'll look at our class syllabus and work on our routines including keyboarding, creating a blog post in your new portfolio, and leaving the Tech Lab.

Period 6 link Period 7 link

Tuesday - First, we'll build a bookmark folder that contains all of our most used sites. Then we'll jump into Google Search and learn some new tools to refine your searches.

scratch.mit.edu

tinkercad.com

typing.com

riovistatech.blogspot.com

edublogs.org

Wednesday -

Thursday -

Friday -

IF YOU ARE DONE -

Update your blog - Some students are taking control of their blog to post about things that they want to talk about. For example, anime & fandom pieces, food & recipes, animals, places they want to visit, fears with the world.
Redesign your blog - make your blog a thing of beautifying by updating themes, colors, images, & layouts.
Rolling Drones. Get with a drone leader in your class to get started.

Space Out Friday

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Computer Science Week 2/28 - 3/4/22

Good day all,

This will be the last week of trimester 2. All work must be turned in by Friday.

Please post your work in your blog.

If you have any questions or concerns, please meet with me during class. I am also available before class, during lunch, or after school.

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Homework is Due Now

HomeWork for all Classes: They Can See Me!

Your homework is to have 3 adults make a comment on one of your blog posts.

Instructions

Ask 3 adults to comment on a post in your portfolio. You can help them if necessary.
Screenshot their comment.
Post all 3 comments in your portfolio with the title - Comments from the Outside
Due on 3/4/2022 - 600 pts possible

Details

* You are asking 3 adults to find a post in your blog that they will comment on. When they finish, screenshot their comment and post it on your blog.

* The adult you ask may not know how to use a computer. That's OK. You will have to guide them. You may also sign in to your account and write down what they say for them.

* If you are using your account to comment on your blog post, write the adult's name down at the beginning of their comment.

* This assignment is due February 25, 2022 - 600pts possible

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Overview of this week

This week, periods 2, 4, & 5 will finish their BPC car #2, test their car, & gather data on their new vehicle. Lastly, complete your #2 BPC car reflection on your blog.

Did you create a car that can be powered by the air in a balloon?

Periods 6 & 7 will finish their Project Identification design & post a reflection of the project on their blog.

For Space Out Friday we will continue to learn about the Artemis Project that aims at getting humanity back on the moon permanently by 2025. We'll also learn about the Parker Solar Probe which is investigating our sun & the planet Venus.

Make it a great week!

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Period 2, 4, & 5

Monday - Finish BPC#2 & Finish your blog post

Tuesday - February Keyboarding Test - Take 2 - 3 minutes tests and post your results on the class blog with the title "KB February" . Continue with your other work

Wednesday - Finish BPC#2 & Finish your blog post

Thursday - Finish BPC#2 & Finish your blog post

Friday - EOT #2- LAST DAY TO TURN IN WORK - Finish BPC#2 & Finish your blog post

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Period 6 & 7

Monday - Finish your Project Identification design & blog post - don't forget to post an actual picture of your finished product with your project reflection.

Tuesday - February Keyboarding Test - Take 2 - 3 minutes tests and post your results on the class blog with the title "KB February" . Continue with your other work

Wednesday - Finish your Project Identification design & blog post - don't forget to post an actual picture of your finished product with your project reflection.

Thursday - Finish your Project Identification design & blog post - don't forget to post an actual picture of your finished product with your project reflection.

Friday - EOT #2- LAST DAY TO TURN IN WORK - Finish your Project Identification design & blog post - don't forget to post an actual picture of your finished product with your project reflection. PERIOD 7 ONLY - We will meet with your new Homeroom today during this period.

IF YOU ARE DONE -

Make sure all your classwork for trimester 2 has been turned in.
Rolling Drones. Get with a drone leader in your class to get started.

Space Out Friday

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Rio Vista Computer Science Week 2/22 - 25/2022

Good day all,

I hope you are all rested and ready for the big push to finish Trimester 2, and start the end of the year today!!!

To begin with, let's look at the homework which will be due next week on 3/2/22.

HomeWork for all Classes: They Can See Me!

This week, you all will have homework from this class. Your homework is:

Instructions

Ask 3 adults to comment on a post in your portfolio. You can help them if necessary.
Screenshot their comment.
Post all 3 comments in your portfolio with the title - Comments from the Outside
Due on 3/2/2022 - 600 pts possible

Details

* You are asking 3 adults to find a post in your blog that they will comment on. When they finish, screenshot their comment and post it on your blog.

* The adult you ask may not know how to use a computer. That's OK. You will have to guide them. You may also sign in to your account and write down what they say for them.

* If you are using your account to comment on your blog post, write the adult's name down at the beginning of their comment.

* This assignment is due February 25, 2022 - 600pts possible

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This week, periods 2, 4, & 5 will begin to redesign & print their BPC. All this is to create a new design that will successfully be powered by a balloon.

Periods 6 & 7 will start their first 3D design project after some practice.

For Space Out Friday we will continue to learn about the Artemis Project that aims at getting humanity back on the moon permanently by 2025.

Make it a great week!

Period 2, 4, & 5

Monday - Build your best design - No school

Tuesday - Build your best design

Wednesday - Build your best design

Thursday - Build your best design & prepare your BPC #2 blog post

Friday - Build & print your car. Prepare your BPC #2 blog post

Period 6 & 7

Monday - Intro to Project Identification - No school

Tuesday - Working on Project ID

Wednesday - Working on Project ID & prepare your Project Identification blog post

Thursday - Working on PID & prepare your Project Identification blog post

Friday - Wrapping Up PID & prepare your Project Identification blog post

Space Out Friday

Friday, February 11, 2022

Rio Vista Computer Science Week 2/14 - 2/18/2022

Happy Valentines Day!

Wishing you all feel the love on Monday and beyond. Make sure to pass it forward.

HomeWork for all Classes: They Can See Me!

This week, you all will have homework from this class. Your homework is:

Instructions

Ask 3 adults to comment on a post in your portfolio. You can help them if necessary.
Screenshot their comment.
Post all 3 comments in your portfolio with the title - Comments from the Outside
Due on 2/25/2022 - 600 pts possible