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Contents 1 Friday - Monday (1/20/12 - 1/30/12) 2 Tuesday - Thursday (1/17/12 - 1/19/12) 3 Monday - Friday (1/9/12 - 1/13/12) 4 Tuesday - Friday (1/3/12 - 1/6/12)

Friday - Monday (1/20/12 - 1/30/12)

• Complete STEM Challenge project by Tuesday, January 31st
• You will be posting it on your on-line portfolio (like your other games). Include the following:
  • The page link should be named STEM Game (so that it's easier for Mr. Bui to find)
  • All the information from your game proposal/design document (you can copy and paste this)
  • Link to the playable game uploaded to the Scratch website
  • Screencast of you playing and demoing the game
• We will then submit it to the contest

Tuesday - Thursday (1/17/12 - 1/19/12)

Warmup:

• Answer the following questions:
  1. List 3 examples of things that are protected by copyright
  2. What rights does the copyright holder have over his/her intellectual property?
  3. List 3 specific ways that people infringe on copyright
• Watch PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet
• Check out Sites Joining the SOPA-PIPA Blackout
• Read In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old
• Alternatives? OPEN Act: Online Protection & ENforcement of Digital Trade Act

Agenda:

• Intellectual Property
• 2 more weeks to complete the STEM Challenge game
• Complete by the end of January and submit to contest

Monday - Friday (1/9/12 - 1/13/12)

Agenda:

• Central Library volunteering opportunity
  • Saturday, January 21, from 10:30AM-12PM
  • Help people learn how to use download ebooks and use e-readers
• Make sure you've turned in your STEM Challenge design
• Begin working on your STEM Challenge game
• Be sure to read through the STEM Challenge Rules

Tuesday - Friday (1/3/12 - 1/6/12)

Agenda:

• Turn in Parental evaluations for Digital Portfolio Website
• 2nd Quarter Exams start next week
• STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition
  1. Work on a game design proposal/description today (250-500 words). Should include the following:
     • Name(s) of you and your partner (partner optional)
     • Title of the game
     • 1 paragraph description of the plot/storyline
     • Game-play description
     • Controls
     • Objective(s) of the game
     • Description of how difficulty increases to challenge player
     • Include any hand-drawn sketches/illustrations of background, players, sprites, items, etc.
  2. May work in pairs, but has to show substantial work of 2 people. You may work with a classmate in another class
  3. Turn it in by the end of the week