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Contents
- 1 Friday - Thursday (1/20/12 - 1/26/12)
- 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)
- 5 Friday (12/23/11) - Friday (12/30/11)
- 6 Thursday (12/22/11)
- 7 Tuesday - Wednesday (12/13/11 - 12/21/11)
- 8 Friday - Monday (12/9/11 - 12/12/11)
- 9 Wednesday - Thursday (12/7/11 - 12/8/11)
- 10 Thursday - Tuesday (12/1/11 - 12/6/11)
- 11 Monday - Wednesday (11/28/11 - 11/30/11)
- 12 Wednesday - Friday (11/23/11 - 11/25/11)
- 13 Monday - Tuesday (11/21/11 - 11/22/11)
- 14 Monday - Friday (11/14/11 - 11/18/11)
- 15 Wednesday - Thursday (11/9/11 - 11/10/11)
- 16 Monday (11/7/11)
- 17 Thursday - Friday (11/3/11 - 11/4/11)
- 18 Tuesday - Thursday (11/1/11 - 11/3/11)
- 19 Archives
Friday - Thursday (1/20/12 - 1/26/12)
- 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:
- List 3 examples of things that are protected by copyright
- What rights does the copyright holder have over his/her intellectual property?
- 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
- 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.
- May work in pairs, but has to show substantial work of 2 people. You may work with a classmate in another class
- Turn it in by the end of the week
- Work on a game design proposal/description today (250-500 words). Should include the following:
Friday (12/23/11) - Friday (12/30/11)
- Winter Break
Thursday (12/22/11)
- Digital Portfolio Website Evaluations
- Choose and evaluate 5 other students' portfolios: CS Student Pages
- Complete and turn in the evaluation sheet by the end of class
- Complete Parental evaluations over winter break and bring back to class
Tuesday - Wednesday (12/13/11 - 12/21/11)
- Digital Portfolio Website
- Complete Digital Portfolio Website by Wednesday (12/21/11)
- We will be evaluating each others' sites in class on Thursday!
Friday - Monday (12/9/11 - 12/12/11)
Agenda:
- Google Sites
- Login with your google account or create one if you do not already have one
- Create your first website
- Be sure to include the following information
- Name (only first if you want to keep privacy)
- School
- Year in school
- Special Interests
- We will be putting our digital portfolios on this website, so you can spend time now adding/removing widgets and playing with Google Sites
- Submit your website's address
- Complete and demo Tron Light Cycles game
Wednesday - Thursday (12/7/11 - 12/8/11)
- Complete and demo Tron Light Cycles game
- Screencasting with Jing
- Work on the STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition
Thursday - Tuesday (12/1/11 - 12/6/11)
- Complete and Demo your Tron Light Cycles game
- Work on the STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition. You can work on either of the following:
- Creating a game design document
- Creating the game in Scratch
- Games involving other subjects may be used for assignments in other classes as well
- Animating science concepts
- Animating math concepts
- Animating a book that you are reading in English
- Animating an event in history for social students
- etc.
Monday - Wednesday (11/28/11 - 11/30/11)
- STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition
- Missing Dodge demos
- Missing Tron requirements
- Complete and Demo your Tron Light Cycles game
Wednesday - Friday (11/23/11 - 11/25/11)
- Thanksgiving Break
Monday - Tuesday (11/21/11 - 11/22/11)
- Complete and Demo your Tron Light Cycles game
Monday - Friday (11/14/11 - 11/18/11)
Agenda:
- Complete and demo Dodge game
- Begin designing Tron Light Cycles Game
- With a partner, describe all the rules and components of the game (just like Mr. Bui does it)
- Be sure to completely describe everything:
- Background
- Sound
- Players
- What happens during game play (drawing/pen stuff)
- How does somebody lose?
- Print out and turn in your design (be sure to put both your names on it)
- From this list, begin making the game
Wednesday - Thursday (11/9/11 - 11/10/11)
Agenda:
- Return 1st Quarter Exams
- Dodge game
Monday (11/7/11)
Agenda:
- Finish Rise of the Video Game: Part 1
- Return 1st Quarter Exams
- Dodge game
Thursday - Friday (11/3/11 - 11/4/11)
Agenda:
- 1st Quarter Exams and makeups
- Demo Whac-A-Mole game (last grade of the quarter)
- Try naming as many video game systems and who made them chronologically
- Rise of the Video Game: Part 1
Tuesday - Thursday (11/1/11 - 11/3/11)
Agenda:
- 1st Quarter Exams and makeups
- Demo Whac-A-Mole game (last grade of the quarter)