CS1 - 1112 - January
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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:
- 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: