6-2-2014 ePortfolio

On Thursday, we will have a party from 11:55 to 12:25.  You can bring snacks for the class.  No drinks, only water.  Napkins and cups are needed.

Today, we will work on our ePortfolio website.

You can look through your Google Drive and find things to include on your site.

After you have finished your ePortfolio you will create a SCREENR tour of your site.  Click here to use it.

You will embed your tour on the home page of your website!

5-30-2014 Reflection

We are almost finished with our Scribbler Unit!

Today, we will take a moment to reflect on what we have learned about robots by working with the S2!

First, you will make a new page on your website under STEAM.

Then you will write these three headings:

What
So What
What Next

Under WHAT you will just say what you did. This is just the facts. You can say that you used a scribbler 2 robot. You can describe it (red, wheels, what it does, move, LEDs, music).

Under SO WHAT you will explain the projects you did and what you learned by doing them. This is the part that interests me as your teacher the most so I hope you will spend extra time on this part!

Under WHAT NEXT you will explain what else you might like to learn about robots. Are robots more interesting to you now? What questions might you have about robots. Which projects would you like to do that we didn't get to do?

Here are some pictures you can use on your webpage.  Click here and download the ones with YOU in them.

TURN IN HERE!

5-28-2014 Scribbler!

Keep working on your Mazes and independent projects!

5-27-2014 Amazing Maze!

Today you should be finishing up Project 4 by working on your maze.

One you have it approved by Ms. Rickard, you can work on the Project of your choice!

5-23-2014 Scribbler 2!!!

Continue working on Project 3 and Project 4!  Get you maze coding approved by Ms. Rickard.

If finished, work on the project of your choice.

Today, please finish Scribbler Project 3.  Don't forget to submit your answers in the Google Form. Click here for the link.

Then, continue on to Scribbler Project 4. Don't forget to submit your answers in the Google Form. Click here for the link for the form.

5-22-2014 Finish Scribbler Project 4

Get your computer.  Faye and Veriamo will pass out the robots.

Today, please finish Scribbler Project 3.  Don't forget to submit your answers in the Google Form. Click here for the link.

Then, continue on to Scribbler Project 4. Don't forget to submit your answers in the Google Form. Click here for the link for the form.

Remember when you clean up:
Put the newspapers back, folded up.
Put your maze sheet in your robot box.
Put back the ruler, protractor, and sharpie.
Wait for Faye and Veriamo to call your team to put back your robots.

5-21-2014 Scribbler Project 3!

Click here for today's activity!

Be sure to write your answers in a Google Doc FIRST!  Then put them in the form when you are finished and ready to submit!

5-20-2014 Scribblers!!!

Please take the seat you were in yesterday.

I will be assigning you a robot.  DO NOT TOUCH THE ROBOTS, YET!

Click here for today's assignment!  Bookmark it!

Go to PROJECT ONE and work on it!

5-19-2014 Music!

Music today for Ms. Rickard's STEAM.

This week you will begin an investigation of coding for robots.

The robot you will use is called a Scribbler 2.

The coding uses a Graphical User Interface or GUI like Scratch.  That means you don't write code like with Arduino.  Instead you use blocks of code like Scratch.

Watch this video to learn more.

5-9-2014 Turn In Your Webpage

Yesterday, we created a webpage where we wrote a reflection about our S2 project.

Please turn in the URL to that webpage here if you would like credit!

If you have finished the Project 3 and Project 4 questionnaires, you can do ANY project you like today. It's Free Choice Friday!

5-8-2014 Reflection

We are almost finished with our Scribbler Unit!

Today, we will take a moment to reflect on what we have learned about robots by working with the S2!

First, you will make a new page on your website under STEAM.

Then you will write these three headings:

What
So What
What Next

Under WHAT you will just say what you did.  This is just the facts.  You can say that you used a scribbler 2 robot.  You can describe it (red, wheels, what it does, move, LEDs, music).

Under SO WHAT you will explain the projects you did and what you learned by doing them.  This is the part that interests me as your teacher the most so I hope you will spend extra time on this part!

Under WHAT NEXT you will explain what else you might like to learn about robots.  Are robots more interesting to you now?  What questions might you have about robots.  Which projects would you like to do that we didn't get to do?


Here are some pictures you can use on your webpage.

5-2-2014 Scribbler!

Don't forget the forms for
Project 3
Project 4

4-30-2014 Yellow Belt Advancement!

Take out a pencil/pen.

4-29-2014 Scribbler!

Click here for today's assignment!

4-28-2014 New STEAM Rotation starts today!

Check the list to see where you go.

Ms. Rickard's STEAM class goes to music today!

Find a seat.  Do not get a computer.  This will be your seat for the next two weeks.

4-25-2014 Your Choice!

Choices:

Work on, make a new, or play games on Scratch.

Work on Green Belt Coding.

Play Waker
Play Afterland
Play other games from MIT Media Lab

Play Mancala - Ask Ms. Rickard

4-24-2014 Open House Rehearsal!

Today we will prepare for Open House during STEAM!

4-23-2014 Boards!

Turn in citations here.

Turn in any images here.

4-22-2014 Music Today!

Egypt Website

http://wordpress.slcusd.org/ejarvis/projects/ancient-egypt-website-2/ 

4-17-2014 Let's finish up our projects!

Be sure to turn in your game!

Click here and add your Scratch Egypt Game to our LOMS Studio.

Do this even if you are not finished.

Please turn in your Scratch Game here, even if you are not finished.

4-16-2014 Turn It In

Click here and add your Scratch Egypt Game to our LOMS Studio.

Do this even if you are not finished.

Please turn in your Scratch Game here, even if you are not finished.

4-15-2014 Terminate!

How will your Scratch game end?  How will your player win?

4-14-2014 Music!

Music today.

4-11-2014 Continue Working On Scratch

Let's continue our Scratch Game project.  I heard some of you had trouble with your questions so let's go over that.

4-10-2014 Continue Working On Scratch!

Click here to check out Ms. Rickard's code so far.  Please make sure you are caught up!

Click here to find out how to ask a question in your Egypt Game.

4-9-2014 Let's try this again!

Yesterday, we lost our work because MIT's server was down.  :(

So let's try it again.  This time, let's save as we go...

If you want to see the code we created yesterday, click here to see Ms. Rickard's project so far.

4-8-2014 Scratch Game!

Click here and copy this Doc into your Drive.  Put it in your STEAM folder.

4-7-2014 Group E goes to Music today!

Please take a seat but do not get a computer.  This will be your assigned seat for the next two weeks.

A goes to Jarvis
B goes to Spindler
C goes to Hotaling
D goes to Burrus
E goes to Rickard

3-31-2013 Flappy!

Click here for today's activity.

Then try this one.

Try Tinker.

Then try this one and let me know what you think.  Is it good?  Did you like it?

3-20-2014 and 3-21-2014 Finishing Touches!

We have two days left for our Scratch Project.  Let's make sure there is content about Egypt in our games!

Also, be sure to turn in the URL for your game!  And add it to our LOMS Studio.

3-18-2014 Turn In Your Game

Click here and add your Scratch Egypt Game to our LOMS Studio.

Do this even if you are not finished.

Please turn in your Scratch Game here, even if you are not finished.

3-17-2014 Let's talk about Hide and Show

Open your Scratch Egypt Game.

3-13-2014 & 3-14-2014 Levels!

Let's create a level today.  Please sign into Scratch!

If you'd like to see Ms. Rickard's Scratch project, click here.

3-12-2014 Music today

No STEAM today.

3-11-2014 If-Then Statements

Today we will create our second sprite and learn how to use If Then statements for sensing.

STEAM Rotation for the next two weeks.

A goes to Burrus (Music on Thursday)

B goes to Jarvis (Music on Friday)

C goes to Rickard (Music on Wednesday)

D goes to Spindler (Music on Tuesday)

E goes to Hotaling (Music on Monday)

3-10-2014 Scratch Egypt Game!

Quietly find a seat.  You may sit wherever you like.  Please make a wise choice.

Wait to get your computer.

Click here for Ms. Rickard's example game.

Click here for your assignment.

Click here for Scratch Video Tutorials.

Click here and make a copy of the planning document.

Click here and make a copy of  the storyboard doc.

3-7-2014 Evaluate Yourself

Click here for the Self Evaluation for your Scratch Egypt Game.

Click here for the rubric.

This is the last day to turn in your project.  Click here to do it.

This is the last day to submit it to the STUDIO.  Click here to do it.

3-5-2014 Sensing

Let's talk about using sensing in our Scratch Games.

If you have not turned in your Scratch Game yet, do it!
Click here and add your Scratch Egypt Game to our LOMS Studio.  Do this even if you are not finished.

Please turn in your Scratch Game here, even if you are not finished.

3-3-2014 Add your project to the Rickard LOMS Egypt Game Studio

Click here and add your Scratch Egypt Game to our LOMS Studio.

Do this even if you are not finished.

Please turn in your Scratch Game here, even if you are not finished.

2-28-2014 Sensing, Scoring, Levels

Let's continue working on our Scratch Games.

Students in our class will show us how sensing works, how to put scoring in your game and how to do levels.

2-27-2014 Moving Your Sprite

Today we will talk about how to create and move your Sprite during a game.

Please sign into your Scratch account.

2-26-2014 Scratch Game

Today we will hear ideas regarding how to incorporate Egypt into our Scratch Game.

Click here for your assignment.

2-25-2014 Music

Ms. Rickard's class goes to music.

2-24-2014 Scratch Game Planning & Storyboard

Quietly find a seat.  You may sit wherever you like.  Please make a wise choice.

Wait to get your computer.

Click here and make a copy of the planning document.

Click here and make a copy of  the storyboard doc.

Click here for your assignment.

Click here for Scratch Video Tutorials.

2-20-2014 ePortfolio Tune Up

Today we will work on fixing up our ePortfolio websites.

Please go to your website now.

You need to have:

1.  A welcome message on your home page telling people a little about yourself and the purpose of your website.

2.  A Science page

3.  A STEAM page

4.  Reading page

5.  Math page

6.  Recent activity.  (Ms. Rickard will show you how to do this.)

2-13-2014 Monster Mash

Click here for today's assignment.

2-10-2014 More Arduino

Open the SIK Guide.  Click here.

2-3-2014 Welcome to Arduino

Click here for your assignment.

1-30-2014 Burrus to Music, Rickard to Spindler

1-27-2014 Welcome To Arduino

Click here to go to Day One Activity.

This week you will go to music on Thursday.

1-24-2014 Free Discovery Day

Today, you will work in teams of two or three and choose the sketch you'd like to try.  See how many sketches you can construct.  Remember to use the prewritten code which can be found at sparkfun.com/sikcode

1-21-2014 Welcome To Arduino

Click here to go to Day One Activity.

1-16-2014 Arduino Part 2

Today we will continue our investigation of Ardunio microcontrollers by working on Sketch 4 called Multiple LEDs.  Please find it on page 35 of the SIK Guide here.

Remember, sharing is caring.  We do not have enough Arduino boards so you will need to set up your CIRCUIT on your breadboard, then take turns testing it with the shared Arduino.

To get the code/sketch for this circuit, google sparkfun.com/SIKcode.  You will need to download it.

Then in groups of two or three, try changing the code in the Sketch to make the LEDs light up in different patterns.

1-15-2014 Rickard Students to Hotaling, Jarvis Students to Music

Rickard Students to Hotaling, Jarvis Students to Music

1-13-2014 and 1-14-2014 Welcome To Arduino!

Click here to go to Day One Activity.

1-9-2014 and 1-10-2014 Game Board Reflection

Today we will wrap up our Board Game project!

We need to do 2 things:
1.  Peer Evaluation - Working well in a team is a Work Force Skill that employers are looking for in employees.  Your teachers at LOMS have designed projects like the Board Game project to give you opportunities to work in a team situation.  It's not always easy working with others.

today we will evaluate ourselves and our team members for their contribution to the project.  Please be respectful but honest.

2.  Reflection - This will be a BIG PART of your grade for the board game project.  The reflection piece that you write will show Ms. Rickard what you learned from this experience.  Please be thoughtful as you write this piece.  Use this opportunity to demonstrate and explain what your learning.

Create a Google Doc and call it:  Final Reflection:  Board Game Design

Reflection
1.  What (10 Points) 
This part of the reflection is kind of like evidence.  This is where you explain what you did during the project. This needs to be written as if you were telling someone who is not at this school about the project.  Explain everything from the beginning.

Things that we did:
-create a Google Form to get ideas from Mr. Wilcox's eight grade class
-brainstormed a concept
-paper prototyped the rules
-tested the rules by playing the game for a few minutes then rewriting the rules
-planning what we needed to make our board (including our research of science and social studies)
-designing and buiding the board and game pieces (including finding images, ModPodge, painting, using clay)
-testing the games by having other teams play them


2. So What (15 Points)
-what it was like coming up with the concept of the game
-how did you use the feedback from the eighth graders to design your game
-what was it like writing the rules of the game and what were challenges your faced
-what it was like working in the team
-what it was like to have other teams play the game.  Did players play the game/follow the rules as you expected?  Did players like the game?  What was good about your game?  What was not good about your game?
-what was it like creating an advertising campaign for your game?  Be sure to talk about your print ad, the video commercial, the radio commercial, and the Scratch commercial.  Which did you enjoy creating the most and why?  Which one do you think would be the best one to motivate people to buy your game?

3.  What Next (5 Points)
If you were going to redesign the game again, what would you do?  Would you change the rules to make them easier to understand?  If you could add anything to your game, what would it be.

If you had to learn more about game design, what would it be?  What kinds of things would you be interested in learning about regarding game design.  Are you interested in video game design?  Why?

Links for pictures:
https://picasaweb.google.com/101448241971364592836/BrainstormingGameDesign

https://picasaweb.google.com/101448241971364592836/RapidPrototyping2013?authkey=Gv1sRgCNa_qtfjgom1CQ

1-7-2014 Music!

Music today!

1-6-2014 Let's Play!

10 minutes of Typing Club.  USE THE CORRECT FINGERS ON THE CORRECT KEYS PLEEEAAASE!

Then Code Monster for ten minutes.  Click Here.

Today we will play our games.

We will have one team play our game and we will stand behind the team and watch them play it.

Then we will switch!

The purpose of this activity is to OBSERVE the game play to see if they game runs as we thought it would.

DO NOT GIVE HINTS OR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TEAM PLAYING YOUR GAME!