12-20-2013 Crafty Friday!

Click here to see a tutorial on how to make Origami Ornaments!!!

12-19-2013 Let's add our project to the LOMS Studio!

Click here to go to the LOMS Project Studio

Make sure you have turned in the URL for your Scratch Commercial website page by clicking here and scrolling to the Form at the bottom of the page.  IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT IT, MS. RICKARD CAN'T GRADE IT!

Make sure you include all the elements required for your project.  Click here for the assignment.

12-18-2013 Continue Working On Scratch

Click here to find the requirements for the project.

Click here to watch YouTube tutorials on Scratch.

See if you can use Hide and Show.

Click here to check out a book for Scratch Programmers with lots of tricks and tips.

12-16-2013 Welcome Scratchers!

Go to my STEAM website.  Click here for the assignment.

Do we have any Scratch experts?

1. For this unit, we will create an online commercial using Scratch!
2. We will embed our commercial on our Google Site!
3. We will add our commercial to the LOMS Game Design Advertising Campaign Studio

Each team member will create their own commercial.  You can make a four part commercial with your other team members or your own stand alone commercial.

Click here to find the requirements for the project.

Click here to watch YouTube tutorials on Scratch.

See if you can use Hide and Show.

Click here to check out a book for Scratch Programmers with lots of tricks and tips.

12-13-2013 We're almost there!

Make sure you have turned in the URL for your Scratch Commercial website page by clicking here and scrolling to the Form at the bottom of the page.  IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT IT, MS. RICKARD CAN'T GRADE IT!

Also, let's put our projects in the LOMS Studio!  Click here!

12-12-1213 Scratch baby!

Continue working on your Scratch project today.

Be sure to include all elements required for the project.  Remember the elements needed for a high score such as costume changes, a background, movement, sound, text, etc.

See assignment here.

Watch the YouTube tutorials here if you have questions about things like Costume Change.

See if you can use Hide and Show.

12-11-2013 Let's create a link on our website to our Scratch project.

Go to your website and to your Scratch project.

12-10-2013 Hotaling kids to music!

Rickard kids to Jarvis

Hotaling kids to music.

12-9-2013 Welcome Scratchers!

Please get your computer, find your seat and take out your ear buds.

Log in and go to Chrome.

Google Search for:  rickardsteam.blogspot.com

(You can also go to LOMS website, click faculty, Rickard, then STEAM if you want to work at home.)

Welcome to the STEAM Advertising Campaign for your Game Design Concept!

Go to my STEAM website.  Click here for the assignment.

Do we have any Scratch experts?

1. For this unit, we will create an online commercial using Scratch!
2. We will embed our commercial on our Google Site!
3. We will add our commercial to the LOMS Game Design Advertising Campaign Studio

Each team member will create their own commercial.  You can make a four part commercial with your other team members or your own stand alone commercial.

Click here to find the requirements for the project.

Click here to watch YouTube tutorials on Scratch.

See if you can use Hide and Show.

Click here to check out a book for Scratch Programmers with lots of tricks and tips.

12-4-2013 Continue Working On Scratch!

Today we will create a link from our Scratch Commerical page on our websites to our Scratch project.

Click here and scroll down to the bottom of the page for instructions for your project.

Be sure that you turned it in through the Turn In.  Click here then scroll to the bottom of the page to find the check in.

Lastly, please add your project to our LOMS Studio so others can view, click here.

12-3-2013 Let's talk about narrative!

All good games are based on a narrative.  Think about your favorite game.  What is the narrative?

Click here to learn more about narratives.  Scroll to the bottom of the page.

Be sure that you turned it in through the Turn In.  Click here then scroll to the bottom of the page to find the check in.

Lastly, please add your project to our LOMS Studio so others can view, click here.

12-2-2013 Welcome Scratch Programmers!

Please get your computer, find your seat and take out your ear buds.

Log in and go to Chrome.

Search for:  rickardsteam.blogspot.com
(You can also go to LOMS website, click faculty, Rickard, then STEAM if you want to work at home.)

Welcome to the STEAM Advertising Campaign for your Game Design Concept!

Go to my STEAM website.  Click here for the assignment.

Do we have any Scratch experts?

1. For this unit, we will create an online commercial using Scratch!
2. We will embed our commercial on our Google Site!
3. We will add our commercial to the LOMS Game Design Advertising Campaign Studio

Each team member will create their own commercial.  You can make a four part commercial with your other team members or your own stand alone commercial.

Click here to find the requirements for the project.

Click here to watch YouTube tutorials on Scratch.

See if you can use Hide and Show.

Click here to check out a book for Scratch Programmers with lots of tricks and tips.

11-26-2013 Music

Music today!

11-25-2013 Make Up Day!

Start with Typing Club for 10 minutes.  USE THE CORRECT FINGERS!

Then you can put finishing touches on your board game.  This is your VERY LAST DAY TO WORK ON YOUR BOARD GAME!  Make sure your rules are good.  If good, give them to Ms. Rickard and she will laminate them if you like.

Also work on your Radio Commercial for Mr. Hotaling, or your can work on your Scratch commercial. Click here to see that assignment here!

Also, check out this book for Scratch Programmers.

11-22-2013 Embed your project into your website

Today we finish up our Scratch commercial.

First, let's embed our project in our website.

Please open your Scratch project in one tab, your website in another.

11-21-2013 Continue working on Scratch!

Continue working on your Scratch project.

Be sure to include all elements required for the project.  Remember the elements needed for a high score such as costume changes, a background, movement, sound, text, etc.

See assignment here.

Watch the YouTube tutorials here if you have questions about things like Costume Change.

See if you can use Hide and Show.

11-20-2013 Narrative!

Most great games are based on a narrative. Think about your favorite game. What is the narrative? Does the narrative make the game more interesting?

Click here to watch the narrative at the beginning of Waker.  Doesn't it make the game more interesting?

What are some elements of the game narrative?

A hero
Friends
The enemy
Places
A Quest
Objects for the Quest
Obstacles to overcome

Continue working on your Scratch Commercial.  Remember the elements needed for a high score such as costume changes, a background, movement, sound, text, etc.

See assignment here.

Click here to watch YouTube tutorials on Scratch.

11-19-2013 Welcome Scratchers!

Please get your computer, find your seat and take out your ear buds.

Log in and go to Chrome.

Go to my STEAM website.  Click here for the assignment.

Welcome to the STEAM Advertising Campaign for your Game Design Concept!

Do we have any Scratch experts?

1. For this unit, we will create an online commercial using Scratch!
2. We will embed our commercial on our Google Site!
3. We will add our commercial to the LOMS Game Design Advertising Campaign Studio

Each team member will create their own commercial.  You can make a four part commercial with your other team members or your own stand alone commercial.

Click here to find the requirements for the project.

All good games are based on a narrative.  Think about your favorite game.  What is the narrative?
Click here to learn more about narratives.  Scroll to the bottom of the page.

Click here to watch YouTube tutorials on Scratch.

See if you can use Hide and Show.

11-18-2013 Go to Burrus

Rickard core to Burrus

Spindler core to Music

11-14-2013 Last Day To Finish Board Games!

This is it!  Let's make it count.

Today you must finish everything on your board game.

Then we will evaluate our participation in the project and we will evaluate our team members participation.

11-13-2013 Board Game Make Up Day

Welcome back to STEAM!

Radio Advertisement!  Some need to turn in to Hotaling.  Click here for the Turn In.

Today we will use today and tomorrow to put the finishing touches on our board games.

I want to focus on the rules today.  We will print them out on Card Stock.

11-12-2013 Music!

Music today!

11-8-2013 Let's embed our Scratch commercials!

Click here and scroll down to the bottom of the page for instructions.

11-6-2013 Music

Music today.

11-5-2013 Let's talk about narrative!

All good games are based on a narrative.  Think about your favorite game.  What is the narrative?

Click here to learn more about narratives.  Scroll to the bottom of the page.

11-4-2013 Welcome Scratchers!

Please take a seat and take out your ear buds.  We will get computers by table.

Log in and go to Chrome.

Search for:  rickardsteam.blogspot.com
(You can also go to LOMS website, click faculty, Rickard, then STEAM if you want to work at home.)

Welcome to the STEAM Advertising Campaign for your Game Design Concept!

Do we have any Scratch experts?

1. For this unit, we will create an online commercial using Scratch!
2. We will embed our commercial on our Google Site!
3. We will add our commercial to the LOMS Game Design Advertising Campaign Studio

Each team member will create their own commercial.  You can make a four part commercial with your other team members or your own stand alone commercial.

Click here for the assignment.

10-30-2013 Let's work on our game boards.

Today, you will work on your game to get it ready for game play.

I will pass out the rest of your supplies.

You will need to type up your rules on one Google Doc.  Make it pretty!  Add images if you like.  Then we will print them on cardstock.

If you need "money" for your game, Google Search it and create it on a Doc and we will print it.

Any Docs or images you need for your game need to be turned in to Ms. Rickard here.

10-29-2013 Music

Music

10-28-2013 Make Up Day!

I updated your grades over the weekend.  Check Power School for the update and make up/finish those assignments if you need to.

1.  FEEDBACK FORM:  Many of you still need to INSERT YOUR GAME DESIGN FORM INTO YOUR WEBSITE under STEAM.  Click here for the assignment.  Do that assignment.
(students who have completed this assignment are:  Shelley, Jenna B, Jerry, Eva, Liliana, Layla, Faye)

Here is a fabulous example of what it should look like.

2.  WEBSITE WELCOME.  Many of you need to write your WELCOME GREETING on the home page of your website.  Please do not use personal information like your last name, phone number, address.

Here is a great example of what it should look like.  Don't copy.  Do your own!  Make it your own!

3.  RAPID PROTOTYPE REFLECTION on your website.  Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page for your assignment.



PLEASE EMAIL ME WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED THESE ASSIGNMENTS OR THEY WILL NOT BE REGRADED.



If you have finished the above assignments:
Today for STEAM, your team will search for images online for your team's board game.

To search for images you will:
1.  Find a picture.    Use this website for pictures:  Pics4Learning
2.  Save it to your desktop.
3.  Upload it into your Google Drive Steam folder.
4.  Copy the URL into the Turn In.  Check here for the turn in.

Ms. Rickard will print it on the color printer in the library.

Early finishers:

Do Ignition for 20 minutes (not the game, the lessons).  Click here.

For the last 20 minutes you can play
Lure of Labyrinth
Afterland
Waker

10-25-2013 Let's build our game!

Today is the day you have all been waiting for!  We will begin building our game.

First, let's check our Mod Podge!

First we will use pencil to mark our game boards.

Then we will paint!

10-24-2013 Mod Podge!

Today we will practice Mod Podge for our board game.

10-23-2013 Dice It Up!

Today we will create our own dice for our games!

10-22-2013 Music!

Music today!

10-21-2013 Paper Prototype!

Work on Typing Club for 5 minutes.

Today we will Paper Prototype again.  This time, you will have 20 minutes to work on your game. Then we will play for 10 minutes.

10-18-2013 Shopping Lists and Paper Prototypes!

I have some questions for your shopping list

Then let's finish our paper prototype!

10-17-2013 Website Permissions!

Shopping List:
Please revise your list to tell Ms. Rickard how many of each item you need.
Colors (preferred) for paper and card stock


Website Permissions:
Go to your website!

Today, we want to check our permissions.

Then we want to set the default for adding pages to our site.

10-16-2013 Let's Prototype!

Today we will create a paper prototype of our board game!

Before we do, let's talk about roles.  Click here.

OK, time to prototype!

10-15-2013 Music

Music Today!

10-14-2013 Shopping List

On Friday, your team was to create a shopping list for your game.  Did you finish?

Did you finish researching your concepts?

Team Leaders:  please TURN IN your Doc to Ms. Rickard using the Form at the bottom of this page. Click here.

Let's talk about roles.  Click here for assignment.

Next, we will paper prototype your new game concept.

10-11-2013 Tie In The Science/Social Studies

Typing Club for 5 minutes!

Today you will begin to tie in the science or social studies concepts into your game.

Click this link for the assignment.  Today's assignment is on the second half of the page called Tie In The Science/Social Studies.

10-10-2013 The Concept!

Click here for pictures of your white boards from your Brainstorming session.

Use those to design your team's game concept.  Click here for the assignment.

10-9-2013 10 Blocks

Typing Club for 5 minutes!

Today let's work on 10 Blocks in Scratch

10-8-2013 Let's Brainstorm!

No music today.

Today we will do a brainstorming session.  Get those Post It notes ready!

To start us off...
You will write down as many ideas for a game that you can in two minutes!  One idea per Post It note!

Be sure to include Bad Ideas!

Then we will share out to our team using White Boards!

Be sure to use a computer to take a picture of your work so you don't forget.  You will post this picture on your website.

10-7-2013 The results are in!

Mr. Wilcox's class was gracious enough to volunteer to be our client for our board game design project.

Last week, we created survey forms for student-players to answer.  You can see them here.

Today, we will review our data and discuss what it means for our design.

Then we will begin our Brainstorm session for our next Board Game Concept.  See the assignment here.

We need to start thinking about the materials we will need to create our game.  See the list here for ideas.

10-4-2013 Ignition!

Today we will work on Ingition.

10-3-2013 Fix Forms

I spend more time looking at the Interview Forms and some of you still need to do work on them.

I will go through each one now.

Please change all questions to multiple choice It's OK if you have one that’s not multiple choice (like Shelleys).

1. Jaycee's Team needs work

2. Liliana's Team  question 1 What game?

3. Jason's Team need to redo ALL questions

4. Jessica's Team social studies topics are not 6th grade.  change. science question doesn’t make sense

5 Jerry's Team  need multiple choice

6 Shelley's Team good

7. Jenna B's Team change 3rd to multiple choice

8. Jenna W's Team  Good.  might make one multiple choice

10-2-2013 Work On Interview Forms

Typing Club for 10 minutes today! 

Interview Forms
Jenna W's team:  Question 3 needs to be fixed.  (Also take out Option 5 from question 2)
Liliana's team:  all of your questions are the same.  Please fix!
Jaycee's team:  not finished.
Michaela's team:  need to fix your questions.  See me.
Tosh's team:  you need to turn it in!!!

Shelley's team:  Good job!
Jenna B's team:  Good job!
Ozzy's team:  Good job!


Website Welcome
Today we will work on our website home page.  A homepage is the first thing people see when they look at your webpage.

A homepage should introduce people to you and let them know the purpose for the website.

What are some purposes for websites?

What is the purpose of our student websites?

What are some things we need to include on our home page?

What are things we DON'T want on our website?

10-1-2013 Music!

Music today!

9-30-2013 Finish your team interview Form

Today your team will finish working on your Interview Form for your Game.  Click here for the assignment.  You can find your Form in your Drive.  Do a search in the top search window for the Form.

To do a search you can click on the down arrow in the search bar and choose forms, then write "game" in the search bar and click the blue search button!

Be sure to have at least four questions, one by each person in your team.  More questions are better!

Also, be sure to add a question asking people to include their name so we know how is answering the questions in your form!

When you finish your Form, your Team Leader needs to Turn It In using the Form at the bottom of this page.

When you are finished with your Form please log on at https://platform.everfi.net/registration/signup

1.  Copy and paste this code:   a5388e52
2.  Click the blue button that says I'm a student.

3.  Uncheck the box that says I am over 13 years old.

4.  Add your First Name, Last Name, Username ( ), and Password (same as Novell password).  Put check marks in "I agree to terms of service."

Note:  you don't have to add your email address.

5.  Click the blue Get Started button

Click close.

6.  Click Welcome to Ignition

7.  Click Launch Course, then Continue

When finished watching the video, click the X in to top right corner.

Do the rest of the modules.

9-27-2013 The Interview

Let's finish brainstorming our questions for our Google Form!

Remember, this game will be based on science or social studies.

You will probably want to ask players which science and which social studies topics are most interesting to them.  

Make those questions mulitple choice.

You might also ask about their favorite board games.

You will need to have at least four questions.  More is better.

Then we will create our Form!

9-26-2013 The Interview!

We will begin each STEAM class with keyboarding.  Go to Typing Club and work for ten minutes today.  If you cannot get into Typing Club, see Ms. Rickard.

I am setting a goal that every student reach 20 words per minutes with 95 percent accuracy.  Those students who reach this goal will receive a raffle ticket.

We have finished our Rapid Prototype and have created a reflection on our websites.

Now it is time to make a real board game to test it with real clients.  Click here for our assignment.

9-25-2013 Insert Image!

Today we will work on our website reflection for Rapid Prototyping Board Games.

Today we will insert a picture also known as an image.

You took one picture of your game and uploaded it onto a Doc into your Google Drive.

Please take another picture of your game from the second round of prototyping.

We will upload those onto your site along with pictures Ms. Rickard took during the prototyping session.  Please, only use pictures of YOUR team.

9-24-2013 Music Today!

Music today!

9-23-2012 Catch up work

Today during STEAM we will work on catching up with missing assignments.

9-20-2013 No STEAM today because of field trip!

We will work on board games next Monday.

Work on your Reflection over the weekend to make your writing better.  Edit, edit, always edit!

9-19-2013 Reflection

Today we will create a new page on our website.  Then we will write a reflection for our Rapid Prototyping sessions.  Click here to see your assignment.

9-18-2-13 Let's Prototype!

Move back to your old teams.   Walk carefully with your computers.

First, we didn't have time to take pictures of our game on Friday so let's start with that.

Do you remember how?  If not, click here to go to my Rapid Prototype webpage.

Instructions for taking pictures are in red.

Now for our second round of Prototyping!

9-17-2013 Music

Music Today.

9-16-2013 Pictures Anyone!

Today, we need to work on our writing for Deconstructing Board Games Doc.  Go to the doc, look for my comments and work on your sentences.  If you have no comments, you may work on your Math Scrolls or work on Buzz Math.

Sam's team needs to see me.  Looks like you have two docs created.

9-13-2013 Let's Prototype!

For the past week, we have played games to deconstruct them.

Now it is time to start designing games.

We will do a rapid prototype. Click here for the assignment.

9-12-2013 Sub Day!

Today I would like you to play computer games during STEAM.  Not just any computer game.  You must play the ones I'm assigning for you.  As you play, try to figure out the mechanics, dynamics, and asthetics of the games.  We will discuss tomorrow.

You will need your earbuds!  Or you will have to mute your audio.

Here are the games you can play:

Lure of the Labyrinth

Afterland

Waker

Questions I will ask you tomorrow:
1.  Mechanics:  What are the mechanics (rules) of the game.
2.  Dynamics:  What strategies did you come up with to play/win the game?
3.  Aesthetics:  What feeling did you have playing the game?

Have fun!

9-11-2013 Finish Deconstructing Board Games

We will have a counseling presentation today during STEAM.

In the meantime, let's finish up our questions for our Board Game Deconstruction.

Go to your Drive and find your Collaborative Doc in your Drive.

You have 15 minutes to work on it.

We will debrief.

Then we will practice taking pictures with our computer to get ready for our rapid prototyping session!

9-10-2013 Music Today

Music today during STEAM

9-9-2013 We must Deconstruct!

We will play another round of Monopoly then we will continue to deconstruct the game.

Today, we want to pay close attention to Dynamics and Aesthetics.  Check out the definitions here.

9-6-2013 Deconstructing Games Debrief

Yesterday, we created and worked on a collaborative Doc in our Google Drive.

Today, the team leader needs to Turn In the Doc by filling in the Form on this page (Click here.  See bottom of the page).

Then we will Debrief.  Google Debrief to see what it means.


After we Debrief, we will create a letter to place in a Time Capsule which will buried here at the school and will be reopened on the last day of school.

You will write a letter to YOURSELF.

The purpose of writing can be to communicate/ write your thoughts or feelings about the topics listed below. At the end of school, you will read your letting and see if your thoughts and feelings are the same or if they have changed.

No one will read your letter, not even your teacher, without your permission. So write in a spot in the classroom where no one will look over your shoulder.

The more effort you put into letter now, the more enjoyable it will be read later.

Here are some topics you can write about:

• Hopes for the school year 
• Fears or concerns
• Goals
• Friends and social issues
• State of our country or the world
• Likes or dislikes
• And last, but probably the best topic - advice you would give yourself, etc.

Letter will be sealed in an envelope, with your name on the outside, and within a water proof container which will be buried outside for the entire year.

9-5-2013 Deconstructing Monopoly!

Yesterday, we played the board game Monopoly to become familiar with its rules and strategies for winning.

Today, we dig deeper as we create a collaborative document to record our ideas about the mechanics of the game.

9-4-2013 Monopoly!

It's the day you've all been waiting for!  Today we begin our game design unit by, well, playing a game. We're not just playing the game because it is fun, we want to figure out the rules and strategies behind the game as well as have fun!  It's called Deconstructing Games!

9-3-2013 Music today during STEAM!

Today we go to music.  Tomorrow we begin our Game Design investigation.

9-22- 2013 Welcome to our STEAM Class and Destination Imagination!

STEAM is all about working together to come up with creative solutions to solve problems.  To get you started, our class is going to participate in a series of Destination Imagination challenges.  Today's challenge is simply Marbleous!

Before we get to the challenge, let's talk about Design.  Engineers are designers.  Today, you are going to engineer or design a solution to the challenge.  There is a process or cycle to designing solutions.