Week11: Nov 4th–Nov 8th

Highlights for the week: 

  • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
  • Tip: Use ctrl+F and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!
  • Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
    • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
    • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program or a Google Drawing rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
    • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
    • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

Monday 4th:

- Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

  1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like after our warmup: (view example folder here)
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    • Daily Warmup Activity:
    • Daily Warmup Response: Move everything into a new folder called Old Files 
    • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

    - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

    1. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities: 
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    2. Explore this coding practice activity: 
    3. Visit a Harvard Computer Science Lecture! 
    4. We start Scratch tomorrow! 
      • Explore the homepage here: http://scratch.mit.edu/
      • To listen to your programs (which is FUN!), you’ll need to start bringing earbuds to class!

    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

    1. Links for today

    - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment) 

    1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!

      Tuesday 5th:

      - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

      1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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        • Daily Warmup Activity: 
          • Today I’ll set a timer at the start of class
            • Open LightBot: http://ptstech.net/lightbot.html
            • Get to the highest level you can in the time allotted
            • You may only work in the LightBot application during the allotted time!
            • Skitch a picture of where you are in the program when time expires
            • Save the picture in your 103 Drive as w1 
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        • Daily Warmup Response:  Skitch the highest level you reach to your 103 Drive as w1 
        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

        - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

        1. Open the Scratch Website and create an account so you can save your programs
          • Link to Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu
          • Choose whatever appropriate username and password you like (but choose something you’ll remember!) You might send yourself an email or save the username and password on your phone.
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        2. Click ‘Learn how to make a project’ and follow the 10 steps in the tutorial 
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        3. Once you’ve completed the tutorial, explore other projects on the home page 

        - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

        1. Links for today’s lesson

        - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

        1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!
        2. Explore the ‘Scratch Scratch Revolution’ game from yesterday’s video

          Wednesday 6th:

          - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

          1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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            • Daily Warmup Activity: 
              • Translate a phrase from English into some other language using Google Translate. Capture the results with Skitch and save them in your drive as w2 
                • Google Translate website: http://translate.google.com
                • Translate this phrase: Please remember to be polite in the classroom and to help each other. We will have a lot more fun in this class if you do!
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            • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch your translation boxes (both sides) to your 103 drive as w2
            • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

            - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

            1. Run this example Scratch Program 
            2. Create a new drawing with a white background in your drive called p1 which we will use to capture today’s assignments. Add the labels you see in my example below (choose whatever font you like!) 
              • Your new p1 drawing should look like this
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            3. Using Scratch, create 3 sprites of different sizes and colors and add them to your drawing
            4. Using Scratch, draw 5 lines of different thicknesses and colors using the program below 

            - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

            1. Links for today’s lesson
            2. Video Demos

            - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

            1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!
            2. Checkout this Scratch Game

              Thursday 7th:

              - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

              1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
              2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here) 
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                • Daily Warmup Activity: 
                • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                  - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                  1. We will take a brief break from programming to explore this cool Interactive Generative Art site which Autumn sent me in (click-to-comment).  Thanks Autumn! 
                    • Silk: http://weavesilk.com/ 
                    • Here are the controls for this application:
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                    • Create 4 designs and add them to a new drawing called p2 in your drive
                    • Here’s my example:
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                  2. View this Scratch Demo which illustrates a Geometric Reflection (and built-in instructions) 
                  3. Complete yesterday’s p1 assignment 

                  - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                  1. Links
                  2. Video Demos

                  - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

                  1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!
                  2. Checkout this Scratch Art Program

                    Friday 8th:  Folder checks every Friday!

                    - Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

                    1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                    2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here) 
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                      • Friday Warmup Activity: 
                        • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! 
                      • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

                        - Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-to-comment)

                        1. Complete your p1 drawing. It should look like this example:
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                        2. Ensure you have these files in your 103 Drive
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                        3. View the video clips selection for this week

                        - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                        1. Links
                        2. Video Demos

                        - Part 4) Through?   (click-to-comment)

                        1. Checkout this Scratch tutorial on how to change your Scratch profile picture
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