2009-10+Eighth+Grade

Wednesday - May 25, 2010

I hope you had a great trip yesterday! Good news for 3rd hour! Your lost game files have been recovered! You need to finish these up today! I will be using them as examples for my students next school year!

Have a safe summer and best wishes to you in HIGH SCHOOL!

Monday - May 24, 2010 YES!! I KNOW IT IS HOT!!! I am suffering just as much as you are!!!!!

We need to do a typing test together! Doing it on your own will not count. Go to the lessons to do some warm ups before we do the test together.

Then we will continue working on our Final Scratch Games!!!!

Friday - May 21, 2010

** 3rd & 6th hour **

same as yesterday!

Thursday- May 20, 2010

3rd & 6th hour -

Open and finish your Scratch fish tank. If you have already finished, please go around to help the students that have not finished yet. Or, if you want to get started on your FINAL project - you will be creating your own brand new game!!!! No blood and guts violence please!!!! You can check out my maze game on the scratch page - IT IS NOT COMPLETE YET - there are still issues I need to work out!

Tuesday - May 18, 2010 6th hour - we have a shortened period today - go straight to your fish tank! If you have finished the directions screen - and your game begins when you press the play button - let me see, so you may receive your credit!!

- Monday -May 17, 2010

3rd & 6th hour -
==== Continue to practice your keyboarding Go to the next lesson that YOU need to complete. If you are not sure, ask! You receive 5 points per lesson. Set wpm to ** 25 **. You //should// be up to lesson 10 by now, for a total of 50 points. **We will be continuing to work on our fish tank games today.** ====

Friday - May 14, 2010
= First 15 minutes of class should be spent working on your keyboarding skills. Please pick up on the lesson that you left off on. You receive 5 points per lesson. You should be up to lesson 8 by now for a total of 40 points. (25 wpm) = = The remainder of the class period will be spent working on your fish tank game. Remember to need to create a directions screen, with a start button. You will need to create a new broadcast for when this button is pressed, that broadcast will take the place of your green flag button on the scripts for the rest of your sprites! YES THIS WILL BE A LOT OF WORK!!!! YOU CAN HANDLE IT!!!!!! = = = = = = = = Thursday - May 13, 2010 = = First 15 minutes of class should be spent working on your keyboarding skills. Please pick up on the lesson that you left off on. You receive 5 points per lesson. You should be up to lesson 7 by now for a total of 35 points. (25 wpm) = = The remainder of the class period will be spent working on your fish tank game. Remember to need to create a directions screen, with a start button. You will need to create a new broadcast for when this button is pressed, that broadcast will take the place of your green flag button on the scripts for the rest of your sprites! YES THIS WILL BE A LOT OF WORK!!!! YOU CAN HANDLE IT!!!!!! = = = = = = = = Wednesday -May 12, 2010 = = = = 3rd hour - = = First 15 minutes of class should be spent working on your keyboarding skills. Please pick up on the lesson that you left off on. You receive 5 points per lesson. You should be up to lesson 7 by now for a total of 35 points. (25 wpm) = = At 9:45 - open an Open Office Writer document (blue icon on your desktop). Type in your heading on the upper right - (see closet door). Type a list of the customized features that you added to your fish tank game. (ie./ The red fish comes back bigger after it is eaten) = = At 10:00 we will be watching a video on how to add "splash screens" to your game. We will watch this together! = = 6th hour - = = First 15 minutes of class should be spent working on your keyboarding skills. Please pick up on the lesson that you left off on. You receive 5 points per lesson. You should be up to lesson 7 by now for a total of 35 points. (25 wpm) = = At 12:15 we will be watching a video on how to add "splash screens" to your game. We will watch this together! = = -- = = = = Tuesday - May 11, 2010 = = 3rd hour - = =First 15 minutes of class should be spent working on your keyboarding skills. Please pick up on the lesson that you left off on. You receive 5 points per lesson. You should be up to lesson 7 by now for a total of 35 points. (25 wpm)= = = = The rest of the class period will be spent working on Scratch assignment #6 - please read the directions on the Scratch page of the wiki. = = 6th hour - = =First 15 minutes of class should be spent working on your keyboarding skills. Please pick up on the lesson that you left off on. You receive 5 points per lesson. You should be up to lesson 7 by now for a total of 35 points. (25 wpm)= = At 12:15 - open an Open Office Writer document (blue icon on your desktop). Type in your heading on the upper right - (see closet door). Type a list of the customized features that you added to your fish tank game. (ie./ The red fish comes back bigger after it is eaten) = = At 12:25 we will be watching a video on how to add "splash screens" to your game. We will watch this together! =

= = =Monday - May 10, 2010= =Continue working on your keyboarding skills at 25 wpm. See me to find out what lesson you should be starting on. You get credit for each lesson!= = 3rd hour - we need to finish up our fish tank game. = = 6th hour - you will begin Scratch assignment #6 on your own. =

=Thurs day- May 5, 2010 = = = = = =You should have completed Lessons 1-4 by now! Alyssia is the only one who has done this!Practice your keyboarding Set wpm to 25.=

We will conitiue working in Scratch on Fish Tank. = - = = = =Wednesday- May 5, 2010= = = =No Guess the Wordle= =Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 25 = =When you get to "Lesson Complete" let me see the screen, I have something for you!=

We will conitiue working in Scratch on Fish Tank. = - = = = = Tuesday - May 4, 2010 = = = =No Guess the Wordle= =Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #3 set wpm to 30 = =When you get to "Lesson Complete" let me see the screen, I have something for you!=

= Monday - May 3, 2010 = = = =No Guess the Wordle= =Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 30 = =When you get to "Lesson Complete" let me see the screen, I have something for you!=

= Friday - April 30, 2010 = = Scratch day. By the end of the period - your TWO sprites should be dancing with music and changing backgrounds. Let me see when you have finished, so you may receive credit. If I don't see it before you leave, you do not receive credit. = = -- = = = = Thursday - April 29, 2010 = =No Guess the Wordle= =Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 35= =When you get to "Lesson Complete" let me see the screen, I have something for you!= = We will be continuing with our Scratch Dance later today. =

= Wednesday - April 28, 2010 = =No Guess the Wordle= =Practice your keyboarding - go to lesson #2 set wpm to 35= =When you get to "Lesson Complete" let me see the screen, I have something for you!=

= Tuesday - April 27, 2010 = =No Guess the Wordle= Open your Scratch dance - give your sprite a few more dance moves. Move his/her arms and legs into different positions. Otherwise all he/she will do is spin around. The more options you create, the better your dance will be.

= = = = = Monday - April 26, 2010 = No Guess the Wordle Guess the Google

We will doing something new in Scratch today! If you finish your task for Scratch for today, you may get your earbuds (or rent some) and play the game Friend Finder = = =Friday- April 23, 2010= =NO Guess the Wordle = =Catch up day - Complete both Scratch assignments (etch-a-sketch and chase mouse) = = = =I also want to see your SketchUp house and chairs so I can grade those too. = = = = = =Then you may go to the projects at Scratch.mit.edu to look at what other people have done with Scratch. = = = = = =Thursday- April 22, 2010= =Guess the Wordle = =Finish Scratch Assignment #2 (etch-a-sketch) and Assignment #3 (sprite chases mouse). Make sure I see both so you get credit. = =Then you may go to the projects at Scratch.mit.edu to look at what other people have done with Scratch. = = = = = =Wednesday- April 21, 2010= =Guess the Wordle = = = =Open Scratch - finish your etch-a-sketch (Assignment #2) from yesterday. = Please let me know when you are finished, so I may give you a grade. If I do not see it, I cannot give you credit.

After I have graded your etch-a-sketch, go to the scratch page and try out my Sprite Chases Mouse (Assignment #3) Watch video - and begin yours. Start a new file. Create a NEW SPRITE for this assignment. =---= =Tuesday - April 20, 2010= Guess the Wordle

Open Scratch - finish your sprite (Assignment #1) from yesterday.


 * I will be coming around to give you a grade.
 * I am looking for:
 * drawn sprite
 * sprite name
 * saved in sprite folder

We will be creating an Etch-a-sketch game (Assignment #2) today with your new sprites!!

= Monday - April 19, 2010 = = =

= Guess the Wordle = = Then, Guess the Google = = We will be previewing a new program today. = =You will need your earbuds today. If you do not have your own, give me an id and I will let you borrow a pair.= = = = = = = =Friday - April 16, 2010= No Guess the Wordle today. You may Guess the Google until we are ready to begin. We will be working with a new typing program today. FYI - Starting next week, your library day will be THURSDAY!

= Thursday- April 15, 2010 = = =

= 3rd hour - = = Guess the Wordle = = Then, Guess the Google = = We will be previewing a new program today. = = 6th hour - = =Guess the Wordle= = Finish your Career Day signs in Impress. Here is the site that we used Tuesday to obtain the information regarding the careers. = = When done - please show me for approval. = = Then you may go to SketchUp and finish either your house or your chairs. =

= = = Wednesday - April 14, 2010 = =Guess the Wordle= =Finish your Career Day signs in Impress. Here is the site that we used yesterday to obtain the information regarding the careers.= =When done - please show me for approval.= =Then you may go to SketchUp and finish either your house or your chairs.=

= Tuesday - April 13, 2010 =

Please to the Guess the Wordle. Then go to Guess the Google -- we will be creating posters for Career Day today.
Monday April 12, 2010 3rd hour - follow 6th hour directions from Friday.

6th hour - same as Friday - last day to finish your 2 chairs!

Remember:

Make groups and components.

to copy - press the move/copy tool - click on what you want to move - press control button then move the copy to where you want it to go and click to keep it in place.

When you get to creating the spindles on the back of the chair - rather than creating an array, like they do in the video. Simply copy and move them across the chair. You need to make the first one a component BEFORE you copy it!!!!

If you want to change a component (eg. push/pull) you must double click on it first!

Friday - April 9, 2010 6th hour- 1. Guess the Wordle 2. Open SketchUp - open your chair 3. You will need your earbuds to watch the video to finish this chair. The video is in the Teacher Favorites Folder. - 8th grade folder. - There are 2 versions of the video. If one doesn't work - or sounds scratchy - try the other one. 4. When your simple chair is complete - fast forward the video to 5:38 - this is the beginning of the directions for the complex chair.

Thursday, April 8, 2010


 * __3rd hour__** - Guess the Wordle - then you will need your earbuds. Open the TFF (Teacher Favorites Folder) from your desktop, in the 8th grade folder you will find the video we started yesterday. Today you will watch it on your own to complete your simple and complex chairs.


 * __6th hour__** - Guess the Wordle - today we will be starting our next assignment in SketchUp. We will begin together. Then you will finish on your own. You will need your earbuds!

Wednesday April 7, 2010 3rd hour - Guess the Wordle - answer is a //person// Open Sketch Up - Create 2 chairs assignment -- we will start this together.
 * Please turn in your parent form and earbuds if you have not already.**

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
 * Please turn in your parent form and earbuds if you have not already.**

Guess the Wordle (remember this is part of your grade)

This is the last day to work on your "Design a House" project. All houses must be completed today.

Your house must include at least: front door windows appropriate coloring (siding, roof, etc)

You may also add: landscaping (tree, plants, etc,)

Thursday, March 25, 2010

@Guess the Wordle

3rd hour - Continue working on your "Design a House" Assignment A couple of students did not "design" their own house! ( I know who you are!) Remember this assignment is on your creation, not downloading an already created house. You need to design your house, but you may import doors, windows, and landscaping only. This is your chance to start over if you need to.

6th hour - Open SketchUp - I will pass out the directions for your "Design a House" assignment.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

No wordle today! Please open SketchUp. The sub will give you the hand out for the directions for your Design a House assignment Don't forget to save in the "design a house" folder

Go to the Guess the Wordle page - research and submit your answer - please remember this is for a grade.
When done with the Wordle - please open Sketch up. Explore! until we are ready for our lesson.

Monday, March 22, 2010
Welcome new classmates. We have some housekeeping things to go over. Please go to the Guess the Wordle page- -research and submit your answer. We will begin Computer Animated Drawing today!!!

If you have finished your movie : Please go to Fushi until we are ready to begin! (click on picture)
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If you have not finished your movie - you have TEN MINUTES!!!!!

We will have our screening event today! = = = = Wednesday, March 24, 2010 = Thursday, March 18, 2010 =

===required information for end credits:========== > > ===================================== > >
 * nanme slides at the end
 * Creative title at the beginning
 * 2 or more tracks of music - mixed between 2 completely different slides
 * ===Add end credits: (watch video on tutorial page) ===
 * Produced by: Your first name only
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Music from: freeplaymusic.com
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Created in: 8th grade Tech Explore March 2010
 * <span style="color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">When movie is completely done - you have to do __final production__ (watch video on tutorial page)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Add end credits: (watch video on tutorial page)
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===required information for end credits:==========

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">=====================================
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Produced by: Your first name only
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Music from: freeplaymusic.com
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Created in: 8th grade Tech Explore March 2010


 * When movie is completely done - you have to do final production (watch video on tutorial page) **

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3rd hour & 6th hour- ===

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3rd hour & 6th hour- ===

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3rd hour & 6th hour- ===

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Add transitions between your slides that create a nice effect. (The shatter effects really don't work between the similar slides) ===

Thursday, March 11, 2010
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3rd hour - You will be having a guest teacher this period from the library to do a lesson with you. Please find the Lost Army of FuShi game on this site. Choose subject: Maths Foundations until the guest teacher is ready to start. Please remember to follow the classroom rules. The teacher can and will assign detentions and write referrals. She will be locking down your computers when she is ready to start.===

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Go to the Wordle page - submit your answer.
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> Work on some typing lessons until we are ready to begin. We will be working in Movie Maker today! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**---**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> 3rd hour - Go to the Wordle page - submit your answer.
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Work on some typing lessons until we are ready to begin. We will be working in Movie Maker today! ===

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Go to the Wordle page - submit your answer.
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Then, open your Internet safety slides. We will be converting these today so we can work with them in Movie Maker. ===

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Go to the Wordle page - submit your answer.
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Then, open your Internet safety slides. We will be converting these today so we can work with them in Movie Maker. ===

====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** Monday, March 8, 2010 <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Go to the Guess the Wordle page - Remember this is for a grade! When done, go to ** <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">this site click on Lost Army of FuShi - choose subject Maths Foundations ==== <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">- Thursday & Friday March 4-5, 2010 - ISAT WEEK!!!

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Please go to the Guess the Wordle page - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #218724; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">please take this seriously - it is worth a grade!!! == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #218724; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Then open your Internet Safety slides- continue to copy and paste your slides to make it appear that things are being added. ==

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Please go to the Guess the Wordle page
==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0012; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Then open your Internet Safety slides- I want to see where you are. Keep working until I come to view your progress. ==

2. Work on Impress slides for your movie
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Don't forget to look at the Impress FAQs page for help The sub cannot get you past the Google Block - use Bing.com
 * open your impress slides
 * open 5 tips

<span style="color: #ff0021; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">5 slides in addition to you name slide = 6 slides total!!! Each slide must contain: > -
 * background
 * one Internet Safety Tip (from 5 tips)
 * 1-2 images to match your tip

1. Go to Guess the Wordle page - try to figure out what TWO things all of the words have in common. You may use an Internet resource (Google, Ask, wikipedia, etc) for help
2. Finish your name slide in Impress 3, Open Writer - open document "5 tips" - fill out and save to 5 tips folder

====1. Go to Guess the Wordle page - try to figure out what TWO things all of the words have in common. You may use an Internet resource (Google, Ask, wikipedia, etc) for help====

2. Please open and finish your Impress slide
3. We will be adding more slides to this for our Internet Safety movie.

Go to Guess the Wordle page - try to figure out what TWO things all of the words have in common. You may use an Internet resource (Google, Ask, wikipedia, etc) for help
Lesson - Impress - Internet Safety Slides

3rd and 6th periods:[[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/images/statedebate.jpg width="157" height="88" align="right" caption="State Of Debate"]]
==get your earbuds from your class bucket plug earbuds into computer - make sure sound is turned on - raise hand if you need help If you have not brought in earbuds, you may give Mrs. Psop your student id to borrow headphones. Press the link and SCROLL down to find State of Debate **- follow the directions. -**==

Tuesday - February 9, 2010
=== 3rd period - ** open Internet Safety Notes ** get your earbuds from your class bucket plug earbuds into computer - make sure sound is turned on - raise hand if you need help - If you have not brought in earbuds, you may give Mrs. Psop your student id to borrow headphones. -Go to the site **[|**ID the Creep**]** - - follow the directions.**===

====<span style="color: #6e0d6e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3rd & 6th Period - please open your Internet Safety Notes - we will be adding to them today. ====

Wednesday- February 3, 2010
<span style="background-color: #f3ff00; color: #ff0021; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our links are not working properly - please go to the start menu - go to INTERNET EXPLORER - then type in [|www.freerice.com] - Change subject to English Grammar Lesson: NetSmartz Internet Safety Presentation

Friday- January 29, 2010
== Even though I am not here today, ALL class rules still apply!! The sub is aware of what is expected of you and will take off points for behavior. If you are on an unauthorized website, you will be removed from the computers for 2 weeks when I return. ==

3rd & 5th period- "The Internet is like a knife" Think about what this means. Open a Writer document - write your thoughts. Lesson: Julie's Journey

=== 6th period - I will be collecting signed parent forms (50 points) and earbuds (25 points) today. Please turn them in - //if you need another copy of the class rules and acceptable use policy - get one from the front of the room.//===


 * Go to the home page, complete Tech Student Profile


 * When finished with Tech Student Profile: Free Rice

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=== 3rd period - I will be collecting signed parent forms (50 points) and earbuds (25 points) today. Please turn them in - if you need another copy of the class rules and acceptable use policy - get one from the front of the room.===

6th period - Introduction, class expectations, etc.
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3rd period - Introduction, class expectations, etc.
6th period - Librar