"Shooting Star" project Google Site post not turned in? Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 014, which is your Google Site post for the Shooting Star Project
Sign in to Google Classroom and check for feedback on assignments 011, 013, 014 (if previously turned in), and read your feedback from your Computing Pioneer/Innovator Presentation on assignment 015. Fix anything that needs fixing on previous assignments (other than assignment 015) and add a comment to let me know it's been fixed.
Not done with the "Shooting Star" project?
Head over to Khan Academy and continue with the Intro to JS course. Make sure you are signing in!
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 014, which is your Google Site post for the Shooting Star Project
Head over to Khan Academy and continue with the Intro to JS course. Make sure you are signing in! When you finish your "Shooting Star" project, sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 014, which is your Google Site post for this.
Open your Computing Pioneer/Innovator Research document (assignment 007) and the Computing Pioneer/Innovator Trading Cards Presentation (assignment 010)
If there are comments in RED, fix your trading card!
Practice presenting about your Pioneer or Innovator:
Read your information and know it. You will need to make eye contact when presenting!
Click the Present button on the presentation, stand up, and practice.
Do NOT read the screen! You may make notes BUT you cannot read your notes when actually presenting.
Use some of the information on your research that is not on your trading card in your presentation.
When you feel comfortable with your presentation (you can practice at home, too), continue with assignments from April 22nd
May 6th:
Sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) with a cover until the timer expires
Continue with work assigned on April 22nd
April 22nd - 29th:
Head over to Khan Academy and continue with the Intro to JS course. Make sure you are signing in! When you finish your "What's For Dinner" project (this should be done by 4/26), sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 013, which is your Google Site post for the "What's for Dinner" project.
Done with Google Site post for the "What's for Dinner" project? Continue in the Intro to JS course at Khan Academy
Finished with Shooting Star project? Complete Google Site post for this - assignment 014 in Google Classroom.
April 19th:
Sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) with a cover until the timer expires
Head over to Khan Academy and continue with the Intro to JS course. When you finish your "What's For Dinner" project (this should not take you more than a 1-2 classes), sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 013, which is your Google Site post for the "What's for Dinner" project.
April 12th & 15th:
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 012 - Q3 Keyboarding Speed Tests
Use the Add from Google Drive option to add your Keyboarding Speed Test spreadsheet to the assignment
Change column E2 to be today's date
Take all five speed tests recording your CALCULATED speed for each test. You may take each test twice and then record the best of the two CALCULATED speeds! Remember, the time starts when you start typing and you can use the backspace key to correct mistakes on these tests!
Check for comments from me on assignment 007 and fix any problems. Remember, that you will have to add to your Works Cited for any new websites you use. Make sure that you have added a comment that you have fixed everything when you are done.
Update your Trading Card (assignment 010) based on comments from me, if any, and the additional research you completed in assignment 007. Make sure that you have added a comment that you have fixed everything when you are done.
Work on assignment 011 - Pioneer/Innovator Google Site Post or check for comments from me. Fix any problems and make sure to leave a comment that you have done this OR finish and turn this in.
Done? Head over to Khan Academy and sign in with your Google Account. Check for a notification from me and start the Intro to JS lessons.
Check for comments from me on assignment 007 and fix any problems. Remember, that you will have to add to your Works Cited for any new websites you use. Make sure that you have added a comment that you have fixed everything when you are done.
Update your Trading Card (assignment 010) based on comments from me, if any, and the additional research you completed in assignment 007. Make sure that you have added a comment that you have fixed everything when you are done.
Work on assignment 011 - Pioneer/Innovator Google Site Post or check for comments from me. Fix any problems and make sure to leave a comment that you have done this OR finish and turn this in.
Sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) with a cover for 10 minutes (or more).
Done? Head over to Khan Academy and sign in with your Google Account. Check for a notification from me and start the Intro to JS lessons.
March 15th - April 5th:
Whole Class: What does it mean to research something? What does it mean to use more than one source?
Check for comments from me on assignment 007 and fix any problems. Remember, that you will have to add to your Works Cited for any new websites you use. Add a comment that you have fixed everything when you are done.
Update your Trading Card (assignment 010) based on comments from me, if any, and the additional research you completed in assignment 007.
Work on assignment 011 - Pioneer/Innovator Google Site Post. If you had previously turned this in and have now made changes to your trading card, update the post.
If done, sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) for 10 minutes with a cover
Complete assignment 010 - Pioneer/Innovator Trading Card - and Mark as Done, if not done
Check for comments from me on assignment 007 and fix any problems. Add a comment that you have fixed everything when you are done.
If you had previously completed assignment 010, check for comments from me and fix any problems. Add a comment that you have fixed everything when you are done.
Work on assignment 011 - Pioneer/Innovator Google Site Post. If you had previously turned this in and have now made changes to your trading card, update the post.
If done, sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) for 10 minutes with a cover
March 4th:
Whole Class: Review requirements for Pioneer/Innovator Google Site Post
Make sure assignment 007 is complete and turned in
Complete assignment 010 - Pioneer/Innovator Trading Card - and Mark as Done
Work on assignment 011 - Pioneer/Innovator Google Site Post
If done, sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) for 10 minutes with a cover
March 1st:
Sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) with a cover until timer sounds
Make sure assignment 007 is complete and turned in
Continue working on assignment 010 - Pioneer/Innovator Trading Card
If previously turned in, check for comments from me (must Open the assignment) and fix any problems and resubmit
If done, make sure the Mark as Done
Try out the Dance Party in Scratch by creating the project in Scratch. How long do you think this would take for someone to do (Middle School age or above) if they've never used Scratch?
February 16th - 26th:
Whole Class: How to create your Pioneer/Innovator Trading Card
Sign in to Typing Club (or Typing.com, if instructed) and complete levels in the Typing Practice Lessons (NOT the QWERTY Lessons) with a cover until timer sounds
Finished, work on assignment 010 in Pioneer/Innovator Trading Card
January 29th & February 5th:
Whole Class: Review EasyBib
Sign in to Google Classroom and work on assignment 007 - Pioneer/Innovator Research (see December 1st for links to videos):
Open the assignment and use the Google Doc created for you for your research:
You must use MLA Formatting for this document (you may use a font other than Times New Roman as long as it is a print-type font with upper and lower case)
The title should be the full name of your Pioneer/Innovator of Computing
You are required to have MLA formatted footnotes for your sources - use the Cite button in the Research Tool
You must use at least 3 different sources of information - 1 of the sources can be for your photo
Make sure to include all of the required information in your document. Do not copy and paste information or just re-type exactly what you find on a website (other than names and dates) - that is plagiarism!
You should spend the most time on they "why" question. You need to understand what it is about your assigned person that makes them a Computing Pioneer or Computing Innovator.
Include a picture of your person - preferably in landscape so it will fit nicely on a trading card
You are required to have a Works Cited page - use Easy Bib for this with your footnote links
If you finish this, please turn it in
January 26th:
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete and turn in assignment 009 - Q2 Keyboarding Speed Tests
Use the Add from Google Drive option to add your Keyboarding Speed Test spreadsheet to the assignment
Change column D2 to be today's date
Take all five speed tests recording your CALCULATED speed for each test. You may take each test twice and then record the best of the two CALCULATED speeds! Remember, the time starts when you start typing and you can use the backspace key to correct mistakes on these tests!
Check my comments on assignments 006 and 008. Fix any problems that I have identified that you have not previously fixed. You must open the assignment to see my comments. Add a private comment if you have fixed anything letting me know that you have done so or your work will not be re-graded.
Done? Do at least 10 minutes of keyboarding in your choice of Typing.com or Typing Club - Use a cover.
Try out Star Wars Hour of Code OR Test the tablet version of Scratch! It can be a good idea to create the same thing on both the tablet and the online version of Scratch to see any differences.
Fill out Scratch Tablet Testing form for any problems you have or make a note of it so I can report it
Don't have any idea what to do in this?
Code a Knock, Knock joke
Write a multiplication game
Draw some shapes - Can you draw a snowman in Scratch?
Done? Do at least 10 minutes of keyboarding in your choice of Typing.com or Typing Club - Use a cover.
If done, please see me about testing the tablet version of Scratch! It can be a good idea to create the same thing on both the tablet and the online version of Scratch to see any differences.
Sign in to Google Classroom and finish your final drawing project in Assignment 008 Hour of Code - Javascript
Create a Google Site Post in Quarter 2 about the Hour of Code which should include:
A written explanation of what you did for the Hour of Code. Make sure to include a link to the Drawing With Hour of Code on Khan Academy which is at: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/hour-of-code/hour-of-drawing-codeInclude what you did at Khan Academy and a bit about your favorite and/or least favorite levels.
A description of what you did for your final drawing project and a link to it on Khan Academy. To do this take a screen shot of your final drawing and save this in your folder named as 7th-YourName-HOC and then use Insert/Image to add this to your post. Then link the image to your project on Khan Academy - you can get the link by clicking the Share Button on your project.
A reflection on this assignment which should include: How did this compare to previous years, for those of you who are not new to St. Martin's? Did you enjoy working with actual code more or less than a block-based environment? Would you like to do more with actual code? Why or why not? What do you think you did well on your final drawing project and what do you think you could improve? Overall, how did you feel about this and why?
Turn in your Google Site post by ADDing a link to Assignment 008 in Google Classroom and then turning it in.
Sign in to Google Classroom and work on Assignment 008 Hour of Code - Javascript
December 1st - 8th:
Whole Class: Introduction to Pioneers/Innovators of Computing Research assignment
Pioneer/Innovator Assignments:
Amanda - Sergey Brin
Audrey - Steve Wozniak
Nina - Radia Joy Perlman
You might want to read this OR this to help you understand what Radia actually did. Make sure to add these as sources if you use them.
This video is Radia talking about what she developed - you might need to research some of the terms she talks about like: Ethernet & node
Rebecca - Jean Bartik
An interview with your computing pioneer; you must cite this if you use it
Sundeep - Margaret Hamilton (not the actress)
This is a good article you might want to read. If you use anything from it, make sure you Cite it - try searching for Margaret Hamilton Wired in the Research Tool so you can cite it in your document.
Open the assignment and use the Google Doc created for you for your research:
You must use MLA Formatting for this document (you may use a font other than Times New Roman as long as it is a print-type font with upper and lower case)
The title should be the full name of your Pioneer/Innovator of Computing
You are required to have MLA formatted footnotes for your sources - use the Cite button in the Research Tool
You must use at least 3 different sources of information - 1 of the sources can be for your photo
Make sure to include all of the required information in your document. Do not copy and paste information or just re-type exactly what you find on a website (other than names and dates) - that is plagiarism!
You should spend the most time on they "why" question. You need to understand what it is about your assigned person that makes them a Computing Pioneer or Computing Innovator.
Include a picture of your person - preferably in landscape so it will fit nicely on a trading card
You are required to have a Works Cited page - use Easy Bib for this with your footnote links
If you finish this, please turn it in
Done? Do at least 10 minutes of keyboarding in your choice of Typing.com or Typing Club - Use a cover.
Complete assignment 006 - Q1 Google Site posts, if not done.
Correct problems with assignment 006, resubmit AND add a comment that you fixed the problems. If there is no comment, I will not regrade.
No map on your site? Add a 2d Revolver Map to your Google Site to track where visitors to your site are from. To do this, watch this video and follow the instructions given.
Thanksgiving Games or Free Rice or Keyboarding Games:
Your posts reflect who you are. If there are spelling and grammar errors because you don't proofread, it will reflect badly on you. Always PROOFREAD your work before you turn it in. You should not treat your posts like a first draft of you work; they should be your final version.
Make sure that you include a reflection on your posts! What you liked/what you didn't and WHY No, "It was easy" or "It was fun" as why - those don't really mean anything! Often reflections will also include what you learned from the assignment or other things but not always so read the directions.
No "i" for I - remember this loses you 5% every time you do it!! Also, no other "text speak" - U is not YOU. Use proper grammar and spelling.
Make your posts interesting to read. It's okay to have your personality on the posts but you must remember to include all of the required content. Typically, I expect a good, well-written paragraph to describe the assignment and a good, well-written paragraph reflecting on the assignment. People visiting your site should know how to complete the assignment and how you felt about it.
Keyboarding Lessons until timer sounds
Sign in to Google Classroom and complete assignment 006 - Q1 Google Site posts.
Use the Add from Google Drive option to add your Keyboarding Speed Test spreadsheet to the assignment
Change cell C2 to be today's date
Take all five speed tests recording your CALCULATED speed for each test. You may take each test twice and then record the best of the two CALCULATED speeds! Remember, the time starts when you start typing and you can use the backspace key to correct mistakes on these tests!
Go to Settings (located in Classroom Main Menu) and set your profile picture to either your self-portrait or your Peanuts avatar. Make sure to crop in to the head portion because the image is small.
Edit your About Page on your Google Site to reflect you NOW
Go to Manage Site (under gear) and make sure that Site Categories is stm2017 - this should NOT be the title of your site!!
Edit your 7th Grade page (do not add a new post - just edit the page) and add a paragraph of your hopes and dreams for the year (not just about Computer Class): what do you hope will happen this year, what do you most want to learn, etc. Make sure that someone who just visits your site would understand what this paragraph is.
Turn in assignment the assignment (003) by ADDing a link to your 7th Grade page and then clicking on Turn In
September 22nd:
Continue working on self-portraits. When done:
Save - use Floppy Disk
Save As - change File Type to PNG and save. You will be prompted with a preview screen and a message about flattening; accept both of these
Keyboarding Lessons using selected option with cover
September 18th:
Whole Class: Paint.NET Tips
Check Keyboarding Speed Grade in Google Classroom. If not 25/25, fix any problems & resubmit for regrading.
Use Paint.NET to draw a head & shoulders self-portrait:
NO FLOATING HEADS.
Save your self-portrait as 7th-YourName-Portrait in your folder (ask how to create this when you save!) as a PDN image.
If you would like a template, you can download one here ; make sure you save this in your folder. Add a new layer to draw your features and then erase guidelines from the template
September 15th:
Whole Class: How to get to Wiki or Google Drive or Google Classroom at home
Finish and Turn In Keyboarding Speed Tests, if not done OR check grade, if turned in last class
Decide which keyboarding curriculum YOU wish to use this year & add a private comment to the Keyboarding Speed Tests assignment telling me which site/program you will use for keyboarding this year:
Go to the assignment: 001 Keyboarding Speed Tests and OPEN the Speed Tests Google Sheet.
Now what's new in Google Drive?
Keyboarding Speed Tests:
Add the formulas for calculating Average Speed to the Google Sheet you opened above. Need help? Watch this tutorial starting at about 4:30.
Take all five speed tests recording your CALCULATED speed for each test. You may take each test twice and then record the best of the two CALCULATED speeds! Remember, the time starts when you start typing and you can use the backspace key to correct mistakes on these tests!