You will complete modules in Ignition to review Digital Literacy and Responsibilities.
Ignition is divided into 7 modules covering topics including: Digital footprint, Secure identity, Cyberbullying, Good texting practices, Conducting online research, Digital time management, Creating multimedia products, and Careers in technology.
Check for comments and fix problems on Assignment CS03: Scratch 3 Explore Project. If all problems are fixed you can iterate and make your project better. Be careful and add one thing at a time so you don't break what already works.
Done? Get keyboard cover and complete lessons in Typing Club
February 26th:
Whole Class: Reminders about feedback on Scratch projects:
Comments must be in full sentences with proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. No text speak! If you have given a project love or added it as a favorite, you should say why with a comment.
Comments should be specific to the project you are viewing. Do not say things like “I like your project.” or “Cool project.” without an further explanation as to why.
Ask questions if there is something you are curious about.
If you see a problem or find a bug, it’s a good idea to tell the person about it but do this in a kind, helpful way.
If you have a suggestion that you think would make the project better, it is okay to suggest it, but again be kind and helpful. It is best to have told the person something you like about their project before you suggest changes.
If the project is a game, it can be fun to share your high score. Again, this should be in a full sentence.
Check out Middle School Scratch 3 Explore Projects not available last class:
Sign in to Typing Club, and complete lessons. You do not need a cover but you are expected to use proper technique and to try not to look at your hands.
Turn off your computer, monitor, and speakers (if used) at the end of class
February 7th:
Finish your Scratch project, if not done
Make sure it is named something appropriate and that the name is in Title Case
Check out the tutorials and create something from one of them. If you use a tutorial, what you create should have some extras that make the project yours and not just a clone of the tutorial.
Create another Dance Party! Need some help? Check out the tutorials on the 5th Grade page for December 5th
Create a conversation with 3 sprites where one is speaking in English, another in Spanish, and a third is translating between the two? Hint: This would use the translate extension.
Make a game of some kind
Create an animated story of some kind
Create something else that you imagine.
Done with your Scratch Project?
Make sure it is named something appropriate and that the name is in Title Case
Check out the text to speech and translate extensions. What could you do with those?
Anything else that's new that you want to try?
Create something in Scratch - some suggestions are below:
How about a Dance Party! Need some help? Check out the tutorials on the 5th Grade page for December 5th
What about a conversation with 3 sprites where one is speaking in English, another in Spanish, and a third is translating between the two? Hint: This would use the translate extension.
Sign in by selecting Continue with Google and signing in with your Google account.
Finish your dance party on level 13.
It must have multiple dancers, background(s), and multiple events.
It must not just be a setup section with nothing else happening.
It must do more than just create a bunch of dancers until you run out of memory or time. NOTE: You can copy and paste code - click (not right-click) on what you want to copy and then use CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V to paste.
You should have code to control the dancing of all of the dancers that you add to your dance party.
You should NOT have code that it is not being used in your programming area.
If you have finished all levels and created your dance party and want to add something you don't quite know how to do or are looking for something extra to add, you might find the information in Keep on Dancing
If you are done with your Dance Party, sign in to Google Classroom and:
Sign in by selecting Continue with Google and signing in with your Google account. You may need to select your age before you can sign in. You may be asked your ethnicity after you sign in - you can choose the appropriate answer(s) or you can choose the decline to answer option.
Complete all levels - be creative! Feel free to dance along, if you like. You must create a dance party on level 13! NOTE: You can copy and paste code - click (not right-click) on what you want to copy and then use CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V to paste.
If you have finished all levels and created your dance party and want to add something you don't quite know how to do or are looking for something extra to add, you might find the information in Keep on Dancing
If you are done with your Dance Party, sign in to Google Classroom and:
Whole Class: Introduction to The Case of the Pilfered Pie
Go to The Case of the Pilfered Pie and click on the handy dandy notebook link and create your copy of the notebook. Can you unlock all of the locks today?
Complete and turn in Assignment CG01: Self-Portrait
Complete Assignment P03: Google Site Setup and mark as done
Done? Get keyboard cover, sign in to Typing Club, and complete Typing Lessons
October 2nd:
Work on your self-portrait in Pinta - see September 27th for details.
September 27th:
Self-portrait in Pinta: Video Tutorials (these are for guidance & if you would rather draw something in your own way, you can but remember no floating heads!)
Save your self-portrait as 8th-YourName-Portrait in the Pictures folder as the file type .ORA, to save the image as layers
Draw the outline of your head, neck & shoulders on a new layer - do NOT fill in your head with skin color, yet!
Add a new layer to draw each of your features; you can duplicate a layer to create a similar feature. To get an idea of where each feature should be, check this out. Here's how the drawing on the original template turned out.
When you are done with all of your facial features, including your ears, and you are ready to draw your hair & add clothing:
Save one file time as an ORA type
Delete the template layer
Add your skin color to your outline layer
Flatten the image
Save as a .PNG file type. Do not change the name of the image, just the file type.