Computer Science

Wednesday - Thursday (2/1/12 - 2/2/12)

• How to submit to STEM Challenge
• Media:BasicProgrammingTerms.ppt
• Introduction to Python Turtle
  • Python turtle library
  • Complete Turtle - Moving and Drawing Assignment
• More Python Turtle Commands
  • exitonclick() reminder
  • home()
  • goto()
  • circle()
  • dot()
• Practice
  1. Draw a bullseye target in the middle of the screen
  2. Draw dots in a row
  3. Draw a circle in each of the four corners
  4. Draw dots in a row of increasing size that are touching each other

Friday - Monday (1/20/12 - 1/30/12)

• Complete STEM Challenge project by Tuesday, January 31st
• You will be posting it on your on-line portfolio (like your other games). Include the following:
  • The page link should be named STEM Game (so that it's easier for Mr. Bui to find)
  • All the information from your game proposal/design document (you can copy and paste this)
  • Link to the playable game uploaded to the Scratch website
  • Screencast of you playing and demoing the game
• We will then submit it to the contest

Tuesday - Thursday (1/17/12 - 1/19/12)

Warmup:

• Answer the following questions:
  1. List 3 examples of things that are protected by copyright
  2. What rights does the copyright holder have over his/her intellectual property?
  3. List 3 specific ways that people infringe on copyright
• Watch PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet
• Check out Sites Joining the SOPA-PIPA Blackout
• Read In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old
• Alternatives? OPEN Act: Online Protection & ENforcement of Digital Trade Act

Agenda:

• Intellectual Property
• 2 more weeks to complete the STEM Challenge game
• Complete by the end of January and submit to contest

Monday - Friday (1/9/12 - 1/13/12)

Agenda:

• Central Library volunteering opportunity
  • Saturday, January 21, from 10:30AM-12PM
  • Help people learn how to use download ebooks and use e-readers
• Make sure you've turned in your STEM Challenge design
• Begin working on your STEM Challenge game
• Be sure to read through the STEM Challenge Rules

Tuesday - Friday (1/3/12 - 1/6/12)

Agenda:

• Turn in Parental evaluations for Digital Portfolio Website
• 2nd Quarter Exams start next week
• STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition
  1. Work on a game design proposal/description today (250-500 words). Should include the following:
     • Name(s) of you and your partner (partner optional)
     • Title of the game
     • 1 paragraph description of the plot/storyline
     • Game-play description
     • Controls
     • Objective(s) of the game
     • Description of how difficulty increases to challenge player
     • Include any hand-drawn sketches/illustrations of background, players, sprites, items, etc.
  2. May work in pairs, but has to show substantial work of 2 people. You may work with a classmate in another class
  3. Turn it in by the end of the week

Friday (12/23/11) - Friday (12/30/11)

• Winter Break

Thursday (12/22/11)

• Digital Portfolio Website Evaluations
  • Choose and evaluate 5 other students' portfolios: CS Student Pages
  • Complete and turn in the evaluation sheet by the end of class
• Complete Parental evaluations over winter break and bring back to class

Tuesday - Wednesday (12/13/11 - 12/21/11)

• Digital Portfolio Website
• Complete Digital Portfolio Website by Wednesday (12/21/11)
  • We will be evaluating each others' sites in class on Thursday!

Friday - Monday (12/9/11 - 12/12/11)

Agenda:

• Google Sites
  1. Login with your google account or create one if you do not already have one
  2. Create your first website
  3. Be sure to include the following information
     • Name (only first if you want to keep privacy)
     • School
     • Year in school
     • Special Interests
  4. We will be putting our digital portfolios on this website, so you can spend time now adding/removing widgets and playing with Google Sites
  5. Submit your website's address
• Complete and demo Tron Light Cycles game

Wednesday - Thursday (12/7/11 - 12/8/11)

• Complete and demo Tron Light Cycles game
• Screencasting with Jing
• Work on the STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition

Thursday - Tuesday (12/1/11 - 12/6/11)

• Complete and Demo your Tron Light Cycles game
• Work on the STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition. You can work on either of the following:
  • Creating a game design document
  • Creating the game in Scratch
• Games involving other subjects may be used for assignments in other classes as well
  • Animating science concepts
  • Animating math concepts
  • Animating a book that you are reading in English
  • Animating an event in history for social students
  • etc.

Monday - Wednesday (11/28/11 - 11/30/11)

• STEM Challenge - Game Design Competition
  • Sign up here!
• Missing Dodge demos
• Missing Tron requirements
• Complete and Demo your Tron Light Cycles game

Wednesday - Friday (11/23/11 - 11/25/11)

• Thanksgiving Break

Monday - Tuesday (11/21/11 - 11/22/11)

• Complete and Demo your Tron Light Cycles game

Monday - Friday (11/14/11 - 11/18/11)

Agenda:

• Complete and demo Dodge game
• Begin designing Tron Light Cycles Game
  • With a partner, describe all the rules and components of the game (just like Mr. Bui does it)
  • Be sure to completely describe everything:
    • Background
    • Sound
    • Players
    • What happens during game play (drawing/pen stuff)
    • How does somebody lose?
  • Print out and turn in your design (be sure to put both your names on it)
• From this list, begin making the game

Wednesday - Thursday (11/9/11 - 11/10/11)

Agenda:

• Return 1st Quarter Exams
• Dodge game

Monday (11/7/11)

Agenda:

• Finish Rise of the Video Game: Part 1
• Return 1st Quarter Exams
• Dodge game

Thursday - Friday (11/3/11 - 11/4/11)

Agenda:

• 1st Quarter Exams and makeups
• Demo Whac-A-Mole game (last grade of the quarter)
• Try naming as many video game systems and who made them chronologically
• Rise of the Video Game: Part 1

Tuesday - Thursday (11/1/11 - 11/3/11)

Agenda:

• 1st Quarter Exams and makeups
• Demo Whac-A-Mole game (last grade of the quarter)

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