MS – Scratch Tutorials (continued)
Apr 21st
Finish Tutorials
Students will continue working through the “Scratch programming tutorials” that they started on Wednesday. Students should be reminded to save each tutorial into the corresponding “Lesson” folder in the “Y:\” network drive.
The 6th graders were not here on Wednesday, so they should be instructed to sit next to someone for assistance.
- Lesson 1
- Part 1: Start Moving
- Part 2: Add a Sound
- Part 3: Start a Dance
- Lesson 2
- Part 1: Again and Again
- Part 2: The Green Flag
- Lesson 3
- Part 1: Change Color
- Part 2: Pressing Keys
- Lesson 4
- Create a Sprite
- Lesson 5
- Speaking
- Lesson 6
- Image Effects
- Lesson 7
- Add Audio
- Lesson 8
- Animation
When Finished
Students can look up and interact with Scratch projects created from people/students around the world:
MS – Scratch Tutorials
Apr 21st
Today we are beginning a new unit on…
…VIDEO GAMES
The goal of this unit is to get you thinking about video games, your usage of video games, and the effect(s) video games have on you. We will also be learning how to do some simple programming of video games using the program…
…Scratch
Tutorials to start on
Each tutorial will be saved into the Y:\ drive into folders that correspond with each Lesson (i.e. Lesson 1, Lesson 2, etc.)
Include your name in the filename when saving your project into each folder.
We will do the first couple tutorials together.
Fairy Tale Podcasts
Apr 21st
Primary – Create a Music Video!
Apr 19th
Stage 1
The intial stage of this project will involve searching for images to go with the music video. Students will use the following site to find their images:
Students will follow a 4 step process:
- Read - read a line from the song lyrics
- Decide - what types of pictures will best illustrate this line?
- Search - use keywords to find the pictures
- Save - save the picture into a shared location on the network.
MS – Fairy Tale Project “wind down”
Apr 19th
Great job on all your hard work in putting together the Audacity Fairy Tale Project recordings! We will end this project by posting your audio clips to your blogs (everyone in each group will post their group’s .mp3) We will also be listening to each other’s recordings in class. But first, let’s start by completing a survey to reflect on the project and your team.
Rate Your Group Members
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG95WFIweFZGdEhCSk1sV09kQUF2dUE6MQ
Blog Post
- Fairy Tale Project – [name of fairy tale]
- Upload/insert a link to your group’s .mp3 file
- Answer the following question:
- How does creating and editing your own sound recording affect your views on music piracy?
- Add the blog post to the “Assignments” category.
- Tag your post with appropriate tags.
Listen to Projects
MS – Audacity Projects Due Today!
Apr 15th
Finalize your projects by listening and editing your audio.
Keep in mind:
- volume
- timing
- pacing
- clarity
- no dead space
- utilize sound effects/bg music
The final file will be mixed down/exported as .mp3 format.
G3 – Cut/Copy/Paste text
Apr 8th
Overview
Students will learn/practice cut/copy/paste skills using shortcut keys by completing the following worksheet.
Lesson Area
Discuss what cut/paste is and what copy/paste is. Discuss which situations require which function. Brainstorm the benefits of using these functions. Brainstorm the detriments of using these functions.
Activity
Pre K – Mother’s day picture
Apr 8th
Lesson Area
Students will look at pre-made pictures of mother/daughter & mother/son to get some ideas for their pictures.
Activity
Students will use Tuxpaint to create their pictures.
G1 – Mother’s day project
Apr 6th
Lesson area
Students will begin class by brainstorming adjectives that describe their mothers.
Activity
Students will use wordle.net to create word clouds using the words that were brainstormed.
Students will choose different options to change the size, direction, color, and font of the word clouds.