7thQ2


 * ** Good Luck with finals this week! **


 * __January 5th, 7th, and 10th:__**
 * Final Blog:** What you did (are doing) for your final Scratch project. What you like about scratch. What you think was hard about scratch. Add anything you think is relevant. Must be at least 5 sentences. **Worth 15 pts**.

Scratch - Work on Final project - If finished save it to the shared drive with your name(s) in the title so I know who created it.

If you are finished work on other homework or try these sites: @http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/home.html - to design the interior and exterior of a house @http://www.gameroo.com/games/light-bot - an easy beginning programming game Or any of the links to the right.

Scratch - Final Project Due before next Friday, If you are finished make sure it is saved in your p drive If finished - Try Starlogo
 * __Happy New Year!__**
 * __January 3rd:__**
 * Blog:** Tell me about your break

MS Word - How to do an APA Paper
 * __December 15:__**
 * No Blog**

If Time Scratch

Class Discussions Using and saving to the p drive
 * __December 13:__**
 * No Blog**

Scratch Project work


 * __December 10th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** Open

Scratch: Final project discussion, Proposal for project due Search [] and [] for project ideas.


 * __December 8th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** What do you like about scratch? What do you not like about scratch?

Whole class: Scratch tutorials Scratch 3, Unit 3

Brain storm game or interactive story for final project @http://learnscratch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=256&Itemid=348


 * __December 6th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** Open

Scratch - Work on finishing any projects you need to and save them to the tech folder with you name included as part of the project name


 * __December 3rd:__**
 * Blog Topic:** What is your story or play about in scratch?

Scratch - Final day to work on Story Telling Assignment - Save to tech folder as your name File-save as-computer-s-tech 7-Story


 * __December 1st:__**
 * Blog Topic:** How is this quarter going for you? How about your science project? Write about something that has to do with school.

Scratch - Michael save your Turkey game in the shared drive Tech 7 folder

Story Telling Assignment - continue to work on this


 * __November 29th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** What do you look forward to when you come to school? Do you like some classes or seeing your friends? What don't you look forward to?

Scratch - Alec and Michael save your Turkey game as your name into the shared drive Tech 7 folder Whole Class - How to make sprites have a conversation Assignment - Create a 3 act play using scratch


 * __November 22nd:__**
 * Blog Topic:** How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?

__ Create a scratch program that animates a turkey - Due Wednesday when class is finished __ Is your turkey going to do or say something? How is it going to move? Is it going to be a game or a story? Must include 4 items from this list: · Changing backgrounds · Changing costumes · More than one sprite · One sprite must be created by you · One sprite must be able to move using the arrow keys · One sprite must broadcast and another sprite must receive the broadcast Save it in the shared 7 Tech file in the Scratch Turkey folder


 * __November 19th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** Open Blog

Whole Class: Scratch - create a game


 * __November 16th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** Open blog - and catch up on your other blogs - There should be blogs from Nov. 1st, 3rd, 5th and 10th.

Whole Class: Scratch - creating games

Individual: Create a mini game in scratch


 * __November 15th:__**
 * Blog topic:** No blog Today, log on - open scratch and turn off monitor


 * Whole Class:** Scratch - changing effects of sprites, adding sounds - changing backgrounds - movements,etc.


 * Individual:** Create a program that changes the background


 * __November 10th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** The speaker in chapel today talked about prized possessions. What is your prized posession and why?


 * Whole Class:** Making sprites animated


 * Individual:** Create an animated sprite of your own


 * __November 8th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** No blog today, open Scratch and shut off computer


 * Whole Class:** Scratch presentation and making scripts together


 * Individual:** Create your own scripts and programs, have them checked off


 * __November 5th:__**
 * Blog Topic:** Open topic - must be appropriate

More scratching to do

Have you been on a mission trip before? Where did you go, what did you do? What did you think about the presentation in chapel today? Do you think you want to go?
 * __November 3rd:__**
 * Blog Topic:**

Whole Class - Creating a program in scratch
 * Making a program on your own following instructions


 * __November 1st:__**
 * Blog Topic:** What do you know about computer programming? What is computer programming?

Whole Class - Intro to programming - What do computer programs do? || @http://kidblog.org/LCA7th2/
 * Scratch Intro
 * Scratch Game examples
 * When You Are Done:**
 * Physics Games
 * Arcademic Skill Builders
 * FreeRice.com
 * Multiplication.com
 * Vocabulary Fun ||