Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Class 6 - Quiz Analog vs Digital

CLICK to TAKE QUIZ!  

Match picture of item to either Analog or Digital.

MAKE SURE YOU HIT SUBMIT at End


Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

Class 14 - Pick Groups for Robots

Build a Robot for Competition

Object - Stay inside the octagon by either pushing your competition out or out running them

Parts - 1 Brick, 3 Motors, 4 Wheels.

Can build any robot with lego (no glue, elastic or non-lego parts)

Must protect the screen,

Must share 1 Google Doc with Mr. Kelley and 3 other group members (1 from each class)

Take Picture of work completing each time




Monday, November 02, 2015

Week 12 - Work Time on Scratch Game

We worked on editing our scratch games!

Friday, October 16, 2015

HOMEWORK ALERT

Comment on Blog!



  • Open www.itsvms.com website



  • Click appropriate Grade Level Link on Right Side of Blog



  • In Blog post - check web slide show to see picture of student.



  • In Blog post at bottom you will see a COMMENT Link Please Click it



  • Put in students AVATAR name (they should know it) and make a comment



  • Click Anonymous Choice



  • Click Post



  • Mr. kelley will post once he has moderated 


  • * This is the students homework NOT the parents you are just helping them with it.

    They have plenty of time to complete this assignment and it is for them to show you what they are doing.  They should NOT have to rush you late at night or early in the morning to complete this.





    Thursday, September 24, 2015

    HOMEWORK ALERT

    Do ASCII worksheet Question #2 Decode Classmates Secret Message

    Thursday, September 10, 2015

    Class 5 - Setting up new Google Accounts


  • Logged In to new Google Accounts - First Intial Last Name Year Graduate @ rsu19.org - first time password = warriors19
  • Change password
  • Go to Google Drive
  • Make 1 folder for Grade
  • Make 1 folder for each Class
  • Share the proper class folder to correct teacher
  • Log Out of NEW Account
  • Log In to OLD Account
  • Put all files into 1 folder in your google Drive
  • Share that folder with your new account
  • Wednesday, July 29, 2015

    Class 1 - Course Overview

    • 7th Graders focus on Communication. They will use their Laptops to create and understand
      • Computer Language
      • Computer Components
      • Programming - Scratch Games
      • Audio - Create our own Music for Game
      • Online Sharing (Google Docs) - Projects for their Academic Classes.
    •  They will also use 
      • Robotic Kits to build Robots in Asynchronous Grouping for Robot Wars
      • Teleoperating them using Google Hangouts for Video Conferencing


    Monday, April 27, 2015

    Class 16 - Lego Robots

    Build a Robot for Competition

    Object - Stay inside the octagon by either pushing your competition out or out running them

    Parts - 1 Brick, 3 Motors, 4 Wheels.

    Can build any robot with lego (no glue, elastic or non-lego parts)

    Must protect the screen,

    Must share 1 Google Doc with Mr. Kelley and 3 other group members (1 from each class)

    Take Picture of work completing each time


    Monday, April 13, 2015

    Class 14 - Robot Output - Pico Crickets

    Learned out to program a Robot (Pico Cricket) to OUTPUT Light, Sound, Motion, and Display.

    Saturday, March 28, 2015

    Class 12 - Picked Scratch Game



    Needs to make it
    1. Level Up
    2. Have a Goal
    3. Change Graphics
    4. Give Directions on How to Play

    Friday, March 13, 2015

    Class 10 - Virus, Malware, Google Searches

    Spoke about how and why Virus and Malware are installed.

    Spoke about Google Searchers and how to understand them.

    Friday, January 23, 2015

    Friday, January 16, 2015

    Class 24 - Scatch Game Sample



    http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/43330466/#player

    Tuesday, November 18, 2014

    Class 18 - BLOGS FOR LA

    We made Blogs for Mr Stinnet

    Monday, November 10, 2014

    Class 16 - Pico Cricket Robots

    Robot programming to create Output

    Friday, October 31, 2014

    HOMEWORK ALERT

    Comment on Blog!

    1. Open www.itsvms.com website
    2. Click appropriate Grade Level Link on Right Side of Blog
    3. In Blog post - check web slide show to see picture of student.
    4. In Blog post at bottom you will see a COMMENT Link Please Click it
    5. Put in students AVATAR name (they should know it) and make a comment
    6. Click Anonymous Choice
    7. Click Post
    8. Mr. kelley will post once he has moderated 
    * This is the students homework NOT the parents you are just helping them with it.
    They have plenty of time to complete this assignment and it is for them to show you what they are doing.  They should NOT have to rush you late at night or early in the morning to complete this.

    Tuesday, October 28, 2014

    Class 14 - Picking Scratch Game to update

    Needs to make it

    1. Level Up
    2. Have a Goal
    3. Change Graphics
    4. Give Directions on How to Play

    Wednesday, October 15, 2014

    Class12 - Games

    Different Types of Games Genres
    Action / Adventure
    RPG - Role Playing
    RTS - Real Time Strategy
    Puzzle / Arcade
    Combat/Fighting - 1 vs 1
    FPS - First Person
    Simulation (Sports)
    Educational
    MMO - Massive Multiplayer Online

    What is in a Good Game?

    Action
    Graphics
    Challenge & Goals
    Choice
    Directions
    Levels - Easier to Harder

    Linear vs Non-Linear

    Monday, September 08, 2014

    Wednesday, May 07, 2014

    Class 17 - Explained Robot Wars

    We will be competing in Robot Wars.



    • Asynchronous Grouped
      •  Need 4 members 1 representing each class
      •  Communicate using Google Docs with pictures and video

    • Build 1 Robot
      • Inventory of Parts
        • 3 motors
        • 1 NXT Brick
        • 4 wheels
        • 1 Sensor of each
          • Sound
          • Touch
          • Light
          • Sonar Sensor
      • Parts - 
        • Can use any lego pieces 
        • No 
          • Glue
          • Elastic
          • Tape
      •  Must protect the lcd screen

    • Competition Rules
      • Robot must stay on Table and Move
      • Try to knock other groups robot off table or over so can't maneuver
      • Can't touch robot once placed on playing service
      • Timed matches (Mr Kelley final say on winner)
      • Teleoperation - Students will NOT Be in same room as Robot

    Tuesday, May 06, 2014

    Class 16 - Started Lego Robots for Robot Wars

    Start Building Robots for Robot Wars.

    http://www.nxtprograms.com/projects1.html

    http://www.us.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/community/

    http://www.mainerobotics.org/tutorials--building-guides.html


    Need to make a Robot that


    1. stays on table
    2. can control
    3. pushes or disables opponent robot
    4. work in an Asynchronous Group (Team Members not in same class
    5. use Google Doc to communicate

    Monday, April 14, 2014

    Class 11 - 12 - Scratch work time

    Students worked on making their games in Scratch that leveled up, changed appearance and had directions.  We will link these games as soon as they are complete

    Tuesday, January 14, 2014

    Monday, December 02, 2013

    Class 23 - Quiz Hardware Parts

    We made our Google Forms Auto Correct and took quizzes of our classmates.

    Monday, November 25, 2013

    Class 22 - Google Forms

    Learned how to create a Google Form

    Wednesday, November 20, 2013

    Class 21 - Hardware

    Hardware and parts of a computer.

    Monday, November 18, 2013

    Class 20 - Game Platforms

    Splodder
    In Scratch we examined sample games and how their code worked.

    • Pong

    • Pacman

    Tuesday, November 12, 2013

    Class 19 - Hardware

    Mr Kelley showed us hardware parts

    Friday, October 25, 2013

    Class 15 - Scratch Game Programming Time

    Picked a game to make our own.

    1. Has to LEVEL UP!
    2. Have a GOAL!
    3. Has DIRECTIONS! on how to play
    4. Changes GRAPHICS! of original game
    5. NO COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL!  Pictures or Audio


    Monday, October 21, 2013

    Class 13 - Finished Demo Presentations

    Completed showing demo of Starter Games.

    Thursday, October 17, 2013

    Friday, October 11, 2013

    Sunday, October 06, 2013

    Class 10 - Quiz Analog vs Digital

    CLICK to TAKE QUIZ!  

    Match picture of item to either Analog or Digital.

    MAKE SURE YOU HIT SUBMIT at End


    Tuesday, October 01, 2013

    Friday, September 27, 2013

    Wednesday, June 12, 2013

    Thursday, May 09, 2013

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013

    Class 19 - Lego Mindstorm Software explained

    Mr. Kelley explained how to use the Software to program NXT Lego Robot

    Friday, April 12, 2013

    Class 17 - Input

    We used the Pico Cricket Robots to use sensors to make our Robots create output....

    Light, Sound, Motor and Display


    Thursday, April 04, 2013

    Monday, April 01, 2013