Class 25 - Robots and Control Testing

Class 24 - Pic of Each Group Member with Robot to date

Class 23 - Building Robots.... and learning to control with Apps

Got our phones controlling them....

Class 22 - Building Robot (Checked Google Doc Shared)

Class 21 - Building Robots for Robot Wars!

Class 20 - Started Building Robots for Robot Wars

Class 19 - Lego Mindstorm Software explained

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

Class 17 - Input

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

Light, Sound, Motor and Display

Class 16 - Robotics - Pico Crickets (Output)

Class 15 - Playing Classmates Scratch Games

Commenting on Classes Scratch Games

Class 14 - Completed Games

Completed Games
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/197511

Learn more about this project

HOMEWORK ALERT - COMMENT ON BLOG

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.

PROJECT ALERT

Create a Game (using Scratch)

Game must...

1. Look different then original
2. Give Directions
3. Have own background music (created in Garage Band)
4. LEVEL UP - gets more difficult as play it
5. Has a Goal or Reason to play it.

DUE END OF QUARTER

Games will be posted on web for classmates and parents to play.

Class 13 - Programming Game

Class 12 - Programming and Song Making Time

Class 11 - Scratch & GarageBand Time

Worked on making our own Song & putting it in our Scratch Game

HOMEWORK ALERT

Create a Song for your Scratch Game (convert to MP3 then upload onto my Form!)

HOMEWORK ALERT

Decode a Secret Message created by your Classmates using the BINARY to ASCII table provided.

Class 9 - Garage Band

Talked about how you can find a variety of online Tutorials (Video) about most software.

Video Editing - iMovie http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/

Getting Started

Audio Editing - Garage Band  http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/

Getting Started

Photo Editing - iPhoto http://www.apple.com/findouthow/photos/

Getting Started

HOMEWORK ALERT

Write a Secret Message with your name and a 2 sentence statement (with punctuation and spacing) using the BINARY to ASCII table provided.   *Only accept papers in code....