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7A, 7B, 7C

• Students continued working on 3D designing. Those students who finished the introductory activities began creating their own object. If it was within the size constraints then they were allowed to print them as well.

8A, 8B, 8C

• Students are at different stages. Some are finishing their 3D rendering of an object in the room and others have moved on to working through some introductory programming activities in the HTML language.

9A, 9B, 9C

• Some students have begun to plan their own projects whereas others have started exploring different avenues such as programming, 3D designing, and robotics, as well as how to work with different materials.

Students in each class are at different stages as I am requesting / requiring that students achieve grade level expectations on each assignment / activity before moving on. As a result we some students are redoing assignments and enhancing the demonstration of their learning in specific areas. Students are not behind, but instead are simply at different stages of their learning.

LifeSkills 9-29

• Please make sure to check HomeLogic to ensure that you have completed everything that you should have. We will be continuing discussing different types of relationships next class.

7A, 7B, 7C

• Student finished up working in Scratch and CodeCademy and began exploring 3D CAD using an Autodesk product called Tinkerercad

8A, 8B, 8C

• Students are finishing up their design challenge, to create a digital 3D model of a tool or object in the C & D Studio, using Tinkercad

9A, 9B, 9C

• Students are deciding whether to start exploring and planning for a project or if they would like to further their learning in a specific area by exploring it in more detail, such as Arduino.

7A, 7B, 7C

• Students reminded to check HomeLogic to find out if they are missing assignments or have received an I or ED on any section of an assignment. We are working on mastery and therefore the students are not allowed to move on until we take a look at their learning.
• Planning / design work for name tag assignment was due this class.
• Students explored Scratch, an online visual programming language to continue our introduction to programming. Those that will continue with Scratch will be given a mini challenge, and the rest will continue working with HTML

8A, 8B, 8C

• Students finished working on challenge to create a prototype to improve something at Tom Baines for students and/or staff.
• Students reminded to check HomeLogic to find out if they are missing assignments or have received an I or ED on any section of an assignment. We are working on mastery and therefore the students are not allowed to move on until we take a look at their learning.
• Began name tag reflection: Who you are, Who you made the name tag for, What you did (include details), Why you designed it the way you did (most important). This is due.
• Some students then began working on using basic CAD software called Tinkercad through a site called Project Ignite

9A, 9B, 9C

• Students finished working on challenge to create a working prototype/model to solve a problem at Tom Baines.
• Students reminded to check HomeLogic to find out if they are missing assignments or have received an I or ED on any section of an assignment. We are working on mastery and therefore the students are not allowed to move on until we take a look at their learning.
• Began name tag reflection: Who you are, Who you made the name tag for, What you did (include details), Why you designed it the way you did (most important). This is due.
• Some students starting thinking about a project they might want to take on this year.

Please check HomeLogic to ensure that you have handed in all of your assignments. In the next few classes you will be unable to continue until your work is complete as we are looking for mastery of skills.

Grade 7

• Students are continuing to work on their individual name tags and are starting to use some of the hand tools.

Grade 8

• Students are finishing their partner name tags and have begun a challenge by creating a prototype to improve something at Tom Baines for students and/or staff.

Grade 9

• Students are finishing their partner name tags and have begun a challenge by creating a working prototype/model to solve a problem at Tom Baines.

Handing in Digital Assignments

• If you are submitting assignment that you did on a computer or other device please share it with me in Google Drive. You must use your CBE Google Account to share it or else I will not receive it. Please name the file with the format below and send it to [email protected]
  • Name – Block – Assignment
  • Ex. (Jeremy Lang – 7C – Challenge Reflection)

Grade 7

• We are finishing the prototype of our name tag and starting to build them using simple supplies. Remember to bring additional items if you want to enhance the look of your name tag. Remember that this will be on display so take the time to do a good job.
• 7A – I made a mistake and did not provide you with the due date for the Tool Research assignment. After our discussion today we have changed the due date to: Monday, October 5

Grade 8

• We are finishing the the name tags we created for our partners and beginning to work on a Prototype Challenge.

Grade 9

• We are finishing the the name tags we created for our partners and beginning to work on a problem based Working Prototype Challenge.