Robotics 8A Continue work on your Scratch assignments. Remember that no matter which option you choose your work is due on Thursday, March 20. Robotics 8B If you have not already done so please make sure that you come to class with your planning/design completed so that your group can discuss it with me and
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March 6, 7, & 10
Robotics 8A Did not see you because of the Grade 6 Orientation. We will continue to work on the Scratch assignment when I see you again. Robotics 8B Continue to work on the second stage of the NXT Skills Checklist. If you are finished I recommend that you come to the next class with your
March 3, 4, & 5
Robotics 8A It seems as though this class is always interrupted. As a result, I am allowing you to decide how the rest of the programming module will go for you. Your choices for the remaining three classes is as follows: Choice 1 (Part A)– Complete the “All About Me” introductory Scratch assignment. You will
February 26, 27, & 28
Lifeskills 9-21 Your Churchill registration forms need to be back to Mr. Jones or me by Monday, March 3. Robotics 8A Today we continued exploring the wonderful world of HTML. On Monday, March 3 you will have time to ask me any questions that you may have regarding the Intro to HTML tutorials (1-13) and
February 21, 24, & 25
Robotics 8A Remember that your Program a Human assignment is due tonight by midnight. Please make sure that it is in your Google Drive folder that you have shared with me. The class decided today to support the Olympic Men’s Hockey Team so we ended up going to the gym to watch. As a result
February 18, 19, & 20
Robotics 8A We started our programming module by trying to write a program for a human to do a simple task. Please try and finish this for Friday though you will have some time to finish it off and test it. Robotics 8B Today, because it was a short class, we worked on finishing our
February 11, 12
Robotics 8B Today we starting exploring the world of the Lego Mindstorms by designing and beginning to build the fastest robot. Robotics 8C We began looking at Sketchup and started to become familiar with some of the tools available in it. I encourage all of you to finish the tutorials that we began today so
February 6, 7, & 10
Robotics 8 Today we explored how to work effectively in a group and when being a follower is more effective than being a leader. We also had a brief sample of the four components in the CTF curriculum as we worked to create the tallest structure possible. Robotics 9 We started exploring robots in our
February 3, 4, & 5
Robotics 8 I will end up seeing each class by the end of week and you will soon be finding out which module you will be starting the year with: Coding, 3D Design, or Robotics (Lego Mindstorm NXT) . Here are some of the programs that we discussed in class: Scratch Code.org (Click on “Learning”) Code
January 27, 28, & 29
Robotics 8A I am super impressed with the quality of work that I am seeing from a number of you. As soon as you are done your final project please hand it in so that I can start assessing it. However, if you need more time you can use class time on Thursday. Please make