computer grade 6 – 9:00-9:40
Monday 8-26-2019
Topic: No Class
Today – Rotation C
Objective: None
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: None
Tuesday 8-27-2019
Topic: Classroom Rules, Policies, and New Technology – Rotation D
- Lasko
Objective: The teacher will discuss the computer lab rules and
policies. These will include the fire drill, safety drill, and tornado drill
locations. The students will choose where they would like to sit and the
teacher will create the seating chart. The students will learn how to login
with their Google accounts. They will enter the teacher code for our Google
classroom. The teacher will explain the classroom website and
how it works.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Google Drive
and Technology Survey
Wednesday 8-28-2019
Topic: Classroom Rules, Policies, and New Technology – Rotation E
- Sepos
Objective: The teacher will discuss the computer lab rules and
policies. These will include the fire drill, safety drill, and tornado drill
locations. The students will choose where they would like to sit and the
teacher will create the seating chart. The students will learn how to login
with their Google accounts. They will enter the teacher code for our Google
classroom. The teacher will explain the classroom website and
how it works.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Google Drive
and Technology Survey
Thursday 8-29-2019
Topic: Google
Accounts and Drive Review – Rotation A - Siege
Objective: The
students will sign in to their Google accounts. The students will take the
technology survey. The teacher will review the technology survey results with
the students and the class will decide on the Google topics that will be learned this year.
Assignment: None
Upcoming events:
Safety and Security Online – Private and Personal
Friday 8-30-2019
Topic: Google Accounts and Drive Review – Rotation B - Strausser
Objective: The
students will sign in to their Google accounts. The students will take the
technology survey. The teacher will review the technology survey results with
the students and the class will decide on the Google topics that will be learned this year.
Assignment: None
Upcoming events:
Safety and Security Online – Private and Personal
computer grade 3 – 9:45 – 10:25
Monday 8-26-2019
Topic: Classroom
Rules, Policies, and New Technology – Rotation C - Besic
Objective: The teacher will discuss the computer lab rules and policies.
These will include the fire drill, safety drill, and tornado drill locations.
The students will choose where they would like to sit and the teacher will
create the seating chart. The students will learn how to login with their
Google accounts. They will enter the teacher code for our Google classroom. The
teacher will explain the classroom website and how it works.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Google Drive
and Technology Survey
Tuesday 8-27-2019
Topic: Classroom
Rules, Policies, and New Technology – Rotation D - DeAngelo
Objective: The teacher will discuss the computer lab rules and policies.
These will include the fire drill, safety drill, and tornado drill locations.
The students will choose where they would like to sit and the teacher will
create the seating chart. The students will learn how to login with their
Google accounts. They will enter the teacher code for our Google classroom. The
teacher will explain the classroom website and how it works.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Google Drive
and Technology Survey
Wednesday 8-28-2019
Topic: Classroom
Rules, Policies, and New Technology – Rotation E - Glassman
Objective: The teacher will discuss the computer lab rules and policies.
These will include the fire drill, safety drill, and tornado drill locations.
The students will choose where they would like to sit and the teacher will
create the seating chart. The students will learn how to login with their
Google accounts. They will enter the teacher code for our Google classroom. The
teacher will explain the classroom website and how it works.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Google Drive
and Technology Survey
Thursday 8-29-2019
Topic: Google Classroom and Technology Survey – Rotation A - Truby
Objective: The
students will sign into their Google accounts and learn how to bring up the
Google classroom. The teacher will explain what Google classroom is and how the
students can access assignments. The students will fill out the technology
survey.
Assignment: None
Upcoming events: Google Drawing
Friday 8-30-2019
Topic: No Class Today – B Rotation
Objective: None
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: None
CHS intro to JAVA Programming
Monday 8-26-2019
Topic: JAVA Programming Environment Setup
Objective: The students will install the Java Development Kit and the
Eclipse Java IDE. The files are located under our Google drive Java classroom
folder. The teacher will help with the installation so the students understand
how to install the software at home. The students will read Chapter 1 sections
1.1 through 1.3.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Introduction
to Java
Tuesday 8-27-2019
Topic: Introduction
to Computers and JAVA - 1.1 to 1.3
Objective: We will
discuss why we write programs and the various hardware and software components
of a computer. Binary coding will be demonstrated and
the students will work on converting binary code into numbers. The students
will answer the Checkpoint questions on page 6.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: History of
Java and the Compiler
Wednesday 8-28-2019
Topic: Introduction
to Computers and JAVA - 1.4 to 1.5
Objective: The
students will read Chapter 1 sections 1.4 through 1.5. We will discuss what a
program is, why we use it, and the various programming languages that are
available. The history of JAVA and Applets will also be
discussed. We will look at the common language elements by looking at a
JAVA program and identifying an instance of each of the elements. The process
through which a program goes through the compiler and virtual machine will be discussed.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Running
First Program
Thursday 8-29-2019
Topic: Introduction
to Computers and JAVA – Compiling a Running a Program
Objective: The
students will create their first program in the Eclipse IDE and learn how to
save, compile and run the program. The students will answer the Checkpoint
questions on page 15.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Programming
Process and Object-Oriented Programming
Friday 8-30-2019
Topic: Introduction
to Computers and JAVA – 1.6 to 1.7
Objective: The
students will read Chapter 1 sections 1.6 through 1.7. We will discuss the nine
steps of the programming process and the field of software engineering.
Object-oriented programming will also be discussed.
The students will answer the review questions on page 21-23.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Review
Exercises
Building Virtual worlds
Monday 8-26-2019
Topic: Unreal Editor
Objective: The students will continue to learn about the main work
areas of the Unreal Editor interface. These areas include the different types
of browsers, navigation tools, and the build buttons. These are the main tools
that the students will use to create worlds.
Assignment: Explore the Unreal Editor Interface
Upcoming Events: Building First Room
Tuesday 8-27-2019
Topic: Building Your First Room – Sizing and Geometry Builds
Objective: The students will
begin building a room in the Unreal Editor. They will learn how to size the
room, build the geometry of the room, and add/subtract from the room.
Assignment: Work on room
Upcoming Events: Brushes and Textures
Wednesday 8-28-2019
Topic: Building Your First
Room – Brushes and Textures
Objective: The students will
continue to add features to the room they are building. They will learn how to
use brushes and textures.
Assignment: Work on room
Upcoming Events: Aligning Textures and Adding Lighting
Thursday 8-29-2019
Topic: Building Your First
Room – Aligning Textures and Adding Lighting
Objective: The students will
begin building a room in the Unreal Editor. They will learn how to size the
room, build the geometry of the room, and add/subtract from the room. They will
continue to add features to the room they are building. They will learn how to
align textures so that they fit the walls and the floors. The teacher will also
demonstrate how to add lighting to the room. All lighting options will be discussed. The students will add lighting to their
rooms. Students will finish their first room today. Their room will be graded.
Assignment: Finish “First Room” and submit it to our online classroom
for grading.
Upcoming Events: Hallways
Friday 8-30-2019
Topic: Expanding Your Room – Hallways
Objective: The students will add
a second room to their world. They will size it and give all the walls, floors,
and ceilings textures. The teacher will demonstrate how to create a hallway
between the two rooms to connect them together. The students will create a hallway
of their choice to connect the two rooms they are working on. They will use
alt-RMB to copy a texture from a wall and alt-LMB to paste the texture to a new
wall. They will also learn about the Vertex Snap Toggle tool. The students will
learn about fixing alignment problems that sometimes occur as
a result of adding and subtracting textures. The teacher will
demonstrate how to fix alignment problems with the floor texture between the
two rooms. Repeats in texture and texture flipping will also
be discussed. The students will learn about the Texture Pan tool and the
Texture Rotate tool. The students will fix any alignment problems they have in
their worlds.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Adding More Rooms and Hallways
Computer 7
Monday 8-26-2019
Topic: 7th Grade Class Meeting
Objective: The students will attend the administrative 7th
grade class meeting.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Keyboarding
Letters G and H
Tuesday 8-27-2019
Topic: Keyboarding - Learn the Home Row Keys Plus
the Letters G and H
Objective: The students will use the
Tux Typing software to review the Home Row Keys. They will learn the letters G
and H. They will use proper posture and techniques. They will sit up straight
with their feet flat on the floor and arms at their sides. They will keep their
eyes on the screen. It is OK for them to peak a little bit while learning the
reach to the new keys.
Assignment: Students will complete Lessons 6 – 10 in the
Tux Typing software.
Upcoming Events: Review Home
Row Keys
Wednesday 8-28-2019
Topic: Keyboarding - Review the Home Row Keys
Objective: The students will use the
freetypinggame.net website to review the Home Row Keys. They will print out the
results of their typing lessons. They will use proper posture and techniques.
They will sit up straight with their feet flat on the floor and arms at their
sides. They will keep their eyes on the screen. It is OK for them to peak a
little bit while learning the reach to the new keys.
Assignment: Students will complete Lessons 1 – 4 on the
typing website and print out their completion certificates.
Upcoming Events: Keyboarding
Timing Test
Thursday 8-29-2019
Topic: Keyboarding - Home Row Keys Practice
Objective: The students will use the freetypinggame.net website to practice
the Home Row Keys. They will play games that will help with speed and accuracy.
They will use proper posture and techniques. They will sit up straight with
their feet flat on the floor and arms at their sides. They will keep their eyes
on the screen.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Keyboarding
Timing Test
Friday 8-30-2019
Topic: Keyboarding - Home Row Keys Timing Test #1
Objective: The students will use the freetypinggame.net website to test their
speed and accuracy while typing. They will use proper posture and techniques.
They will sit up straight with their feet flat on the floor and arms at their
sides. They will keep their eyes on the screen.
Assignment: None
Upcoming Events: Keyboarding
- Letters Q, W, E, R, and the Apostrophe