Jovie and Chavella
Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-5:00
Franklin Park Development Tenant Association:
162 Seaver St Dorchester (Tech Lab - This is where the classes are held)
246 Humbolt Ave Dorchester (Main office)
Tuesday: January 20
Pico
- Assessment (See what the children know and how much they remember)
- Sensors (What they do, How to use them)
- Programming (How to program the object to move)
Thursday: January 22
Pico
- Making movable objects (http://www.picocricket.com/motion.html)
- Use sensors to make object move
Tuesday: January 27
Gimp
-Threshold,Gradients,Merging,
-Tools
-Layers
-Get Pictures Off The Internet
Thursday: January 29
Gimp
-Obama Project
-Changing background
Class went well with the GIMP project. The kids Loved Obama and playing around with him and his family.
Tuesday: February 3
Scratch
- Basic Control Scripts (How to move, etc)
- Sprites, Backgrounds (What they are, How to change them)
- Maze and/or Race
Thursday: February 5
Scratch
- Make a mini-project importing characters off the internet
- Teach them how to make a video game
Tuesday: February 10
Alternative Energy
- Global Warming (What it is, Greenhouse Effect, etc)
The kids didn't really like Global Warming too much, there wasn't anything that really caught their interest
Thursday: February 12
Alternative Energy
- Teach kids about Alternative Energy (How to stop Global Warming, and other methods of energy)
- Fuel Cell cars
Tuesday: February 24
Gimp
- Kids will put their face on a superhero's body, or something/one of their choice's
Thursday: February 26
Scratch
- Review and refresh kids minds on Scratch
- Work on backgrounds, sprites, moving, etc
Tuesday: March 3
Scratch
- Work on Broadcasting
- Make a game using broadcasting
Kids didnt't like broadcasting at first, but after they got used to it they began to have fun and further their games.
Thursday: March 5
Scratch/Scratchboards
- Teach kids the different sensors on the scratchboard
- Teach kids to intergrate the scratch board with their games ie. using the light sensor to determine how fast their sprite moves
Thursday:March 7
Scratch
-make an imitation of the honda comercial
-make them design there own characters and background
-teach them on how to make the characters interact with the background using brodcast and controls
Tuesday:March 10
Gimp
-allowing them to finish on last weeks project
-creating detailistic pictures to convert to scratch
Thursday:March 12
Pico
-teaching them to build an object wich will allow them to pick stuff up
-using the pico program and lego's
-letting them be creative
Former Team of Jovie And Nora
Tuesday & Thursday 3:30-5:30
Franklin Park Development Tenant Association:
162 Seaver St Dorchester (Tech Lab - This is where the classes are held)
246 Humbolt Ave Dorchester (Main office)
Lessons: Scratch, Hyperscore, Gimp, Pico
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Starting
October 7 & October 9th Scratch 1
1. Creating characters, backgrounds
2. Importing from the internet
3. Explaining the scripts
October 14 & October16 Gimp
Showing them instrumentals and creating music
October 21 & October22 Pico
1. Import pictures
2. Threshold
October 28th & October 30th Scratch2
1. Overview of Pico
2. Explain the programing
3. Work with sensors, sound and light
November 4th & November 6th Hyperscore
1.Work on any of the modules/Independent project day
2.Introduction to Hypersocre
November 13th Finishing Hyperscore
1. Recap of Hyperscore
2. Hyperscore project
November 18th & November 20th Pico 2
1. building cars (or other things from Pico website) and programing them
2. Making Tuesday's work better or create new things.
Thanks Giving Week Pico
1. make a catapult
December 2nd & December 5th Scratch Board
1. Scratch Board
Different Sensors
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