Schedule Project, Part 2
November 30, 2007
If you’re not done with the Summit Hiking Club schedule, finish it up today before you do anything else.
Remember all those instructions you had to follow to create the schedule? I bet you can do a better job explaining the process than the people who wrote that thing.
In an email to Mr. Chun, write your version of the steps to this project so that anyone can make the table even if they don’t really know how to use Microsoft Word yet. Make sure your instructions are easy to understand, but also complete! Before you send the email, attach the file with your finished schedule. Don’t forget to put your name and period number in the email.
Schedule Project
November 28, 2007
Today you’ll be learning about to create and work with tables in Microsoft Word.
Download the PDF file
Read the instructions and look at the figures to understand what you need to do. Ask for help if you get stuck!
Game Project Proposals
November 28, 2007
On Monday, 12/3/07, the class will begin hearing your project proposals. What do you need to have?
- A description of your game, including what genre it is in and what makes it unique
- The basic gameplay concept
- Sketches or other supporting art
- An initial overview of the programming work, possibly prototypes
- A timeline for the project
We have Wednesday 11/28/07 and Friday 11/30/07 to work on this in class, but you will probably need to do some work over the weekend also to be ready to present your proposal.
Word Research
November 27, 2007
Here are the instructions for today:
- Start Microsoft Word 2003.
- In Microsoft Word, on the menu bar, select Tools, Research…
- The Research Panel will open on the right side of the screen.
- Look up information about a topic you are studying in one of your other classes.
- Use the drop-down menu to change between different reference books and research sites.
In your Word document, explain the differences you notice between the various resources that are available within the research tool in Word. Explain what you were researching and which of your classes provided the topic. Include examples from the information you looked up. Be sure not to plagiarize — put quotes around any text you are copying and give credit to the original source!
Don’t forget your name and period number at the top of the document. Save the document like this: period_lastname_firstname_research.doc and drop it off to turn it in. For example, if your name is John Smith and you have this class 2nd period, your file will be named 2_smith_john_research.doc.
Competitive Analysis
November 26, 2007
Create a table for your business, comparing it to a competitive business. List the criteria that you’re comparing. Then fill in the table, showing your evaluation of each business on each criteria. Give each criteria a weight, based on how important you think it is to your market. Finally, multiply and add to give each company a total score.
For example:
| Weight | Business 1 | Business 2 | |
| Criteria 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Criteria 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Criteria 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 10+63+45=118 | 16+18+30=64 |
Word Pretest
November 26, 2007
The Word 2003 Help and How-to site has lots of useful information and tips. Pick one of the demos or columns and read it or listen to it if you have headphones. Then take the Getting started with Word 2003 quiz. Email Mr. Chun with a list of the questions you missed and a 3-2-1:
3 things you learned today (about Word)
2 questions you still have
1 thing you want to learn more about in Word
Game Teams
November 26, 2007
Your team needs members assigned to each of the following roles:
- Designer
- Programmer
- Artist
- Project Manager and Writer
The first assignment for your team, before we get into anything new, is to evaluate the games that have been done so far by each team member. Your evaluation will be from the perspective of your role. That is, if you are the artist, your job is to give an evaluation of each person’s game art. If you are the designer, give an evaluation of each person’s game concept and possible gameplay ideas. If you are the programmer, look at their code. If you’re the project manager, your job is to read what everyone else writes and summarize the strengths and weaknesses of each person’s game.
The evaluations for the four games made by your team members should be in a single Google Doc. It should be shared with everyone on your team, and with Mr. Chun. Include screen shots of each game.
Feedback
November 20, 2007
Here’s your chance to tell me what you think of the class so
far.
- How is the pace of the class for
you? Too fast? Too slow? - Is there anything that
annoys you about this class? - How is the
amount of work? Too much? Too little? - What topics
are you interested in learning that we haven’t covered
yet? - Do you like turning things in on email /
Google Documents, or do you wish we used
paper? - Have you completed all the assignments? If
not, why not? - Is there anything the teacher could
do differently to help you learn better? - Any other
comments?
Email your feedback to Mr.
Chun. If you would like to remain anonymous, you can send your email from an account that I don’t know about. (You can even make a new one if you want.) Otherwise, you can just use your regular email account.
Either way is fine. This is not for credit and you do not need to
include your name. The goal is just to improve the class experience
for everyone.
Quiz Questions Again
November 16, 2007
Write three multiple choice questions, one each on the following topics:
- Hardware
- Operating System
- Software (or Information Processing Cycle)
Multiple choice questions must have 4-5 answers, with one and only one correct answer. Email your questions to Mr. Chun. If your question is selected for use on the test, you will get one extra credit (that is, one extra correct answer).
Snippets of Code
November 16, 2007
Here is the Do Now activity for today: First form a hypothesis, and then test it. What do you expect the code below to do, exactly?
// The code below is attached to an instance.
onClipEvent(load) [Macro error: Can't compile this script because of a syntax error.]
onClipEvent(enterFrame) [Macro error: Can't compile this script because of a syntax error.]
Please stop here until it’s time to do the Exercises for today.
// The code below is attached to a button instance.
// Describe in words what it does.
on(keyPress “<Up>”) [Macro error: Can't compile this script because of a syntax error.]
// The code below is attached to a movie clip instance.
// Describe in words what it does.
onClipEvent(keyUp()) [Macro error: Can't compile this script because of a syntax error.]
Define a function called fly on main timeline to test your own answers. If anything unexpected occurred, please explain.
OK, now the last exercise:
// Find and fix the mistake.
// What is the following code supposed to do to its movie clip instance?
onClipEvent(enterFrame) [Macro error: Can't compile this script because of a syntax error.]
Finally, to take a screen shot, use this keyboard shortcut:
Select the area of the screen you want, and you’ll end up with a file on your desktop.
