G10 2nd Semester Tech Class #23

G10 3rd Period: TAKS testing day - ELA

G10 5th Period: Continue working on your 3D Maps and Design stage. Please visit last class' blog post for details. Don't forget to record your progress in your Process Journal.

Thanks.

G10 2nd Semester Class #22

Today you will need to complete your 3D Map. Remember to use Top-down and Bottom-up strategies to make your 3D map of the whole school as our starting point and then "zoom" into the groups' school tour stops: Project 2 - G10 Tour Stops. 

G10 4th Period: Today we will have a Guest Speaker: Junior Student - Marsha Kubyshko that will share with us Google Sketchpad 3D Map creating. Exciting!

Please organize your group members' roles to start working on Design stage. 

Include a variety of different designs/proposed solutions  to show information about your tour stop (at least 3)

All proposed designs have to be accesible using a mobile device

Not exceed 2 minutes

Explain every part of each ideas/product solution

For explaining your designs, please use different techniques like story boards, sketches, labelled diagrams with explanations, etc.

Evaluate each design critically against the design specifications (assess what design specs each design meets or not)

Choose one design to build

Justify your choice of design and tool/app that you will be using

How will your final product connect with the intro to your Tour Stop: 3D map of the whole school + zoom into your Tour Stop?

Look at Due Dates for Project 2 and plan accordingly.

Don't forget to make your Process Journal entry of the day!

G10 2nd Semester Tech Class #21

We will continue working on Project 2.  Investigate stage was due last class, therefore if you have not submitted it, please do so today for 50% of the grade.


Based on your answers to Activity1 Form, I have listed the tour stops for each group in the List: Project 2 - G10 Tour Stops. Names and stops are highlighted in blue and red respectively.


G10 3rd Period: Today we will have a Guest Speaker: Junior Student - Marsha Kubyshko that will share with us Google Sketchpad 3D Map creating. Exciting!


Using Top-down and Bottom-up strategies as discussed in class, please work on finishing the 3D map of the whole school as our starting point and connect it with a 3D map of your specific tour stop.


Look at Due Dates for Project 2 and plan accordingly to stay on task.

G10 2nd Semester Tech Class #19

Hello G10 students!

I am not at school today as I am heading to Atlanta, GA to visit the Ron Clark Academy and attend this weekend's National Teachers Conference together with other WA teachers :-)

Please continue working on Project 2 today:

1. Everyone, please read these articles: 

• How QR Codes bring Museum tours to life (Article)
• Cook Children's Hospital pioneers in using bar codes for vaccines (Article)

2. Get your group members organized to take roles and work on the following activities during today's class:

3. Start planning/developing the map of the whole school as your starting point. Next class you will be assigned your group specific 'tour stops'.

To get started with your map you can visit last class' blog post and/or take a look at these:

• Make a map of the school using Google SketchUp
• Have a look at the K-12 Education SketchUp Gallery
• You can also explore this MineCraft Wiki for ideas

4. Based on our last class' group discussions and your work on the Form, please take these into account and start writing you Investigation assignment: 

• who would the audience be?
• what would they expect to get from the tour?
• what stops/places are we looking into listing in our tour? why?
• what are the highlights of WA that you think should be included in the tour?
• Different kinds of presentations are used in digital supported tours
• What are QR Codes?
• When and where are QR Codes used? (did you read the articles listed above? ;-)
• How will you build a 3D map of the school and a close up on your groups' tour stop

You can use this Investigation Template Shared Doc to get started.

G10 2nd Semester Tech Class #17

Today I would like you to use the first part of the class to check on my comments on your assignments and resubmit updates. Also please follow up on missing assignments to avoid "0" or "M" in your grades. Please visit the G10 2nd Semester Tech Class Blog for details and expectations for each stage.

Therefore If you need some time to finish the last details of your products from Project 1 to turn them in today, please work on the first thing today (20 min aprox).


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Today we will also begin with Project 2: Digitally Enhanced Tour of WA

We will work on making a 3D map of the school to start. Please take a look at these:

• making a map of the school using Google SketchUp
• Have a look at the K-12 Education SketchUp Gallery

Get Ready for 3D Learning: More with Google SketchUp

Brent Jacobsen tackled the basics of Google SketchUp in the “Start Thinking in 3D: Google SketchUp” webinar.  Now learn more about modeling, and watch your creativity come to life.  In this webinar, Brent will briefly review the basics of Google SketchUp and delve a little deeper into some of the more advanced tools and features of the program.