G9 Tech Class #31

Today we will start our Project 3:  3D programming

Today we will start investigating the basic concepts of this specific programming language: Alice. But let's start at the beginning and think about: how do we give (step by step) instructions? 

Let's see this example: Making Smores 

We will Play Taboo and Give the teacher- Robot instructions to get started.


What are your thoughts on these two activities?

Next ideas to explore: 

• what is programming? 
• what is a programming language?

Some context info regarding Alice:  Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. 

"What Is Alice?" Alice.org. Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. Web. 08 Apr. 2012. <http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice>

You can visit the official Alice Site and the Alice Blog to get started. You can download Alice from Download Alice 2.2 if you will be using your own laptop.


Look for the following information:

• What is a programming language?
• What is Alice?
• Who created Alice?
• What is Alice for?
• When was Alice first released?
• What is Alice's interface like?
• What other Programming languages does Alice relate to?
• How many versions have been released?

Today we will start working with Investigation

• Get in new groups with people who you have not worked with before
• Get started focusing on the listed questions (in red) as an introduction to Project 3: Investigation stage
• When starting your Investigation stage  document, please remember to:

• include the Assignment Standards
• check the  Design Folder Checklist to make sure your Investigation stage will be complete.
• You can use the G9 Shared doc on Investigation Draft as a starting point

Don't forget to start your Process Journal adding journal entry of the day.

G9 Tech Class #2

Following our conversations last class, this is the first blog post for our G9 MYP Technology class!

Please take some time to browse around the MYP Technology website and find information about about the course, schedule, assessment criteria, expectations, assignments standards, how to submit your assignments and policies among others.

I have also posted the updated A/B days calendar in the MYP Technology website's home page.

Following the IB MYP Technology curriculum (Group 8) , we will be using the core tool: Design Cycle.

Please read in detail the information available at these links.

For further understanding and reflection on the Design Cycle, please read the article below so we can discuss it in class.
Breaking The Design Cycle: Get Creative To Be Creative




Looking into every stage of the Design Cycle, we will make a mind map showing what "happens" in each stage. Let's start focusing today on Investigation and Design stages!

Resources that you can use: 
MYP Technology Website, IB MYP Technology, Design Cycle Graph and Design Cycle Checklist among others that you will need to find!

Work in pairs for this assignment. Please choose one of the collaborative online mind mapping tools listed below: 

• Spicy Nodes 
• MindMeister
• Glogster
• Bubbl.us
• ExploraTree
• Text2MindMap
• WiseMapping
• EdiStorm
• CoMapping
• Mindomo
• or you can browse for other options and/or come up with your own!

Welcome to G9 Technology: 2011-2012 2nd Semester!

Please bookmark this website as we will use it all semester to share information, class expectations, assignments, due dates and more!