G9 Tech Class #38

Due to TAKS and STAAR testing we will have classes as follows:

• 1st period in DP1
• 3rd period in room #205

If you have not submitted Design stage on April 24, you can turn it in today for 50% of the grade. For details on Design stage please visit: G9 Tech Class #36

Today we will start working on Plan stage.

In Plan stage you will be defining what will be done, when, how, by who and with what resources. 

Focus on the process of creation of the final product: 

A public announcement for young children that relates to at least 5 Learner Profile Traits and is made in Alice.

Remember to include:

• a detailed step by step list of instructions to put together your animation  (like giving very detailed instructions for someone else to do it for you!) 
• a detailed timeline (for the process of building/creation): include a Gantt and/or a CPM (Critical Path Method usually used together with PERT) 
• what resources you will be using
• Look at Due Dates for Project 3 and plan accordingly.
• For more info on Plan stage and tools to complete it, please revisit: G9 Tech Class #10

Complete your Process Journal! Make your daily record of what you  learnt/progressed today.

G9 Tech Class #37

Due to TAKS and STAAR testing we will have class in DP1.

Today we will continue working on Design stage. Please visit G9 Tech Class #36 to review the expectations for this stage.


Look at Due Dates for Project 3 and plan accordingly. Design stage is due today.

Don't forget to make your journal entry of the day. Based on today's progress, I would suggest including the sketches of your designs as visual evidence!

G9 Tech Class #36

Following the Due Dates for Project 3 we will start working on Design stage today.


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

For this stage, remember to come up with different options for your public announcement, and choose one.

Include a variety of different designs for you public announcement/animation (at least 3)

Include a sketch for each design

Explain every part of each design

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

Evaluate each design critically against the design specifications (assess what design specs that you listed in Investigation stage, each design meets or not)

Choose one design to program using Alice

Justify your choice of design that you will be programming

Look at Due Dates for Project 3 and plan accordingly.

Don't forget to make your journal entry of the day. Based on today's progress, I would suggest including the sketches of your designs as visual evidence!

G9 Tech Class #35

Continuing with what we worked on last class: G9 Tech Class # 34 please complete your Investigation stage.


Remember that:

• you can use the G9 Shared doc on Investigation Draft as a starting point to complete your Investigation stage
• follow the Due Dates for Project 3 to stay on task
• include the Assignment Standards
• check the  Design Folder Checklist to cover all the content expected for Investigation
• submit your complete Investigation stage today following the steps to submit and assignments posted in the MYP Technology website.

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G9 Tech Class # 34

Continuing in our Project 3, we will specify a couple details regarding the project.

The challenge: Make a public announcement that integrates the IB Learner Profile Traits for a young children audience using Alice.

To complete your Investigation stage, please include:

• state the problem - > 'Challenge'
• design brief
• relate to yourselves, community and AOIs
• answer guiding questions listed in G9 Tech Class #32
• add your own questions (at least 4)
• interview/ask our PYP teachers what information/announcement they suggest you can portray to their students
• investigate what are public service announcements and how they work
• include examples of public announcements
• Some Design specs are the following, but you need to add your own:
• announcement (animation/game) should be aprox 2 minutes long
• use at least 5 of: Do Together, Loop, If/Else, Do in Order, While, For all in order, For all together
• include at least: 5 objects, 10 methods and 3 events
• you can use the G9 Shared doc on Investigation Draft to complete your Investigation stage
• follow the Due Dates for Project 3 to stay on task
• include the Assignment Standards
• check the  Design Folder Checklist to cover all the content expected for Investigation

G9 Tech Class #32

Today we will experience how to create programs on a TI 93 Graphing Calculator. Please follow the links to view the exercises:

• TI program herons
• Making a Program that calculates the length of the hypotenuse given the lengths of the 2 legs

If you are able to use the specific programming instructions and you get to the expected results, take a picture of the calculator (& yourself if you want to) to add to your Process Journal as evidence! :-)


Continuing with what we began last class G9 Tech Class #31, we will move forward developing Investigate stage.

Remember to 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. Once it is installed, launch it and visit the Tutorial :-)

At this point, focus on the following parts of Investigation:

Continue looking into the following:

• 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?
• add your own questions... (at least 3 or 4)

For Investigation stage, please: 

• Get in new groups with people who you have not worked with before
• Use the listed questions (in red) as an introduction to Project 3: Investigation
• When working on your Investigation stage  document, please remember to:
• include the Assignment Standards
• check the  Design Folder Checklist to cover the following Investigation stage content: 
1. What do you think you will learn during this project?
2. Relate it to yourself, the society, AOIs
3. Answer the questions to begin your research
4. Add more questions
5. Cite your sources
6. Include your reflections on the two activities we did last class: Taboo & Giving the 'robot' instructions.
• You can use the G9 Shared doc on Investigation Draft as a starting point
• Following the Due Dates for Project 2 to stay on task.
• This part of Investigation stage is due today!

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