- Check out Wolfram Alpha. See if you can figure out what it is and what it does. How could you use this to make your life easier? Discuss with your partner and post your answer here.
- Consider Googling, "What can I use wolfram alpha for?" or "What does Wolfram Alpha do?"
- Look at an example of Wolfram Alpha in action. ...
Agenda:
- STEM Video Game challenge - finish your game & Submit your entry.
- Go to code.org. Sign in with Google. Complete Stages 5, 7 & 9
- Go play My Sustainable House to get an intro to Sustainable design.
- FOLLOW ALONG!!! (Sketchup is on your desktop) Drawing in 3d / Sketchup. Go complete New User Concepts 1
- Go watch this video and follow along in Google Sketchup.
- Go watch this video and follow along in Google Sketchup.
- Go watch this video and follow along in Google Sketchup.
- Go do something from "Extra time" or "Take it to the next level" below.
Extra Time?
- Adding cheese to your game logo: Preset Manager / Cheesy text / textured cheesy text
- Go visit tuts+ for more great game logo cheese.
- Complete an open challenge or contest from the workshop.
- Choose a Challenge Card and make a game with it.
Combine programming and game design to make something cool.
- App-a-week: Stencyl
- App-a-week: Kodu
- Scratch Game Projects.
Objectives:
- [5] You will use observations of examples of effective and ineffective design to develop strategies to improve communication, sustainability, and useability.
- [6] You will use the relationship between color, typography, layout, and tone to design for a specific audience and purpose.
- [8] You will design and analyze dynamic systems, a characteristic activity in both the media and in science today, with considerations of how end-users interact with said systems.
- [11] You will develop an understanding of programming & computational concepts.
- [12] You will develop fluency with computational concepts (i.e. sequence, loops, events) and practices (i.e. iterative and incremental development, testing and debugging, reusing and remixing).
- [16] You will select and use computer applications effectively and productively.
- [17] You will apply existing knowledge to create original works to complete a project.