5/10 Music loop / Boolean

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: What do you think are the long term effect of wearing ear-buds and listening to music constantly?  What can you do to help prevent any negative effects? 

Daily Objectives: 

Organize information from multiple sources.

Present the information in a logical and effective way.

Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.

Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

Use multiple, documents, applications and web tools to create and modify projects.

Word of the Day:  Music loops -  In electronic music, a loop is a sample which is repeated.

 

ICT Essentials 2

Question of the Day: What do you think are the long term effect of wearing ear-buds and listening to music constantly?  What can you do to help prevent any negative effects? 

Daily Objectives: 

Use Statements to command a sprite.

Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.

Use conditions in a computer program.

Use Loops in a computer program.

Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day: Boolean. A term used to represent data that has either of two values, true or false.

5/9 Podcast / Application Troubleshooting

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: Tablets that take orders, entertain guests and accept check payments are coming to a table near you.  What do you think are the pros and cons of using tablets at restaurants and other retail stores?  How do you think this will affect you both as a patron and a worker?

Daily Objectives: 

Organize information from multiple sources.

Present the information in a logical and effective way.

Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.

Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

Use multiple, documents, applications and web tools to create and modify projects.

Word of the Day:  Podcast - An audio or video file that is made available on the Internet for download and playback using a computer or a mobile device such as an Ipod.

 

ICT Essentials 2

Question of the Day: Tablets that take orders, entertain guests and accept check payments are coming to a table near you.  What do you think are the pros and cons of using tablets at restaurants and other retail stores?  How do you think this will affect you both as a patron and a worker?

Daily Objectives: 

Use Statements to command a sprite.

Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.

Use conditions in a computer program.

Use Loops in a computer program.

Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day: Application Troubleshooting. This involves the identification, location, and elimination of programming errors, or bugs, that prevent applications from executing as they are supposed to.

5/6 Fading / Sprite Programming

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: Watch the video and answer the question. Do you think what the girls are doing is just a harmless joke or very cruel?  What would you do if you saw someone being made fun of online?  Would you say something to the person or persons doing this?  What would you do if they asked you to help them?  Write a detailed response of at least one paragraph.

Daily Objectives: 

What information should I use to prove my point of view?

What is the best way to present the information?

How should I present the information?

What can I do to communicate the information effectively to various audiences?

What are the best programs and tools to use to effectively communicate my information?

Word of the Day:    Fading in and out - a Fade is a gradual increase or decrease in the level of an audio signal.

 

ICT Essentials 2

Question of the Day: Watch the video and answer the question. Do you think what the girls are doing is just a harmless joke or very cruel?  What would you do if you saw someone being made fun of online?  Would you say something to the person or persons doing this?  What would you do if they asked you to help them?  Write a detailed response of at least one paragraph.

Daily Objectives: 

Use Statements to command a sprite.

Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.

Use conditions in a computer program.

Use Loops in a computer program.

Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Sprite Programming. This involves the use of sprites as the basis for developing graphical programs.

5/5 Convergence / Application and Game Development

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: What do you think is the difference between the Internet and cable/satellite TV?  How are these similar?  Do you think that these and other technologies will converge?

Daily Objectives: 

What information should I use to prove my point of view?

What is the best way to present the information?

How should I present the information?

What can I do to communicate the information effectively to various audiences?

What are the best programs and tools to use to effectively communicate my information?

Word of the Day:    Convergence can refer to previously separate technologies such as voice (and telephony features), data (and productivity applications) and video that now share resources and interact with each other, synergistically creating new efficiencies. 

ICT Essentials 2

Question of the Day: If you were the Principal, what would you do with students that wear clothes that violate the dress code policy?  Should there be exceptions to the rule?   What do you think would be a fair dress code?

Daily Objectives: 

Use Statements to command a sprite.

Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.

Use conditions in a computer program.

Use Loops in a computer program.

Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Application and Game Development. This involves the creation of different types of computer application projects.

5/4 Timing / Event Handling.

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: The way someone tells a joke is as important as the joke itself. This is comic timing.  How is this timing related to the way you present the information in your project?  Is the timing of your presentation important?  How can the timing enhance your presentation?  Defend your answer.

Daily Objectives: 

What information should I use to prove my point of view?

What is the best way to present the information?

How should I present the information?

What can I do to communicate the information effectively to various audiences?

What are the best programs and tools to use to effectively communicate my information?

Word of the Day:    Timing - the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics). Presentation timing is use of rhythm and tempo to enhance a presentation. The pacing of the delivery of a presentation has a strong impact on its effectiveness; the same is also true of the delivery of a speech or live presentation.

 

ICT Essentials 2

Question of the Day: If you were the Principal, what would you do with students that are constantly late to School or Class?

Daily Objectives: 

Use Statements to command a sprite.

Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.

Use conditions in a computer program.

Use Loops in a computer program.

Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Event Handling. This involves the initiation of script execution based on the occurrence of predefined events, such as the pressing of keyboard keys, the pressing of the green flag key, or the receipt of a synchronization message.

5/3 Integrity / Program Synchronization

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: Robots are being used at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.  What do you think might be the potential pros and cons of using robots instead of humans in environments that are hazardous to human? How do you think that humans who currently work in these environments might react to robotic workers?

Daily Objectives: 

What information should I use to prove my point of view?

What is the best way to present the information?

How should I present the information?

What can I do to communicate the information effectively to various audiences?

What are the best programs and tools to use to effectively communicate my information?

Word of the Day:    Integrity is regarded as the quality of having an intuitive sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to the motivations for one's actions.

 

ICT Essentials 2

Question of the Day: Robots are being used at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.  What do you think might be the potential pros and cons of using robots instead of humans in environments that are hazardous to human? How do you think that humans who currently work in these environments might react to robotic workers?

Daily Objectives: 

Use Statements to command a sprite.

Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.

Use conditions in a computer program.

Use Loops in a computer program.

Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Program Synchronization. This involves the passage and receipt of messages between application scripts for the purpose of coordinating the execution of different parts of an application.

5/2 Plagiarism / Interface Design

Post a response to the Question of the Day in 5 minutes or less, using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

ICT Essentials 1
Question of the Day: Robots are being used at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.  What other uses can you think of where robots might be placed in environments that would be hazardous to humans?

Daily Objectives: 

What information should I use to prove my point of view?

What is the best way to present the information?

How should I present the information?

What can I do to communicate the information effectively to various audiences?

What are the best programs and tools to use to effectively communicate my information?

Word of the Day:    Plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

 

ICT Essentials 2

Question of the Day: Robots are being used at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.  What other uses can you think of where robots might be placed in environments that would be hazardous to humans?

Daily Objectives: 

Use Statements to command a sprite.

Use Boolean expressions in a computer program.

Use conditions in a computer program.

Use Loops in a computer program.

Use Variables in a computer program.

Word of the Day:  Interface Design. This involves the development of user-friendly and intuitive application stage layout, making it easy for users to interact with applications.