Y3 How do I create right-angled shapes in Scratch?

Mar 062017
 
  1. In j2e5 turn on “grid” and “snap”
  2. Draw some simple shapes with right-angles
  3. Go tot the Scratch page
  4. Follow this video to get started: Scratch Y3 right angled shapes
  5. Call your project:  Right angled shapes
  6. ** Can you draw more than one of your shapes by using “pen up”, moving, then “pen down”? (You could use the “go to x… y…” block)

Success steps

  • Sign into Scratch
  • Find blocks from different groups
  • Click and unclick blocks
  • Play program to test it
  • Correct (debug) your program by learning from your mistakes and correcting them

Y5: How could I use a PicoBoard for a Scratch game?

Mar 022017
 
  1. What is a PicoBoard?
    1. What does it do?
    2. How do I connect it?
    3. What are the sensors?
    4. How do I use it with Scratch?
      1. Click: more blocks – add an extension – PicoBoard
      2. Make the cat say the slider sensor reading
        1. What blocks do you need?
        2. Does it change when you slide the slider?  Why?  Why not?
      3. Change the sensor or add new sprites so you test out the different sensors and what numbers they give.

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  1. What elements does a game have?
    1. Watch/play a simple Scratch game
    2. What are the elements of the game?
    3. Which of the elements need programming?
  2. How could I use a PicoBoard as a game controller?
    1. What could you control with the sensors?
    2. How could  you use the PicoBoards for Science experiments?
    3. Have a go at using the slider and button to make the cat do something.

Success steps

  • Plug in PicoBoard
  • Try out ideas in Scratch
  • Create ideas for using PicoBoard to control a game

 

Y6: How do I create platform game in Scratch?

Mar 022017
 
  1. Log into Scratch and start a new project
  2. Set up gravity: use forever, change y by…
  3. Play to check that the cat falls
  4. But gravity only moves you if you are in the air,…
  5. Draw the ground on your background
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  7. You only want the cat to fall if is not touching the ground
  8. Use: if, not, touching colour… inside the forever loop
  9. Play to test it out and drop the cat in different places to check that it works.
  10. ** What happens if you put the cat under the ground?!  Why?
  11. Now add some floating levels of the same colour and test again
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  13. Add keyboard controls:
    1. Left/right: use when left key pressed; change x by
    2. Jump: use when space key pressed; change y by…
  14. Test your game
    1. What works well?
    2. Even better if…
    3. Can you think of solutions to you even better ifs?

Y5/6: Scratch and Y5/6 portfolio page

Feb 232017
 
  1. Sign up to Scratch:
    1. Lime http://scratch.mit.edu/classes/20100/register/b3fb1c7297d244989dfa439c3ceb5167
    2. Maple http://scratch.mit.edu/classes/20101/register/f3381d91a8fa4920b66066b298130267
    3. Oak http://scratch.mit.edu/classes/20102/register/e686bd0e3764489eb95163f8de3f98e9
    4. Username: stm- then your email start, eg stm-jk14
  2. Make sure you have shared your Prezi with me
  3. Make sure you have a j2e page called Y5 Prezi
    1. If you have one called Prezi, click “i” in my files and rename it
    2. Add a link to your Prezi
    3. ** embed your Prezi
  5. If you have finished, please do some online maths practice, eg j2blast

Y3: Make a “Be healthy!” poster

Feb 232017
 
  1. Make a new j2e5 page
  2. Create a poster about how to keep healthy
  3. Here’s a quick help video if you need it.

Success steps

  • Fill the page
  • Big clear title
  • Search pictures in j2e
  • Drag pictures onto page
  • Resize, rotate and reposition things
  • Colourful
  • Save as “be healthy poster”
  • ** could create a page border like we did with our 1950s toy border, eg an apple, football,…

Scratch sign up

Feb 202017
 
  1. Click on the link next to your class and follow the instructions.
  2. Use the username that I tell you in class.

Y3 How do I improve my page border?

Feb 012017
 

Next week in topic, you will need a piece of paper with a border to do some writing.

Work on a 1950s page border you have started or do a new one – make sure it is

  • lined up accurately
  • goes all the way around the page
  • when you have finished
    • name small at the bottom
    • remove the grid
    • in my files
      • click on i
      • add tag
      • type: print

Y4 How can I improve my eBook?

Jan 312017
 
  • Red
    • type some text
    • more than one page
  • Orange
    • change font, colour, size, position
  • Yellow
    • include pictures, shapes
  • Green – attention to detail
    • well balanced page – text a good size
    • pages have same layout
    • links back and forward
  • Blue – deliberate choice of style
    • background pictures
    • well thought out page design
  • Purple
    • critically reflect on work to improve it – learning converstaion www, ebi
    • look at examples, seek and take advice
    • accessibility
      • click to read text aloud
      • high contrast colours

Y5 How can I improve my Prezi?

Jan 302017
 
  • Red
    • use a template in Prezi
    • use some tools
  • Orange
    • change font, colour, size, position
  • Yellow
    • include pictures, shapes
  • Green
    • attention to detail – lining up, consistent style
    • background music
    • text on appropriate background
  • Blue
    • deliberate choices of layout, style
    • use/edit pathways
    • insert hyperlink to website
    • give references to where you got your info
  • Purple
    • critically reflect on work to improve it
    • show thoughts in learning conversation on j2e page (I chose …. because…. I changed ….. because….)

Y5 What tools can I use in Prezi?

Jan 272017
 

Creating your Prezi

  • Text
    • Titles, subtitles, text
    • A few, well chosen fonts, colours
  • Images
    • Labelled for non-commercial use
    • Background images (careful with text on top)
    • Crop/resize images
  • Background music
    • Add music from www.incompetech.com
      • When you’ve found piece you like – click “download as mp3”
      • Go back to Prezi – insert – add background music – look in downloads folder
      • Don’t forget to include credits for the music (copy text below)
  • Paths and hyperlinks
    • Add a hyperlink to another webpage
    • Make sure the path includes all of your content
  • Think carefully about colours
    • eg text colour that stands out against the background
    • not putting text on varied backgrounds
  • Can you make any other suggestions for improvements by commenting on this post?

 

How do I place a credit for this music in my project?

Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 

Sharing your Prezi

  • Share your Prezi with me – help video
  • Here’s how to embed your Prezi in your j2e page:
    • In Prezi, click “present”
    • Underneath the Prezi, click “Embed”
    • Copy the code by pressing the button
    • Open you j2e “Prezi” page
    • Click on the “video/sound/embed” button then on the top option
    • Paste the Prezi embed code into the box
    • Click on your page to drop the Prezi there
    • Place and resize your Prezi on your page and save
  • Explore and discover tools and options – be curious!
  • Be sociable – share discoveries and support each other; tutorial videos
  • Be resourceful
    • Search for other Prezi posts on this blog
    • Are there tutorial videos on the Prezi website?

What next?

  • What more do you need to do? How did that go?
  • Plan and develop project;
  • work on it at home/lunch club…
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