Well done Alyssa for coding this amazing Christmas card in LOGO!
See Alyssa’s code here.
Dec 192018
Dec 102018
FINAL CHALLENGE
Robot Santa face! Add features to make your robot face into Santa!
- Use fill – start with colour “darkblue fill to make a night time background
- Add a hat – fill in red with a white bobble
- colour “white for features
- Add a beard
- Add “Ho ho ho” text!
1 Label code with ;———–LABELS———–
2 ** Procedures to eye instructions end
- Go to j2code and click on LOGO
- Make sure you are on Level 3
- CHALLENGE: Write instructions in LOGO to make this picture.
TIPS
- Don’t get rid of your code! That’s the important bit.
- Keep pressing play (after every new command)
- Keep saving
- Useful commands
- pu = pen up so it doesn’t draw
- pd = so it draws again
- setpensize 10 for a thicker line
- circle 30
- arc 50 180 draws part of a circle
- repeat 4 [fd 100 rt 90] for a square
- pu setxy 50 60 pd to jump to a new place without drawing. Here’s a Scratch program to help find which numbers to use – Positioin finder
SUCCESS STEPS
- Try new commands and ideas – be curious
- Type accurately
- Spot your own mistakes – be resilient
- Save (logo face) and tag (y5logo)
FINISHED?
Can you…
- make it smile!
- add some spiky hair using repeat, eg
- change the shape of the right eye – a hexagon maybe…
- add a spiral ear
FINISHED AGAIN?!
- Start to design and create your own picture
- use: repeat, setxy, arc, circle, colour, fill
- Can you use procedures at the beginning?
Next time…
- Complete a challenge shape/picture using a range of commands
- Think of a simple picture with repeated elements, see here for examples. Use LOGO to draw it!
Dec 102018
- Draw some simple patterns on this Roman pattern ideas j2e5 file. Here are some ideas.
- Create the instructions in LOGO to draw your chosen one.
- j2launch – j2code – LOGO
- Click on Level 3
- Start your program with
- reset
setpensize 5- For each instruction you add, test it
- Make sure:
- the arrow finishes at the original level and across to the right a bit
- the arrow is pointing UP at the end of your instructions
- reset
- Put this above your instructions (to move it to the top corner)
- pu setxy -240 180 pd
- Test your code – you might need to change the numbers so that your shape fits on the screen.
- Repeat your shape by adding in this:
- repeat 4
- [
- your instructions
- ]
- Edit your code. Can you:
- Make the shape smaller by changing the fd numbers?
- Make more shapes so it takes up the whole length of the screen?
- Now put your code inside another repeat to get the four sides of the square:
- repeat 4
- [
- all of your shape code so far including the repeat
- rt 90 (to turn the corner)
- ]
Success steps:
- Copy instructions carefully
- Use fd, lt, rt with a space and a number
- Press play to run program
- Make instructions to draw simple shapes including forward, left and right
- Check instructions carefully for mistakes (bugs)
Nov 262018
Well done to Brooke, Alice, Toby, Jacob and George for correct answers this week. The prize goes to….Brooke!
Nov 162018
- Start a new j2e5 page – call it “Madagascar leaflet”
- Find content to add to your Madagascar leaflet
- Pictures
- use j2e5 search or Google images
- shape pictures in j2e5
- Titles/subtitles
- Use CoolText to make some titles or subtitles
- Make sure they suit your leaflet/subject
- QR codes like this one are used to link to more information.
- You can make one like this:
- Find a useful website
- Copy the web address: http://www………
- Go to this QR generator website and paste in the address
- Click “create QR code” then “Download”
- In j2e –
– 
– “choose file” then find your file – either in Downloads or Google Drive
- Pictures
Nov 122018
https://makecode.microbit.org/#
Have a go at:
- Smiley buttons
- Dice
- Name tag
Now let’s try using the radio
- Fireflies…!
A project…scrolling screen…Christmas message…
Nov 122018
You need:
- a partner
- an interesting fact about your country
- iPads
- Open a new j2e5 page
- Change the background colour
- Add your text (in a contrasting colour)
- Add a background picture –
T0gether, we will:
- capture pictures
- add pictures to a slide show
- add some music
ExampleL
Nov 122018
Your idea
- Content – what information are you going to give? What style? Interview, conversation, Q+A…?
- Image – what scene will you be infront of?
- Keep it short, clear
Preparation
- Image – in Safari, find your image – select marked for reuse. Save it to the camera roll.
- Greenscreen app
- Start new project
- Top + = camera
- Second + = image, from camera roll – choose the one you saved
- Record
Nov 122018
You will need:
- a learning partner
- an iPad
- a notebook and pen
- Follow the instructions given by me
- Take any notes that will help you remember what to do later in the week.
Nov 052018
I will be starting a new club on Tuesday lunchtimes for Y5/6. We will be programming Microbits:
If you are interested, please comment on this blog post including your name and class by Friday 9th November.