Y6 Scratch practice and game plan

Mar 222018
 
  • Continue to work through these tasks.
  • Have a look at this video for any tips to finish off any tasks:

    Help video

LF1 Logging in

  1. Go to Scratch
  2. Log in, eg stm-ab14
  3. Passwords –

LF2 Making things move

  1.  Scratch cat
    1. Set size to 50%
    2. Make him always running
    3. Make him move
      1. forward with up arrow
      2. turn left and right with left/right arrows
  2. Balloon
    1. Make it follow the mouse
    2. Make it always the same way up
  3. Ball
    1. Make it always spinning
    2. Make it move up down left right with the keys w, s, a, d
  4. Car
    1. Make it drive to and fro across the screen

LF3 Changing costumes

  1. Ball
    1. Duplicate the ball costume several times to make a popping animation
    2. Make it pop (change costumes) when the mouse pointer touches it
    3. Add a popping sound
  2. Avery walking
    1. Make Avery walk left and right when g and h pressed
    2. Make Avery face correct direction and always walking

LF4 Share

  1. Click share
  2. In j2e my files, click your name, settings and refresh the scratch section
  3. Check your j2e file appears in my files

LF5 Gravity

  1. Make some steps
  2. Program Avery so that they fall down unless they are on the steps

LF 6 Firing

  1. Create a new sprite, eg bananas
  2. Make them follow the Scrath cat
  3. When you press space, fire the bananas in the direction it is pointing
  4. Make the car disappear if you fire a banana at it!

LF7 Make your own adaptations

  1. Use the sprites that you have set up so far and add some more code
  2. You could
    1. add sounds
    2. new controls
    3. new interactions between sprites
    4. be creative!

LF8  Plan a Scratch game

  1. Theme?
  2. Movement – what controls? keyboard? arrow keys? mouse position? mouse click?
  3. Background – how does it interact? maze, platforms…
  4. Sprites – how do they interact?
  5. Start t build your game – bit by bit, block by block…

 

Y4 Egyptian maze 3

Mar 212018
 

Watch the videos and use them to improve your Egyptian Maze game.

Video 1  – Movement through a maze

  1. Arrow keys
  2. Point in correct direction
  3. Stop at walls
  4. Backpack

Video 2 – Code so far

  1. Scratch cat – movement, react to baddies
  2. Baddies – glide across the screen
  3. Door
  4. Backgrounds

Video 3 – Next level

  1. When cat touches door, switch to the next level
  2. Send the cat back to the start

Next steps…

  • Create another level or two
  • Create a variable called Lives that starts at 3 and takes one off every time you hit a baddie
  • Make a Game Over background – make it switch to that background when you have no lives.

 

 

Y6 Scratch

Mar 082018
 

LF1 Logging in

  1. Go to Scratch
  2. Log in, eg stm-ab14
  3. Passwords –

LF2 Making things move

  1.  Scratch cat
    1. Set size to 50%
    2. Make him always running
    3. Make him move
      1. forward with up arrow
      2. turn left and right with left/right arrows
  2. Balloon
    1. Make it follow the mouse
    2. Make it always the same way up
  3. Ball
    1. Make it always spinning
    2. Make it move up down left right with the keys w, s, a, d
  4. Car
    1. Make it drive to and fro across the screen

LF3 Changing costumes

  1. Ball
    1. Duplicate the ball costume several times to make a popping animation
    2. Make it pop (change costumes) when the mouse pointer touches it
    3. Add a popping sound
  2. Avery walking
    1. Make Avery walk left and right when g and h pressed
    2. Make Avery face correct direction and always walking

LF4 Share

  1. Click share
  2. In j2e my files, click your name, settings and refresh the scratch section
  3. Check your j2e file appears in my files

LF5 Gravity

Y3 Columbus quiz

Mar 062018
 

LF: Copy and paste

  1. In j2launch, click on Google Classroom then await further instruction…

Success steps

  • Listen to/wath and read information from the Internet
  • Find answers to quiz questions
  • Use Google Classroom
  • Use keyboard shortcuts to copy ctrl+C and paste ctrl+V
  • Use mouse to copy and paste:  right-hand-click  copy/paste

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/

 

Y3 LF Improving our pages

Feb 282018
 

Finish border

  1. Finish your volcano border – see last blog

Title

  1. Add the title:  EXTREME EARTH
    1. You could use the cool text website
      1. Choose a style
      2. Type the title
      3. Create logo
      4. Drag and drop to j2e5
      5. or
      6. RH click on the title – copy image
      7. In j2e – CTRL-V to paste

Add pictures + text

  1. Search volcano, earth, earthquake pictures in j2e5
    1. resize, position
    2. crop
      1. drag the middle blobs
      2. choose a crop shape
  2. Add words to do with the topic:
    1. mantle, magma, lava, volcano,…

Add name

  1. Add your name and class at the bottom

Editing

  1. Space things out evenly
  2. Look at some book covers to help you with your design

Y5

Feb 202018
 

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LF1 Online Safety

  • Watch “Jigsaw”
  • Why is it called Jigsaw?

LF2 Prezi

  • Log into Prezi
  • Make sure you know your Prezi password

LF4 Crystal Rainforest

  • Click on Logins, Crystal ICT
  • Click on Crystal ICT arrow
  • Login – enter username and password
  • If it doesn’t load:
    1. Go to settings
    2. Advanced
    3. Content settings
    4. Allow – Add
    5. Paste in the following link
    6. http://sherston.com/crystal/ict/Default.aspx
    7. Try again

LF4 Decomposition

  • What is decomposition?
  • How can it help in learning/life?
  • Decompose a simple game
  • Plan a rainforest game
  • Login with Scratch stm-ab15

 

Rainforest alliance

Y6 Prezi learning journey

Feb 022018
 

LF1 Logging in and eSafety

  1. Go to prezi.com and log in with your school email
  2. If you have forgotten your Prezi password, follow the forgotten password instructions
  3. DO NOT enter your full name or add any personal details to your profile.
  4. MAKE SURE you keep your profile and prezis private.
  5. By using your school email, you are bound by your ICT agreement that you have signed
  6. You are not permitted to use your school email to sign up to anything else.

How did that go?

LF2 Evaluate other people’s Prezis

  1. Look at THREE example prezis – at least one EDU Prezi.
    1. Here are the winners of the 2014 Prezi competition
    2. 2015
    3. 2016
    4. 2017
  2. What makes them effective?
  3. What is not effective?
  4. Look at the Computing colours below for Prezis
  • 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….)

How did that go?

LF3 Planning a Prezi

  1. Choose a topic from below
    1. A habitat (for example from the Forbidden Kingdoms topic)
    2. An wild animal (for example from the Forbidden Kingdoms topic)
    3. An environmental issue, eg pollution, poaching, plastic, landfill,…
  2. Make a new j2e5 page for collecting ideas – save as “Prezi ideas”
    1. Title
    2. Questions/subtitles/subtopics
    3. Journey. story
    4. Ideas for design
      1. colour schemes
      2. background pictures
      3. shapes
      4. fonts
    5. Zooming ideas
    6. Facts, content – keep it simple and in your own words

How did that go?

LF4 Setting up a new Prezi

    • Share your Prezi with me – help video
    • Text
      • Titles, subtitles, text
      • A few, well chosen fonts, colours
    • Images
      • Labelled for non-commercial use
      • Background images (careful with text on top of different colours)
      • 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

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/

How did that go?

LF 5 Seeking improvement

  1. Can you use it collaboratively, ie share it? Work on it at the same time? Comment?
  2. Are there eSafety considerations?
  3. Can you find help topics/videos?

How did that go?

LF5 Embedding Prezi into j2e5 page

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

How did that go?

Y4 Create a dragon maze with hyperlinks

Feb 012018
 
  1. In my files, make a new folder and call it “Dragon maze”
  2. Page 1 – LF Insert pictures and shapes
    1. Make a new j2e5 page
    2. Change the size to 640×480
    3. Add a picture of a castle entrance
      1. I have shared some pictures with you
    4. Draw a shape ScreenHunter_145 Jan. 09 07.52 around the door
    5. Untick the outline so the shape is invisible
    6. Save as “Castle entrance”
  3. Page 2
    1. Make a new j2e5 page
    2. Change the size to 640×480
    3. Add a picture of an entrance hall
    4. Save as “Entrance hall”
  4. LF Organise pages into folders
    1. In my files, drag both your pages into the “Dragon maze” folder
    2. Each time you make a new page, drag it into the folder
  5.  LF Link pages
    1. Open “Castle entrance”
    2. Select the invisible door shape
    3. Click link
    4. Browse
    5. Select “Entrance hall”, link
    6. Ok
    7. Save
    8. View – to test your link
  6. LF Add more pages and links
    1. Add more pages and links to build up a journey through the castle
    2. You could make a j2e5 page which is a map of the rooms like this one: Castle map
  7. LF Refine your design!
    1. Check pages are correct size
    2. Make pages same size
    3. Choose font carefully – keep it consistent
    4. Change background colour?
    5. Link to map/beginning on each page – same

Success criteria

  • Change size of page
  • Insert shared images
  • Draw and format shapes
  • Create links to other pages
  • Use a folder in my files

Finished?

  • Hide a dragon in one of the rooms
  • Get someone else to play your game and suggest improvements.  Then take their advice and improve it!
  • Add animations (magic items)
  • Hide clues or doorways (behind objects that disappear when you click on them?)

 

  • Red – use text, shapes, pictures
  • Orange – resize, move, change font, colour
  • Yellow – working links
  • Green – lining up, page size, detail, map
  • Blue – style choices, intro, animations, seek on and act on advice
  • Purple – polished work
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