Sargent Park Game On Participant Information

Hey there Junior High students who are going to Game On at Sisler next week.  You will need to know the following.

The conference will be using a program called Construct2.  It is a free download from the internet and great for you to use at home before the conference.

It would be beneficial for you to have a USB memory stick to save material on at the conference.

Here are some video tutorials you can watch before the conference.  They show you how to set up Construct2 and play around in the program itself.

Video 1
Construct 2 - Part #1 Introduction from Bernard Alibudbud on Vimeo.

Video 2
Construct 2 - Part #2 Adding objects to your game from Bernard Alibudbud on Vimeo.

Video 3
Construct 2 - Part #3 Adding behaviours and coding from Bernard Alibudbud on Vimeo.

We should have this in the lab by the end of the week.  Try to sit down as teams of 3 and figure this program out.

Scratch assignment for today December 14

Make sure you have a Simple Maze Game completed (last week’s assignment).

Now on to a more complex maze.  

Instsructions

• Create another maze in scratch with similar wall distances (finger sized)
• Create a sprite to navigate the maze and a sprite to complete the maze
• *New* add two more sprites that will act as ghosts.  They will patrol part of your maze to stop the “maze sprite” from completing its task. Have them move back and forth.  This is the new coding for this maze.

Make sure the maze is completable and not too difficult.  Sorry for being absent.  See my blogpost for a maze that works with ghosts.

Timeline Typography Project

Here is the slide deck that explains the types of typography you need to have in your Timeline.

Each event and date should be in a large enough font to be seen in the preview at Google Drive.

5 Tips For Better Typography In Your Slides from Damon Nofar | Presentation designer

Here is my timeline so far.
You may only have 2 fonts per page.
Keep it black and white.
You may have as many textboxes as needed to make a great presentation.

Enjoy

Autobiography Assignment Grade 8 Technology

Welcome to more instructions about your Autobiography.

Please have versions 1 and 2 done by today.  The next part of your assignment is finding images of you or things about you.

Since I am not here today I want you to create 3 images in paint that we will add to your Autobiography.  Save them to your U drive.

All parts of the assignment are in the slide deck below.  Please make sure you have everything done up to V2 and you have at least 3 images created by you in Paint stored in the U-drive

Meet the Teacher 2016

Welcome Parents

It is looking like a terrific year for the Grade 8 Students.  Please ask us any questions that you have and be sure to email us any questions you have about your students progress and work.

Meet the Teacher Course Outlines




This year at Sargent Park the students are allowed to BYOD.  This is an exciting oppotunity for our Grade 8's.  Teachers will be offering students opportunities all year to use their personal devices in the classroom.

There are some ways they will be used


Reasons Why to have students prepared for the future



2016 Information


One of the original videos talking about digital change

Marathon Parent Information 2016

Hello Parents. This year the Marathon Course is reversed.  Here are some helpful links for the race.  Your runner is on the spreadsheet.  It tells you when to arrive at the exchange (purple) and when the expected time of their team mate will arrive(white). I have also given an approximate time for your runner to finish their leg.  Please practice getting to the exchange points before the race.  Expect delays and give yourself plenty of time to get there on race day. For you veterans of the race there is a change this year.  We are running Backwards!! Be aware of new exchange points please.

The Marathon has a Google map and here are some helpful links. Click the links to see where the exchanges are in the city. When you arrive at the Google Map please click on Hospitality stations and you will see the Relay Exchange Zones.  These are the links that you want.

Please contact the school and ask for Mme Tetrault or Mr Harbeck before Thursday if you have questions.

Runner 1 Filipe, Veni, Kalea Renee

Suggested parking Park and Ride, or in Waverly Heights around Super Store. Walk about 1 Km to the start (15 Min)

Start Point University of Manitoba
End point Canoe Club

Runner 2 Josh, Dayman, Alicia, Jem 

Suggested parking at the St Vital YMCA or Windsor Community Club and Surrounding Area. 1 Km Walk to the start (15 minutes)

Start Point Canoe Club
End Point Laura Secord School

Runner 3 Karl, Kiel, Alane, Kieran

Suggested parking at the Liption or Ruby Streets between Portage and Westminister.  3/4Km Walk to the start (15 minutes)

Starting Point Laura Secord School
End Point Wellington Crescent @ Chattaway Blvd. (Rady Jewish Community Campus.)    

Runner 4 Zach, Arif, Shoki, Benya 

Suggested parking at the Rady JCC or on the other side of Kenaston. Walk to the start 1/2 km (10 Min)

Starting Point Wellington Crescent @ Chattaway Blvd. (Rady Jewish Community Campus.)    
End Point Point Road Waterford Ave  - Lyon Street (Ecole Viscount Alexander School)        

Runner 5 Meldar, Danny, Bethany, Vanessa

Suggested parking at the Shoppers Drugmart or on the other side of Pembina Hwy. (Access to Finish you need Pembina Hwy. Walk to the start 1/2 km (10 Min)

Starting Point Point Road Waterford Ave  - Lyon Street (Ecole Viscount Alexander School)    
End Point University of Manitoba Stadium    

Magazine Marking 2016 Making a Difference.

Here is the Marking form we will use for your Magazine Project this year.  Please make sure you have downloaded the PDF of your magazine before you start marking it.  You can also embed it at your Math blog.  Please get the code and embed it at a post called ####'s Me to We Magazine Post.  Label the post with your name and MEtoWE.