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Here are the Capstone deadlines for 2nd semester:

Progress Checks:

• February 13th and 27th
• March 13th and 27th
• April 25th

Portfolio Checks:

• February 29th
• March 29th
• April 30th

Spring PBL:

• March 16th – Demos of Capstone Games
• March 16th – Evaluation Forms for Capstone Games – See Junior Project Managers
• March 28th and 29th – 15 minute presentation (full dress) in front of web students, Mr. Moore and other English teachers

Final Capstone Submission – May 4th

Final Portfolio Submission – May 4th

Practice for Final Presentations – May 7th – 18th (It is possible that this might cut into 6th period)

Final Capstone Presentations – May 22nd and 23rd

 

The Chuck Jones Experience is scheduled to open this week.

“In a career spanning over 60 years, Jones made more than 300 animated films, winning three Oscars as director and in 1996 an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. Among the many awards and recognitions, one of those most valued was the honorary life membership from the Directors Guild of America.”

You can learn more about Chuck Jones and the Chuck Jones Experience by visiting:

http://www.chuckjonesexperience.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ChuckJonesExperience

 

If you are in Digital Game I or II and did not get the essay question on Friday, please email or see me BEFORE your exam day.

 

Here is an interesting article on careers in computer science:

http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~simhaweb/misc/cscareers.html

 

Here is the information about the midterm exam:

Format:

• Essay – Given in class on Friday, January 13th
• Project – Based on Scrathc, Given during 5th period on January 19th

Topics:

• Game Structure
• Players
• Objectives
• Procedures
• Rules
• Resources
• Conflict
• Boundaries
• Outcome
• Formal Elements
• Scratch
• Sequence
• Iteration
• Keyboard Input
• Coordination and Synchronization
• Conditional Statements
• Arrays
• Variables
• Event Handling
• Boolean Logic

What Can Be Used:

• Any notes taken in class
• Any exercise or project completed in class
• Scratch
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• The Internet to find graphics

What Cannot Be Used:

• The Internet to research concepts
• Your Peers

 

Here is the information about the midterm exam:

Format:

• Essay – Given in class on Friday, January 13th
• Multiple Choice – 90 questions, Given during 2nd period on January 17th
• Project – Based on Chapter 5 in the Java book, Given during 3rd period on January 18th

Topics:

• Flash – ActionScript 3
• Collisions
• Animation
• General Terminology
• Math Class
• OOP
• Physics
• Java – Chapters 3-5
• Intro to Java
• Variables and Constants
• Conditional Control Structures
• Coding Conventions/Etiquette

What Can Be Used:

• Any notes taken in class
• Any exercise or project completed in class
• Flash
• BlueJ or GreenFoot

What Cannot Be Used:

• The Internet
• Your Peers
• The Textbook

Review Activity:

Students may take the Midterm Review quiz at http://www.quia.com/quiz/3457870.html as often as they want. Students that earn an 80% or higher on any of their attempts will receive extra credit towards their semester exam grade.

 

Here are the results of the peer evaluation scores for the games created in Scratch by the 10th grade class:

Game Number – Percent

1. 69.2%
2. 91.0%
3. 72.2%
4. 80.8%
5. 62.1%
6. 62.6%
7. 74.4%
8. 86.1%
9. 86.1%
10. 71.8%
11. 69.2%
12. 77.1%
13. 83.2%
14. 86.3%
15. 67.4%
16. 89.9%

 

Any assignment that is graded as “mi” or “ab” must be submitted by 1:30 PM on Wednesday, January 11th in order to receive any credit for the 2nd quarter.

 

Here is how the grading for the Java Exercises works:

• Work Ethic – Assignment completed on-time
• Content Knowledge – Completed code including comments
• Teamwork – Peer evaluation
• Writing Skills – Flowchart/Pseudocode
• Presentation – Presentation of Exercise
• Use of Resources – Proper use of software for all components

 

I know it is early, but here is the semester exam schedule

January 17th: Exams during periods 2 and 4, Shortened classes during periods 6 and 8

January 18th: Half-day, Exams during periods 1 and 3

January 19th: Half-day, Exams during periods 5 and 7

January 20th: Half-day, Exams during periods 6 and 8