Today we will: 1. Review our progress from Day 1! 2. Begin creating our three (at least) slides about our favorite things or passions. Slides 3-5: favorites or passions What makes you happy? What do you love to do? What makes you, you? Rubric: your game must include the following!
1. At least five level areas!
2. All blocks must be decorated! 3. At least one story block! 4. At least one other student has playtested your game for feedback. 5. You yourself must beat your game before publishing! School Arcade!
Want to be school famous? Some games will be added to the school arcade - games that show what our students are capable of when they are on task, creative, and hard working. Look under the "Student Work" tab on the home page for the "Bloxels Arcade".
Directions!
Put your own artistic touch on your game by creating animated art and custom backgrounds. Below you'll find videos about these topics.
DirectionsToday will will use the characters we created last week to begin making our own video games. We will learn how to capture level designs using the Bloxel boards. We will also learn how to decorate our levels once we have designed them. Below is a guide on how to use the blocks in your boards. Our Project
Bloxels is a tool for creating characters, art, animations, stories, and of course, games. You can make a game all on your own. Or, perhaps you and some friends can team up to create one as a team. Today, we'll focus on creating and animating characters. Your class pin is RLES19.
character creationCharacter Animation
ISTE STANDARDS: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Click on your teacher's name to begin!Today We Will: 1. Explore the Lightning Lab App 2. Learn Sphero Protocols 3. Learn how to drive and aim 4. Code Sphero to:
Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.
Today We Will: 1. Review "Loops" and "IF Statements" found in the Minecraft coding lesson. 2. Begin the Star Wars Hour of Code, focusing on "commands", "events", and game making. 3. Sign in via your teachers name by the previous lesson below. Standards: ISTE STANDARDS; 1A: Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. 1B: Create original works as a means of personal or group experession.
Today We Will: 1. Learn about Digital Passport and why you need one! 2. Complete "Share Jumper" module in Digital Passport. 3. With remaining time, choose Typing Agent or Be Internet Awesome: Mindful Mountain! When Finished, Use Typing Agent or Be Internet Awesome! Item Standard: Students will understand ethical and safety issues related to information use including plagiarism, citing sources, copyright, intellectual freedom, acceptable use of school technologies, privacy, and evaluation of information.
Today We Will: 1. Borrow books! 2. Continue attacking the home row and beyond during our training time. 3. During game time, choose between Minecraft, Typing Agent games, or other keyboarding games. Reading on MackinVia or your print book is also acceptable. Standard: Grade 5: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
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