Johnny Money Simulator Project

Please follow the link to the Johnny Money Simulator below and follow instructions to complete this assignment by Wednesday at the end of class.  We will start our Marketing Plans this week!!  You will need the following codes to log in and start your businesses:

http://game.johnnymoney.com/

    7th/8th/9th Period Class Starting Code:  2e7ahafe

Please email me a 1 page summary of what you learned while running the simulation.  Double Spaced, 12-Font, New Times Roman, MLA Format.  Include information on whether you took a loan to start, what items you sold, how many employees you hired and when, and when you made basic business decisions.

Good Luck to you all!!

Remember, go slowly through the simulator, and follow all instructions, and you might be the big winner on Wednesday Afternoon!!

Mr. S

PS I will be playing along and I hope you all do a better job than I will running your own businesses.

Audio Skills

 All:

If you have completed all assignments for this marking period, we are going to take a couple days to let everyone catch up.  Today, I want you to check out the sites below and "play" around with the music creators you find there.  You can create beats, music, and use instruments and tools to transform sounds.  If you set up an account on Aviary you should be able to save and download your music.  Headphones are in the back of the room.  I might even have a prize for the best mix!! 

I would like to start having some students "podcast" for the Jag Times.  Anyone interested in presenting articles and cutting in music, background sound, and sound effects can see me after class.  Enjoy today and tomorrow, and come in ready to work on Marketing Plans on Monday!!

As usual, have fun!!

Mr. S

http://www.aviary.com/tools/music-creator
http://www.soundjunction.org/notecanvastool.aspa?nodeid=1

Scratch Digital Pong Game Creation Unit

Students from the Netter Center (University of Pennsylvania) will be in class for the next three Wednesdays to help us create digital pong games.  This training will help expose you to basic programming, digital animation, and simple video-game creation skills.  Cognitive thinking and organizing skills will be improved as well.  We are looking forward to meeting them during 8th and 9th periods today.  Enjoy!!  Mr. S

See the link below for more information on this free digital program that was designed at MIT!!
http://scratch.mit.edu/

HOMEWORK LINK: Scratch Debug Problem

Please sign up for an account on the SCRATCH Website and then download the program from the link above marked Homework Link.  Figure out why the "K" button will not work.  Good Luck.  Email me the answer.

Brain Grade Test

Good Afternoon:

Please click the link below and take the "Brain Grade Test".  Email me your results in lieu of a journal entry today.  Secondly,  you may use the rest of class to finish your Google Mapping project from yesterday and then work on any additional work you need to finish for my class.  Make sure you "collaborate" with me via email address (hscribneruchs@gmail.com), and email any other finished work to me for credit.  As usual, have fun!!

 Mr. S

http://www.braingradetest.com/brain-grade/test

Google Mapping March Madness Project

 Hello Everyone!!

Easy week this week.  Please use an NCAA Men's Basketball Bracket to complete this project:

You must pick at least one full bracket to highlight on our map.  Please find out where all 16 colleges are located and place a colored marker, similar to the marker of the bracket they are in, on the city they are from.  You must include the following information:  Team Colors, Team Mascot, and Team Winning Percentage (regular season).  The link to our map is below.  Sign in to your GMail account and pull up this map to make changes.  Good Luck!!

http://maps.google.com/

When you are done, share (collaborate) the map with me at hscribneruchs@gmail.com and then you may complete any other assignment that might be due for this marking period.  Thursday and Friday will be work "Make Up" days.  Have fun!!

Mr. S

MS Visio 2003 Mastery Project Forms

 Here are the forms to fill out for the Visio Project:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArXPDlbP92xbdDZIOThBa2JVVjhSZUUzWThMMXJxZ2c&hl=en

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7XPDlbP92xbOGU2MmNmYTctYmY2Yi00NGNiLWEzMmEtNmQxMTFjMjJjYTg2&hl=en
You will be graded on the following Rubric for each part of the project:

VISIO DIAGRAM:
Must include wall dimensions.  All doors and windows must be placed.  Major furniture, cabinets, and large accessories must also be included.  The following projects are available:
     Kitchen
     Man/Woman "Cave"
     Entertainment Room
     Play Room - Kids Toy Room
     Basement / Family Room

If you choose any project except the kitchen, you must include a bathroom in your layout as well.

Points Awarded For Project are as Follows:
Visio Diagram:  2 Points - Wall Placement,  2 Points - Furniture, 2 Points - Doors & Windows, 2 Points - Labels and Outlines,  2 Points - Creativity & Neatness

Word Estimate Sheet:  6 Points for Completeness & Spelling, 4 Points for All Items Included

Excel Spreadsheet:  4 Points - All Links Work, 4 Points - Complete Pricing,  2 Points - Neatness

This project is worth One Third of your overall marking period grade and no projects will be accepted late.  The project is due on Friday, March 18th, 2011 by 3PM.

Good Luck!!

Mr. S

MARCH MADNESS IS HERE!!

You want Stats, we got Stats!!!   Just sign up for an online account and join our March Madness Pool......up to 400 people can participate.
http://uchstech1.mayhem.cbssports.com/e
Use your email account to sign up and let's see who does the best.  We will be looking at statistics and other fun things while we play.....Good Luck Everyone!!Just in case you want to do some real research, here are a couple good sites for statistics.  (We will use these sites for the Elite 8 Project coming up)
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings 
Have Fun!!  :)
 Mr. S

MS Visio 2003 Mastery Project

Good Afternoon Everyone:

You are doing a fantastic job on the VISIO projects so far!!  Keep sending in the timelines, and make sure that your other assignments are up to date.  Today, before we dive into VISIO, I would like you to check out this website:   http://www.armstrong.com/flooring/design-a-room.asp?darScene=13&shortCode=&productCategory=

You may have to make minor adjustments and load some software for Firefox to get this to work, but it is a cool tool to get you into designing spaces.  This tool from Armstrong will help you design a space for yourself.  I would like you to design a kitchen.  Get an idea of different floors, cabinet colors and wall colors.  You will be buying furniture, cabinets, countertops, appliances and everything else that goes into the next project.  Get a good idea of space planning.  You will need rough measurements of a room in your home, or a room you might like when you have a home someday.  When you are finished with your dream kitchen please right click the picture of it and save it to your desktop.  Send me an email with the picture for credit for this part of the assignment.  Also send me 2-3 websites that have prices on all of the items you might want to include in this weeks Mastery Project.  We will move on to the MASTERY Project I want you to complete tomorrow and spend a couple weeks on it.

Think about the details!!

Mr. S

MS Visio 2003 Timeline Project

OK GANG!!

Here is an easy one.  Building on your growing knowledge of MS Visio 2003, please create a timeline of your life on earth.  Here are the steps to complete it:

Step 1:  Open MS Visio 2003 and click NEW project.  Create a new timeline using Project Schedule/Timeline/US Units.

Step 2:  Clear all items if anything "pops" up.  Right Click the Timeline and pick Properties.  Enter your birthday as the starting date and today as the ending date.

Step 3:  Add any significant event in your life to date.  You must use different milestone markers (Circles, Squares, Lines, or X's for different items.  Personal, School, Work, Family, Sports or anything else will be divided and labeled accordingly.  You must have at least 3 different types of milestones and at least 10 entries total (Not Including Beginning and End Dates)

Step 4:  As usual, save the file as a JPEG to your desktop and email it to your instructor.

Grading:

3 points - Grammar and Spelling
3 points - Layout and Creativity
3 points - Completeness and Accuracy
1 point - Submitted on Time

Good Luck,

Mr. S

MS VISIO 2003 Web Page Map Project

Here are the instructions to complete the Web Page Map Project.

Step 1:  Pick a webpage you like.  Anything, just remember the more complicated the bigger and more intricate the project.

Step 2:  Sketch and outline of the webpage on scratch paper.  Just outline the major points of the home page.  Make notes of links, advertisement blocks, and other parts.  Get as detailed as possible, but I am not looking for specific content, just a layout of the home page.

Step 3:  Open MS Visio 2003 on our classroom laptops.  Open a NEW project.  Choose Web Diagram Conceptual (US units) and begin by opening a title block.  Drag the items you want to use to describe each section of your map and place descriptions inside. (See example of my map of the UCPA Jag Times site to right.)

Step 4:  Once finished, please save your work as a JPEG file to your desktop.  Send the file to me using your Gmail account.

Grading:

3 points - Design and Creativity
3 points - Accuracy and All Elements Present
4 points - Grammar and Accurate Layout

Good Luck,

Mr. S