8th Grade Work
9/10/15
First day of computer class in 8th grade. We went over the seating plans of where we are going to sit. We also went over the emergency lock down routines and the after school programs.
9/17/15
We had our first typing assessment lesson 22. I got 60 words per minute with 100% accuracy. This was just a practice, it does not count in the report card.
9/24/15
No school today.
10/1/15
We went over the Marking Period 1's requirements. We all have to finish and make up the works and projects we didn't do for last school year.
10/8/15
Today, there was a new school year project introduced. It's a gardening engineering project. We have to pick partners or teams for this project. The aim/goal for this project is to find an efficient way to build a irrigation system for the school garden.
10/15/15
We continued the garden engineering project today. We were introduced to Sketch Up and we continued to finish the requirements for the project.
10/22/15
We started to experience the Sketch Up program. I'm not very good at building and programming on Sketch Up but it's very fun and easy to plan out for the garden project.
10/29/15
We started our first Sketch Up video tutorial and practiced along with it. We build a random shape first and then continued to build a basic house in Sketch Up. It was pretty easy after you learned the commands.
11/5/15
Today, we went over the mini independent project requirements for marking period 2. We also went over the programming requirements.
11/12/15
We created a Blendspace lesson to research and take notes on the garden project. I shared it with my team mates and learned a lot of irrigation methods.
11/19/15
We watched and did the first part of Sketch Up video tutorial 2. We didn't have enough time to finish.
11/26/15
Happy Thanksgiving! No school today.
12/3/15
Today we did a typing assignment for Typing Assignment Lesson 15. I got 63 words per minute with a 100% accuracy. We continued to watch and practice Sketch Up of the second part of Sketch Up video tutorial 2.
12/10/15
Today, we were introduced to a new website for coding called Codesters. This is very easy and fun at the same time. They are counted as the Mini Independent projects for Second Marking Period.
12/17/15
We did Sketchup Lesson 2C. We finished the outside of the house and made the windows on the house.
12/24/15
Winter Break-no school
12/31/15
Winter Break-no school
1/7/16
Happy New Year! First day of computer class in 2016. We worked on Code.org Course 4. There are some very hard codes and some are easy.
1/14/16
We did Sketchup Lesson 3A today. We are starting to make the interior of a house in this lesson.
1/21/16
We did Sketchup Lesson 3B today. I learned how to use the measurement tool and how to copy and move an rectangle on Sketchup.
1/28/16
We had our typing lesson 16 today. I got 62 words per minute with an accuracy of 100%.
2/4/16
We made up any missing assignments for marking period 2. We are currently starting marking period 3.
2/11/16
We had a test today on Sketch up for creating a table. It was not hard as long as you follow the video instructions.
2/18/16
2/25/16
We did Hour of Code in code.org. We did Star War (Java scripts and block version) and we also did the Minecraft coding. It was easy and fun to turn a game into an educational coding.
3/3/16
We did Sketchup Lesson 5. We learned about copying and pasting and making shapes with different sides and lengths. We also did typing assessment 17. I got 66 words per minute with 100% accuracy.
3/10/16
We learned about rotation and move tools in Sketchup, using the tools on the side bar.
3/17/16
We learned about the selection and scale tools in Sketchup
3/24/16
After all these sketchup lessons, we did the Garden School Ground Model. I learned how to use the dimensions in Sketchup.
3/31/16
Today, we did something different. We went to Everfi and registered for Radius and the Future Goals. Radius and Future Goals were both about engineering and math and science. We did typing assessment 18. I got 68 words per minute with 100% accuracy.
4/7/16
We had testing today. no Comp class
4/14/16
We had testing today. No comp class
4/21/16
We made up the 3rd marking period work.
4/28/16
Spring Break-no class
5/5/16
We did typing assessment today, I got 61 words per minute with an accuracy of 100%. We also continue doing Future Goals and entered the Blog Contest for Everfi.
5/12/16
This week we continued working on Future Goals on Everfi. I learned about science and math. (For example: kinetic energy, geometry, and etc.)
5/19/16
We did not had comp class today due to the whole 8th grade's field trip to Six Flags.
5/26/16
We worked on our Weebly portfolio website and we also started Sketchup to work on the school garden design project.