Spring Class Schedule
Weekly Activities Schedule
Week 18 (June 8-12)
UPDATED June 7 - 5:00 PM
Required Assignments For The Rest of the Year
YOUDO
Required Assignments are Due ASAP
- Be safe!
- Resume (shared with Mr. Le Duc in Google Docs) (4 Points) Due now
- Recommendation in Five Sentences (4 Points) Due now
- Leadership assignment completed and reflective blog post published by June 12 (4 Points)
- The five options are listed below
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Week 18 (June 1-5)
YOUDO
- Be safe
- There is a leadership Zoom Advisory Meeting on Tuesday at 10 AM
- This could be a way to get leadership points!
- Present your distance learning work and get feedback from the Advisory Committee
- Whatever you did for leadership, show up and present it
- There will a Yubikey review session Friday at 10:30 AM, should be 30 minutes
- This is optional, but I need as many students for feedback as possible, this will help in the cyber security research being conducted by Portland State University
- Zoom Meeting: https://osd111.zoom.us/j/4298013205
- Meeting ID: 429 801 3205
- Required Assignments For The Rest of the Year
- Resume (shared with Mr. Le Duc in Google Docs) by June 4 (4 Points)
- Recommendation in Five Sentences by June 5 (4 Points)
- Leadership assignment completed and reflective blog post published by June 12 (Seniors by June 5) (4 Points)
- The five options are listed below
- Another leadership opportunity!
- Saturday: AIE Open House Online Free Event
- Academy of Interactive Entertainment in Seattle
- Jun 6, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- This event is free but you must register
- https://posts.gle/cnXEq
Great Opportunities for Leadership Points - Pick One and Complete by 2nd Week of June! (At least 1 of these is Required)
- Join the Current Game Design of Film Showcase
- Everything can be found at the main AMES Itch.io page : https://amesshowcase.itch.io
- There's not as much description on the game prompt because it's simultaneously specific and deliberately non-specific.
- Prompt for the 2020 Showcase is:
- Game: Signature Mechanic Must Include Bones
- Animation or Film: Bones
- Project is due first week of June
- Talk to a Professional at careerconnectathome.org and make summary of the event and personal reflective blog post
- Learn about real jobs and careers from employers across Washington.
- Join industry leaders for a series of on-line discussions — with live Q & A
- Every school day in May
- Live on-line at 3:30PM
- Participate in Women in Media Webinars: Friday's at 11:00 am
- Collaborate with other students in Trello on a collaborative project
- Present your distance learning work in Session 8 Review at end of May (Zoom meeting to be scheduled with Advisory Members)
- Make a Screencast Tutorial for a complex process you have learned (pre-approved by Mr. Le Duc, related to class content, published as unlisted on YouTube)
Daily Messages / Reminders (Optional)
- Join class Remind.com Texting Group: Class Codes: @chsgame
- You, other students in class, and Mr. Le Duc can text without revealing your personal cell number. Pretty cool!
Distance Learning Resources
- Unity (Pro is free to CHS Game Design students on Windows or Mac)
- Playcanvas (online, free Google Chrome plugin for game engine (uses javascript instead of C#)
- SoloLearn.com (online, free, game design students have accounts to learn C# or JavaScript for Unity or PlayCanvas game engines, respectively)
- Edublogs.org (online, free, students already have accounts for creating blogs)
- Soundtrap.com (online, class account for CHS School of Rock students to make music)
- Hooktheory.com/theorytab/ (online, free, no account necessary for music analysis and experimentation)
- OnlineSequencer.net (online, free, no account necessary for making music)
- Trello.com (online, free, students already have accounts for class for managing student collaborative projects)
- Flickr.com (online, free, students already have accounts for publishing and accessing Creative Commons images for class work)
- YouTube.com (online, free, students already have accounts with their OSD Google accounts)
- Soundcloud.com (online, free, students already have accounts for uploading class projects)
- Linkedin.com (juniors and seniors already have accounts for establishing a professional presence and writing recommendations for peers)
- Itch.io (online, free, students can create accounts if they want to compete on the state game or film competition)
- Dundoc.com (online, free, game design students have accounts for creating game design documents)
- Celtx.com (online, free, film students have accounts for creating screenplays)
- Adobe Suite (free for OSD students - Windows and Mac computers only)
- Download and Install Adobe Creative Cloud Apps for Students & Teachers in campuses impacted by COVID-19
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Week 17 (May 25-29)
YOUDO
- Be safe
- Join class Remind.com Texting Group: Class Codes: @chsgame
- Le Duc sends daily leadership and career opportunities
- IF YOU DIDN'T DO THIS LAST WEEK ---> Email Mr. Le Duc what you plan to do by the end of the first week of June for your leadership assignment (options are located at the bottom of this week's schedule)
- Add to a blog post titled: Stretch Goal for May 2020
- Review all 6 steps here: capitalcomtech.info/2017/10/12/setting-goals/
- Publish your weekly progress as visual or audio evidence under the Documentation heading at the bottom of your blog post by Friday, May 29
- Evidence is published under the Documentation heading
- Examine April evidence posted in...
- There is an optional Zoom Advisory Meeting at Thursday 6PM
- This could be a way to get leadership points!
- We will be seeking student feedback about the good and bad of distance learning
- Meeting info:
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Week 16 (May 18-22)
YOUDO
- Be safe
- Join class Remind.com Texting Group: Class Codes: @chsgame
- Le Duc sends daily leadership and career opportunities
- IF YOU DIDN'T DO THIS LAST WEEK ---> Email Mr. Le Duc what you plan to do by the end of the first week of June for your leadership assignment (options are located at the bottom of this week's schedule)
- Add to a blog post titled: Stretch Goal for May 2020
- Review all 6 steps here: capitalcomtech.info/2017/10/12/setting-goals/
- Publish your weekly progress as visual or audio evidence under the Documentation heading at the bottom of your blog post by Friday, May 22
- Evidence is published under the Documentation heading
- Examine April evidence posted in...
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Week 15 (May 11-15)
YOUDO
- Be safe
- IF YOU DIDN'T DO THIS LAST WEEK ---> Email Mr. Le Duc what you plan to do by the end of the first week of June for your leadership assignment (options are located at the bottom of this week's schedule)
- Add to a blog post titled: Stretch Goal for May 2020
- Review all 6 steps here: capitalcomtech.info/2017/10/12/setting-goals/
- Publish your weekly progress as visual or audio evidence under the Documentation heading at the bottom of your blog post by Friday, May 15
- Evidence is published under the Documentation heading
- Examine April evidence posted in...
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Week 14 (May 4-8)
YOUDO
- Be Safe
- You need to create two things this week...
- Email Mr. Le Duc what you plan to do by end of first week of June for your leadership assignment (options are located at the bottom of this week's schedule)
- Create your May Stretch Goal blog post
- Make a new Stretch Goal for May
- Create a blog post titled: Stretch Goal for May 2020
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Week 13 (April 27 - May 1)
- Virtual Computer Game Development Camp this summer at Saint Martin's University???
- Be Safe
- YOUDO
- If you need to, watch reminder Le Duc video overview of Stretch Goal Project
- Continue working Stretch Goal
- Add to a blog post titled: Stretch Goal for April 2020
- Review all 6 steps here: capitalcomtech.info/2017/10/12/setting-goals/
- We will be documenting progress later by Friday
- Publish your update evidence by Thursday, April 30
- Examine a great example of evidence posted in Hunter's Stretch Goal blog post
- His evidence in under the Documentation heading
- He posted this evidence for the April 24th due date
- He will post another Heading with his final evidence this Friday
- Full completed Stretch Goal is due by Thursday, April 30
- The Game Jam ended today
- We start another one next week
- Optional Zoom Question and Answer Meeting 10AM Wednesday April 29th
- Question and answer session about class, assignments, college, etc.
- Join the Zoom Meeting https://osd111.zoom.us/j/4298013205
- Meeting ID: 429 801 3205
- Look for a message in the "Waiting Room" before you are allowed in
- Only use your Olympia School District Zoom account (with your OSD email address)
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Week 12 (April 20-24)
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Week 7-8-9-10 (March 23-27, March 6 - April 3, April 13-17)
- Be Safe
- IDO
- Unity will allow students to use our Pro licenses at home!
- Email Mr. Le Duc if you would like one, He will be tracking who has one
- Please do not share or we will have to turn off the licenses
- Unity tracks which computers have the licenses, just sayin'
- Unity only works on Mac and Windows computers, not Chromebooks
- Recommend that students participate in the 1 month GAME JAM (detailed statement below) - something to challenge home-bound students
- Share SMART Goal Directions
- YOUDO
- POSSIBLE IDEAS FOR STRETCH GOAL
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