Thursday, December 21, 2017

Dec 22, 2017 - Happy Friday... almost... HomeBrew Robotics Haul...

Entrance Ticket - Where the software meets the road: Certifying the safety of self-driving cars
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:00 - 8:20 - Open Lab
  • 8:20 - 9:20 - Robot Club
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Dec 20, 2017 - Open Labs and FlexFactor

Entrance Ticket - "Clear Path" 
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:30 - Open Lab
    • Don't Drive Of The Table
    • Engineering Project
    • 3D Print
  • 8:30 - 9:20 - Flex Factor - Entrepreneurial Workshop
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Dec 19, 2017 - Christmas Lights? FlexFactor Slide Review

Entrance Ticket - Do something with Christmas Lights
 What You Need to Know About Current, Voltage and Resistance
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-8:00 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:00 - 8:15 - Take a look at the FlexFactor Entrepreneur Textbook.  Review Chapters 1-3
  • 8:15 - 9:20 - Flex Factor Slide Review & Open Lab
    • Each team will review Slides with me in the Conference area
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, December 18, 2017

Dec 18, 2017 - FlexFactor and Projects

Entrance Ticket - What is happening in the Tech Industry...
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:20 - Open Lab - Get Some Stuff Done
  • 8:20 - 8:20 - FlexFactor Canvas Signup and Lecture
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Dec 14, 2017 - Lets get some stuff done on our Projects

Entrance Ticket - Humble Bundle MAKER books...
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:20 - 9:20 - Engineering Projects
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Dec 12, 2017 - Check out this Instructables... CritterBot...

Entrance Ticket - Check out this Instructables... CritterBot... and also follow my Steam Clown Blog (Submit your email on the right side) 

Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:00 - 8:20 - Flex Factor Slides
    • Get with your team, assign each member a specific side to work on
    • Turn in to IC your PDF of the team slides, specifically telling me which slide you worked on today.
  • 8:20 - 9:20 - Open Lab
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, December 11, 2017

Dec 11, 2017 - WoHooo for Mark

Entrance Ticket - Survey about Mark McPherson
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:00 - 8:20 - Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com 
    • Do the following 2 lessons
      • Demonstrating Good Work Ethic (R)
      • Behaving Appropriately (R)
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Friday, December 8, 2017

Entrance Ticket - Check out Hackster.IO
  •  Learn to design, create, and program electronics.  Sign up to start getting the email newsletter and alerts.  We are going to be doing some of these Arduino and RaspberryPi projects in the future
     
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:45 - 8:20 - -Welcome to Job Ready Career Skills

        www.jobreadycareerskills.com
        Login using username flast.svcte and password Fc342487
        Rest your password — and remember it!

  • 8:20 - 9:20 - Open LAB
    • Engineering Project
    • Don't Fall off the Table Robot
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Dec 7, 2017 - Evil Mad Scientist

Entrance Ticket - Check out Evil Mad Scientist - https://www.evilmadscientist.com/

  • Tell me what their Mission Statement is?  Does it make it clear what their goals are.
  • What products do they build?
  • How big is their company?  
 Be ready to discuss
 
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:10 -Last effort to work on Limit Switch Code
  • 8:10 - 8:40 - Engineering Project
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Dec 6, 2017 - RoboGames Anyone?


Class Agenda:

  • 8:00 - 8:40 - Engineering Project - Arduino - Let me see your code if you are coding something...
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Dec 5, 2017 - Will Robots and AI Kill Us?

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/1/16723238/ai-artificial-intelligence-progress-index

Entrance Ticket - Artificial intelligence isn’t as clever as we think, but that doesn’t stop it being a threat
  •  Are AI outperforming Humans?  Is this by a significant amount?
  • When related to Graphs and Charts, what does "it’s all up and to the right” mean?
  • In 2016, how many AI startup companies where there?
  • If a computer can do one-third of your job, what happens next?  What do you want to happen? 
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:10 - FlexFactor - Who is doing what on your team.  List and submit all your team members roles.  Specifically what are you doing?
  • 8:10 - 8:40 - C++ Code
  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Open Lab

  • 8:40 - 9:20
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, December 4, 2017

Dec 4, 2017

Entrance Ticket - Please review these slides and have 3 questions ready for a topic or slide you did not understand. BusinessBasics-EVC.pdf
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Friday, December 1, 2017

Dec 1, 2017 - C++ Coding and Fex Factor

Entrance Ticket - Get a bigger Box
  • Find your "small" project box
  • Make sure you still have an Arduino
  • Get your "bigger" box.  If you need to, get a new bigger box
  • Put your small project box in your bigger box
  • Find your sticker with your names.... place on the front and right side... Make sure you do this right.... as I will take points off if you do it wrong
  • Pull off the manufacture sticker
  • Put your project box in the big student cabinet on the 3nd shelf.
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
//This is how to start the motor "left" or CCW. 
    analogWrite(motorDriveSpeedPin, 100);//Sets speed variable via PWM
    digitalWrite(motorDirectionPin1, LOW);
    digitalWrite(motorDirectionPin2, HIGH);
    Serial.println("Motor 1 Left"); // Prints out “Motor 1 Forward” on the serial monitor
    //Serial.println("   "); // Creates a blank line printed on the serial monitor



//This is how to stop the motor
    analogWrite(motorDriveSpeedPin, 0);//Sets speed variable via PWM
    digitalWrite(motorDirectionPin1, LOW);
    digitalWrite(motorDirectionPin2, LOW);
    Serial.println("Motor 1 STOPPED");
    Serial.println("   ");

  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Nov 30, 2017 C++ Code Top Down Design, and Project Open Lab

Entrance Ticket - Pick a Electronic Component from the list

Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:40 - C++ Lab

  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Robot Club and Open Lab
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Nov 27, 2017 - ASFAB results

Entrance Ticket - If you could compete in the RoboGames, what event would you try?
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:45 - 8:20 - ASFAB Results
  • 8:20 - 8:40 - C++ Coding
  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Arduino Projects and Open Lab
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, November 27, 2017

Nov 27, 2017 - Let's make a library...

Entrance Ticket - Pick a Electronic Component from the list
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-8:00 - Entry Ticket - 30 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:00 - 8:40 - C++ Code Assignment

  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Arduino / Engineering Project
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Nov 21, 2017 - Robots

Entrance Ticket - Robots 
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:20 - Room Cleanup and Projects
  • 8:20 - 9:20 - Engineering Project
    • Last chance to tell me what we need to order.  Please sit with me and lets do an Amazon order if we need to...
    • DIYRoboCars
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, November 20, 2017

Nov 20, 2017 - HAM Radio

Entrance Ticket - HAM Radio - WZ0MBE - CQ CQ 
  •  Why should you get a Amateur Radio License?
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:20 - Flex Factor - Create Slides for the following:
    • What is the Sensor you are using?
    • How does the Sensor work?
    • How is it different or better than what is currently on the market?
  • 8:20 - 9:00 - Engineering Project
    • Last chance to tell me what we need to order.  Please sit with me and lets do an Amazon order if we need to...
    • DIYRoboCars
  • 9:00 - 9:20 - Open Lab
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Nov 16, 2017 - Starting a Business?

Entrance Ticket - How to Start a Business
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-8:20 - Entry Ticket - 50 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:20 -9:20 - Robotics Club and Open Lab
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017 - Inner Heroes

Entrance Ticket - Get settled and get your notebooks... We have a Guest Speaker
  •  Inner Heroes workshop
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-8:30 - Entry Ticket - Inner Heroes workshop
  • 8:30 - 9:00 - Arduino Project
    • Start collecting the parts you need
    • Start outlining the code you need
    • Start creating the presentation... Yes, you will be presenting your project
  • 9:00 - 9:20 - Open Lab - This Means...
    • Keep Working on Arduino Project
    • Work on C Code
    • Or other "approved" activity
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Entrance Ticket - Check out the BioMedDevice Conference
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:00 - Arduino Project
    • Start collecting the parts you need
    • Start outlining the code you need
    • Start creating the presentation... Yes, you will be presenting your project
  • 8:00 - 8:45 - Identity Theft Workshop
  • 8:45 - 9:20 - C Coding
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, November 13, 2017

Nov 13, 2017 - Keeping Up With Tech News

Entrance Ticket - Please sign up for the following Technology News Sources
 
 

  







 







In IC, Please turn in 50 words on why you think getting these emails would be valuable.

Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:20 - 8:40 - RoboLoco

  • 8:40 - 9:20 - FlexFactor Projects
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Nov 9, 2017 Robotics Club

Entry Ticket - check out this DIY RoboCars... 
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Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:20 - 9:20 - Robotics Club and Arduino Project <-- IC assignment
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Nov 8, 2017 - Kimberly Dives into LinkedIn, Pick a Robot, and some C++

Entrance Ticket - Get your notebook, open your LinkedIn profile, get ready to learn 

Class Agenda:

  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, November 6, 2017

Nov 6, 2017 - Conferences, LinkedIn, Arduino's

Entrance Ticket - Lots Of Options... So Pay Attention.  Do Some of the Following
  1.  If You Want.  Register for the IoT Conference, and maybe get a Parent or Friend to go with you... November 29-30th, Santa Clara Convention Center, Silicon Valley.  Register for a free pass at https://www.iottechexpo.com/northamerica/   . 
  2. If You Want... Register for the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley.  It  returns to San Jose with a fresh, in-depth educational program designed specifically for the needs of today's embedded systems professionals. With more tracks, a full day of technical tutorials, and a host of top electrical engineering talent on stage, you'll get the specialized training you need to create competitive embedded products. Fill your notebook with insights, get hands-on in the classroom and on the expo floor, and speak directly to the engineers and developers who can help you work faster, cheaper, and smarter.
  • If you go During my class, I'll count you as present, and give you full credit for any in-class assignments we do... but you have to take a selfie proving your were there, and bring swag and info back to class 
  • Turn in to IC, 200 words on why you might want to go to either one of these conferences.  Read the conference overviews, and explore the conference topics... and write about what you find interesting.
Class Agenda:
  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:40 - 9:00 - Boil down your Flex Factor Project to your top 3
  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Back to your Arduino Project - Refresh based on what you now know...
    • Who was your team?
    • What are you going to build
    • Update IC with your team members, what you are going to do, and what equipment and components you need

  •  
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Nov 2, 2017 - FlexFactor

Entrance Ticket - Read each of these 3 articles and indicate what is the "problem" they were tying to solve and how well do you think they did?

Walmart and Robots 
Personalize Human-Robot Interaction
Robotic Wheelchairs

 Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 9:20 - Flex Factor
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween

Entrance Ticket - Meet with your FlexFactor team, and each of you turn in your team list of "problems in the world to solve"

See IC for turn in information 
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:50 - Entry Ticket - 20 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:50 - 9:20 - Staff Halloween Haunted House, and Open Lab time... No Power tools
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Friday, October 27, 2017

Oct 27, 2017 - Kicking Of FlexFACTOR... Oh... and Halloween starts tonight...

Entrance Ticket - Lets talk about FlexFACTOR.  And Lets get in groups 

Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 9:20 - Halloween Final Setup
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Oct 24, 2017 - More Halloween Project. Focus on Coding, and Build

Entrance Ticket - Student Ambassadors... if you want to join, click here...
http://www.metroed.net/svcte/students/student-ambassador-program  
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:10 - Halloween Setup
  • 8:10 - 9:20 - Halloween Projects
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Oct 19, 2017 - Wow... Halloween is almost here...

Entrance Ticket -
Circuit Noise, Capacitors and How to Fix it... Links to study  
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:50 - Entry Ticket - 20 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:50 - 9:00 - Do Halloween Setup / Open Lab
  • 9:00 - 9:20 - Exit Ticket - What did you get done today, What is next, and What are you stuck on
    • Turn in 50-100 Words to IC
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Oct 18, 2017 - New Halloween Project, Speaking

Entrance Ticket - Update your team Halloween Project Slides
Class Agenda:

  • Pre Class - Ask me for a job
  • 7:30-8:00 - Entry Ticket - 30 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:00 - 8:40 - Sensor Presentations
  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Open Lab to work on Halloween Project
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Oct 17, 2017 - Clean, Speak, Scare...

Entrance Ticket - Ask me for a Job, and other room cleanup 
  • Solder Stations Cleanup
  • Lables
  • Sort Sensors
  • Cleanup Rube-Goldberg
  • Capacitors - Need to learn how to read them....

Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:45 - 8:30 - Sensor Presentations
  • 8:30 - 9:20 - Plan a Halloween Project
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Monday, October 16, 2017

Oct 16, 2017 - Last Day for Rube-Goldberg

Entrance Ticket - Get your Rube-Goldberg working  

Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-8:15 - Entry Ticket - 45 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:15 - 8:45 - Next Group to Present Sensor Presentations
  • 8:45 - 9:20 - Halloween Project
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Friday, October 13, 2017

Oct 13, 2017 - Wohoooooo it's Friday the 13... Let's Meet Mark McPherson

Entrance Ticket - Turn In Any Late or Missing IC

Class Agenda:
  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 7:50 - Let's Meet Mark McPherson
  • 7:50 - 8:15 - 3 more Presentations
  • 8:15 - 9:00 -Final Rube-Goldberg
  • 9:00 - 9:20 - Open Lab - Maybe Halloween
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Oct 12, 2017 - Who is comming visit tomorrow?

Entrance Ticket - Turn In Any Late or Missing IC
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:45 - 8:45 -Sensor Presentations
  • 8:45 - 9:20 - Open'ish Lab Time 
    • SkillsUSA
    • Ambassadors Program
    • Halloween? 
    • Almost last chance to work on Rube-Goldberg
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Oct 11, 2017 - BotFacotry & Knots are a Life Skill

Entrance Ticket - BotFacotry.  
  • Tell me about what you thought of the BotFactory Demo?
  • If we got 1 or 2 for our classroom, how do you thing we should use it?
  • What type of flexible circuit would you print?  Why? What would it do?
Class Agenda:


  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:10 - 8:40 - Life is Full Of Essential Knots!!! 
    • Note to Sub, Next to the Desk, is a bag of Rope.  Let the students get some... Every one should participate... don;t let them tie Hangmans... Have fun.  Knowing Knots is a life skill.
    • Essential Knots for Life
    • Practice the Bow line and the Square knot, Taut line Hitch  Make sure you can tie it.  Show the Sub that you have it right. The Sub Will Check You off on the Sign in Sheet
    • Next time I see you, If I ask you to tie me one of these knots you will need to remember how.  Knots are life!!!
  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Open Lab Time
    • As always, you can pick, but if you have any Missing IC assignments... 
    • Missing or Late Infinite Campus Assignment 
      Get Your Rube-Goldberg to work with another team... You have only till Friday.
    • Udemy - learn something 
    • Instructables - How to make anything 
    • TinkerCAD  Something else that is technology related...   
    • Pick and Watch a TEDxTalk
    • Take Apart a Printer... Only Printers... Stuart, I'm looking at you...
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Oct 10, 2017 - Best Presentation Ever

Entrance Ticket - Piranha & Vander Bend
  • Please tell me what you found most interesting at either Piranha or Vander Bend, the sites we had field trips to.  In 100+ words turn in to IC
    • What was the most interesting technology you saw?  Why?
    • What skills would you need to have to work there?
    • If you could get an internship there for the summer, what would you want to do? 
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 7:40 - 8:40 - Best Presentation Ever
  • 8:40 - 9:10 -Update Your Sensor Presentation with new presentation tips
  • 9:10 - 9:20 - Open Lab
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup