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

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Oct 5, 2017 - Solder Lab

Entrance Ticket - Clean Up... Put Tools Away, Pick up stuff around your desk...  Ask me for a job...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017

Oct. 2 2017 - What does it take to get a job you might love?

Entrance Ticket - Oyvind Dahl getting a job he really wanted
  •  What does it take to get a job you might love?  Write 50-100 words pulled from this email, and your experiences.
Class Agenda:

  • 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)
  • 8:40 - 9:20 - Open Lab - Get your Rube-Goldberg working
  • 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup