Dec 22, 2017 - Happy Friday... almost Winter Break

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

•  Developing wholly or partially self-driving vehicles that are safe for the mass market 
• What has the Aviation Industry done, that the Auto Industry needs to do?
• Are Autonomous cars more about Hardware or Software?

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:40 - 1:15 - What is the plan for Next Semester?
• RaspberryPI 
• Kerry Bruce
• Facebook - Mr. Bruce's HackerSpace
• Twitter - Kerry Bruce 
• My IT Instructor
• Python
• More Robots
• Lab Equipment
• PLC
• Pneumatics

• 1:15 - 1:45 - Lets Get Ready For Next Year
• Wipe down tables
• Make sure all desks have monitor and DVI2HDMI cable
• Get and clean a keyboard and 2nd mouse

• 1:45 - 3:20 - Open Lab
• I have a few Jobs / Projects I would Like to take a look at
• Remote Codes - capture the codes to a few Remotes
• Do the motors on the Crawler Bots work?
• look up the specs on a few of the parts I got from the Home Brew Robotics
• Other jobs that will help me...

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Dec 20, 2017 - FlexFactor and Open Labs

Entrance Ticket - See Agenda... Flex Factor First 

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:30 - Flex Factor - Entrepreneurial Workshop

• 1:30 - 1:45 - Entrance Ticket - "Clear Path" 
  
• Guide Robot for the Blind
• Wow... this Paper is deep... "A simplifying diagrammatic representation of crisp and fuzzy teleo-reactive semantic circuitry for application in robotic agent task control" 

• 1:45- 3:20 - Open Lab with Flex Factor Slide Review of each team

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Dec 19, 2017 - Christmas Lights? FlexFactor Slide Review

Entrance Ticket - Do something with Christmas Lights

• Pick a project or setup an electronic experiment using some Christmas lights. Document what you plan to do in your Engineering Note Book
• See the following, or find something on line:
• Reference on fixing Christmas lights
• Recycling Christmas Lights <-- do this with 3-5 lights and use 5Volts. Does this work?
• Blinking Christmas Lights
• What You Need to Know About Current, Voltage and Resistance

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:00 - Entry Ticket - 30 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 1:00 - 1:20 - Flex Factor text book

• 1:20 - 3:20 - Stuff....

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Dec 18, 2017 - FlexFactor and Projects

Class Agenda:

• 12:30 - 1:30 - Flex Factor

• 1:30 - 1:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)
• Entrance Ticket - What is happening in the Tech Industry...
  
• On Demand Webinars & Educational Courses 
• See DesignNews and Sign up for News and Updates

• 1:45 - 2:00 - Walk

• 2:00 - 2:45 - Open Lab

• 2:45 - 3:20 - Robots

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

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

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

Entrance Ticket - Humble Bundle MAKER books...

•  Take a look at this Humble Bundle Maker Skills Builder Bundle

Class Agenda:

Open Lab Time... but you need to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec 12, 2017 - The Village Drill

Entrance Ticket - An internship at Northrop Grumman is unique

• High School Internships
• FAQ
• Professional Development  
• NorthropGrumman Scholarships 

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:40 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:40 - 12:50 - The Village Drill
• BYU Capstone Mechanical Engineering Project Video
  

• 12:50 - 1:20 - 3D Printing 
• Key Chain Lab

• 1:20 - 2:20 -Engineering Project

• 2:20 - 3:20 - Robots

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Dec 11, 2017 - WoHoooo.. Robots

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

• http://steamclown-mechatronics.blogspot.com/
• Check out other Instructables you would like to build next semester... Arduino or RaspberryPI...  Submit one to IC

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:00 - Now we are going to watch a robot movie...
• Cassies Take a Tour of Agility Robotics
• OSU - Cassie - Next Generation Robot

• 1:00 - 1:15 - Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com 
• Do the following 2 lessons 
• Maintaining Honesty
• Playing Fair

• 1:15 - 1:45 -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.

• 1:45- 2:45 - Engineering Project

• 2:45 - 3:20 - Open Lab - VEX Robots

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Dec 8, 2017 - Hacker.IO

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:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:00 - Get a job

• 1:00 - 1:20 - 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)

• 1:20 - 2:20 - Arduino Projects

• 2:20 - 3:20 - Robots

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

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?  
• What Color is the 2 founders hair?

 Be ready to discuss

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:40 - 1:00 - I probably will talk till 1:00

• 1:00 - 1:30 -Welcome to Job Ready Career Skills
  
      www.jobreadycareerskills.com
      Login using username flast.svcte and password Fc342487
      Rest your password — and remember it!

• 1:30 - 2:15 - Open Engineering LAB time

• 2:15 - 3:20 - It's Thursday... So ROBOT Club

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

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

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:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:00 - FlexFactor - Who is doing what on your team.  List and submit all your team members roles.  Specifically what are you doing?  Google Doc or PDF

• 1:00 - 2:00 - Engineering Project - Arduino - Let me see your code if you are coding something...

• 2:00 - 2:15 - Lets all get a JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 2:15 -3:20 - Robots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Who wants to be on a VEX team?
• https://www.vexrobotics.com/vexedr/competition/vrc-current-game
• Game Video
•  
• 
  

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Dec 4, 2017

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:30 - Flex Factor - Mr Philip Tran
• BusinessBasics-EVC.pdf

• 1:30 - 1:45 - FlexFacor program review
• Grading
• FlexFactorOverviewPresentation

• 1:45 - 2:15 -  FlexFactor Slides
• SamplePresentation

• 2:15 - 3:00 - Arduino Projects

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Entrance Ticket - Get a bigger Box, find your Arduino, and put it back in the cabinet...

• Find your "small" project box
• Make sure you still have an Arduino
• Get your "bigger" box. 
• Put your small project box in your bigger box
• Put your project box in the big student cabinet on the 1st or 2nd shelf.

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:40 - 1:40 - Flex Factor - Mr Philip Tran
• BusinessBasics-EVC.pdf

• 1:40 - 2:15 - C++ Code Project

• 2:15 - 3:20 - Electronic Project / Open Lab Time

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nov 30, 2017

Entrance Ticket - Pick a Electronic Component from the list

• Pick an electronic component, and by "pick", I mean, " let me assign you one"
• See goolge Doc - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VSOrii27GZ7R59ymX1QxKx_Rhm3KwrviJMG2b0UuZ5I/edit?usp=sharing
• 
  
• Review the Google Doc Overview 
• example
• Submit you doc as a PDF to IC

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Report on IoT conference

• 1:30 - 2:15 - C++ Code
• http://www.steamclown.org/steamClownEducation/arduino/cProgramming/limitSwitch2.pdf
•  

//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("   ");
 

• 2:15 - 3:20 - Robot Club

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nov 28, 2017 - RoboGames

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

• RoboGames Home Page
• Events  You Can Enter
• Answer the following Questions:
• What Event Would You Want To Compete In?  Why?  What Do you need to do that?  What Sensors would your robot need?
• What is Your 2nd Choice?  Same Questions
• 
  

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:50 - Entry Ticket - 20 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:50 - 1:50 - C++ Code

• 1:50 - 2:05 - Ask Me For A Job...

• 2:05 - 2:25 - Flex Factor Slides.
• What are all the Materials you need to make your product... Not just the electronic stuff... but...
• What is your electronics in?  Case, Fabric, Flexable Plastic?
• What is your Product packaged in?  A Box, Bag, etc?
• Where are you going to get them... What % of the cost of your product is packaging?
• What do you have printed on your box?  Advertising, instructions, etc
• What does your Getting Started Guide or User Guide look like?  What information do you need to provide?
• Look at some product Examples
• Digilent ZYBO Product page

• 2:25 - 3:20 - Arduino / Electronic Project / Open Lab... with Limits... Lets Talk about RoboLoco... and Vex...

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

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

Entrance Ticket - Pick a Electronic Component from the list

• From the Sign in sheet, pick an electronic component
• Review the Google Doc Overview 
• example
• Submit you doc as a PDF to IC 

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:00 - Entry Ticket - 30 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 1:00 - 1:45 - C++ Code Assignment
• Create a program that controls a motor
• See limitSwitch.pdf

• 1:45 - 2:15 - Arduino / Projects

• 2:15 - 2:45 - ASFAB

• 2:45 - 3:20 - Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nov 20, 2017 - Robots

Entrance Ticket - Robots...

• 
  

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:30 - 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?

• 1:30 - 2:30 - 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

• 2:30 - 3:20 -Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nov 17, 2017 - HAM

HAM Radio - WZ0MBE - CQ CQ 

Nov 16, 2017 - Starting a Business?

Entrance Ticket - How to Start a Business

• Read How to Start a Business
• Add to your FlexFactor Slides, what type of business are you going to start
• How are you going to raise capital?
• Who is your specific target market.  Of all the people in the world, who are you designing your product for?
• More Resources:
• Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard
• How to Start a Business in 30 Days: The Complete Guide
• How to Start a Business: A Step-by-Step Guide

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:15 - Entry Ticket - 45 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 1:15 - 2:15 - Arduino/Engineering Project

• 2:15 - 3:20 - What?

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nev 15, 2017

For Phu - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stepper-Motor-Drive-Controller-Board-Module-L298N-Dual-H-Bridge-DC-For-Arduino-K/112243715949?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Entrance Ticket - Check out the BioMedDevice Conference
 Review what they are showing, and if you want sign up for a free pass - http://biomedevicesj.mddionline.com/conference

Then Lets Watch some other cool stuff...

• SpaceX Engine Test
• 10 cool technologies

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:30 - C Coding

• 1:30 - 2:15 - Identity Theft Workshop

• 2:15 - 3:00 - SnackShack

• 3:00 - 3:20 - Arduino Project

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nov 13, 2017 - Keeping Up With Tech News

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

• Design News - https://www.designnews.com/ 

 
 

  

• Electronic Design - http://www.electronicdesign.com/

 







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

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:30 - C coding - Arrays
          Go to the Cisco Class module 4.2 https://education.cppinstitute.org/course_datas/display/68/251#
          Lets look at Arrays
          Do lab 4.2 #1 https://1315015.netacad.com/courses/546534/pages/4-dot-2-labs-2?module_item_id=37734416
  
   

• 1:30 - 2:15 - FlexFactor Projects
• Get with your Group, and outline your Presentation
• What Should You Have In Your Presentation? <-- this is not a comprehensive list
• Intro your team and Idea
•  What is your Idea - 1-2 slide overview view / Intro
• Competitive landscape - and Why Yours is better, cooler, cheaper, etc
•  Business Plan - Cost, How you will sell, what is your channel
• Schedule and Rollout... manufacturing plan
• Conclusion

• 2:15 - 2:45 - 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

• 2:45 - 3:20 - Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nov 8, 2017 - Kimberly Dives into LinkedIn, Robocars, C coding with Arrays

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

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:30 - LinkedIn with Kim
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyburnham/

• 1:30 - 1:45 - Entry Ticket - check out this DIY RoboCars... 
• https://diyrobocars.com/
• A week from Saturday, on Nov 18th in Oakland... I think I will be there... 
• https://www.meetup.com/DIYRobocars/events/243426308/?rv=ea2&_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJGI5YzJkOTY4LTc3MzEtNDE3Ny04ZGFiLWEyZGFhNjJjMDViZA&_af=event&_af_eid=243426308&https=on

• 1:45 - 2:30 - C coding - Arrays
• Go to the Cisco Class module 4.2 https://education.cppinstitute.org/course_datas/display/68/251#
• Lets look at Arrays
• Do lab 4.2 #1 https://1315015.netacad.com/courses/546534/pages/4-dot-2-labs-2?module_item_id=37734416

• 2:30 - 3:00 - TBD

• 3:00 - 3:20 - Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

 

Nov 6, 2017 - Ready for the Field Trip?, LinkedIn, FlexFactor, and Arduino's

Entrance Ticket - Pick one of the following and write about it.

1) Other than a toy, what could alibo be used for?  Would you buy one? http://robbreport.com/gear/gadgets/sony-aibo-robotic-dog-back-2757338/

2) Why is a good radar needed for Autonomous cars and what has ARBE done? https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/02/arbe-robotics-raises-9m-to-build-high-resolution-radars-for-autonomous-cars/ 

3) What would RoboBee be useful for?  What would you use it for?  What were some of the Engineering challenges? Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEbLeuUIaHI Article - https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/25/16544996/robot-bees-harvard-fly-swim-water-rocket 

• Turn in 100-200 words of your thoughts to IC

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:50 - Entry Ticket - 20 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:50 - 1:40 - C++ Labs
• Switch/Case labs - https://1315015.netacad.com/courses/546534/pages/4-dot-1-labs-2?module_item_id=37734414

• 1:40 - 2:00 - Linked in Exploration
  
  • https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
  • http://www.steamclown.org/steamClownEducation/lifeSkills/LinkedInStudentProfileChecklist_Aspira.pdf

• 2:00 - 2:30 - Boil down your Flex Factor Project to your top 3

• 2:30 - 3:00 -  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
  

• 3:00 - 3:30 - Halloween and Room Cleanup

Nov 3, 2017 - Conferences, LinkedIn, Arduinos

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:

• 12:30-12:50 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:50 - 1:50 - C++ if else vs switch/case
• Open your Cisco C class and review section 4.1.0 to 4.1.4 https://education.cppinstitute.org/course_datas/display/68/251#
• https://github.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/Mechatronics-C-Programming/blob/master/cisco-c-source-01-02-01-template 
• Start with my template ^^^ and  add integer variables, and show an if /else if / else structure.  then re-do it as a switch/case
• Turn in to IC as a PDF

• 1:50 - 2:10 - Register for a LinkedIn account
• https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
  

• 2:10 - 3:00 - 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
  

• 3:00 - 3:20 -Halloween Cleanup

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Nov 1, 2017 - Get The "Robotics" Word Out

Entrance Ticket - Can You See Me?

• https://twitter.com/STEAM_Clown 
• https://www.facebook.com/JimTheSTEAMClown/
• http://steamclown-mechatronics.blogspot.com/

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:00 - Stuff to talk about...
• Field Trio Forms?
• Attendance <-- New Plan
• Food... Snack Shack... More on Friday...
• Run, Hide, Fight...

• 1:00 - 1:45 - C++ Coding
• Logical Operations 
• Write a program that has &&, ||, !
• see my github https://github.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/Mechatronics-C-Programming and look at the logical code examples
• https://github.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/Mechatronics-C-Programming/blob/master/cisco-c-source-03-05-02-logicalOperators-AND
• https://github.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/Mechatronics-C-Programming/blob/master/cisco-c-source-03-05-02-logicalOperators-OR
• https://github.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/Mechatronics-C-Programming/blob/master/cisco-c-source-03-05-02-logicalOperators-NOT

• 1:45 - 2:30 - Run, Hide, Fight...
• Video
• Lets Go For a Walk

• 2:30 - 3:20 - Clean Up Halloween and Open Lab Time

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Happy Halloween

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?

Walmat and Robots 
Personalize Human-Robot Interaction
Robotic Wheelchairs


Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:15 - 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 
  

• 1:15 - 1:45 - Clean Up Room

• 1:45 - 3:20 - Staff Halloween Haunted House, and Open Lab time... No Power tools

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Oct 30, 2017 - FlexFactor

Entrance Ticket -

5 Technologies You Should Be Afraid Of

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:45 - Flex Factor Intro

• 1:45 - 2:15 - Flex Factor Brainstorming

• 2:15 - 2:30 - Clean up room

• 2:30 - 3:20 - Halloween

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Oct 24, 2017 - More Halloween...

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

Farm Loving Robots

 
Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Halloween Setup

• 1:30 - 3:00 -Halloween Projects

• 3:00 - 3:20 - Halloween SkillsUSA update

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Oct 23, 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:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Halloween Setup

• 1:30 - 3:00 -Halloween Projects

• 3:00 - 3:20 - Halloween SkillsUSA update

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

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

Entrance Ticket - SkillsUSA and Ambassadors 

• http://www.skillsusaca.org/competitions/contest-updates 

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 3:00 - Halloween Project / Halloween Setup

• 3:00 - 3:20 - - Exit Ticket - 
• What did you get done today?
• What is next?
• What are you stuck on?
• Turn in 50-100 Words to IC

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Entrance Ticket - Ask me for a Job, and other room cleanup 

• Solder Stations Cleanup
• Labels
• Unpack components
• Sort Sensors
• Capacitors - Need to learn how to read them....

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:50 - Entry Ticket - 20 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:50 - 1:20 - Plan a Halloween Project
• What Are You Doing?
• What Do You Need To Do It
• What Do You Need To Learn
  
  • Turn in to IC -  Infinite Campus Assignment
  • Udemy - learn something 
  • Instructables - How to make anything 
  • TinkerCAD  Something else that is technology related...   
  • Pick and Watch a TEDxTalk

• 1:20 - 1:40 -Circuit Noise, Capacitors and How to Fix it... Links to study  
• How suppress bounce-related turn-on spikes in DC bench power supply?
• SNUBBER Circuit - Blue Point Engineering 
• Clean Power for Every IC
• Sparkfun - Capacitors
•  
• IC Assignment
• What is Ground Bounce?
• What can Cause it?
• How do you protect against it?
• Turn in Links you found, and write 50-100 words on how to protect against it.

• 1:40 - 3:20 - Do Halloween Setup / Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

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

Entrance Ticket - Ask me for a Job, and other room cleanup 

• Solder Stations Cleanup
• Labels
• Unpack components
• Sort Sensors
• Capacitors - Need to learn how to read them....

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:50 - Entry Ticket - 20 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:50 - 2:00 - Sensor Presentations

• 2:00 - 2:30 - Plan a Halloween Project
  

• 2:30 - 3:20 - Do Halloween Setup / Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Oct 16, 2017 - Last Day for Rube-Goldberg

Entrance Ticket - Get your Rube-Goldberg working  

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:30 - Entry Ticket - 60 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 1:30 - 2:30 - Next Group to Present Sensor Presentations

• 2:30 - 3:20 - Halloween Project

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Oct 12, 2017 - Presentations

Entrance Ticket - Turn In Any Late or Missing IC

• Missing or Late Infinite Campus Assignment
• Udemy - learn something 
• Instructables - How to make anything 
• TinkerCAD  Something else that is technology related...   
• Pick and Watch a TEDxTalk

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:50 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:50 - 1:50 - Sensor Presentations

• 1:50 - 2:50 - Open'ish Lab Time 
  
• SkillsUSA
• Ambassadors Program
• Halloween? 
• Almost last chance to work on Rube-Goldberg

• 2:50 - 3:20 - Halloween

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

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?
• Turn In 100 word overview to IC - Infinite Campus Assignment

Class Agenda:


Note to Lora, All the students should sign in at the door, and then start immediately on the entry ticket.

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Life is Full Of Essential Knots!!! 
  
  • Note to Lora, 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.

• 1:30 - 2:15 - I should be back by now... but it not... Try not to Cry

• 2:15 - 3:00 - 

• 2:15 - 3:00 - 

• 3:00 - 3:20 - 

• 3:00 - 3:20 -

• 3:00 - 3:20 - 

• 3:20 - 3:30 - 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 work there?

• If you could get an internship there for the summer, what would you want to do? 

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:40 - 1:20 - Best Presentation Ever

• Every Presentation Ever: Communication FAIL

• Best Presentation Ever

• Bad Presentation Masterclass

• How to avoid death By PowerPoint | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholmSalon

• 1:20 - 1:50 -Update Your Sensor Presentation with new presentation tips

• Turn in to IC - Infinite Campus Assignment

• 1:50 - 2:30 - SkillsUSA - Auditorium 

• 2:30 - 3:00 - Final last few moments of time to get your Rube-Goldberg Working

• 3:00 - 3:20 - Open Lab Time

9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Oct 5, 2017 - Sensor Presentations

Entrance Ticket - Bots and Beverages
ASSIGNMENT: Pick one of the companies that came, and tell me about them.  What do they do? What products do they have? What would you like to do there if you could work there? - 100 words

•  Folks who came
• RoboLoco - www.roboloco.com
• NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/
• Preferred Networks - https://www.preferred-networks.jp/en/
• Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/
• Ace Automotive & Fuel Systems - www.acefuelsystems.com
• Bot Factory - https://www.botfactory.co/page/homepage
• Alpha Novatech - https://www.micforg.co.jp/en/index.html
• RobotX Lab - https://www.meetup.com/Robotxmeetup/
• Denso - https://www.denso.com/global/en/
• Forio - https://forio.com/
• Kelvin - http://kelvin.com/
• Synapticon - https://www.synapticon.com/
• Silicon Valley Robotics - https://svrobo.org/

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:50 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:50 - 1:50 - Sensor Presentation
  
• See PDF arduinoStudentSensorLab.pdf
• See PPTX arduinoStudentSensorLab.pptx
• 37 Sensors PDF
• Assignment DUE Monday- See IC for Sensor Presentation Assignment 

• 1:50 - 2:20 - Setup and Calibrate 3D Printers

• 2:20 - 2:45 - Solder LAB (if you did not do it, or want to do it again)

• 2:45 - 3:20 - Open LAB Time
• Rube-Goldberg
• Sensor Presentation
• Udemy & Instructables
• Printers
• Tell me something else you want to do?

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup