WoHoooooooooooo... small tear.... LAST DAY OF SCHOOL Jobs:

Jobs:

• Clean and put away USB Key Boards... there are just a few left
• Clean and move HDMI Monitors
• Steam Clown on my 5 volt power
• Sort wires
• Put tools away
• Vacuum tool work bench area
• Repack Rube Goldberg boxes
• Drill and install cabinet locks
• Put Arduino's on lab boards with stand off hardware
• Anyone want a 3Dprinter task... I have a job
• Other random stuff
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• At 10 min to the end... Last thing we do is clean and move laptops to the cart, and plug them in

Wednesday May 23, 2018 - Why Learn to code

Wednesday May 23, 2018 - Why Learn to code

Entrance Ticket - This is a great article ... you learn to code by coding

• Make me a better teacher, and make this class better next year... give me Feedback
• How I went from not knowing how to code to shipping 9 projects in 9 months — all before my 15th birthday
• Who called Samarth from Amazon?
• What did  Samarth do to learn to code?
• Is Ernr a real thing? https://ernr.ml/   Not sure you can actually make money doing this at home... 'cause of PGnE bill...
• Is there a Programming HackClub near you? https://hackclub.com/  

 

• Does Anyone Want A Educational Solid Works License
• Send me an email, and I'll send you the registration and download link
• 

 Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 3:20 -Open Lab, Class Cleanup, Odd Jobs, Ask me questions...

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

May 17, 2018 - Open Lab and or Projects for me...

Project For Me

• Move Tables (6 people)
• Make a Box cover - design a 3D Print cover for my small project boxes (1-2 people)
• Design a LED tester to go in small project box (1-2 People)
• Design a Resistor tester to make it easy to test Resistors.  Maybe 3D print something (1-2 People)
• Paint Vex Boxes
• Check Resistors in bins to make sure they are right (2 People)
• Sort Resistors from old bit to new bins (2 People)
• Organize the bookshelf (where the lab books are) (1 People)
• Design a 2 battery charger boards for NON-Vex batteries (2 People)
• Other stuff...

Open Lab time - Robot Project, Coding Project, Vex Robot Project

• Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form.  
• If you work on your Robot Project, make sure you update your Robot Project page and make a blog post.

 Cleanup - 3:20 - 3:30

Tuesday May 15, 2018 - Xilinx tools and Basys Demo board

Last of the 8th Graders

Entry Ticket
Hey, everyone! We are hosting another round of the python 101 meetup, where we hope to introduce you to the basics of python in a limited amount of time.
Link to meetup: https://www.meetup.com/python-programming-for-non-programmers/events/250666266/
This class is priced at $15.00 per RSVP and is meant for complete beginners in python or those who have had no experience at all with programming (novice level).


Xilinx / Digilent Basys Board

• https://store.digilentinc.com/basys-2-spartan-3e-fpga-trainer-board-limited-time/
• FPGA Tutorial - https://reference.digilentinc.com/learn/programmable-logic/tutorials/getting-started-with-fpga/start
• For Basys 
• Family: Spartan-3E
• Device: XC3S100E
• Package: TQG144
• Speed: -4
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Open Lab

Monday May 14, 2018 - Ready For Summer?

8th gaders are here today and tomorrow, then no more...
 

Entrance Ticket - Ready for Summer?

• Get a subscription to NASA Tech Briefs Magazine

When subscribing, sometimes you will need information that maybe you don’t think you have… 
like a “company” or sometimes they will not accept a @gmail email address.  Here is what I 
recommend: Use an email you will have access to next year or 2 years from now. Use your real 
name, address, email and phone number, typically I do not get any phone calls.  Use SVCTE as 
the “company” name. If they ask you for a “Job Title”, or “What Do You Do”, select “Student” 
if that is an option, otherwise select something like “Design Engineer” or “Research & Development”.  
Pick a password that is different than your email or Instagram… but that you will always remember.

• SunPower Horizons Summer Program Round Up -  June 11-June 15  - 7:15-4:00
• Student apps:Here is the link to apply: https://goo.gl/forms/JG9LH9jfzJhATZ4H3. It is also on the flyer (attached).
• Transportation: 
  I will have a map of San Jose and Will be identifying bus pick up sites

• Looking at the student list attached, students are from these schools:

1. Willow Glen HS
2. Yerba Buena HS
3. San Jose HS
4. Leland HS

3. Logistics on Site:

• Caterer’s will be Marios Taco Truck for breakfast; and then each day a catered lunch… Panda Express, Togos, Olive Garden, Pizza, Noah’s Bagel, etc.

• Any One Interested in Making a Battle Bot? Want to be on my team?

• THE NEW SEASON OF BATTLEBOTS
• https://battlebots.com/robots/
• Meet the 2018 season Battle Bots

 Class Agenda:

• 8th Graders
• Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• Lets Look at some BATTLEBOTS

• https://battlebots.com/2018-season-robots/

• https://www.youtube.com/battlebots

• Setup for 8th Graders

• Install Xilinx Software

• Open Lab time - Robot Project, Coding Project, Vex Robot Project

• Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form.   

• If you work on your Robot Project, make sure you update your Robot project page and make a blog post. Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

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Friday May 11, 2018 - SunPower Horizons Summer Program Round Up

SunPower Horizons Summer Program Round Up

 June 11-June 15 7:15-4:00

1. Student apps:

• Here is the link to apply: https://goo.gl/forms/JG9LH9jfzJhATZ4H3. It is also on the flyer (attached).

 

2. Transportation:

• I will have a map of San Jose and Will be identifying bus pick up sites
• Looking at the student list attached, students are from these schools:

1. Willow Glen HS
2. Yerba Buena HS
3. San Jose HS
4. Leland HS

 

3. Logistics on Site:

• Caterer’s will be Marios Taco Truck for breakfast; and then each day a catered lunch… Panda Express, Togos, Olive Garden, Pizza, Noah’s Bagel, etc.

Robot Projects - -  Open Lab time - Robot Project, Coding Project, Vex Robot Project

• Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form.   
• If you work on your Robot Project, make sure you update your Robot project page and make a blog post. Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

THursday May10, 2018 - Guest Speaker - Chuck Roedel - Co-Founder of 911Tracker.com

Entrance Ticket - Learn how to build your own L.E.D. Flashlight, it's FREE! 

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:35 - Entry Ticket - 5 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 12:35 - 1:00 - Jobs 
• Move Monitors to table
• Sort Keyboards/mice
• Move Monitors in closet
• PC Power Supplies
• Move tables?

• 1:00 - 2:00 -  Open Lab time - Robot Project, Coding Project, Vex Robot Project
• Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form.   
• If you work on your Robot Project, make sure you update your Robot project page and make a blog post. Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

• 2:00 - 3:00 - Guest Speaker - Chuck Roedel - Co-Founder of 911Tracker.com

• 3:00 - 3:20 - Exit Ticket - 911 Tracker

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup