Feb 28, 2018 - programing an Up/Down Counter in Python

Entrance Ticket - Steam Clown's Closet

• See STEAM Clown's Closet for an Example
• Then pick a component off this list 
• Then turn in to this Form

Class Agenda:

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

• 1:00 - 2:00 - - Robot Project
• Turn in a Blog Entry... follow this template EXACTLY
• Verify you have and are updating your Project Page

• Start Creating your presentation - You will be presenting on Friday
• Project Introduction Slide
• Team Introduction
• Website Resources / and Project Page overview
• Project Details.
• What are your Goals.  What is the End Goal
• What is working
• What is not working
• What are your Next steps

• 2:00 - 3:00 - Python Lab
  
  • Up/Down Counter
  • https://metropolitanca.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/metropolitan_edu.jsp
   
• 3:00 - 3:20 -Open Lab / And Jobs that Mr. Burnham asks you to do...

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 27, 2018 - Python Challenge

Entrance Ticket - Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com
Do at least 1-2 more modules today.. you should be almost finished with the Personal Characteristics Lessons.  Try to Finish module today. Personal Characteristics Lessons
Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Python Lab

• Avarages
• https://metropolitanca.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/metropolitan_edu.jsp

• 1:30 - 1:50 - Steam Clown's Closet

• See STEAM Clown's Closet for an Example

• Then pick a component off this list

• then turn in to this Form

• 1:50 - 2:15 - - Robot Project

• Start Creating your presentation - You will be presenting on Friday

• Project Introduction Slide

• Team Introduction

• Website Resources / and Project Page overview

• Project Details.  

• What are your Goals.  What is the End Goal

• What is working

• What is not working

• What are your Next steps

• 2:15 - 3:20 -  -Robot Project Hardware - Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 26, 2018 - Welcome Back... now lets get back to work

Entrance Ticket -  Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com

• Do at least 1 more modules today.. We are starting a new module today. Personal Characteristics Lessons.

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:15 - Tear down Printers, and clean up stuff

• 1:15 - 2:15 - Python Lab
• Avarages

• 2:15 - 2:45 - Robot Project
• Start Creating your presentation - You will be presenting on Friday
• Project Introduction Slide
• Team Introduction
• Website Resources / and Project Page overview
• Project Details.  
• What are your Goals.  What is the End Goal
• What is working
• What is not working
• What are your Next steps

• 2:45 - 3:20 - Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 16 - Happy Winter Break...

Entrance Ticket - find me the cheapest 32GB MicroSD cards... send me the link

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:40 - 1:10 -  Python For Loops
  
• PY4E - Chapter5 - Iteration

• 1:10 - 1:40 - MY TIME... Help me organize this room... mostly that means, lets take the printers down... But I'll have other jobs... this will be semi-open lab... but IF I ASK YOU TO DO SOME THING... you will say, "I am super happy to do that for your Mr Burnham"

• 1:40 - 3:20 - Robot Projects

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 15, 2018 - How can we use Technology to stop School Shootings?

Entrance Ticket - "It's time to make school shootings stop"

• http://steamclown-mechatronics.blogspot.com/2018/02/its-time-to-make-school-shootings-stop.html
• How can we use Technology to help solve gun violence issues - write 50-100 words on what you think the problem is, and how you think we could solve it... especially looking at Technology.

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:00 - Class Announcements
• Dare 2B Digital <-- Please fill out this questionnaire

• 1:00 - 1:45 - Python For Loops
  
  • PY4E - Chapter5 - Iterations

• 1:45 - 2:15 - MY TIME... Help me organize this room... mostly that means, lets take the printers down... But I'll have other jobs... this will be semi-open lab... but IF I ASK YOU TO DO SOME THING... you will say, "I am super happy to do that for your Mr Burnham"

• 2:15 - 3:20 - Robot Projects

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 14, 2018 - Happy Valentines... now for some Skills and Python

Entrance Ticket - Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com

•    First time logging in? www.jobreadycareerskills.com
      Login using username flast.svcte and password Fc342487
      Rest your password — and remember it!  

• Do at least 2 more modules today.. We are starting a new module today. Personal Characteristics Lessons.  So do the first 2. If that is done... then do 2 more...

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:50 - 1:15 - Class Jobs - Help me out...
  
  • Lets get the Big 3D Printer
  • Move the Scrap metal... but don't break my glass...
  • Sort some kits...
  • Take apart the printers
  • Maybe something else

• 1:15 - 2:00 - Python - Loops
• PY4E - Chapter4 - Functions

• 2:00 - 3:20 - - Robot Projects - Really, You better Fix your Blogs this is worth 15 points.
  
  •  I'm Grading your Bog post and Protect pages
  • 1 Blog post worth 5 points
  • 1 Point - looking for you naming your blog the way I want you to.. Which is, "Name Of Your Project - Most interesting thing you did in 5-8 words"
  • 1 Point - did you follow the Blog  Template
  • 1 Point - Do you have a link to your project
  • 2 Points - Did you describe what you did and list what each team member did
  • 1 Page Update worth 10 points.
  • 2 Points - Have you updated your Overview to describe your project
  • 2 Points - Have you updated your Current Project Status
  • 2 Points - Have you updated your Next Steps, and really though about all the steps
  • 2 Points - Looking for Have you updated your Mechanical section?
  • 1 Point - Do you have Photos
  • 1 Point - Have you listed all your team members

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 13, 2018 - Lock Down Drill

Entrance Ticket - Entrance Ticket - Halloween, last big push...  Then a Lock Down Drill 

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:00 - Last chance to tweak any IC assignments

• 1:00 - 1:15 - Lock Down Drill

• 1:15 - 1:45 - Chapter 3
• Keep Playing with your Pi... Get your Raspberry PI kits and READ and WORK on Chapter 3 of "Programming the Raspberry Pi"
  

• 1:45 - 2:15 -  Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com
  
  •    First time logging in? www.jobreadycareerskills.com
        Login using username flast.svcte and password Fc342487
        Rest your password — and remember it!  
  • Do at least 2 more modules today.. We are starting a new module today. Personal Characteristics Lessons.  So do the first 2.

• 2:15 - 3:20 - Robot Projects - Open Lab
• Make sure you update your Robot Project Page and Blog

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 12, 2018 - Python Functions

Entrance Ticket - Help me with Halloween clean up... I know... pathetic that I have not got this packed up. 

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Python
• Python 4 Everybody chapter 4 (Functions) 
• STEAM Clown's Python Resources

• 1:30 - 2:00 - Chapter 3
• Keep Playing with your Pi... Get your Raspberry PI kits and READ and WORK on Chapter 3 of "Programming the Raspberry Pi"
  

• 2:00 - 3:00 - Open Lab - Robot Projects
• Show me your last blog post, and your project page.
• What are you going to do today?  Show me the next steps you have planned... of your project page.

• 3:00 - 3:20 - Lets See how it goes, but I want to have a 2 min conference with every about their Grades...

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 9, 2018 - Happy Friday

Entrance Ticket -  What are a list of "Daily Jobs and Clean-up Expectations"

• One point to every serious job you list up to 10 point...  An example would be: (and you can't use these)
• 3D Printer tools put way, USB cables secured, and area vacuumed
• All tools in "Lost & Sad Tools Bin" put away correctly in tool chest
• No Papers, Wires, Components left on / under any desks
• Shop Tools (Band Saw, Drill Press, Sander) - Are lights off and powers down? Are all tools and bits put away, is the drill press "key" secured?
• Shop Tools Area - Is area vacuumed

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:40 - 1:10 - HALLOWEEN... Every One Come Help

• 1:10 - 1:45 - College and Career Faire

• 1:45 - 3:20 - Open Lab... But you need to update your Robot Project Page and Blog

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 8, 2018 - Rotary Shadow Recruitment

Entrance Ticket - Feb, 8, 2018 - Rotary Shadow

• Career Fair - Tomorrow
• Dare2BDigital Invent your Future - March 3 2018 - 9:30-3:30 @ PayPal headquarters

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:15 - San Jose Rotary Shadow Recruitment Presentation

• 1:15 - 1:45 - Python
• Get your Raspberry Pi out and running 
• Go to my github and copy if-elif-elseExample.py 
• get with a partner and make changes 
• then we will watch "Try" lesson
• Python on Raspberry PI - Lets play with IDLE and the Command Prompt
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 1)
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 2)
• PY4E - Chapter3 -  Conditional
• Lesson 3 if / else / elif

• 1:45 - 2:15 - Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com
•    First time logging in? www.jobreadycareerskills.com
      Login using username flast.svcte and password Fc342487
      Rest your password — and remember it!  
• Do at least 2 more modules today.. We are starting a new module today. Personal Characteristics Lessons.  So do the first 2. 

• 2:15 - 3:20 - Robot Club - Open Lab to work on Robot Projects

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 6, 2018 - Silicon Valley Robotics FEB JOB FAIR

Entrance Ticket - Silicon Valley Robotics FEB JOB FAIR  <-- Why go?  Be ready to discuss...

• Girl Power - http://xxhacks.com/

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:00 - Clean UP... Tools away, project space cleaned, maybe some vacuuming, and sweeping...

• 1:00 - 1:45 - Python... lets play with Raspberry Pi.  Go Get your Pi's
• Python on Raspberry PI - Lets play with IDLE and the Command Prompt
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 1)
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 2) 
• PY4E - Chapter3 -  Conditional
• Lesson 3 if / else / elif

• 1:45 - 2:15 - Halloween... I know it's crazy that it's not cleaned up... please help me

• 2:15 -3:20 - Robot Projects.  
• Each team will meet with me, and we will look at "Next Steps"
• Each team will blog and update their Blog Project Page

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 5, 2018 - http://xxhacks.com/

Entrance Ticket - Truth Survey

•  http://www.siliconval18.ytsurvey.org/
• you need a code, so see me for that...

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:00 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 1:00 - 1:15 - - What is going on?
• SVCTE Bulletin for Feb 5-9
• Shadow Day Thursday, February 15, 2018 - Get a Friend to Shadow the class
• http://xxhacks.com/

• 1:15 - 2:15 - Python... lets play with Raspberry Pi.  Go Get your Pi's
• Python on Raspberry PI - Lets play with IDLE and the Command Prompt
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 1)
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 2) 
• PY4E - Chapter3 -  Conditional
• Lesson 3 if / else / elif

• 2:15 - 2:45 - Open Lab... 
• but First pick a component off this list... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zPZDOn9MdxV57_719gdIWuhV_g2GOStWw2KxGLYR5sE/edit?usp=sharing
• and follow the instructions here in this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLsPoECfc4G98iBpqzdw6F5FC7poM4fAGQXfW9C4KdEp68Fw/viewform?usp=sf_link

• 2:45 - 3:20 - Real Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Feb 2, 2018 - Python, Pi and Robots

Entrance Ticket - Keep Playing with your Pi... Get your Raspberry PI kits and READ and WORK on Chapter 2 of "Programming the Raspberry Pi"

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)
• Quiz - Chapter 2 Programming The Raspberry Pi
• http://xxhacks.com/

• 12:45 - 1:45 -  Python... lets play with Raspberry Pi.  Go Get your Pi's
• Python on Raspberry PI - Lets play with IDLE and the Command Prompt
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 1)
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 2)
• PY4E - Chapter3 -  Conditional

• 1:45 - 2:00 - Put Tools Away, and other jobs
• Computers - working?

• 2:00 - 3:00 -  - Robot Projects
• Prove you can write to the blog - every one post a blog entry with your name... I'll delete them later.
• Every Robot Team needs to:
• Check your project page to see if I have added any comments... Answer or Update
• Update their Robot Project page.  Other folks... like my Robot Friends will be looking at these blogs and project pages
• Post a real blog entry of what you have done today, and what your next steps are... see this template as an example
• DIYRoboCars http://www.steamclown.org/steamClownEducation/DIYRoboCars/roboCars.pdf

• 3:00 - 3:20 - 1 turn in 1 Component Data sheet and then Open Lab
• See My STEAM Clown's Closet for an example of the data I want... and then submit a Google Doc link to me.  This will be graded, so put in as much information as you can.
• Link to Image
• Link to data sheet if you can find one (maybe the data sheet for the chip on the board)
• links to any tutorials, YouTube, Instructables, etc

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Entrance Ticket - Blinking LED on Raspberry Pi using Python
Read the blog post and we will do it in a few min... Get your Raspberry PI kits
 
Class Agenda:

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

• 12:40 - 12:45 - Design Con & Homebrew Robotics

• 12:45 - 1:30 - -  Python... lets play with Raspberry Pi.  Go Get your Pi's
• Python on Raspberry PI - Lets play with IDLE and the Command Prompt
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 1)
• YouTube - PY4E - Chapter3 - Conditional (part 2)
• PY4E - Chapter3 -  Conditional

• 1:30 - 2:20 - Xilinx Demo Board Lab

• 2:20 - 3:20 - Robot Club - Open Lab

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup