March 29, 2018 - Let's See if a Webcast works...

Entrance Ticket -  Hear Mr. Burnham talk about random stuff... 

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 2:00 - Robot Project, Robot Club - Open Lab
• Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form. 

• 2:00 - 2:20 -Thank you for attending our live e-cast: Predictive Maintenance 
• Click here to view the archive information
• Predictive Maintenance PDF

• 2:20 - 3:20 - Robot Club
• Let's put the Field together... and do some major room resetting...

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 28, 2018 - Reading Files

Entrance Ticket - Review Pythonlearn-07-Files  

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:30 - - Python - Reading a file Assignment
  • Python For Everyone
    
    • Get your Raspberry Pi
    • Pythonlearn-07-Files
    • Download this file zimTextFile.txt into your python code directory
    • Reading Files coding challenge lab 
    • turn in to IC Infinite Campus - https://metropolitanca.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/metropolitan_edu.jsp

• 1:30 - 2:15 - 

• 2:15 - 3:20 - - Robot Project, Robot Club - Open Lab
  • Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form. 

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 27, 2018 - Robot Club

Entrance Ticket - Jump Right into your Raspberry Pi project
 
Class Agenda:

• 12:00 - 1:00 - Raspberry Pi Project
• Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form. 12:00 - 1:00 -Raspberry Pi Project 

• 1:00 - 2:00 - Universal Technical Institute Presentation - Auditorium

• 2:00 - 2:30 - - Robot Club 
• Huey - VEX Robot #1- PM gets to make structural changes, AM just programs
• AM Team - Chelsea Cortez-Miranda, Christopher Demblewski, Chai Laset, Eric Nguyen, Ronald Royales
• PM Team - Marcus Andretta, Jakob Mceuen, Edvin Morales, Peter-Antoros Nguyen, David Torrez,
• Dewey - Vex Robot #2 - PM gets to make structural changes, AM just programs
• AM Team - Darryl Abueg, Carlos Avalos, Zoe King, Melanny Valencia Medrano
• PM Team - Phu Duy Doan, Bryan Duong, Sylvia Gonzalez, Kenneth Kobz, Nolan Mcneill, 
• Louie Vex Robot #3 - AM gets to make structural changes, PM just programs
• AM Team - Julian Castellanos, Jonathan Chu, Connor Grijalva, Jesus Sanchez
• PM Team - Raymond Duong, Mathew Giardino, Jabarjung Hothi, Calvin Martinez, Dylan Sager
• Freeman-Lowell - Vex Robot #4 - AM gets to make structural changes, PM just programs
• FAM Team - rancisco Esparza, Hazel Feldman, Eldin Hernandez, Jacob Gillaspie, Zachary Moody
• PM Team - Jose Arellanes Aldaco, Stuart Bettencourt, William Diaz, Adrian Holmes, Charman Keo

• 2:30 - 3:30 - Robot Project
• Make sure you turn in another  "What I did today in Open Lab" form. 

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 26, 2018 - WASC Folks visiting

Entrance Ticket - Entrance Ticket - Logic Gates

• Review the Lecture on DIP Chips
• We will be building a Circuit with real chips
  

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:30 - - Find a Python / Raspberry Pi project you would like to work on.  Not too complex.  Think " Can I do this in about 9 hours"
• If you have not, please Turn in to Infinite Campus
• Has to be something we can do with the equipment in class...
• Could be This - http://www.instructables.com/class/Raspberry-Pi-Class/
• Raspberry Pi and an RFID reader?
• Marionette puppet
• Elevator simulator 
• ???

• 1:30 - 2:15 - Let's build some Logic
• Using a Breadboard, some logic gates, switches, and resistors
• Make a circuit that lights the LED when a set of switches are set or pushed

• 2:15 - 3:20 - - Open Lab

• 3:00 - 3:20 -

• 3:00 - 3:20 - 

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 23 - Python Boot Camp & WoHoooooooo We get our own Raspbery Pi

Entrance Ticket - - Selenium WebDriver With Python 3.x: Novice To Ninja Class for $1

• Science Alert - Selenium WebDriver With Python 3.x: Novice To Ninja
• Do you want me to buy you one for $1?  Then give me a $1

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:40 - 1:30 - - Python For Everyone
• Get your Raspberry Pi
• Pythonlearn-07-Files
• Download this file mbox-short.txt into your python code directory

• 1:30 - 2:15 - WoHooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Raspberry Pi Time
• I'm going to pass out your Raspberry Pi
• We are going to take some Pictures
• We are going to put on the Heat Sink
• We are going to configure the SD cards

• 2:15 - 3:20 - Robot Project, Robot Club - Open Lab
  • Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form. 

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 22, 2018 - Python Project, and New Launch of Robot Club

Entrance Ticket - 5 min  - Get settled and hear my story about Robot Club... 

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:35 - 1:15 - - Python For Everyone
• Get your Raspberry Pi
• Pythonlearn-07-Files
• Download this file mbox-short.txt into your python code directory

• 1:15 - 1:45 - Jobs... mostly take down the printers and other room cleanup

• 1:45 - 2:20 -Digital Logic Bread Board lab

• 2:20 - 3:20 -  Robot Club - Open Lab
  • Make sure you turn in your "What I did today in Open Lab" form. 

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

Entrance Ticket - Are you missing any IC or other assignments?  Look back in the blog and see... 

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:45 - Python For Everyone
• Get your Raspberry Pi
• Pythonlearn-07-Files
• Download this file mbox-short.txt into your python code directory
• Welcome Shadow - https://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-python

• 1:45 - 2:30 - Find a Python / Raspberry Pi project you would like to work on
• Has to be something we can do with the equipment in class...
• Could be This - http://www.instructables.com/class/Raspberry-Pi-Class/
• Marionette puppet
• Elevator simulator 
• ???

• 2:30 - 3:20 - -  Open Lab - Robot Project -  
• Your EXIT-Ticket Progress Report Form <-- Every team member needs to fill this out
• Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 20, 2018 - Logic Gates and Watson

Entry Ticket - This might be fun... 

• Watson and Robots - https://www.meetup.com/IBM-Code-Bay-Area-Meetup/events/248451510/ 
• STEM College Gateway Program (flyer attached) will be taught here at SVCTE during the summer for 30 students. There is a mandatory information night on March 28th at 6:00 pm in the Hub. Students earn college credit for algebra. Students must sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stem-college-gateway-tickets-43898056268 The program is from June 18-July 26. 
• STRIVE internships for 20 students and the application deadline is April 16th. The interviews will be hosted at Silicon Valley CTE on June 11-13th. The position begins June 18-July 21. 
• Santa Clara Valley Water District internships for 12 students in various departments. Students will earn $15 per hour. The interviews will be hosted here at SVCTE April 23-27th. The starting date of the internship is June 18th.

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:15 - Do a Job For Me... ASK
• If you are doing a component fill out this form

• 1:15 - 2:15 - 

• 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

March 19, 2018 - Logic Gates

Entrance Ticket - ABB Self-contained thermosyphon heat exchanger for power converters

•  Cut and paste the following questions into the Mechatronics Entry Ticket Google Form and Answer them 50-100 words
• What is are Thermosyphons? 
• Which is better at cooling? Water, Thermosyphons, or Air (Heat Sink)
• Answer here  

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:15 - Python Code
• If you still need to turn in any Python assignments do that. 
• if not,write me a new piece of code that does something cool... You can even find code on the interweb, but you will need to be able to explain how it works.
• like make the blue tooth part of this work but with a Raspberry Pi 
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Bluetooth-LE-Controller-for-NeoPixels/
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Bluetooth-Car-Control-4-X-4/
• TODAY Turn in your code as a fileName.txt and in the IC text dialog what you are doing and what your code does. -  IC assignment

• 1:15 - 1:30 - Do a Job For Me... ASK

• 1:30 - 2:30- Logic Gates
• Lecture on DIP Chips
• What to turn in as the IC assignment ?
  1) screen shot of your Logic.ly logic design
  2) screen shot of your TinkerCAD design doing the same thing as your Logic.ly
  3) IC dialog box text telling me what your circuit is doing
   
• Make a design on https://logic.ly/demo/ that uses 2-4 AND gates, 2-4 OR gates and  if you want an INV or 2.  Think about some type of safety control that could have  the following:
• Emergency Stop
• Operator On/Off
• Gate Closed
• Robot Diagnostic OK
• Power Good
• What Else?
• Not all of these are the same priority Signals, and it's not one giant AND gate tree... 
• Now lets Build them in real gates on a bread board.  Get a partner and build your circuit.  Ask Mr. For Instructions... you could also build them in Tinker CAD https://www.tinkercad.com/

• 2:30 - 3:20 - - Open Lab - Robot Project -  
• Your EXIT-Ticket Progress Report Form <-- Every team member needs to fill this out
• Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 16, 2018 - Rainy Friday

def main():
   myBinaryString = input('enter a binary number ')
   bitReg = [0,0,0,0]
   print('this is org bitReg ',bitReg)
   index=0
   print(myBinaryString)
   for stringBit in myBinaryString:
      bitReg[index] = int(stringBit)
      print(bitReg)
      index=index+1
     
main()


https://www.npr.org/2018/03/15/593863645/robots-are-now-creating-new-robots-tech-reporter-says

March 15, 2018 - Summer Reading?

Entrance Ticket 

• Humble Book Bundle: A.I. by Packt

•  Get Building Machine Learning Systems with Python, Mastering Java Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence with Python, Deep Learning with TensorFlow, and more!
• http://www.steamclown.org/mechatronics/library/classRestrictedContent/AI-DeepLearning/artificialintelligencewithpython.pdf
• Last Chance for Industry Job Shadow Day Signups -- If you want to go on the Job shadow next Wed March 21, you need to talk to me today!!!!!!!!!!!!

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:30 - - Logic Gates
• Digital Introduction
• https://logic.ly/demo/    build a circuit that uses AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR and INV gates
• Copy this logic Diagram down into your labbooks... and then work the logic propagation 

• 1:30 - 2:15 - Python Coding Challenge
• Python Lab - Binary Register

• 3:00 - 3:20 - - Open Lab - Robot Project - 
• Your Progress Report Form <-- Every team member needs to fill this out.
• Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 14, 2018 - HACKADAY Projects - Who Wants To Win?

Entrance Ticket -
Donors Choose Campaign - How Much Do We Still Need? 

Fire Breathing SD Cards for RaspberryPI

• What is our next step?

2018 Hackaday Prize: Build Hope. Design the Future.

• This is the fifth year for the Hackaday Prize, a contest that challenges our global community to build something that matters.  We're giving away over $200,000 this year, with $50,000 going to the Grand Prize winner! This year, we want you to Build Hope, and we have five challenge rounds that kick off today and end in October. The challenges are:
  
  • Open Hardware Design Challenge (today (!!) -- April 23) // Design the best plan possible for the boldest idea you can consider. No prototypes are required for this challenge, only pictures, charts, and theory.
  • Robotics Module Challenge (April 23 -- June 4) // Build a module that can be used in robotics projects across the world, and show your module functioning in a robotics application.
  • Power Harvesting Challenge ( June 4 -- July 16) // Build a module that harvests ambient power for various applications and show your module powering a project.
  • Human-Computer Interface Challenge (July 16 -- August 27) // Build an innovative interface for humans to talk to machines or machines to talk to humans.
  • Musical Instrument Challenge (August 27 -- October 8) // Build a module, interface, or full instrument that evolves or goes far beyond modern music instrumentation.
  In addition to these challenges, we have $4,000 that we're giving away to fund projects that our community likes the most.  At the end of our first challenge (Open Hardware Design), the most liked projects will be paid out $1 per like (max $200 per project) until our funding pool runs dry.

Class Agenda:

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

• 1:00 - 1:45 - Logic and Stuff

• 2:00 - 3:20 - Open Lab - Robot Project - 
• Your Progress Report Form <-- Every team member needs to fill this out.
• Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 13, 2018 - Hey How Is It Going? Are You Going To Be Happy To See Me Wednesday?

Entrance Ticket - Let's play with logic.ly

•  Go to https://logic.ly/demo/ 
• You may need to enable Adobe Flash, Click "Yes" 
• Then say "allow" 
• Watch this YouTube Instruction Video
• Build a logic circuit, take a screen shot and turn it in... but first...
• Find a Pharmacy student, and show them how this works, explain how logic gates work, and then help them make a circuit too... and as a comment in the IC assignment, put the name of your cool new Pharmacy friend. 

 









my new Pharmacy friend is Miss Helena Polanco

Class Agenda:

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

• 1:00 - 1:30 - - Knots For Life  <Substitute Teacher, There is a bag of ropes next to my desk.  Please hand them out and have the students pair up and lean at least 3 of these knots.  Have them show you that they can. - 30 min>
• Students, Please pair up... Yes Every one get a partner.  Don't whip the ropes around... learn a different 3 knots than you did before.  Use your Phone, or computer to take a picture of you and your knots... and to IC as an IC assignment.

• 1:30 - 2:00 - -  professional Development
• Put all your Robot project, Raspberry Pi, etc away
• Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com
  
  
  • Do at least 2-3 more modules today.. 
  • You should be done with Workplace Ethics Lessons and almost finished with the Personal Characteristics Lessons.  Try to Finish module today. Personal Characteristics Lessons
  •  and then work on the Employer Expectations Lessons

•  2:00 - 3:20 - Open Lab - Robot Projects Please Submit a Blog post

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 12, 2018 - Happy Monday, sorry I'm not here and you have a Sub... Now get to work!!!

Entrance Ticket - Lets Design Our Mechatronics Class Tri-Fold Board
<Substitute Teacher, at the bell, please take roll and then put students into teams of 2 for them to discuss this project - 30min>

•  Take a look at the Assignment Quiz, and get with a partner... Yes, Stand up and every one get a partner that maybe you have not worked with before.  This Project is to think about, and plan a small simple, but cool interactive demo to be mounted on our class Tri-Fold.  Think Interactive Science Project.  Each small demo gets about 6-10 inches square.  We will pick a few of the best.
• Assignment Quiz 

Class Agenda:

• 12:30-1:00 - Entry Ticket - 20-30 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 1:00 - 1:20 -Retake the Binary Quiz until you get 100%... Do not use a Calculator on the web... or the computer... do this by hand using the information found in the quiz links
  • link to binary2Decimal quiz
  • link to decimal2Binary quiz
  
  <Substitute Teacher, The Students have a Robot project blog page that they should be updating.  They can also do some work on thier robot project if they have the parts they need.  if not they should be working on the "Next Steps" for their project. This is team discussions and work on the blog  - 60 min>
• 1:20 - 2:20 - Open Lab - Robot Projects Please take a few minutes to review where you are with our project.  Update your Project page with at least 2-3 more "Next Steps"

•  2:20 - 2:50 - Knots For Life 

<Substitute Teacher, There is a bag of ropes next to my desk.  Please hand them out and have the students pair up and lean at least 3 of these knots.  Have them show you that they can. - 30 min>

• Students, Please pair up... Yes Every one get a partner.  Don't whip the ropes around... learn a different 3 knots than you did before.  Use your Phone, or computer to take a picture of you and your knots... and share it with me from your Google Docs.  I'll add this to IC later.

<Substitute Teacher, The Students need to log into their job ready skills accounts. Have them put all their Ropes, Raspberry Pi, and Robot Project equipment away first. - 30 min>

• 2:50 - 3:20 -  professional Development
• Put all your Robot project, Raspberry Pi, etc away
• Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com
  
  
  • Do at least 2-3 more modules today.. 
  • You should be done with Workplace Ethics Lessons and almost finished with the Personal Characteristics Lessons.  Try to Finish module today. Personal Characteristics Lessons
  •  and then work on the Employer Expectations Lessons

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 9, 2018 - Happy Firday... let's leran some more Logic

Entrance Ticket - Check out https://diyrobocars.com/ and see what my goals are for the track...  

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:40 - 1:30 - - Logic Gates
• Digital Introduction

• 1:30 - 3:20 - OK... Open Lab, but I'm going to give you points based on what I think you have done... so make sure I see you working... and if you think I'm not understanding that you are working... show me that you are.
• - Robot Projects
  • Blog and Update your Robot Project Page

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 8, 2018 - Happy International Women's Day

Entrance Ticket - - Lets watch so AWESOME Women Engineers and take a minute to thing about how we promote or restrict women in High Tech... and commit to change that.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKVEtnjGvxw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlUqx9KYXjQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aUn63PnKM0

• Entry Ticket Assignment

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:50 - 1:50 - Logic Gates
• Digital Introduction

• 1:50 - ?? - Lets race for a few minutes

• ?? - 2:45 - Robot Projects - Open Lab - Robot Projects
  • Blog and Update your Robot Project Page

• 2:45:00 - 2:58 - Cleanup

• 2:58 - 3:30 -Let's Watch a face Book Live Event... 
• https://www.facebook.com/SkillsUSA

Entrance Ticket - 

• 
  

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Chapter 4 - Strings, Lists, and Dictionaries
• Keep Playing with your Pi... Get your Raspberry PI kits and READ and WORK on Chapter 4 of "Programming the Raspberry Pi"
  
.

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 6, 2018 - Open House Tonight, Python Stirngs and Digital Logic

Entrance Ticket - Open House Tonight... Ask me how you can get extra credit.

• Review Binary Numbers
• https://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-number-system.html
• https://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-digits.html
• Test Your Binary Skills

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:45 - - Python - Strings
• Pythonlearn-06-Strings

• 1:45 - 2:45 - - Open Lab - Robot Projects
• Blog and Update your Robot Project Page

• 2:45 - 3:20 -Cleanup for Open House... 
• Setup a Demo
• Bread board with Switches and LED
• VEX robot ready to run
• Don't drive off the table robot
• What else?

• 3:20 - 3:30 - Cleanup

March 5, 2018 - Python Stirngs and Digital Logic

Entrance Ticket - Jobs

• Put tools away
• unpacking tasks on work tables
• Vacuum around the 3D Printer area, the chairs and put vacuum away
• swap/Move stuff on "conference room" shelf 
• sort 7400 components
• pickup all the odd stuff (printer parts) on the floor around work tables

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - 1:30 - 

• 1:30 - 2:15 - 

• 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

March 2, 2018 - Happy Friday... Let's hear about your project

Entrance Ticket - Hack\ster-IO

• Introducing Hackster Videos! ⭐ A New Way to Learn, Discover and Soon... Share!
•  Learn to design, create, and program electronics

Class Agenda:

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

• 12:45 - ?:?? - WoHooooooooo Robot Project Engineering Report Out

• ?:?? - 3:00 - Open Lab - Make sure you turn on your Up/Down Python Code
• 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

March 1, 2018 - Still programing an Up/Down Counter in Python

Entrance Ticket - Work on Any IC assignment that you have late and can still turn in
Hey... lets go out and Beg for SD card donations... so Facebook, Tweet, SnapChat... Instagram... MySpace? https://www.donorschoose.org/project/fire-breathing-sd-cards-for-raspberrypi/3098437/?challengeid=20884878&rf=link-dc-2018-03-teacher_profile-teacher_4124083&utm_source=dc&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=teacher_4124083  

 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