Friday, December 19, 2014 -- Video Games, Day 1

Plan for the day

• Opening Circle
• Conditionals: Lecture and Examples (L1&L2)
• L1
  • Part A: Do interactive worksheet at computers
  • Part B: Group collaborative coding of Video Game components
• L2
  • Part A: Group discussion of Video Game Assignment
  • Part B: At computers
    • Pairs coding of Bouncing Ball
    • Learn on Your Own
    • Pairs coding of Controllable Paddle

Materials

Level 1 Lesson

• How to use conditionals in Scratch: Lecture slides
• How to use conditionals in Scratch: Example
• Scratch conditionals: Interactive worksheet
• Conditionals in video games: Collaborative Code exercise.

Level 2 Lesson

• How to use conditionals in JavaScript: Lecture slides
• How to use conditionals in JavaScript: Example
• JavaScript conditionals: Worksheet
• Assignment: Brick Breaker video game
• Game play of Brick Breaker: example output
• Bouncing ball of Brick Breaker: example output
• Free Code -- Program a bouncing ball: JavaScript sandbox
• Mouse interactions in JavaScript: Learn On Your Own

Level 3 Lesson

• Assignment: Video game lab