Update and our first game

Its great to see that both classes of grade 10 computer science have started making their scribe posts, and that most members of the class have subscribed to the class blog. Now the next important step is to get everyone to become active participants of the blog, to post questions that you might have, or leave comments for each other.

As I promised earlier I will be posting links to web games that have both a fun and educational component to them. Here is the first game called cubis. The goal is to remove blocks of the same colour in groups of three or more. While it sounds simple it will keep you busy for hours if you let it.


Have a great weekend everyone, remember that Assignment #7 for everyone in Grade 10 is due next class, and your assignment 8 should be finished by the end of the week.

Mr. Reece

The Beginning, Scribe Posts...

Today is an exciting day for myself as a teacher, for you the students are truly becoming involved in each other's learnings; The sribe posts have begun in Grade 10 Slot E. Don't worry Slot I and Grade 11's your time will come soon enough, you too will have the opportunity to teach your fellow students.

So what is the reponsibilities of the scribe you ask? Well they are as follows:

1 - What happened in class today if the class was not a work period, i.e. what did we do. Did we have a demonstration, did we have class time to work on an assignment/project, was a new concept introduced etc.
2 - What did we learn during these activities, Mr. Reece's ramblings etc.
3 - What new information were we presented with (this is where you get to teach and share with one another, very important!)
4 - Is there anything that I did not understand that my classmates/Mr. Reece can help me with?
5 - Is there a new assignment?
6 - Are there any links relating to today's class. (Very helpful and useful)

Remember your job is to reteach the class for those that were not there in body or mind. You need to summarize the notes, provide examples of questions done in class and pick a scribe for the next day. Being a scribe is meant to be fun. (Simply typing code that Mr. Reece demonstrated is not enough, you need to explain the code to your classmates!)

The amount of effort put in is up to you, but the more you do, the more your classmates benefit.

Mr. R

THE HOME OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Welcome to the home for my classes of Computer Science at Tec Voc High School. This blog will be the portal for my students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 to interact with each other and their own class blogs dedicated to their grade