Ryan

=// Ryan //=

Portfolio: Throughout my 2nd semester in Exploring Computer, I've created many creative and astonishing projects using iMovie, Sketch-Up, and Scratch. In my portfolio, I will compile together all my projects that I've completed throughout the semester.

At the beginning of the year, me and my partner, Thomas, filmed a short movie on the topic, Saving vs. Spending. After filming the movie, we edited the short clips that we shot and put those together as we added some effects as well to enhance the quality of our short movie.

After finishing the movie, I moved onto drawing the iMiddle's campus using Sketch-Up.



This is the Scratch that I had recently created, and it is most likely the best among my Scratch projects.

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This is my second Scratch that I created. The game requires you to collect apples while avoiding the TnTs! At the end of each level, there is a math question to answer!

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This was my first Scratch I had created in this class. My first scratch is a basic maze that you have to run through without touching the edges, otherwise your progress would be restarted.

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The first project I created was my biography using Powerpoint. My biography includes my past, present, and future!



6/2 Scratch Progress: My scratch is mostly completed as my scratch can be played, even though it can use some final touch-ups. I am missing sounds and some last parts of the scratch!

5/20 Scratch Journal:

My project will ask users how big they want the apple to be. The answer is be determined as the mass, and it will be equal to the size. Then the user will be asked how fast they would like the apple to be thrown in MPH. After that it will multiply the mass and speed variable, giving us the force of the apple. The apple will be thrown at a brick wall, it will either reach the wall and shatter or not even reach the wall depending on the force. My scratch is basically teaching how the amount of mass and speed will affect the outcome of the force. More mass or speed means a stronger force exerted on the object. I will be working my force equation, Mass*Speed, today. Figuring out how to put the equation into Scratch will probably be one of my current challenges. I might need help putting together the code of the variable, force. I've learned how to correctly use variables in many different ways. In addition, the "If's" commands are quite useful when it comes to asking a question and interacting with users. My game will be extremely interactive with the users while keeping them entertained.

5/8 Scratch Project #2 Plan:

My Schooly Scratch project will be involved around mass, speed, and force. It will also teach users that the mass of an object and its speed can affect the strength of the force. If users insert a large mass and a fast speed, the force of the apple thrown would also be great. It will begin by asking what the user's name is, then using the answer in a "join command" to ask the user how big (mass) he/she wants the apple to be. After that the game will ask the user how fast they want the apple to be thrown at the wall. At last the game will multiply the mass and speed to determine the strength of the force. If the force is strong enough to destroy the apple, it will. Though if it isn't, then it will just drop and nothing will happen!

4/16 Scratch Progress:

Today I will be working on my start button which will lead the player into the level 1 of my game. In addition, I will be arranging my apples(scores) and TNTs of my level 1. If I am productive and finish my start button and my level 1 arrangement, I will begin working on the math questions which will allow the user to move on to the next level. I might need help with my math question because I planned on giving the user a second chance to answer the question correctly if he/she gets it wrong. Therefore, I will not be certain that I will be able to program this code.

What are the most interesting things you've learned? How are you applying math in your project? Some extremely interesting things that I've learned are the walking animations of my character when he walks. I figured out that if I have multiple costumes of that one character, I could create a realistic walking character when users use the W, A, S, and D keys to move around. I am applying math to my game/project. At the end of each level after you have collected all the points/scores, users must need to enter the door which then ask them a math question. This math question will determine if the user will move on to the next level or lose the game!

4/10 - Scratch Project Plan:

My game/program will be a game mixed with math. Users will use A, S, D, and W to move around and attempt to collect all the points. While collecting points, users must move around to avoid the "bad" points. If users touch bad points, they will lose automatically lose the game and the screen will say, "You Lost, Try Again!". After collecting all the points in the first level, users must head towards the door to move on to the next level. When entering the next level door, users will be asked a math question and will be given a short amount of time. The math questions also gets more difficult as the level gets higher. If the users incorrectly answers the math question, they will be given another chance to answer a different question, but similar concept. My game will probably go up to 10 levels, but I am not too sure yet! As the user progresses into higher levels, there will be more various obstacles such as bad points and TNT/Explosives. The math question will be harder too, meaning that the equation be more complicated with more numbers!

4/9 - Scratch Game: Maze Game



4/7 - Questions: -What are the different ways you interact with computers? Some different ways you interact with computers are playing various types of games, uploading and watching videos on YouTube, going on social media, doing my homework, surfing on the internet, listening to music, searching for information on the internet, programming on Scratch, checking my grades, buying things online, etc. -How many of those ways involve you //creating// with computers? I would say 3/4 of those ways involves me creating something with computers.

3/28 - Sketch-Up Project

Sketch-Up iMiddle Campus Plan: In my Sketch-Up project, I will be drawing the iMiddle campus with as much details as possible. One of my first building in the iMiddle campus that I will be drawing is the fitness room. The fitness room's dimensions will approximately have a length of 30 feet by a width of 25 feet. Next, my second building that I will be drawing in Sketch-Up is Mr. Carmody's Room, which is Room 14. Mr. Carmody's Room will have a dimension of approximately 23.75 feet long by 27.5 feet wide. After that the third building that I will draw is Room 3, which is Mr. Moss's Room. His room will have a dimension of about 22.5 feet long by 17.5 feet wide. Furthermore, my fourth building that I will be drawing is Mr. Salamanca's Room, also Room B17. This room's dimensions are approximately 25 feet long by 15 feet wide. The fifth building on the iMiddle campus that I will draw on Sketch-Up is the Room 9, which is Mrs. Selby's room. Her room has an approximate dimension of 17.5 feet long by 21.25 feet wide.

// Classroom Rule Pop Quiz- 1/30 // // Do not eat, drink, or chew gum in class. // // Turn your attention from the computer to the person that is talking, especially the teacher. // // Do not make up excuses when you don't get your work done. // // Do not mess around while doing your work. // // Cannot play games at all. // // Cannot use your netbook or iPad during class. // // Give Mr. Moss CHOCOLATE!!! // // Do not unplug any computer's wire. //

Sketch-Up iMiddle Campus Plan: In my Sketch-Up project, I will be drawing the iMiddle campus with as much details as possible. One of my first building in the iMiddle campus that I will be drawing is the fitness room. The fitness room's dimensions will approximately have a length of 30 feet by a width of 25 feet. Next, my second building that I will be drawing in Sketch-Up is Mr. Carmody's Room, which is Room 14. Mr. Carmody's Room will have a dimension of approximately 23.75 feet long by 27.5 feet wide. After that the third building that I will draw is Room 3, which is Mr. Moss's Room. His room will have a dimension of about 22.5 feet long by 17.5 feet wide. Furthermore, my fourth building that I will be drawing is Mr. Salamanca's Room, also Room B17. This room's dimensions are approximately 25 feet long by 15 feet wide. The fifth building on the iMiddle campus that I will draw on Sketch-Up is the Room 9, which is Mrs. Selby's room. Her room has an approximate dimension of 17.5 feet long by 21.25 feet wide.