I hope that you all have a restful, safe, and enjoyable Winter Break. I will be enjoying mine but NO DOUBT I will miss your cute little faces all break!!!
Due the Monday we return from break is the following:
So, I will provide some resources via a link to help you complete these things but understand that a lot of it will require your own thinking and potential communication with me over email. Remember, only the TOP THREE projects will move onto the Chalmers STEAM Fair and I will only pick two winners from the Chalmers Steam Fair to move onto the big AUSL Steam Fair.
You guys are so creative and I know you will do awesome things---
Those doing TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS, contact me ASAP. I am reserving only two technology projects per classroom. Means I am picking the best of the best students to do these activities.
Leo the Homeless Coder Finished His App, and You Can Download It Right Now
By Caroline Moss6 hours ago
Leo Grand considers himself lucky when the doorman at the luxury apartment building nearby lets him charge his Samsung Chromebook without issue.
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Leo's app — Trees for Cars — just launched this morning, and the new coder needs to make sure his computer is ready to go for the day. The guys in the apartment building have been a great help; four months ago when Grand started this venture, it was warm outside. That, unfortunately, is no longer the case.
"Trees for Cars" is a mobile application that aims to save the environment by helping users carpool to their destinations, and Grand programmed the entire thing himself from the streets of Manhattan with just 16 weeks of coding lessons. It also provides information on how much CO2 the user is saving with each ride which further encourages environmental awareness, creating within the app a healthy competition amongst users to save the most CO2.
Grand was approached by a young programmer named Patrick McConlogue in mid-August with a choice: Take $100 or take an opportunity to learn how to code. Grand, who had been homeless since 2011 after he lost his job at MetLife and was priced out of his neighborhood when a high-rise went up on the next block, didn't hesitate.
He wanted to learn to code.
The two men met every weekday where Leo sleeps outside for an hour each morning. McConlogue taught Grand how to program using three used books from Amazon and a refurbished Chromebook McConlogue purchased for Grand online.
Business Insider spent a lot of time talking to the men back in the fall, and we even visited a coding class on what would be the coldest day of September. Grand talked a lot about his upcoming app (which, at the time, remained a secret), and how excited he was for its launch. There were naysayers who said this day would never come, but Grand, McConlogue, and thousands of people following their journey on Facebook had kept a positive outlook.
"Trees for Cars is a great way to build relationships, strengthen communities, help each-other financially and energy wise, all under the umbrella of saving the environment," Grand said in an official statement about the app.
Here's how it works: As a driver, simply pick a meeting address and the app will suggest nearby riders. Then, each rider and driver are only connected if they choose to mutually accept the invitations. The app tracks how much CO2 was saved by the passengers who got rides with others.
All of the money the developers receive from this app goes to Grand, who will use it to help him further his programming education.
Get excited for December 8th to December 14th! CSOE Middle School WILL be participating in Computer Science Education Week. And you might just see a special guest of mine that week too! :D You will get some GREAT ideas of what TECHNOLOGY projects you could do for S.T.E.A.M. Fair! Ms. Srirama
Cycle 2 H.W. Posted. Throwing in class incentives for the class that has highest cycle h.w. completion rate. Might be a pizza party. Might be an ice cream party. You just never know until you ALL DO YOUR HOMEWORK and EARN IT!
Good Luck!
Tell me if you need help. BUT, use the RESOURCE LINK FIRST! I promise I put all the links together for a reason.
