Grade+8

WELCOME, GRADE 8! Students create an animation using the Carnegie Mellon Product called, "Alice3". (https://www.alice.org/research/) We use basic block programming to create a story with animations. It can be downloaded from the https://www.alice.org/get-alice/alice-3/ on PCs in your homes. JAVA needs to be updated as well as Adobe Flash.

 [|Alice Animation Preparation:] Students will use Google Doc or Google Drawing to create a 4 Scene Story

Choices for stories include: 1. Think of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Create 4 scenes that tell what happened to Goldilocks after she ran out of the house. 2. After looking at Alice 3 designs, create 4 scenes about a theme that would help you create a story

Use the Alice website for information on using objects and scenes. [|http://www.alice.org/3.1/materials_videos.php] Complete one good scene by December 4th. December 4th begins Code week at code.org. The stories will be completed in January

All stories need a conversation and sounds.

__//**In Trimester 2**//__ Students will complete Alice. It will consist of: 1. their own sounds being imported. 2. Other sounds being imported.

An alternative to creating one Alice Project is to create 4 separate files, Upload each video and save the video. Then convert it from a *webm format to an MP4 format using the site: https://www.online-convert.com

__//**In Trimester**// **3**__ Students will experience basic HTML programming syntax. They will choose a topic for a short Internet website.

Students will create accounts in codecademy.com. They will experience more in HTML coding. All will be able to experience popular programming syntax differences by using Python programming as well.

Then they will create a Google Site and develop a podcast by using music in garageband, uploaded to google drive, downloaded on PCs. Then they can import it to Audacity. Then they can export to MP3 file type. Then they can upload to Google SIte. . __Technology:in Music__ They upload the selected file to their Google Drive by 1. Select a “Song” in Garageband. 2. Use the Upload button at the upper left corner. Tap “Open In” 3. Fill in My Info 4. Tap audio Quality Choice: “Uncompressed (AIFF)” 5. Tap “Share” it goes through Export of song to file format. 6. Open in Google “Drive” 7. Window appears: Upload Item: Would you like to upload “output 2-1.aiff to My Drive

__Music In Technology__ 8. Go to Desktop computer. 9. Login to google and Open Drive 10. Click on output file and “Open In” Browse for Audacity. Click and file will open in an Audacity Track. 11. If Audacity does not appear, download the file from Drive. Open Audacity and Import the file from the download folder. 12. Check sound in Audacity. 13. Write a description of the project. Add your voice to Audacity as you read your description. Save the Audacity file as a project. 14. Export As an mp3 file. 15. Go to the Music Page on your google site. Upload the mp3 file.

 =Adding audio to new Google sites =

by timple
 I have seen several posts on this topic saying it isn't possible - but it is. Find the mp3 you want to embed in drive and two finger click on it to get a sharing link - make it public if you want everyone to see it.

Go to sites and use the embed URL function. It wont work if you try and add it from "Insert Drive" which is the obvious solution but hasn't been implemented. Google is much more focused on video....

The result can be seen here.

@https://sites.google.com/firsschool.org/audio-embed

Voila. Anyone interested in the Junior Breakthrough Challenge, come to Mrs. Morley. Khan Academy Junior Breakthrough Challenge .