Meeting Minutes 09/27/10

Met with Dr. Doerschuk today

ACET
Complete poster by Friday to send to the print shop

FIE
A Literature Review was suggested
Need confirmation that our project meets FIE criteria

Tapia
Waiting for submission date

SIGSIC
November 1st due date for poster submission

Lesson Plan Focus
CS Concepts
* Sequence, Selection, Repetition, Objects
Peer programming
* Studies show that more students are retained if they work cooperatively
Co-operative play
* How can we implement this?

Theme - Cleaning up the Environment
Why?
* People want to feel as though they are doing something good.
* Satisfaction from putting family first or participating in disaster relief efforts
* Being able to do good is rewarding and self-motivating .

Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Focus

09-15 Meeting Minutes

Note: At every meeting, bring the time line and post meeting minutes to blog

Need to find: Any reporting to CREU?
For ACET Poster:
Kasey - Greenfoot, Scratch
Valerie - Game Maker, Alice
Daniel - XNA
Independent frameworks are ok, too.

For Environments in poster -
What is the environment?
Who developed it?
What level did they have in mind?
Also, pros, cons, and resources (forums, blogs, etc.)

Don't forget to use CREU & Lamar logo in poster


For Lessons:
Find topics to design lessons around
Check Greenfoot book for ideas
Start with objects (each lesson?)
Maybe about 10 topics about 1 hour each