January2011AG

Didya use useShades, createEmptyInside and getInside ? ~ 1.4 discussed the " missing" randomization information... Crystal, with Judy's OK is going to update the file and post it to the ftp.. it is ready to program ~ Slicing wholes ~ Crystal is going to review Judy's changes and then post it to the ftp.. should be ready for programming. ~ Estimator tool (used in 1.5).. Judy wants to talk to me about this ... it should be ready to program for this activity.. but need to chat about other uses and think about allowing for that flexibility while it is being programmed. ~ Judy is going to use the google docs to provide feedback to Crystal on the remaining activities in clip 1. Crystal will made changes based on the feedback, discuss as needed before handing them off to Judy. ~**Cluster 5** : a plethora of skype messages regarding progress on clip 4. Activity 4.1 and 4.2 are waiting for audio tweaks (to be done on WEdnesday by Katie and Sam). Activity 4.3 ~ Markus finished programming.. back in Judy's hands for review. Dominoes ~ Sean recorded audio today...fla is in Markus' hands to make rest of review changes. Integer Match game ~ Mel is working on the first round of review changes. Hoping for completion by end of __this__ week. ~consult with Judy regarding her review of **4.3 Create a Game**... lots of wording questions... ~stole a few minutes to make some phone calls regarding Gap closing in our board. ~ programming ???? 0... brain sore from thinking hard 100!
 * From Ross- re my pod**
 * Jan 31** ~ Met with Judy and Crystal regarding **8.1.5**... lots of discussion, made some decisions.. Judy is going ahead and making the necessary changes.
 * Next Steps for cluster 8:**

- meeting with Judy to have a look at 8.1.5 ~ Cake is now slicing and icing is appearing in each new cell! Might need a bit more fine tuning in terms of placement of the movie clip. ~ spoke with Crystal re cake model consistency issues... she is going to rework the scene that actually has cake on it to be more directed.. so that if works the same way as the tool is designed to work. ~ I need to create/modify some single click steps to work for the instance where there is actually visible cake...(user has to first remove some pieces from the pan) ~ worked on ppt for tomorrow for an hour BHNCDSB ~ **Cake Model** - reset and clear buttons now working ~ started adding a warning in the case that the highlighting is about to disappear...logic is mostly in place... I know when I need to do what.. but I need to figure out a way to make the table changes depend on user response to ubOption button ~ added a Boolean to indicate whether or not the cake pictures are to be present ~ added the cake pan and the icing to the initial cake(learned how to attach movie clip from the library to a cell in the table)... need to make it so the cake can get sliced. ( ie shrink and apply a series of movie clips) ~ I think there is a consistency issue with how the model works when there is cake vs when there is no cake.. need to chat with Crystal. ~ Teleconference re GAP closing grade 9 (BHNCDSB) ~ review of Judy's INteger story ~ started to add a reset/clear button to the cake model. - am pretty pleased to say that I have an equivalent fraction model working in the one direction....if you have an entire row selected... then when you add an extra column... the model "grows" rather than starting from scratch. Am working on getting it to "grow" properly in the other direction. - Need to think about.. and talk to Crystal about how this model should behave if they have already represented a product! ~ changing the denominator of the input fractions now changes the max number of cells appropriately - created functions to count the number of shaded pieces and then determine which product is being modelled. - started thinking about how to keep student shading when an equivalent fraction model is possible on the change of numRows or Columns... my brain hurts! - chatted with Judy re 5.4.3 next steps... chatted with Greg re the need for a tool review for Cluster 8 before we go much further
 * Jan 28 ~** Meeting, meeting and more meeting!
 * -** meeting of the leads to discuss process, hand off points and products, and refine roles
 * -** programming? What's that? I did add one small empty pod to the stage and make the outline colour yellow for my warning pod in the Cake Model.
 * Jan 27 ~ Cake Model -** table is now changing (or not) based on the user response to the ubOption button. Crystal has suggested that the warning message and ubOption buttons get placed on a pod...good idea... will work on that next... I think... need to also disable the number steppers until after the ubOption button has been clicked.
 * J****an 26 ~ BHNCDSB ~ Gr 7/8 MAth Focus Group**
 * Jan 25 ~** reviewed **Integer Domino** pdf instructions for Judy
 * Jan 24 ~ Tool Talk Meeting** - show and tell of all the fraction tools currently under development... feedback.. WIBNI's... etc... See Google doc for a summary of our discussion of things to change
 * Jan 21 ~ coaching at St. Bernards's,** followed by an Adobe Connect Collaborative Inquiry meeting
 * ~ 1/3 day: Cake Model** - SUCCESS!!!!.. you can now expand either the number of rows or number of columns of cake and maintain shaded equivalent fractions!!! Happy dance! Probably need to chat with Judy and/or Crystal before going much further... good thing our tool talk is scheduled for Monday!
 * Jan 20 ~ AM - coaching at St. Bernard's**
 * PM - cake model**
 * Jan 19~Cake Model**
 * -** numberStepper counter does not increment if it is not supposed to.
 * PM - BHNCDSB** - planning with Karen

~ worked on the **Cake Model**, trying to get it to have a maximum number of pieces based on the product of the demonimators of the given fractions... almost working.. need to ensure number stepper value does not change... need to be able to update fractions. - edited " **What's My Integer**" instructions for Judy - worked on **cake model**... now have 3 step onPress events defined for each cell in the table - ubTable seems to remove all movie clips when it uses the setProp method to redefine the number of rows/columns... so there should not be any need to delete the onPress events I defined, since the movie clips no longer exist. - chit chat with Ross and Greg re various Clip 3 things. ~ learned how to use conditional operator assignment statements to get "There are only one floor.... " to read " There is only one floor..." 5.3.1 Elevator Ride is now officially done and ready to be posted to OAME! ~fixed the kill ubWaitfor issue in 8.1.4... scene 3 is now complete and loaded back to the hand in folder for January 2011 flashfest. ~ did some cluster 5 leading things...CLIP3 is really, really close... let's try for next week ~ explored ubFractRectPlus... talked with Crystal about how this "Cake" model tool should be working... changing the number of pieces after some have been selected should be allowed only if entire rows or columns are selected... maintaining an equivalent fraction representation... if this is not possible to do (random pieces selected) then the highlighting should be removed and the dimensions changed... possibly with a warning message first. Now the fun begins!
 * Jan 18 ~ Snow Day for BHNCDSB... the plusses and minusses of working from home!**
 * ~** worked on the audio for **5.3.6 IntegerChangeQuiz**, got it all working, found and documented a few things for Greg to fix, fixed some other minor things.
 * Jan 17 ~ AM Coaching at St. Patrick** - Grade 8 LGP
 * Jan 14 ~ Coaching at St. Patrick** - Grade 7 similar triangles

- made a few minor changes ... labeled to labelled...Incorrect statement added to stage beside erroneous input - sent to JD for final approval. - worked on 8.1.4 scene 3 added a transformer so the selected marker is presented to the student. - need to kill the ubWait if not markers are selected. PM ~ worked on audio for 5.3.1 Elevator Ride, fixed the issues that were causing the audio not to play (mostly incorrect file names), double checked the google doc... all issues identified by JD seem to have been addressed. - imported and tested the revised audio for Scene 2 & 3.. some of the sentences with floor numbers in them are rather choppy.. I tried to cut off any unnecessary pieces from the audio files...not sure if it can get any better. - made a few revisions to 8.1.4 Fractions First... after 4 errors.. you get told you are wrong before you are given the correct answer.... modified the logic a bit... still need to transform the marker so it looks like it is being handed to the student. My tasks: review sound for 3.1 Elevator Ride, double check review comments. - assign audio for Scuba diving (emailed Judi, Jessica is working on it) - emailed Judi re her upcoming work (Area model for multiplying fractions, Greg will send details) Started with **Elevator ride...** discovered some incorrect recordings.. got Karen(home for a PD day) to work on recording it. will try to get it finished tomorrow night. - got the **cake model** working to the point where the number steppers allow it to be sliced into various number of pieces... event handler defined for position (0,0) so that there is a three step colour change. (Need to talk with Crystal about how the model should work if the user changes the number of pieces after they have started selecting some of them? Need to think about how to best define a series of onPress events for each cell in a table that changes dimensions.) - Worked on Scene 3 from **8.1.4**... tidying up...Sandra has it almost finished.. thought I would finish it off while it was still fresh in my mind ( and Karen was using my computer to record)... still need to add a transformation.. but other than that.. I think it is done. ~ reviewed Seans compilation of **8.1.4,** made some revisions, added clip art ~ lots of goToAndPlay things to figure out ~every frame was a separate scene.. thought I was being smart by putting some of them into the same scene... then found a goToAndPlay that needed a seaparate scene!!!! - finished 5.2.2 Comparing Temperature- added the audio, found some more bugs and fixed them. Thanks to Ross for fixing ubWait so it will acknowledge a click on either an ubOption button or its label. - TEam meeting plus follow up emails to Judi Hanta (re hockey audio), Judy Dusiamme (re priorities) and Kaye Appleby (re Contracts for Clips kids) Next up: amalgamating the work from the summer for 8.1.2, talking to Crystal re a rectangle selection tool that is needed for clip 1, cluster 8
 * Jan 13 ~ BHNCDSB** -planning with Karen for next Grade 7/8 focus group... Prof Learning Cycle adobe connect session
 * Jan 12 ~ AM - coaching at St. Patrick**
 * PM -** finished 5.3.1 Elevator Ride.. imported and tested the audio for scene 5 & 6
 * Jan 11 ~ AM -** attended funeral for Leonardo Capone, my principal's father
 * Jan 10 ~** email catch up, team meeting re where are we now and where are we going?
 * Jan 8 ~ Flashfest in Barrie** - supported Sandra and Ryan (plus others).. began work on the "cake model"
 * Jan 7 ~ PLMLC in Aurora, followed by Flashfest in Barrie**
 * Jan 6 ~ PLMLC in Aurora**
 * Jan5 ~** Finished **8.1.2** Scene amalgamation from the summer, added the clip art images for some of the other scenes
 * ~** both of these activites are ready to go for Flashfest
 * ~** completed revisions for **5.2.2 Comparing Temperatures,** sent back to JD... hoping for all grey!
 * Jan 4 ~** Working away at amalgamating the files for **8.1.2 MultiplyingNumByAFrac**
 * ~**started by creating an activity template with 20 scenes... Crystal what were you thinking?
 * Jan 3 2011 ~ Happy New Year!**