November2011AG

Nov 30 ~ CLIPS ~ bugged Ross about how to use winMerge to compare fla's ... forgot the all important oyFlashDoc step! ~ amalgamated 8.1.4 fla's from October flashfest, made note in the google doc ~ updated the Storyboard folder within flashfest folder to most current storyboards ~ bugged Crystal to create the wiki outlining structure of timeline for each scene, helped her edit the file ~ added some links to a group email that is ready to send out to flashfesters (ToolTalk stuff, Structure, work assignments, google review docs) ~ I think everything is all ready to go for flashfest ~ worked on Slicing wholes.. minimal progress ~ need to ask Ross about a line of code Crystal had me add.... this.addListener(this)... it is apparently bad to listen to oneself, yet it does not seem to work without it. ~ createFlashHighlighted does not seem to broadcast an onMovieClipTransformComplete event, which I was trying to use to step through a series of animations.. so need to work on that, different approach? add the broadcaster? missing something? ~ added a which == condition to the onMovieClipTransformComplete event... have not named it correctly as nothing works, again... so back to the drawing board! ~probably need to get someone to work this through with me tomorrow or Friday. Nov 29 ~ BHNCDSB Nov 28~ BHNCDSB Nov 25 ~ finished setting up google doc for clip 2 ~helped with my share of updating the fraction classes ..ubLime and Greg and Ross rock! ~worked on Slicing Wholes: ~created a Build function to use for feedback in activities ~added a broadcaster (with Crystal's help) to catch the various stages of animation Nov 24 ~ calling this a progress log is a bit of a stretch today.. but here goes ~ 8.1.3: imported some additional granola bar movie clips to the library that were missing from the summer ~crossed my fingers and hoped that would be enough to make the last part of scene6 work... alas.. no such luck ~ spent a couple hours trying to track down why the granola bar boxes do not fade in in frame 12.. flash seems to know about the movie clips, but for some reason moveZoomSpin does not in fact change their alpha to 100 like it is supposed to... if I compile and run the fla from the summer, everything works fine... as far as I can tell, the exact same code in the current fla does not work!!! No idea why..... I tried bipassing all the additional code that was added to this scene in case it was somehow interfering, still no luck... so at this point I gave up! Was wondering if it was maybe a result of the class issues we are having, but that is apparently not the case... so...have left a note in the google doc... think it is getting left for flashfest at this point ~ worked with Crystal a bit on revising array tool storyboard. ~ assigned scenes for flashfesters from 8.1.3 and 8.1.2 ~ created a google doc for clip 2 to track programming progress, still need to add some extra sheets for additional activities ~ participated in team meeting re revising all our classes so things will work! (downloaded sublime text 2) ~ my job for tomorrow is to tackle the second half of the fraction class.

Nov 23 ~ took Sean to ortho appt, worked late and short lunch to compensate ~ updated Bitstrip instructions to include mcots and creation of comic strips for each activity ~ chatted with Crystal, hurt my brain, lots of storyboarding questions and tool questions ~ worked on creating a new array tool for division with Crystal ~ chatted with Greg about logic behind toolTalk for Fraction strips so I could give some constructive feedback about how to make it work better in 8.1.3... this tool may still need some work, it is doing some weird stuff! ~ worked on looking at 8.1.3 in light of assigning scenes... I am pretty sure that there is some stuff that was done this past summer that has not been transferred properly/completely to our current fla.. need to track that down tomorrow... SB has been revised as a result of this past summer, so some google doc comments are no longer talking about the correct scene number... want to try to fix that up so it is clearer. Nov 22 ~ BHNCDSB ~ Math Focus Group ~ Representing and Comparing Fractions Nov 21 ~ BHNCDSB CILM at Notre Dame ~ Geometry! Nov 18~ CLIPS all day ~ updated Slicing wholes fla to include both an activity version and a generic version, sent it to Crystal for final approval of changes ~ team meeting ~ flashfest planning, tool decisions ~ completed an overview of the Bitstrips needed for Cluster 8, clip 1 and Activity 2 from 8.2... recorded info in google doc for a clips kid to act on ~ decided to create a Standard Bitstrips fla which contains all of the mathcots in various standard poses ~ full body, and shoulders up from different angles. Then there will only be a need to create "special" images needed for each activity. ~ still need to update the instructions to deal with some things resulting from our revised mathcots. Nov 17 ~ CLIPS (mostly) ~ finished final review of 8.2.2 Road Trip, back to Crystal for two tiny tweaks, then it is ready to program! ~ finished initial review of 8.2.3 Going Away Party, back to Crystal for revisions ~ consulted with Crystal on the functioning of "Snow Day" ~ spent the last 1/3 of the day working on the ppt for next week's focus group. Nov 16~ BHNCDSB ~ taught grade 7/8 integer lesson, used CLIPS!!!! Had to access it via oame as mathclips.ca was blocked by our filter! SERIOUSLY!!! Had the IT dudes remedy that! ~ planned with Karen for next week's focus group session Nov 15 ~ BHNCDSB ~ wrote paragraph for Annual Board report, found pictures, what a pain! ~ co-planned with teacher in Simcoe Nov 14 ~ Worked on reviewing 8.2.3 Going Away Party, almost done, just one scene left to do. ~ added some notes to the bitstrips google doc about the comics Brad created for Fly on the Wall and Snow Day... trying to get that ready to assign to our Clips kids to complete. Nov 11~ finished the second review of 8.2.2 Road Trip and returned to Crystal for a few more edits. ~ chatted with Crystal re 8.2.3, came to agreement on some wording changes for the problems... will finish the in depth review next week. ~ team chat re Hops on a line resizing feature... looking very sweet... team chat/decision about a variety of other stuff as well including flashfest dates. Nov 10 ~ professional reading and kids dental appt for a bit this morning AM ~ consulted with Crystal on 8.2.2 Road Trip, made some good progress in terms of deciding outstanding issues PM ~ started to review 8.2.3 Going Away Party... sent initial stuff to Crystal as it might impact my further efforts at review.. will see what she says tomorrow. Next steps: back to 8.2.2 Scene 5... Crystal made a few changes and got feedback f rom her friend so it is ready for review. Nov 9 ~AM, BHNCDSB ~ planning with Karen for next focus group session PM, CLIPS ~ completed review of 8.2.2 minus scene 5, we are waiting for some wording advice on this one. Nov 8 ~ CLIPS AM ~ storyboard reviewing PM ~ SERT meeting Nov 7~ BHNCDSB mostly ~ coteach at ST. Peter's 11: 15 - 1: 15 ~ planning for SERTS ~ spent just over an hour working with Crystal on storyboarding, CLIPS related emails, going to add this time to tomorrow morning to count a half day of CLIPS Nov 4 ~ BHNCDSB ~ Planning with Marg ~ prep for SERT meeting November 3 ~ CLIPS ~ worked with Crystal to review and storyboard parts of the area model tool ~ Ross helped me find the problem with Slicing Wholes... the scoping to the function dealWithIncorrectWholes in Helper2b was incorrect. I was trying to hard code it rather than pass it the scoping as a parameter. ~ started to create a showModel to use with 8.1.5 to animate the model correctly. ~ worked for an hour in the evening to make up for leaving early for a staff meeting at CEC November 2 ~ Elementary Principals meeting presentation ~ math processes ~ worked at the office ~ expenses, flip chart for Marg November 1 ~ Coaching visits to st. Peter and Holy Family, office time in between.