February2011AG

~ Slicing wholes : tables were causing me issues... needed to adjust for the x and y coordinates of the actual table in order to get the cells to land in the correct place... also Crystal helped me fight with table depths in order to get pieces to float on top...again... cell depths are defined based on table depth.... ~ wrote onRelease event that snaps pieces into the correct table when dropped over it. ~ redefined onPress events for each cell so that only the row that the first piece is taken from is active. ~ set the focus to the input box.. but cursor is not flashing ,,,, Ross suggests that we let ubWait take care of this... not yet implemented. ~wordsmithing, brain storming re storyboard revisions ~ double checked some of the LGP stuff for Greg in preparation for tomorrow. ~ Meeting re Storyboard Reviewing process... end result in terms of how it affects me is that I will now be reviewing the rest of th activities for Cluster 8, clip 1.. Crystal and I have clariifed which activities those are and she has shared the Precontent at a Glance with me....Crystal has lots to keep her busy and these are not likely to be finished by March Break anyways...so I will work on these in conjunction with the Slicing Wholes tool ~ worked with Crystal on revising 1.2 ~ Meeting re Tools and Greg's Tool Container...Bailey is going to pick up programming for Fraction Squares (Assuming she is almost done the zooming tasks she is currently working on) ~ I will email the tool team a message to have a look at 1.6 while designing their tools as this activity has some fairly detailed outlines of what the tools need to be able to do. ~ Crystal is going to develop and inventory of the types of things the activiites will require to tools to do.. then we will meet again to determine whether the tool itself will do those things or they will be funnled through an interface ~chatted with Greg and Ross ~ created a shadow table which lies behind the one with pieces being dragged so that is looks like a ghost is left behind. ~ working on creating a series of hit tests to figure out which table the piece should snap too.. that part is working well, although I need to generalize it. ~ cannot seem to get the piece to snap into place in the new table properly... cannot seem to get the correct pointer to the cell coordinates. Probably need to chat with someone about this tomorrow. ~ is it possible to redefine an onPress event? so that something different happens after the first instance? Is this a good way to deal with one of the things I am trying to do? Brick walls all around... so I am stopping for today! ~ word smithing with Crystal ~ working on Slicing wholes... it slices, it dices.. it drags.. it does not snap.. nor leave a copy of itself behind.. but it is in progress. PM ~ review of Dominoes, forwarded some other CLIP 4 issues that Judy found to Markus to fix. ~ chatted with Ross re moving forward ~ Chatted with Crystal re 1.6 Check you understanding... looks good, a few more tweaks and it should be ready to program ~ Also had a peak at the fraction Square tool which will replace the array model indicated in several CLIP 1 storyboards... it is almost ready for programming. ~ Still need to do a once over of the fixes Markus made for CLIP 4 ~ chatted with Crystal re upcoming CLIPS session at TCDSB.. she will cover March 2, I will cover March 1 session ~ checked out the fraction sites that Crystal sent us ~ helped Crystal with some SB wordng ~Finally got to progam!!!! Yeah!!!! ~ Stage set up for **Slicing Wholes**.. have input coming from acivity re.. amount of Whole.. both number and text.. part Amount.. both number and text... estimate... definition of unit whole... all of this is displayed on the stage and the correct number of rectangles(tables are drawn)...size of rectangle changes depending on the question ~ added a numberStepper so the user can modify the number of empty rectangles ~ got part of the tab container stuff to work.. it now opens and closes and is positioned better. ~ Need help getting text and input box to actually appear on the tab container.. it is there, but not in the right place...attached to the right thing? ~restricted the input box.. but am having trouble getting the actual text from the box so I can use this value to split up the table. ~ set up google docs for CLIPS kids to review previous clusters for audio issues ~ emailed Mel and Markus re next jobs for them.. team re minutes... Judi re kids jobs. ~ Chatted with Crystal about tools for Cluster 8, and activity 1.6... we think we came to some decisions that will allow her to move forward with those pieces. Programming??? I wish... maybe next week! ~ edited meeting minutes ~ packaging Gap Closing materials ~Reviewed the activities for Cluster 5, clip 4... mostly for audio issues... but I found a bunch of other stuff that needs fixing too.... added rows to the google doc. ~ had a look at the SB review doc for 8.1.6.. chatted briefly with Judy about it. ~ started to program the Slicing Wholes model... have the stage sort of set up.. need to figure out how tab containers work. ~ chatted with Markus/Mel re some of the issues I found for them to fix. Did some other stuff too.. but I really can't remember what. ~ finished off all the "movie clippizing" pieces... positioning etc... .both with and without the cake showing. ~ finished off all the onPress events and table changing functions that are needed to make the model work when icing, crumbs in the bottom of the pan etc are showing... pretty sweat if I do say so myself! ~ even got to the point were I added my movie clip to the stage within an activity and passed it one of the properties it needs!! ~ add the showCake boolean as one of the parameters to pass ~ talk with Crystal re what the showing cake model is actually modelling... it looks pretty, but I really think it works differently than the hideCake version... may need to rethink that! Other stuff: consult with Judy re wording for 5.4.3 Create a Game ~ Crystal suggested that rather than making the cake model a tool, that I create it as a movie clip in the library so it can easily be incorporated into multiple scenes.... so I did that.. and everything works fabulously...EXCEPT the ubFramed text on the pod has ceased to exist... well actually if you trace it it has a pointer.. but nothing shows up... so...tomorrow....I will ask someone about that. Makes no sense to me since the ubOption buttons appear and work fine. ~ consulted with Judy a couple times on some wording issues for various reviews ~ created a google doc of "Future Agenda Items"
 * Feb 28 ~** lots of progress today, thanks to Crystal for helping me "goose chase"
 * Feb 25 ~** tried to tackle my scoping problem, unsuccessfully.. I really think the code I have in place should be stacking pieces one on top of .......esh eyes and a second brain.
 * Feb 24 ~** does not feel like I made much progress today
 * Feb 23 ~** final review of Cluster 5, clip 4.. yeah it is all ready to be posted to OAME
 * Feb 22 ~ AM ~ BHNCDSB** Coaching at St. Bernard's
 * FEb 18 ~ OMCA** meeting, chatted with Greg re Fraction tools
 * FEb 17 ~ BHNCDSB -** planning for upcoming Focus group, meeting with MAry
 * FEb 16 ~ Coaching at St. Bernard's (1/3 day)**
 * ~** review of integer Match (quick) and Integer Dominoes.. I must be slow.. cause that took the rest of the day...and it is really well done! Lots of rows greyed out.. still several to deal with..lucky Markus.
 * Feb 15 ~** reviewed **Integer Match Game..** still a few small errors.
 * Feb 14 ~ PLMLC. Aurora**
 * FEb 11 ~ Reviewed** Integer Match Game, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3... 4.3 is good to go.. the other activities are SUPER close.. only one thing each to fix...
 * Feb 10 ~ reviewed 4.3** and sent email to Markus
 * ~ Team meeting**... see minutes WOW.... LONG ONE!
 * FEb 9 ~ BHNCDSB -** Coaching a St. Patrick's
 * Feb 8 ~ AM BHNCDSB ~** Coaching at ST. Patrick's
 * PM** ~ chatted with Judy and Crystal re 8.1.6 Check Your Understanding activity.
 * Feb 7 ~** chatted with Greg re planning for Cluster 8, set a team meeting date for Thursday morning.. he was going to send out an email.. wonder if he did? Just checked my email.. of course he did!
 * Feb 4 ~ AM - CLIPS stuff...**but for the life of me I can't remember exactly what... not much if any programming... talking with Judy and Crystal...organizing Cluster 8 stuff.. now I remember... I had a conversation with Judy re outstanding tool pieces... She gave me Fraction Input validation/warning statements and a SB for the Estimator... those are both ready to program. Talked to Crystal about cake model.. I need to revise the onPress events so they work slightly differently when cake is showing... currently it has a 3 click sequence.. it needs to be changed to a 2 click sequence following a previous discussion. Did not actually get to changing the code.
 * PM** ~ K- 12 Consultants meeting
 * Feb 3 ~ BHNCDSB -** PD day with Marian Small
 * Feb 2 ~ Snow day... schools closed across Southern Ontario!**
 * ~Cake Model:** very productive day.... the movie clip version is working very nicely... issue from yesterday with the missing ubFramed text was caused because "Arial Emedded" font was not in my library... not sure whether to feel happy cause I found and correctd the error all my myself... or stupid 'cause I caused it to happen in the first place! C'est la vie!
 * Next steps:** set up an initialization routine, with defaults in case the info is not passed from the activity
 * Feb 1** ~ Created a warnig pod for the cake model.... added an ubFramed text message and ubOption buttons so that the user can decide whether or not they really want to proceed if all of their shading work is going to be erased. It works and looks fabulous in the wrapper.