September2011AG

~ added the feedback, once the model was complete ~ still need to add in a mathcot and speech bubble and tidy up traces etc.... I notices some import statements that used .*... need to get rid of those. ~ worked through the trajectory and CAG for Clip 2 ~ began review of C02.A02_Road Trip ~ lots of scoping issues to figure out and resolve, but I think I DID IT! Yeah! everything committed... so I guess will find out once others start trying to use it! ~ working on tidying up sc 9 of 8.1.4 to pass off to Mel... it is pretty close! ~ school visit (St. Peter's) ~planning with Karen ~ tidied up scene 2, added a flash to the first empty pan if user dropped bread in the wrong place. ~ fixed spacing around fractions in feedback messages due to changes in ubComboMessage ~Next steps: getting the estimator pod to work properly (it is currently in default settings) Team Meeting ~ re Fall flash fests Crystal Meeting ~ re wording for storyboard, planning review process for CLIP 2 ~ need to create another helper and move several of the functions from the .as file into a new helper... I started to do this.. but alas.. I broke it. I am pretty sure it is a scoping issues, but all the traces seem to make sense to me.. will try again with a fresh brain later this week, then ask for help again if need be. ~ also need to break the hint_btn onRelease into smaller functions... see notes re possible scoping to avoid issues with that!!! ~ Greg and Ross re flash fest ~ second review of MultiTool fraction tool, chatted with Crystal about menu options ~ chatted with Crystal re cake model ( and variations ) for clip 2 ~ "finshed" slicing wholes revisions (fixed the number stepper issues, fixed the mask warning error issue), removed traces and svn'd ~ need to reconstruct helpers as two of the files exceed 32K.. Greg on Monday ~ still have one mysterious shrinking text bug to find and fix.. but I can't reliably duplicate it. ~ need to decide what to do about implementing toolTalk. ~ had a question about what level 4 feedback meant which lead to a longish chat with Crystal about various feedback statements and actions.. and a redefining of level 4.. which led to a conversation which included Greg and Ross... in short lots of time talking, not much to show for it, except a sore head! ~worked with Crystal on some word smithing for hints for Road Trip (I think) and the multirep tool ~Slicing Wholes ~ tried (unsuccessfully) to find the cause of my shrinking input text. Have asked Crystal to see if she can figure out a repeatable way to cause the problem.. I can't even do that! ~ modified the hint button to clear the feedback messages more efficiently ~baby steps in terms of progress today! Sept 19 ~ chatted with Crystal Re: idea for a Multi- Tools tool for Multiplying Fractions At first I thought, wow, what a great idea.. but can we afford to add something else to this cluster??? Then, I realized that Greg has lots of the coding for it essentially already working in his toolTalk tester AND essentially this idea is a variation of the "flip cards" that are in the storyboards for 8.1.2 and 8.1.3.... so it makes more sense to go ahead with it. ~Also chatted re some of the functionality of the various tools (toolTalk actions) ~ Need to review the "student friendly" version of the toolTalk feedback for the Multi_Tool ~ Tirekicking takes loads of time!!! Spent most of the day giving feedback for 8.1.6 Check your Understanding ~ Slicing Wholes ~ added a gradient to the targetted row, once one of the pieces has been dragged to the right.... looks pretty sweet! Sept 16 ~ BHNCDSB ~ Marian Small session, went really well! Marian is a star! Sept 15 ~ OMCA meeting, Burlington, stopped at Board office afterwards to do photocopying Sept 14 ~ CLIPS Mostly Slicing Wholes ~ Crystal re SH feedback... implemented... designed a new function to deal with the default actions, had to get Greg to teach me how to create it properly inside the helper class ~Crystal re word smithing for Road Trip ~Ross re some Gap stuff ~ thanks to Ross for revising ubWaitFor so the number stepper arrows flash properly. ~ fixed drawRedo2Icon, added an alpha's out circle to make it easier to click on, committed drawing changes from yesterday ~ Greg says the pointy hand thing will be taken care of becaus he has added it to the library for the wrapper ~ added feedback for when the user drags the first piece... still need to add the requested actions Sept 13 ~ CLIPS ~ Slicing Wholes ~ dragged Crystal and Ross on a wild goose chase because of a missing brace bracket! ~ while we were at it, made some refinements to ubNumberStepper (merged FTinitObj, plus a few other tweaks) ~ updated the ubWaitFor call on the NumberStepper (with Ross' help)... still looking for whatever causes the arrows to grow bigger after being flashed once. ~tweaked the look of the reset arrows in drawRedo2Icon... started to add in a background so the centre of the object was clickable and broke it... will have to start with that tomorrow! ~ adjusted the size of the yellowHighlight table so it only highlights existing wholes, way easier than I thought, I just used setProp to change the width every time the whole blocks get drawn. ~discovered that the "pointy hand" is missing on some ubWaitFors... I think it might be okay cause it is a standard library object.. but am not sure,especially when the tool is used from the toolContainer in generic mode.... need to investigate that further. Sept 12 ~ CLIPS ~ tool tire kicking for Greg (strips and Squares) ~ Y4 conference email ~modified the setProp in ubNumberStepper to include Ftselectable, so I could make the text box non-selectable once it had been set correctly via the hint button ~worked on some other polishing things, esp. ensuring that once the correct answer was modelled, it was not possible for the user to break it....unless of course they reset, then they can start all over again. Sept 9 ~ AM ~ Board: meeting with Chris, finished setting up group for Marian small, email re Gizmos, contacted DAve Buist re data warehouse PM~ chatted with Crystal re CLIP 2 ~ competed reset button for Slicing WHoles!!!! I did it!!! Yeah! Sept 8 ~ board: Curriculum meeting,set up email lists, lots of other office stuff. Sept 7~ CLIPS: Slicing wholes~ started reset button, double checking hint logic, adding tool tips to gears and reset icons ~word smithing with Crystal - CLIP 1 Show what you know ~ team meeting Sept 6 ~ Board: getting ready for Marian's visit Sept 16, drafting memo, copying GAP stuff ~ preparing invoice for Summer Institute
 * Sept 30 ~**
 * Banana Bread~** managed to set the max on the input box.. thanks Marcus for your help.
 * Review ~** chatted with Crystal re Acitvity 4.. she need to "think aloud"
 * Sept 29 ~** pretty progressive day today!
 * Slicing Wholes** ~ sliced the files into smaller bits cause two were bigger than 32K
 * Storyboarding** ~ chatted with Crystal re wording for some summaries for 2.3 and 2.4 (I think)
 * Banana Bread** ~ got the estimator pod working! well mostly, still have to figure out how to enforce a max input value.
 * Sept 28 ~ BHNCDSB**
 * Sept 27 ~ BHNCDSB**
 * Sept 26 ~ CLIPS**
 * Banana Bread** ~ adjusted the size of the loaves to more closely match the slicing wholes tool... All loaves within a certain total Amount are the same size rather than using the entire available space all the time.
 * Slicing Wholes** ~ talked with Greg about how to subdivide the classes so they are all under 32K (it sounded easy enough!)
 * Sept 23 ~ CLIPS**
 * Sept 22 ~ BHNCDSB ~** OCA collaborative marking, Focus Group memo
 * Sept 21 ~ BHNCDSB ~ CILM intro**
 * Sept 20** ~ reviewed Multi Rep Fraction tool for Crystal