last day of lab :-(

For our last day of lab, we started out with a HUGE road test. Students entered the class room to discover a dismantled computer at each of their desks. They were a little shocked to have to wait in the hallway until exactly when class was going to begin. But once they saw the computer parts everywhere, they knew what they were going to have to do . . . or they THOUGHT they did! AJ gave them detailed instructions about preparing their computers for the customer, who would be coming in an hour. They had to fix the computer, get any missing parts, and then make a lot of changes to the software and the appearance of the operating system. They dove in to it with some trepidation, but by my observations, they stayed determined and did their best. Way to go 2012!

Then we had some work time to finish our BTW while Eliza corrected yesterday's permit tests and she and AJ told each other jokes.

After that, students presented their projects.
Allie went first and gave an impressive presentation of her home computer and her computer of the future. She wants to make a computer that will read people's thoughts and show them on a screen so the speaker/teacher can see if everyone is understanding. It will be able to read people's word thoughts and picture thoughts.

Then David presented. He gave a good presentation, first talking about each of his computer components in a very relaxed and funny way.

Taylor presented next. Her computer was meant to be a computer that she can use to watch movies at home.
Her second project was a blog entry about a computer that designs and creates ice cream flavors. (That would sell millions!)

Ninah told us about her fantastic computer, and about her future computer that creates a virtual 3D image of any clothes you want to try on.

Brandon talked about his different components for the computer he built for programming. His dream computer helps catch wanted criminals, it will identify them no matter what their disguise and no matter where they are hiding.

Richie showed us a cute picture of puppies before he told us all about his computer and its various components. He  bought some candy for Chou so he would spend enough money. (Very Funny!). His computer of the future reads thoughts of people who are handicapped and can surf the internet for them.

Jon has built himself quite an impressive computer (although he confused RAM with hard drive memory when explaining it). He has such a good sense of humor that everyone was laughing during his presentation. He created a game in Scratch where a cat would run around maze.

Bronson's computer was impressive, with a case that lights up (wow!). His mouse is shaped like a car! He also made a Scratch game, but it wasn't working. In his game, built with Garrett, the roadrunner and coyote were chasing each other through a maze.

Dhondup's computer components were nice, with a motherboard with on-board sound. His Scratch game was a pong game that knocked out bricks. It was built together with Diana.

Diana also built a nice computer, and she and Dhondup did a great job on their game!

Malibu's computer looks great! and her project was a game that had three objects: a person, a cat, a ball. She made a self portrait cartoon for the person in the game.

Garrett wanted to build a computer for making videos.

Everyone did such a great job! It was an amazing camp and everyone learned a lot! I am so glad I got to be here with these amazing students.